"Kathleen" > wrote in message
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> Arri London wrote:
>>
>> Kathleen wrote:
>>
>>>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.
>>
>>
>> That is true of course.
>>
>>
>>>Well, yeah. But Tinypic.com does automatically reduce the file size
>>>which reduces download time.
>>
>>
>> It does indeed.
>>
>>
>>> 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. :-)
>>
>>
>>
>> Amazing how many of my email acquaintances haven't managed to do that
>> correctly either.
>>
>>>You're talking LOTS of liver treats...
>>>
>>>NO! No bitmaps! Jpeg! Jpeg! Oh, good boy! Good boy for Jpeg!
>>
>>
>>
>> LOL there ya go! I'd make a terrible trainer though My language to
>> said friends hasn't always been so encouraging.
>>
>>
>>>Wait... Wait... Save for... Save for what? Hmm? Save for web?! Yay!
>>
>>
>> ROTFL.
>>
>>
>>>And what are we doing.... We're what? We're... Reducing the file
>>>size! Woohooo! Who gets a cookie?!
>>
>>
>> Spot on!
>>
>>
>>>And where do we save it to? It's the drawer with the special silver
>>>frisbee in it...
>>
>>
>>
>> Did you mean the 'cup holder'? Hey is *that* what it's really for hehehe.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> You need to write a book about this, you know.
>
> Sew I've been told.

Sewing is as creative as writing?