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What is wrong with posting links to the pix ?
I thinnk that is what Lim was trying to do but had the wrong html.

We are dealing with pens the innards and what they look like. Yes, it is
necessary to se as well as describe, thus the pen pic link. No-one but
no-one goes to the binary grp.


BTW can someone explain to me how I de-encode yenc posted pix usaing
outlook express or should I dump and gfo to X-News ?

On 2004-10-29 09:08:42 -0700, "DovR" tadir@removeNOSPAM actcom.co.il said:

What is wrong with posting links to the pix ?
I thinnk that is what Lim was trying to do but had the wrong html.

No - he was trying to post a small picture, and pretending that because
it was small it was OK. A link is the way to go. "See picture here".
Simple.

We are dealing with pens the innards and what they look like. Yes, it is
necessary to se as well as describe, thus the pen pic link. No-one but
no-one goes to the binary grp.

They would, if you said "I just put a picture of my pen in the binary group."

BTW can someone explain to me how I de-encode yenc posted pix usaing
outlook express or should I dump and gfo to X-News ?

There are extra programs that you can install to translate the yenc for
Outlook Express, but if you read a lot of news that has yenc pics in
it, you might as well just change. Few newsreaders are as clumsy as OE,
apparently. (I'm not on Windows, so sorry I can't be more help.)

David

"Free Citizen" wrote in message
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Well, thank you for reminding about netiquette in a newsgroup but a
thumbnail will not take more bandwidth than this post will. Moreover, it
reports the size of the original image so readers can decide if they want
to
open it or not. I see little harm in it.

It's not only about bandwidth or netiquette, images or not. Text-only is the
easiest way to avoid viruses, trojans, web bugs, and such.

You're welcome :P.

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Inline.

"DovR" tadir@removeNOSPAM actcom.co.il wrote in message
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What is wrong with posting links to the pix ?
I thinnk that is what Lim was trying to do but had the wrong html.

No, he was trying to post a pic but acting as though a thumbnail isn't an
image.

We are dealing with pens the innards and what they look like. Yes, it is
necessary to se as well as describe, thus the pen pic link. No-one but
no-one goes to the binary grp.

I've never seen anyone tell/ask us to go there.

BTW can someone explain to me how I de-encode yenc posted pix usaing
outlook express...

Sorry, "not I," said the fly.


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Curtis L. Russell wrote:
On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 05:49:23 GMT, Earl Camembert
wrote:


You are using Don't tell me what Verizon can and
can not do.


I use Verizon as an ISP. As per my post, I have a contract and they
have no right to intervene with my posting to Giganews. Period. And
that is what I spoke to.

I at no time said that Verizon couldn't manage its own news groups. I
was specific. You were the one that originally generalized beyond the
truth.

Curtis L. Russell
Odenton, MD (USA)
Just someone on two wheels...

I suggest you review your contract with Verizon. If it is like most any
ISP contract I've ever encountered, they can not only intervene with
your posting to Giganews, they can cancel it whenever and for whatever
reason they damn well please.

Welcome to the New World Order

-MeanMrMustard

"Bluesea" wrote in message
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[snip]


It's not only about bandwidth or netiquette, images or not. Text-only is
the
easiest way to avoid viruses, trojans, web bugs, and such.

You're welcome :P.

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Thanks Bluesea,

But why is retrieving an image through a web browser different from that of
an Email program?

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"David" wrote in message
news:2004102910271516807%dave2324@gmxnet...

[snip]


No - he was trying to post a small picture, and pretending that because it
was small it was OK.

[snip]


David


Hear, hear. There is a difference between "pretending" and "maintaining".
Choose your words wisely unless you intend to offend

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"Bluesea" wrote in message
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[snip]


No, he was trying to post a pic but acting as though a thumbnail isn't an
image.


[snip]

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Wrong. I never acted as though a thumbnail isn't an image. I merely
suggested a thumbnail will not bog down the bandwidth. Its advantage is that
you have a small preview of what the image is like and also tells you the
size of the actual image. I goes a long way to help readers decide if they
want to see in full detail or not. Something not possible with just a link.
Anyway, I don't see what the fuss is all about now. It didn't work. Even if
it did and the majority here don't like it, they can POLITELY say, please
don't do that. And I would gladly oblige.

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(aka Free Citizen)
Fountain Pen Network
A pen site run by the Pen Community
http://pagesperso.laposte.net/fpnet

"Free Citizen" writes:

"Bluesea" wrote in message
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[snip]


It's not only about bandwidth or netiquette, images or
not. Text-only is the easiest way to avoid viruses, trojans, web
bugs, and such.

But why is retrieving an image through a web browser different from
that of an Email program?

You seem to be overcomplicating this for some reason. Let's start
with a few basics. First, Usenet newsgroups are different from Web
sites and from e-mail. They are an animal unto themselves, with their
own unique technical standards and user conventions. One of those
conventions is that Usenet is text-only (and that means ASCII text,
not HTML "text") except for newsgroups designated as binary groups;
this is identified by the words "binary" or "binaries" in the name.
If you want to show people a picture in a text-only newsgroup, the
convention is to host the picture on a Web site and post an URL to it.

There are proper tools for every job, and Usent is no exception. The
proper tool for reading newsgroups is a newsreader, not an e-mail
program or a Web browser. The former usually lacks the tools to
efficiently read and manage newsgroups, and the latter tends to have a
half-assed interface and is often dreadfully slow. There are many
newsreaders available for every platform, many excellent ones are
free- perhaps the best starting place is http://www.newsreaders.com.

"Free Citizen" wrote in message
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"Bluesea" wrote in message
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[snip]


No, he was trying to post a pic but acting as though a thumbnail isn't
an
image.


[snip]

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Wrong. I never acted as though a thumbnail isn't an image. I merely
suggested a thumbnail will not bog down the bandwidth. Its advantage is
that
you have a small preview of what the image is like and also tells you the
size of the actual image. I goes a long way to help readers decide if they
want to see in full detail or not. Something not possible with just a
link.
Anyway, I don't see what the fuss is all about now. It didn't work. Even
if
it did and the majority here don't like it, they can POLITELY say, please
don't do that. And I would gladly oblige.

From your 3rd post this thread on 10/26:

"Sorry Q. Horseman,

I wasn't trying to post an image. Just a thumbnail."

And, you were politely asked (see David's reply on 10/26). Today is 10/30.
If you'd gladly oblige, why has this thread continued for this long if not
for your arguing?

Enough already! You won't win because a.c.p-p. is a text-only group. Period.

You've been informed as to which end is up. Bite the bullet.

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