From: Krzysztof Kozminski kk at kozminski.com> on 2002.08.19 at 01:14:37(9222)
On Sunday, August 18, 2002, at 11:56 AM, Alan Galloway wrote:
There are a number of things we have to take into consideration when
it comes to allowing pictures to be posted to the list,
including such things as (but not limited to):
- viruses can easily be transmitted within images
Uh, I doubt it very much. Images are usually data, not
executables. Could you provide a reference to a single virus
spread, e.g., by embedding in JPEG? I tried to find one via
Google, and did not succeed.
Doesn't matter anyhow, being nice to people with slow modems is a
good enough reason not to allow large messages.
- everyone doesn't have fast access to download large images
Yup, this, IMHO, trumps any arguments for allowing images. Mine
(below) included :-)
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- what standard format should be set
Easy: JPEG.
- the amount of space required to archive messages with pictures
in them.
As the CarTalk guys say: booooogus! A 80GB disk is nowadays about
$120 according to yahoo shopping. My entire website
(http://www.kozminski.com/Araceae/) is about 10 MB, with over 400
photos on it. You can archive an equivalent of eight thousands of
such websites on a disk that can be purchased with savings obtained
from getting just 15% of IAS Newsletter subscribers opting out of
receiving the hard copies (and this is just from a single mailing).
A 5-megapixel image saved in medium-quality JPEG in photoshop
produces 10x8 prints that are nearly photo-quality, and you have to
have a very busy photo to reach 800 kB. The aforementioned disk
can store a hundred thousands of such images. Note: a 1600x1200
display, larger than what most people use, will show only about 36%
of that image.
We can only wish for sufficient traffic in high-quality aroid
imagery to became an archiving issue:-)
KK
http://www.kozminski.com
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