Re: Posting Pictures
- From: "Daniel Morrow" <videoman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2006 13:52:36 -0800
Mid posted.
Dick wrote:
> On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 10:03:22 -0500, "NetMax"
> <computeralias@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> "Dick" <remdickhm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:0b7ar1ti3eajcrkhqjkam62fdjvl7d99t9@xxxxxxxxxx
>>> Many times we talk about our fish and want to "show" not just
>>> "tell."
>>>
>>> There is an empty binaries newsgroup: alt.binaries.aquaria
>>>
>>> I suggest we adopt this newsgroup so we can tell and show.
>>>
>>> I will post a picture I took at feeding time in my 29 gallon tank.
>>> It includes a top feeding Pleco as well as SAEs and one Clown.
>>>
>>> dick
>>
>> I bugged Sympatico to carry a.b.a. and they finally did (probably not
>> because of anything I said!), but they often strip off the
>> attachments (Dick's pictures didn't get through) so what's the point
>> #!%&*?
>>
>> I might be changing ISPs anyways, as another provider is bringing
>> wireless (802.11) to my area, and I'm fed up with dial up.
>> Unfortunately the new ISP does not have newsgroups :(
>
> I didn't know you were on dial up, Netmax. What a bummer! I just
> changed to DSL and it makes for a whole different Internet experience.
> In addition to dial up and DSL I have, over the years, used ISDN and
> satelite services. DSL is by far the most reliable and dependably
> fastest. The satelite, at times, was faster, but not dependably.
>
> Another consideration, how much download is allowed. I was always
> running into some arbitrary "ceiling" set by DPC, the satelite
> service. They would dun me by slowing my speed to dial up for hours
> or days.
>
> Cable, wireless and satelite have another characteristic in common,
> the speed varies with how many users are active. They are like pipe
> lines, a fixed total throughput. Whereas ISDN and DSL have separate
> pipes to each user
Fascinating - mark up dsl as possibly being better than cable! I did not
know about the dedicated pipe to dsls, I will certainly keep that very much
in mind! Later!
..
>
> Usenet service is not part of many services. I pay $120/year for
> Giganews. Their "retention" is awsome, I think they now hold messages
> for up to 4 months. Actually this creates a little more control when
> first looking at a new site. It takes a long time to download the
> messages the first time. It is best to download "headers" only the
> first time. Binaries such as music and movies take huge storage
> capacity. I believe I now have 200 gigabytes of storage and am using
> about 120 gb. Fortunately I no longer download so much.
>
> Weird how some services carry A.B.A and other don't and to "strip" of
> the attachments is really strange. I monitor the Giganews newsgroup
> and from time to time a thread comparing various services comes up. I
> don't recall seeing the stripping brought up as a negative for
> competitive services. I will keep it in mind if the discussion comes
> up again. (Well, maybe I will remember. <g>)
>
> dick
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