Re: Smart Tags

Nice words, nicely strung.  Good news, bad news, but said better.

--Emily

Long, long ago, Fri, 15 Jun 2001 11:19:44 -0400, you wrote:
>> If every web page that said "dynamic content" or "web database
>application"
>> had a link to my site, that would be a good thing.
>
>hi data driven
>
>yes and no
>
>first of all, that's a big "if" that will sadly never come true, because
>microsoft will sell those keywords to the highest bidder
>
>secondly, if people did follow those links to your site, your server would
>crash
>
>last week my site was mentioned on slashdot and while my site did not
>crash, i got more hits in two days than i usually get in twenty months
>
>my host charges 10 cents per megabyte web transfer over 500 megs per month,
>with the result that i am out of pocket several hundred dollars
>
>rudy
>http://rudy.ca/

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