POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : Curmudgeon for 2000 : Re: Curmudgeon for 2000 Server Time
10 Aug 2024 05:16:01 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Curmudgeon for 2000  
From: Ken
Date: 2 Mar 2000 16:32:18
Message: <38BEDC4F.4733692@pacbell.net>
ingo wrote:
> 
> Tony Vigil wrote:
> >.......
> >Then in a second follow-up message, attach a compressed
> >archive of the full-size version for those who would like to view the
> >image in all its grandeur.
> 
> No, when you're on a phoneline and have to pay per minute, the fastest and
> cheapest way is to download the whole group at once. Extra images makes the
> online time longer.

Another issue is that we pretty much insist that everyone post .jpg image
file and they are already so highly compressed that putting them inside
an archive file does not allow them to compress much more anyway.

-- 
Ken Tyler -  1300+ Povray, Graphics, 3D Rendering, and Raytracing Links:
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