Alt-BEAM Archive

Message #04960



To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: rdraycott@CPL.co.uk
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 15:52:03 +0100
Subject: Re: New Bot is Born





On Wed, 30 Jun 1999, SG wrote:

>> At 09:52 PM 6/29/99 -0400, you wrote:
>> >Please dont post pictures to the list.
>> >
>
>> WAAAAAAAAAAAAA????
>> enuff sensorship... at least it was Beam related

>This has nothing to do with censorship or being able to view attachments
>properly. It has to do with eating up bandwith and long download times
>for pictures that would be better linked from a website. I thought it was
>accepted practice NOT to post pictures to the list unless, perhaps, they
>are VERY small.

>While the picture was not huge, it certainly shouldn't have been posted in
>this manner.
>Thanks,
>Jim Munro


IN YOUR OPINION.....
as far as i see the issue as long as the file is valid i dont care about the
size,
I trust the judgement of the users of the list to know what resolution and so
size to include as attachments.
And at what point they will get anoyed eg big files at hi res.


RobD
AKA "Powerbuilder"










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