06-23-2002, 07:54 PM
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Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
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You're...a bunch of animals!
People, people, people.  When I posted about the hilarious Triumph the Dog Star Wars event, I thought I'd save the guy who had the original file some bandwidth by hosting the file here, and give you all a good laugh. It was 17.2 megs in size, so I figured I'd burn through maybe a dozen gigs of download bandwidth when some of you downloaded it. Looking at the log files from last month and so far this month, guess how much bandwidth you ate up just on that one file? 282 gigabytes. Boys and girls, that's 282,000 megabytes of data transfer in less than 22 days (roughly 16,395 downloads)!
If I didn't have such a wonderful, kind, and generous hosting sponsor in Sonic Mobility, I probably would have had the plug pulled on my server. Yes, I know that it's my own fault for putting up a 17.2 meg video file, but come on - how many people did you send the URL to?  Let me bust into some Internet theory here for a second: the Internet succeeds because it's based on distributed computing. Multiple nodes share the load. One node doing all the heavy lifting is bad. So instead of sending everyone the URL to download it, as good little nodes you should have put it up on your own servers, or sent it to your fellow nodes via instant messaging.
At any rate, I though you might be interested in the sheer volume of bandwidth that file consumed. I've since deleted the file off the server because the bandwidth drain wasn't slowing down - it seems that the URL has been spread a little far and wide.
UPDATE: No, I'm not actually criticising any of you for downloading this file. It's free, it's funny, so of course you're going to download it! I just wanted to let you know how much traffic this one file generated. In the words of Triumph, "I kid, I kid!"
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06-23-2002, 08:13 PM
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Mystic
Join Date: Sep 2006
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I think thats a little unrealistic Jason. If you don't want people to D/L it, then don't post it. Or conversely, cap the limit and state what the limit is. Just a "thought'.
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06-23-2002, 08:38 PM
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Sage
Join Date: Mar 2004
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I appreciate your hosting of the original file. I downloaded to a shared directory at work and shared it with people at the office. 
For other works of Smigel i.e. Triumph the insult dog, go to iFilm
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06-23-2002, 08:49 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 43
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dozen gigs of download bandwidth when some of you downloaded it. Looking at the log files from last month and so far this month, guess how much bandwidth you ate up just on that one file? 282 gigabytes. Boys and girls, that's 282,000 megabytes of data transfer in less than 22 days (roughly 16,395 downloads)!
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But it sure was funny! .
I for one did the right thing and shared it off of my PC, so I only account for one of those downloads .
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06-23-2002, 08:53 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 170
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Mirror?
Anyone has this mirrored? I never saw it at the time, and would LOVE to see it.
Thanks for all.
Phew Jason, u know what that kind of bandwidth can cost? I think we ALL should be grateful to sonic mobility.
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06-23-2002, 08:54 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 355
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Re: You're...a bunch of animals!
folks, if you still need your triumph the dog fix, i have an aniamted today theme that plays his classic tag line when you tap your today screen.
http://www.flashenabled.com/mobile
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06-23-2002, 10:21 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 179
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I also did not get a chance to see it, and the original url isnt up either. Any other mirrors?
Thanks!
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06-23-2002, 10:27 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 95
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Jason,
I can put it back online if you want...but I don't have the file anymore.
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06-23-2002, 10:32 PM
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Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Originally Posted by byteme
I think thats a little unrealistic Jason. If you don't want people to D/L it, then don't post it. Or conversely, cap the limit and state what the limit is. Just a "thought'.
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Oh come now, notice the use of many  's in my posting - I was really only kidding. I was simply amazed at the sheer bandwidth that was consumed!
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06-23-2002, 10:36 PM
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Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Re: Mirror?
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Originally Posted by Venturello
Phew Jason, u know what that kind of bandwidth can cost? I think we ALL should be grateful to sonic mobility.
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I'm EXTREMELY grateful to them. Based on what my original provider was charging me, the Triumph download ALONE would have cost me thousands of dollars (no joke). Sonic Mobility is incredibly generous with their sponsorship of me!
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