Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #04984
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Brandon Quakkelaar jayq@execpc.com
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 09:19:07 -0500
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: New Bot is Born
The picture was huge but I had no problem downloading and I know that I have a
slow connection.
James Munro wrote:
> 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
>
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