Chris Huff wrote in message ...
>In article <39a7e32d@news.povray.org>, "IMBJR" <imb### [at] imbjrcom> wrote:
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>> This news server (news.povray.org) seems to have pretty deep pockets.
>> I am currently downloading the entire contents of
>> povray.binaries.images and I noted that the earliest post is from
>> about July 1998. So even if I did release my material in staged
>> intervals it would all still be available for download at some point,
>> leaving the individual browser the option of downloading in staged
>> intervals. Remember, no one is forcing you to download these images.
>
>Actually, the server has limited space available...while most of the

Blimey! It's a very deep limited then!

>groups do not automatically expire messages(povray.off-topic is an
>exception), some of the older posts in a couple groups(including this
>one) have had to be manually "expired" to free up space. They are
>running out of room...
>There are more details in the povray.announce.frequently-asked-questions
>group, specifically the messages "Welcome To the POV-Ray News Groups"
>and "News Server Acceptable Use Policy".
>
>
>> Feedback is not required. It is up the individual whether or not to
>> reply.
>
>If you are not after comments on your work, what *do* you want?

Just a place to exhibit my work.

>
>
>> Again, no one is being forced.
>
>Yes, but it will push older animations out...it might have been a better
>idea to put the animations on a web page and post announcements to
>povray.animations. Also, downloads are usually faster from web

Not enough space on my website!

>pages...the encoding to place files in these groups increases the size.

True, but this is how I prefer to exhibit my material.

>The same goes for the povray.binaries.images group...it might have been
>a better idea to put the high-quality images on a web page, and post
>links with lower-resolution preview images. The subject has been
>discussed in depth before, the consensus seems to be that images larger
>than about 200-300K or large groups of images would be better on a web

I don't think many of my pieces went over that - animated or not.

>page. I don't think anyone would mind a large animation, large files are
>kind of expected in this group :-), but the same rule for large numbers
>of posts still applies.
>
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>Christopher James Huff
>Personal: chr### [at] maccom, http://homepage.mac.com/chrishuff/
>TAG: chr### [at] tagpovrayorg, http://tag.povray.org/
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