David Greaves wrote:
> 
> Apologies Nieminen
> I was going to post the source, but there's over 11,000 lines of sPatch include
> - the binaries were smaller and I reasoned that they would allow those who could
> see the images to get a better handle on the problem.
> 
> David
> 
> PS I also figured that (given their nature) pov's newsgroups would probably be
> rather more forgiving than most in forgiving the use of image uploads ;}
> BTW, when I checked - I made the 7th largest posting to this group - mea culpa
> :( - but not as bad as Alan!!!
> 
> Nieminen Mika wrote:
> 
> >   Please, avoid posting binaries to newsgroup without the word "binaries" in
> > its name (like povray.general).
> >   Not everyone is using NS or IE.
> >   Thanx.

Uh... normally I'd say yeah - no binaries. but I think (having just
committed the same
sin myself - mea culpa) that I tend to agree with David on this one.
One should word the message as if there was no graphics available, but
when
a small illustration (emphasize "small") makes everything perfectly
clear, I don't 
think folks should give the poster too much grief. 
This _is_ a visually rich topic we have here, after all, and kinda' hard
to get away
from it.

I would not hold for posting huge images that take up a lot of
bandwidth, simply to show
off some cool image someone has come up with - there _are_ other places
for that.

I (cautiously) say it's okay when it serves a purpose that mere words do
not.

-jr-

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