thank you

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> Tell you what, post your own IP address, and we'll slashdot it - since
> there's no reason for us to be considerate of your bandwidth.  Bandwidth
> is cheap, so get more.
>
> Basic consideration is a fairly simple concept - treat others the way you
> wish to be treated.  Do you wish others to waste your time?  To waste your
> bandwidth?  If you do, I'm sure that can be arranged, but I suspect that
> you probably would not like it if someone wasted your time unnecessarily.
>
> From the POVray FAQ in povray.announce.frequently-asked-questions:
>
> "Please consider converting 24-bit bitmap images, such as targas and
> Windows .bmp, to JPEG (.jpg) file format which uses a compression
> algorithm to reduce the file size considerably. This conserves space on
> the news.povray.org server for everyone."
>
> The owners of this server have thus *expressly* requested that posters not
> waste space on the server unnecessarily.  They have *expressly* requested
> that images be converted to compressed JPEG format.  They also *expressly*
> state "Please be reasonable and don't paste a 10mb mesh include file into
> the body of a message :)" - so it would seem to me that they do wish that
> posters be considerate by not posting files that are larger than they need
> to be.
>
> In fact, in the referenced message
> (http://news.povray.org/37711f4b.55412882%40news.povray.org), Alan very
> specifically thanks posters for their *CONSIDERATION*.  That would seem to
> me to imply that he expects that people will in fact be *CONSIDERATE* of
> others.
>


>
> (And yes, online translators really DO suck for the most part)
>
> Jim

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