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From: JD on 27 Jul 2010 13:03
HeyBub wrote:
> JD wrote:
>> Hi Experts,
>>
>> We all know that a picture is worth a 1000 words.
>>
>> I was thinking of the remote possibility of making
>> a copy of a device - a black wiring diagram e.g. -
>> then overlaying it with a white grid, and so
>> dividing the image into small bits.
>>
>> Then finally running OCR on the device and posting
>> it to a NG.
>>
>> This would work wonders for us NG addicts.
>>
>> Am I dreaming, or has it happened already?
>>
>
> Because newsgroups, by convention, were set up to handle those of us on
> 300bps dial-up and downloading a binary file would take hours.

What I proposed would have been just as fast as a
page with text only.
From: Doomed Soul on 28 Jul 2010 03:56
On Jul 27, 1:03 pm, JD <J...(a)No-where.con> wrote:
> HeyBub wrote:
> > JD wrote:
> >> Hi Experts,
>
> >> We all know that a picture is worth a 1000 words.
>
> >> I was thinking of the remote possibility of making
> >> a copy of a device - a black wiring diagram e.g. -
> >> then overlaying it with a white grid, and so
> >> dividing the image into small bits.
>
> >> Then finally running OCR on the device and posting
> >> it to a NG.
>
> >> This would work wonders for us NG addicts.
>
> >> Am I dreaming, or has it happened already?
>
> > Because newsgroups, by convention, were set up to handle those of us on
> > 300bps dial-up and downloading a binary file would take hours.
>
> What I proposed would have been just as fast as a
> page with text only.

<html>
<img src="http://url_of_image.jpg" hight="???" width="???">
</html>

However this is also considered inconsiderate in non binary usenet,
but at least your not hogging up bandwidth since the image is loaded
from a remote host..
From: HeyBub on 29 Jul 2010 09:53
Doomed Soul wrote:
>
> However this is also considered inconsiderate in non binary usenet,
> but at least your not hogging up bandwidth since the image is loaded
> from a remote host..

In future, when using the word "bandwidth," please abbreviate it as "bndwth"
thereby saving precious bndwth.

Thnks.


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