Firstly let me apologise to all of those on the list who faced difficulties
with full inboxes or slow download times after the email i sent.
I didnt realise the size of the file and as it opened quickly on my computer
i assumed the case would be so for all the list members. Furthermore when i
received the email the images were embedded within it and so i didnt realise
they were attachments - i guess it depends upon your email system.
However the many positive responses i have received have outwieghed the
negative by far.
I am rather disappointed - as Bruce D'Arcus has pointed out - about the
discussion on this forum. After my email there was some debate, but it
focused on attachment size not the issues the email was dealing with! The
issues the flags represent are real and effecting millions of people around
the world right now, surely they warrant more debate than emails. The impact
of the flags presentation illustrates this.
Surely there are people on here with something to say about, so speak up -
lets have a debate about it instead of worrying about how fast our internet
connection to our computers is.
Jon
>From: Bruce D'Arcus <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Bruce D'Arcus <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: attachments (was Re: Knowing the world you live in)
>Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 11:06:23 -0400
>
>On May 19, 2005, at 2:54 AM, Lisa Law wrote:
>
>>You'll note that most attachments that arrive on this list are job ads/phd
>>studentships/conference programmes or other things that could quite easily
>>be cut and pasted into emails. It baffles me why people don't do this
>>when they know the forum policy on attachments. Those of us regularly
>>working on modems (and paying for a phone line to do so) would be much
>>happier if people took the 30 seconds it would take to do this. Not sure
>>how that would restrict discussion on the list.
>
>Exactly. Attachments are seldom necessary, and often a hassle to deal
>with. And just because you don't directly pay for bandwidth and storage
>doesn't mean it's free. Many services actually do have bandwidth quotas;
>if you exceed them for a month, you lose access.
>
>As for discussion on this list, I have to say that I find the discussion
>here really thin. How often is there any discussion about some meaningful
>issue? I'd go so far as to say that if people were forced to not rely on
>attachments, perhaps it might improve the discussion ;-)
>
>Bruce
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