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TV or not TV. That is the question.
Arri London wrote:
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> Kathleen wrote:
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>>Dan Abel wrote:
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>>>In article >,
>>> sf > wrote:
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>>>>On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:20:32 -0700, Arri London >
>>>>wrote:
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>>>>>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...
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>>>>so they post them somewhere like picasa or tiny pic for you?
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>>>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.
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> That is true of course.
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>>Well, yeah. But Tinypic.com does automatically reduce the file size
>>which reduces download time.
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> It does indeed.
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>> Of course,
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>>>people could be trained to dump it on a CD and send it by mail, but that
>>>turns out to be slow also. :-)
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> Amazing how many of my email acquaintances haven't managed to do that
> correctly either.
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>>You're talking LOTS of liver treats...
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>>NO! No bitmaps! Jpeg! Jpeg! Oh, good boy! Good boy for Jpeg!
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> LOL there ya go! I'd make a terrible trainer though  My language to
> said friends hasn't always been so encouraging.
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>>Wait... Wait... Save for... Save for what? Hmm? Save for web?! Yay!
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> ROTFL.
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>>And what are we doing.... We're what? We're... Reducing the file
>>size! Woohooo! Who gets a cookie?!
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> Spot on!
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>>And where do we save it to? It's the drawer with the special silver
>>frisbee in it...
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> Did you mean the 'cup holder'? Hey is *that* what it's really for
> hehehe.
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> No, NO don't throw the frisbee. What's it called?
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>>CD... what? Yes! CD-RW drive D:!!!! Jackpot! Oh yum yum, treats and
>>treats and treats.
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> You need to write a book about this, you know.
So I've been told.
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