Kaichen Website

From: Don Burns <burns at mobot.org> on 1998.10.09 at 16:27:42(2676) > I have accessed this new site of mr. Chen Yi and found it to be slow in > the extreme, especially trying to open the photos, which often partly > failed and showed partly scrambled photos. Although it is said in the Wilburt and others, I looked at the site yesterday and again just moments ago, and had no difficulty opening images. It is sometimes a little slow i.e. 10 or 15 seconds to load an image, but that is a problem that can be had with any site periodically. Admittedly I am accessing the net through T3 lines. I am willing to download and send a few images to any of you who might be having difficulty. Don +More Don Burns Plantation, FL USA Zone 10b

From: dave-poole at ilsham.demon.co.uk (David Poole) on 1998.10.10 at 14:58:54(2681) I've tried to access this site on several occasions but find it impossible. Broken links, broken images and a remarkably slow load time. The first page eventually gets there, but as for subsequent pages.... I'm afraid I haven't the time to sit and wait for them. David Poole

From: grsjr at juno.com (George R Stilwell, Jr.) on 1998.10.10 at 23:37:44(2682) Gentlemen: As with the old Kaichen web site, it works most everywhere but in the US and UK. Perhaps +More we didn't make big enough campaign donations. Duncan McAlpine has been so kind as to provide an alternate site with a list of the plants and pictures of Arisaema, Cyps, Lilium, and some other genuses. The new Kaichen page will open here and the pix arrive in good shape, but you do have to have patience. Ray ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

From: plantnut at macconnect.com (Dewey Fisk) on 1998.10.11 at 00:01:58(2683) Here is another voice.... I had no problem with the Kaichen site.... Took just a few seconds for each to download.... Dewey +More Dewey E. Fisk, Plant Nut THE PHILODENDRON PHREAQUE Your Source for Tropical Araceae

From: Wilbert Hetterscheid <hetter at vkc.nl> on 1998.10.12 at 12:38:41(2686) O.k., I got the message: this is all my fault..........sob, sob. I'll see if I can tune my computer better so I can enjoy the site ....... Wilbert

From: Lester Kallus <lkallus at earthlink.net> on 1998.10.12 at 18:38:00(2687) Actually, this could be your internet service provider or traffic in your country and could have absolutely nothing to do with your own computer. Yes, you should try again (as should anyone else having troubles), but if it does no better, you may have to look outside your computer to find the problem. Les +More At 07:39 AM 10/12/98 -0500, you wrote: >O.k., I got the message: this is all my fault..........sob, sob. I'll >see if I can tune my computer better so I can enjoy the site ....... > >Wilbert >

From: Roy Herold <rrh at genesis.nred.ma.us> on 1998.10.13 at 00:22:09(2688) Actually, I had an experience similar to Wilbert and others, with painfully slow downloads, interspersed with very brief bursts of speed. It is definitely NOT my provider-- I have a cable modem that is nearly as fast as a dedicated T1 link (thats 1.5 megabits per second). Rather, I think the Chinese ration their internet services the same way they ration hot water-- just a little bit at a time. When I was in rural China a couple of years ago, the hotels told us we might get hot water between 7 and 9 PM, and even then it would quit in midstream. Ditto for electricity. Consider yourself lucky if you can squeeze 200 bits per second out of the link to Kaichen (with a little hot water now and then). If it's downloading quickly, finish your shower IMMEDIATELY! --Roy +More At 2:40 PM -0400 10/12/98, Lester Kallus wrote: > Actually, this could be your internet service provider or traffic in your > country and could have absolutely nothing to do with your own computer. > Yes, you should try again (as should anyone else having troubles), but if > it does no better, you may have to look outside your computer to find the > problem. > Les > > > At 07:39 AM 10/12/98 -0500, you wrote: > >O.k., I got the message: this is all my fault..........sob, sob. I'll > >see if I can tune my computer better so I can enjoy the site ....... > > > >Wilbert > >

From: Sue Zunino <suez at northcoast.com> on 1998.10.13 at 03:19:01(2689) I have been visiting the Kaichen site often, and have discovered that if you are trying to download a certain photo which is taking forever to load, go to the next one, let it load a bit, then go back to the previous photo and it seems to load faster after that. This might be a mind trick, but it worked for me. I also noticed that most of the Aresaemas loaded rather quickly whereas the other plant lists on the average loaded slower. There was only one Arisaema photo that loaded to an empty page. At any rate, try the above method. It might work for you too. +More Sue Z.

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