Dan Abel wrote:

> In article >,
> sf > wrote:
>
>
>>On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:20:32 -0700, Arri London >
>>wrote:
>>
>>
>>>The modem *is* 56 K. It's the phone service that is 26.4. Can't change
>>>that without paying much more. I'm not bothered by it although some of
>>>my friends are LOL. I've been teaching them not to send me large, hi-res
>>>images...
>>
>>so they post them somewhere like picasa or tiny pic for you?
>
>
> In order to see a picture (or anything else) on your computer, you have
> to download it. It doesn't matter whether it's an Email attachment or a
> web page, it has to be downloaded over the connection.

Well, yeah. But Tinypic.com does automatically reduce the file size
which reduces download time.

Of course,
> people could be trained to dump it on a CD and send it by mail, but that
> turns out to be slow also. :-)
>

You're talking LOTS of liver treats...

NO! No bitmaps! Jpeg! Jpeg! Oh, good boy! Good boy for Jpeg!

Wait... Wait... Save for... Save for what? Hmm? Save for web?! Yay!

And what are we doing.... We're what? We're... Reducing the file
size! Woohooo! Who gets a cookie?!

And where do we save it to? It's the drawer with the special silver
frisbee in it... No, NO don't throw the frisbee. What's it called?
CD... what? Yes! CD-RW drive D:!!!! Jackpot! Oh yum yum, treats and
treats and treats.