Re: Midura Express Nov 99

["Dave Proctor" <thadocta@spambait.dingoblue.net.au>]

Andrew Tailby wrote in message <8aabc3$gm9$1@news1.mpx.com.au>...
>At least it made something good to look at in the newsgroup even if we dont
>see many pics there was no need to speak like that.
>I can tell you he did send it to the pic site and for thoes of you who do
>have scanners why not try sending some of your pictures there as well
>because Robin does every couple of days and so does one or 2 other people .

For the same reasons that have been given here time and time again.

Binaries expire fairly quickly - my ISP expires them in 48 hours, other
(major) ISP's in even less time.

Posting a picture into the binaries group means that it travels the world to
all news servers that carry the group, and generates traffic into those
ISP's, even when people have no wish to see that particular pic.

Free webspace is available, and is quite easy to use. It is much better to
upload y0our pic to one of those free sites, and then post the address into
this group (aus.rail) - it will last much longer (in excess of 6 months in
the case of my ISP), the size of the post will be extremely small compared
with the post if the pic was attached (thus reducing the amount of traffic
around the world), only people who actually want to see the pic will get to
see it, and you can also gain some stats about who, where, when and how many
people accessed the pic.

>If i had a scanner i would put my pics up on the newsgroup as well to get
>some more australian trains onto that newsgroup as it is a shame not to see
>pictures of australian trains not going up there more offten as it is
mostly
>us and european trains all the time.

There are frequent discussions in aus.net.news and alt.config over the need
(or lack of it) for binaries newsgroups, and it all centres on the ready
accessibility of free web space. The consensus seems to be that binaries
newsgroups are a phenomena whos day has passed.

>So for all thoes out there why dont you put some of your photos on to the
>newsgroup as i am sure that people around the world would love to see our
>trains not just the ones from there own country.

Pass - put thm on a webpage and give us the address - much easier.

>andrew

Dave