As an identity check, eBay sent me an e-mail with a 6-digit security
code. It was in HTML and contained 75,264 characters. My calculations
show that it was 12,544 times larger than it needed to be.
Can anyone beat this?
Liz Tuddenham wrote:
As an identity check, eBay sent me an e-mail with a 6-digit security
code.-a It was in HTML and contained 75,264 characters.-a My calculations
show that it was 12,544 times larger than it needed to be.
Can anyone beat this?
Years ago, I could write a program in PDP-11 assembler to output "Hello world." on the teletype in probably fewer than 100 bytes.
I could write the same thing in C and with all the libraries it would probably amount to about 10k bytes.
Progress!!!!
On 21/08/2026 12:32, Graham J wrote:
Liz Tuddenham wrote:
As an identity check, eBay sent me an e-mail with a 6-digit security
code.-a It was in HTML and contained 75,264 characters.-a My calculations >>> show that it was 12,544 times larger than it needed to be.
Can anyone beat this?
Years ago, I could write a program in PDP-11 assembler to output
"Hello world." on the teletype in probably fewer than 100 bytes.
I could write the same thing in C and with all the libraries it would
probably amount to about 10k bytes.
Progress!!!!
Sinclair Basic, IIRC:
10 PRINT "Hello World"
20 END
On 21/08/2026 12:36, Graeme Wall wrote:
On 21/08/2026 12:32, Graham J wrote:
Liz Tuddenham wrote:
As an identity check, eBay sent me an e-mail with a 6-digit security
code.-a It was in HTML and contained 75,264 characters.-a My calculations >>> show that it was 12,544 times larger than it needed to be.
Can anyone beat this?
Years ago, I could write a program in PDP-11 assembler to output
"Hello world." on the teletype in probably fewer than 100 bytes.
I could write the same thing in C and with all the libraries it would
probably amount to about 10k bytes.
Progress!!!!
Sinclair Basic, IIRC:
10 PRINT "Hello World"
20 END
If you really wanted to annoy the staff in Dixons, change 20 to 'GOTO
10' (and maybe use some alternative text), on all their machines in the
store - not saying I ever did that of course ;-).
On 21/08/2026 12:36, Graeme Wall wrote:
On 21/08/2026 12:32, Graham J wrote:
Liz Tuddenham wrote:
As an identity check, eBay sent me an e-mail with a 6-digit security
code.-a It was in HTML and contained 75,264 characters.-a My calculations >>>> show that it was 12,544 times larger than it needed to be.
Can anyone beat this?
Years ago, I could write a program in PDP-11 assembler to output
"Hello world." on the teletype in probably fewer than 100 bytes.
I could write the same thing in C and with all the libraries it would
probably amount to about 10k bytes.
Progress!!!!
Sinclair Basic, IIRC:
10 PRINT "Hello World"
20 END
If you really wanted to annoy the staff in Dixons, change 20 to 'GOTO
10' (and maybe use some alternative text), on all their machines in the store - not saying I ever did that of course ;-).
As an identity check, eBay sent me an e-mail with a 6-digit security
code. It was in HTML and contained 75,264 characters. My calculations
show that it was 12,544 times larger than it needed to be.
Can anyone beat this?
As an identity check, eBay sent me an e-mail with a 6-digit security
code. It was in HTML and contained 75,264 characters. My calculations
show that it was 12,544 times larger than it needed to be.
Can anyone beat this?
On 21 Aug 2026 at 12:15:19 BST, "Liz Tuddenham" <Liz Tuddenham> wrote:
As an identity check, eBay sent me an e-mail with a 6-digit security
code. It was in HTML and contained 75,264 characters. My calculations
show that it was 12,544 times larger than it needed to be.
Can anyone beat this?
No! Just checked an email from Firefox telling me to use a similar 6 digit number. It has 33173 bytes taking up 787 lines of H TML coding.
On 21.08.26 16:02, Alan B wrote:
On 21 Aug 2026 at 12:15:19 BST, "Liz Tuddenham" <Liz Tuddenham> wrote:
As an identity check, eBay sent me an e-mail with a 6-digit security
code. It was in HTML and contained 75,264 characters. My calculations
show that it was 12,544 times larger than it needed to be.
Can anyone beat this?
No! Just checked an email from Firefox telling me to use a similar 6 digit >> number. It has 33173 bytes taking up 787 lines of H TML coding.
Isn't FF a browser? They usually do not send mails.
On 2026-08-21, J||rg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> wrote:
On 21.08.26 16:02, Alan B wrote:
On 21 Aug 2026 at 12:15:19 BST, "Liz Tuddenham" <Liz Tuddenham> wrote:
As an identity check, eBay sent me an e-mail with a 6-digit security
code. It was in HTML and contained 75,264 characters. My calculations >>>> show that it was 12,544 times larger than it needed to be.
Can anyone beat this?
No! Just checked an email from Firefox telling me to use a similar 6 digit >>> number. It has 33173 bytes taking up 787 lines of H TML coding.
Isn't FF a browser? They usually do not send mails.
