Michael Leone on Fri, 4 Oct 2002 11:01:29 -0400 |
Paul said: >> >> >> Pretty pictures, stylized text, animated GIFs, background colors.... >> whatsamatta you? :) > > > Communication. Data and style. What's wrong with it? I guess file > attachments are bad too? Weeellll ... to a mailing list, probably. Ya never know if it's some virus/worm generated thing, and you might get infected somehow (less of an option with us *nix types, but still ...); there's always that wasted bandwidth issue; and some folks (not usually in the U.S., however) pay by the connection minute, so forcing them to download an attachment that they may not want, just to read a post on a mailing list, is somewhat rude. -- PGP Fingerprint: 0AA8 DC47 CB63 AE3F C739 6BF9 9AB4 1EF6 5AA5 BCDF Member, LEAF Project <http://leaf.sourceforge.net> AIM: MikeLeone Public Key - <http://www.mike-leone.com/~turgon/turgon-public-key.asc> Registered Linux user# 201348 Random Thought: -------------- _________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.netisland.net/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.netisland.net/mailman/listinfo/plug
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