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Originally Posted by MrL_JaKiri
They only break the EULA if they were causing 'disproportionate' load on the servers. Please tell me what 'proportionate' load is.
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pro·por·tion·ate
Being in due proportion; proportional.
pro·por·tion·al
Forming a relationship with other parts or quantities; being in proportion.
Properly related in size, degree, or other measurable characteristics; corresponding:
pro·por·tion
A relationship between things or parts of things with respect to comparative magnitude, quantity, or degree: the proper proportion between oil and vinegar in the dressing.
as opposed to
dis·pro·por·tion·ate
Out of proportion, as in size, shape, or amount.
load
The share of work allocated to or required of a person, machine, group, or organization.
The demand for services or performance made on a machine or system.
(curtesy of dictionary.com)
given the above, i would suggest that a proportinate load would be something like:
a share of work required which is of a comparative magnitude to others
requesting hundreds of pages an hour, would seem to be of a different magnitude to the 'average player', whom, i would suggest, requests more in the order of tens of pages if that.
-mist
ps, yes, the eula is crap, but that's not really the point