Process Criteria:
Process Criteria is another element
of the Internet
Detective. This criterion is used to determine web site and
information integrity. Process Criteria comes in handy when evaluating
sites that need timely maintenance to prevent out of date information.
Rashomon Café purpose is to entertain its readers, not
to keep them informed of specific timely information as CNN or
NBC might do. Because of this, the need for timely updates isn't
necessary. However, the need for stable backend infrastructure
is necessary. The Flash movie is 600KB, which is a large file
to download at one time if the user is on a dial-up connection.
Flash does have some streaming capabilities, but a 600KB file
would take a toll on almost any server if it became popular enough.
As I mentioned in the Form Criteria section, Rashomon Café
is hosted on OnTheRail.com's
servers, and it's safe to say that they can manage the bandwidth
problems that arise with such a large file. OnTheRail.com does
supply contact information for both Tatu
and their own webmasters if a user is having difficulties accessing
the movie.
Information integrity is the second
element in the criterion. Like site integrity, information integrity
isn't questioned. The information is most likely fictional and
has no other purpose than entertaining its readers. Because of
its nature, the information is durable and maintenance of the
information is only required if the author decides to change something
about the story or plot.
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