<r> The digital download model works where there is affordable and unmetered (or generously metered) bandwidth, which isn't the case in Australia (thanks to Telstra as well as the outdated infrastructure that passes as "state of the art" down here- which in reality means that the size of a game can ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Erik Rutins<br/>
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Respectfully I have to disagree - I believe that my reaction was right on the mark. Australians I have met, will typically *strictly out of courtesy* refer to America and the war - What Mr Dye ...

Fair enough, I will consider doing that. And I appreciate the reply.

<r> Erwin, the offense I took was at Mr Dye's own words and his thickheaded inability or reluctance to recognize other people's courteousness. I, being born, and raised in the USA had heard the same sort of appreciation of US assistance -seeing as the UK couldn't manage it, during WWII -despite that ...

<r> After reading the initial post from 22 June 2007, I think Mr Dye needs a remedial lesson on some Australian military history ---<br/>
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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>There are still some old folks here in the city who remember those times and talking to them is ...

<r>To me this is a much deeper question than what it appears - as it actually calls into question design philosophy -- yeh it was a town on the Volga- and the Volga was a major transportation route in the relative interior of the USSR - -- but it could have been interdicted elsewhere -if that was ...