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- From: allyn@sdd.hp.com (Allyn Fratkin)
- Newsgroups: rec.roller-coaster
- Subject: no more images in rec.roller-coaster
- Date: 27 Dec 1992 09:54:04 -0800
- Organization: Hewlett Packard, San Diego Division
- Lines: 41
- Message-ID: <1hkqjsINNmoc@hpsdlx.sdd.hp.com>
- References: <P6582@MK.maus.de>
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- In article <P6582@MK.maus.de>, Thorsten_Kitz@mk.maus.de (Thorsten Kitz) writes:
- > I really appreciate Allyn posting the images of some really weird coasters,
- > but I can't afford so much traffic, because my Usenet-News feed is
- > in England and I make an international call every day to get the latest
-
- i am really sorry to have caused you or anybody else undue hardship.
- i have seen images and binary files posted here recently (for example,
- ken denton's 9-part gif of drachen fyre) without negative comments.
-
- i based my decision to cross-post to alt.binaries.pictures.misc and
- rec.roller-coaster on the following reasons:
-
- 1. for sites that get both groups, it doesn't matter, because
- most versions of news software will only keep one copy of each file.
-
- 2. for sites that don't get alt.binaries.pictures.misc, there would be
- readers of rec.roller-coaster that would be interested in seeing images
- they would not otherwise be able to get.
-
- it didn't occur to me that there would be sites where large postings
- to rec.roller-coaster would be unwanted.
-
- > If you don't mind, please put the images on a public FTP-site, so
- > everybody can get them, but do not post them to this normally non-binary
- > newsgroup.
-
- ken denton <sysop@elan.glassboro.edu> is in the process of setting up an
- ftp site of roller coaster images. i have already talked to him
- about adding my images to his site when he gets it set up.
- however, it doesn't solve the problem of how users with no access
- to ftp could pick up images. perhaps ken (in his free time :-) could
- also set up an email server.
-
- in any case, it appears that images are not welcome in rec.roller-coaster.
- from now on, i will post images only to alt.binaries.pictures.misc, and
- post a pointer to each image in rec.roller-coaster. does that meet
- with everyone's approval?
- --
- From the virtual mind of Allyn Fratkin allyn@sdd.hp.com
- San Diego Division - or -
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