It's explained here .....
<https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-do-i-set-sync-my-computer>
On 21.08.26 18:17, Alan B wrote:
On 2026-08-21, J||rg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> wrote:
On 21.08.26 16:02, Alan B wrote:
On 21 Aug 2026 at 12:15:19 BST, "Liz Tuddenham" <Liz Tuddenham> wrote: >>>>
As an identity check, eBay sent me an e-mail with a 6-digit security >>>>> code. It was in HTML and contained 75,264 characters. My calculations >>>>> show that it was 12,544 times larger than it needed to be.
Can anyone beat this?
No! Just checked an email from Firefox telling me to use a similar 6 digit >>>> number. It has 33173 bytes taking up 787 lines of H TML coding.
Isn't FF a browser? They usually do not send mails.
It's explained here .....
<https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-do-i-set-sync-my-computer>
*LOL*. Has absolutely nothing to do with e-mails. This is about syncing bookmarks, settings and the like.
J||rg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> wrote:
On 21.08.26 18:17, Alan B wrote:
On 2026-08-21, J||rg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> wrote:
On 21.08.26 16:02, Alan B wrote:
On 21 Aug 2026 at 12:15:19 BST, "Liz Tuddenham" <Liz Tuddenham> wrote: >>>>>
As an identity check, eBay sent me an e-mail with a 6-digit security >>>>>> code. It was in HTML and contained 75,264 characters. My calculations >>>>>> show that it was 12,544 times larger than it needed to be.
Can anyone beat this?
No! Just checked an email from Firefox telling me to use a similar 6 digit
number. It has 33173 bytes taking up 787 lines of H TML coding.
Isn't FF a browser? They usually do not send mails.
It's explained here .....
<https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-do-i-set-sync-my-computer>
*LOL*. Has absolutely nothing to do with e-mails. This is about syncing
bookmarks, settings and the like.
YourCOve missed the point. ItrCOs about organisations sending large sized emails just to convey a very small amount of useful information. I answered LizrCOs point by stating I could not beat the size of the email she received,
but maybe someone else can?
On 21.08.26 23:07, Alan B wrote:
J||rg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> wrote:
On 21.08.26 18:17, Alan B wrote:
On 2026-08-21, J||rg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> wrote:
On 21.08.26 16:02, Alan B wrote:
On 21 Aug 2026 at 12:15:19 BST, "Liz Tuddenham" <Liz Tuddenham> wrote: >>>>>>
As an identity check, eBay sent me an e-mail with a 6-digit security >>>>>>> code. It was in HTML and contained 75,264 characters. My calculations >>>>>>> show that it was 12,544 times larger than it needed to be.
Can anyone beat this?
No! Just checked an email from Firefox telling me to use a similar 6 digit
number. It has 33173 bytes taking up 787 lines of H TML coding.
Isn't FF a browser? They usually do not send mails.
It's explained here .....
<https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-do-i-set-sync-my-computer>
*LOL*. Has absolutely nothing to do with e-mails. This is about syncing
bookmarks, settings and the like.
YourCOve missed the point. ItrCOs about organisations sending large sized
emails just to convey a very small amount of useful information. I answered >> LizrCOs point by stating I could not beat the size of the email she received,
but maybe someone else can?
You send a lot of OT-nonsense: Your link has nothing to do with e-mails.
This discussion is absurd and you know that. Nowadays Gigabit/s
connections are standard.
Such is life: You use your 2000 kg SUV to move a 80 kg man to buy 1 kg
of bread and 1 l of milk probably over distance of under 1 km. Think
about it.
If yourCOre creating a new account:
1. Firefox will send a confirmation code to your email address.
2. Enter the code to finish setting up your account.
In message <116bi14$t7im$1@alphabravo.eternal-september.org>
Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> wrote:
[snip]
If you don't like the discussion then ignore it. If you don't like me
then kf me. I don't give a ........
[snip]
Usenet was really badly designed. There's no 'Buy this person a drink' button.
Frederick <frederick@ypical.demon.invalid> wrote:
In message <116bi14$t7im$1@alphabravo.eternal-september.org>
Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> wrote:
[snip]
If you don't like the discussion then ignore it. If you don't like me[snip]
then kf me. I don't give a ........
Usenet was really badly designed. There's no 'Buy this person a drink'
button.
But of course it was.
Just add the Header line:
X-Order: Two pints of lager and a packet of crisps, please.
On 22/08/2026 21:55, J. J. Lodder wrote:
Frederick <frederick@ypical.demon.invalid> wrote:
In message <116bi14$t7im$1@alphabravo.eternal-september.org>
Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> wrote:
[snip]
If you don't like the discussion then ignore it. If you don't like me[snip]
then kf me. I don't give a ........
Usenet was really badly designed. There's no 'Buy this person a drink'
button.
But of course it was.
Just add the Header line:
X-Order: Two pints of lager and a packet of crisps, please.
