intro vs 64k
category: general [glöplog]
seriously, WHY BOTHER?
the fact that apparently there isn't even half a consensus about what's an intro and what's not makes it pretty much ridiculous to enforce any more or less arbitrary size limits.
i don't see how anyone would in any way benefit from a "rigid" boundary in this case, it just makes for trolls starting flamewars against the admins about whether something is an intro or not. just let people submit it as what they think it is, and if you don't agree say so in the comments section. the admins got enough far more important (database-quality-wise) things to do already, like deleting duplicate prods, fixing dead links and the like.
the fact that apparently there isn't even half a consensus about what's an intro and what's not makes it pretty much ridiculous to enforce any more or less arbitrary size limits.
i don't see how anyone would in any way benefit from a "rigid" boundary in this case, it just makes for trolls starting flamewars against the admins about whether something is an intro or not. just let people submit it as what they think it is, and if you don't agree say so in the comments section. the admins got enough far more important (database-quality-wise) things to do already, like deleting duplicate prods, fixing dead links and the like.
ryg: by that logic we shouldnt diferentiate platforms either.. its all demos running in a machine after all..
it helps on searches and shit to have things boxed in, and some people are perfectionists like that. they want to see things properly in place even if everyone knows that a database will always contain lots of wrong information, we can still try to minimize it to some degree.
though i agree that it isnt _that_ important of an issue, but if it _can_ be "fixed", let us fix it the proper way no?
it helps on searches and shit to have things boxed in, and some people are perfectionists like that. they want to see things properly in place even if everyone knows that a database will always contain lots of wrong information, we can still try to minimize it to some degree.
though i agree that it isnt _that_ important of an issue, but if it _can_ be "fixed", let us fix it the proper way no?
whether a demo runs on one platform or not can be relatively easy and unambiguously determined. whether it's an intro or not can't.
yes it can.. its all in the size ffs.. :P
sure there is no consensus on where the actual borderline is but we do know that 1meg or 500k isnt an intro for example... its _somewhat_ common sense where the borderline is at..
sure there is no consensus on where the actual borderline is but we do know that 1meg or 500k isnt an intro for example... its _somewhat_ common sense where the borderline is at..
ah it feels so good not to be a top glöpper
http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/I/intro.html
