Posted by: czar August 2, 2005
Prachanda's Email Account
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Come on guys, do let's do the math before arriving at any conclusions, shall we? The first clue, on the top left corner on mailbox size and usage says " 900% of 2 MB" Now, I know Microsoft has managed some major idiocy over the years, but, even by their standards, 900% of x MB ? Hotmail is very quick to spam your overflowing mailbox of reaching mailbox limitations. Yet, in this case, the software reports only NINE times its 2 MB limit? Second email, purportedly from the RNA with the scary subject line "lay down ur arms", is 998 MB large? How does a 998 MB file fit in a e-mail box of 2 MB ? Even Houdini with would be stumped with that one, goli maaro an algorith to achieve a compression ratio of 499 ? Here's my dollar to buy stocks in that outfit. I'm sure they accept Monopoly money too, so make that 1 pound Sterling! Heck, take it all, and puhlease don't go to Jail! Second last email, again from the RNA is, this time, gulp, 999 MB! Compression ratio achieved 499.5 dyan ta tyaaaaaan. Poonte, can we borrow your dhobini's chyatta petticoat to achieve the magical 500:1 number? I promise you, I will buy another dollar's worth of stock in Hindustan Lever, promise. [psssst...lend me a dollar?] And Dr. Tulsi G, with the subject line of WHO R U? He may be any number of things, based on your imagination and level of fury, but suffice it to say, he's too old and too old school to write in the new fangled texting style. [What, no email from Elvis Presley? He left the building you say? Drat, missed again.] Now comes the final kicker: a 2 MB email box holds a staggering 1997 MB plus of email ! Huh, wait a second, so shouldn't that be, um, a usage of 99,850% of 2 MB ? But what do I know, experience administering an enterprise email server hardly qualifies me to make these judgements. Nice try, but no cigar.
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