My nephew was about 4 years old when that programme was popular. One
Sunday his mother took him to church and took him up to the altar rail
when she went for communion. He looked up at the priest as he approached
and saidrCa
On 22/08/2026 21:55, J. J. Lodder wrote:
Frederick <frederick@ypical.demon.invalid> wrote:
In message <116bi14$t7im$1@alphabravo.eternal-september.org>
-a-a-a-a-a Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> wrote:
[snip]
If you don't like the discussion then ignore it. If you don't like me[snip]
then kf me. I don't give a ........
Usenet was really badly designed. There's no 'Buy this person a drink'
button.
But of course it was.
Just add the Header line:
X-Order: Two pints of lager and a packet of crisps, please.
My nephew was about 4 years old when that programme was popular. One
Sunday his mother took him to church and took him up to the altar rail
when she went for communion. He looked up at the priest as he approached
and saidrCa
On 22/08/2026 21:55, J. J. Lodder wrote:
Frederick <frederick@ypical.demon.invalid> wrote:
In message <116bi14$t7im$1@alphabravo.eternal-september.org>
-a-a-a-a-a Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> wrote:
[snip]
If you don't like the discussion then ignore it. If you don't like me[snip]
then kf me. I don't give a ........
Usenet was really badly designed. There's no 'Buy this person a drink'
button.
But of course it was.
Just add the Header line:
X-Order: Two pints of lager and a packet of crisps, please.
My nephew was about 4 years old when that programme was popular. One
Sunday his mother took him to church and took him up to the altar rail
when she went for communion. He looked up at the priest as he approached
and saidrCa....
In message <116bi14$t7im$1@alphabravo.eternal-september.org>+1
Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> wrote:
[snip]
If you don't like the discussion then ignore it. If you don't like me[snip]
then kf me. I don't give a ........
Usenet was really badly designed. There's no 'Buy this person a drink' button.
On 23/08/2026 08:18, Graeme Wall wrote:-of-crisps-series-1-1-fags-shags-and-kebabs
On 22/08/2026 21:55, J. J. Lodder wrote:
Frederick <frederick@ypical.demon.invalid> wrote:
In message <116bi14$t7im$1@alphabravo.eternal-september.org>
Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> wrote:
[snip]
If you don't like the discussion then ignore it. If you don't like me >>>> then kf me. I don't give a ........[snip]
Usenet was really badly designed. There's no 'Buy this person a drink' >>> button.
But of course it was.
Just add the Header line:
X-Order: Two pints of lager and a packet of crisps, please.
My nephew was about 4 years old when that programme was popular. One
Sunday his mother took him to church and took him up to the altar rail
when she went for communion. He looked up at the priest as he approached and saidrCa....
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00747zt/two-pints-of-lager-and-a-packet
On 21/08/2026 12:41, Andy Hewitt wrote:
On 21/08/2026 12:36, Graeme Wall wrote:
If you really wanted to annoy the staff in Dixons, change 20 to 'GOTO
10' (and maybe use some alternative text), on all their machines in the store - not saying I ever did that of course ;-).
<Whistles tunelessly and gazes at the ceiling> Me neitherrCa
On 21 Aug 2026, Graeme Wall wrote
(in article <1169hj2$akh3$2@dont-email.me>):
On 21/08/2026 12:41, Andy Hewitt wrote:
On 21/08/2026 12:36, Graeme Wall wrote:
If you really wanted to annoy the staff in Dixons, change 20 to 'GOTO
10' (and maybe use some alternative text), on all their machines in the store - not saying I ever did that of course ;-).
<Whistles tunelessly and gazes at the ceiling> Me neitherrCa
Additionally, at no point did I ever:
10: PRINT rCLProgram: <the latest hot game>rCY
20: PRINT rCLByes: <The latest hot hame>rCY
30: POKE <the memory address which caused the flashing loading bars to appear at the side of the screens>
...and then walk away to watch the crowd gathering, wondering how long it would take them to notice there was no tape recorder plugged in.
Never.
Ian
On 24 Aug 2026, Ian McCall wrote
(in article<0001HW.303C76E0006489CC30F7BA38F@news.individual.net>):
On 21 Aug 2026, Graeme Wall wrote
(in article <1169hj2$akh3$2@dont-email.me>):
On 21/08/2026 12:41, Andy Hewitt wrote:
On 21/08/2026 12:36, Graeme Wall wrote:
If you really wanted to annoy the staff in Dixons, change 20 to 'GOTO
10' (and maybe use some alternative text), on all their machines in the >>>> store - not saying I ever did that of course ;-).
<Whistles tunelessly and gazes at the ceiling> Me neitherrCa
Additionally, at no point did I ever:
10: PRINT rCLProgram: <the latest hot game>rCY
20: PRINT rCLByes: <The latest hot hame>rCY
30: POKE <the memory address which caused the flashing loading bars to appear
at the side of the screens>
...and then walk away to watch the crowd gathering, wondering how long it
would take them to notice there was no tape recorder plugged in.
Never.
Ian
Actually, thinking about it, it might have been a RANDOMIZE USR command. Cannot remember the value it needed. But then again why should I remember it? After all, I never ever did that.
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