On 1/6/06, Chris Jenkinson chris@starglade.org wrote:
Sam Korn wrote:
Then program a bot to do it. Convenience is not a good reason to put unnecessary strain on the servers.
That's the entire reason we have computers, for convenience. We could be doing Wikipedia on paper but a computer makes it easier. Convenience is an *excellent* justification for extra strain on the servers. The solution is optimisation.
Chris
Wikipedia code optimisation is already pretty good. Compare our server numbers to those of other high traffic sites.
-- geni