In article .net>,
Blinky the Shark > wrote:

> Dan Abel wrote:
>
> > In article >,
> > sf > wrote:
> >
> >> On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:20:32 -0700, Arri London >
> >> wrote:

> >> >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. Of course, people
>
> There actually is a difference. If I get a link in email, I can follow it
> at my leisure, tying up my dialup bandwidth when it's not needed for
> something with higher priority to me. If I get a large attachment in
> email, that ties up my dialup bandwidth then, even if I'm trying to do
> Usenet or am trying to do research with my browser.

You're right. Thanks for mentioning that.

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Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA