A question of bandwidth abuse.

Chuck Dye · December 24, 2006, 02:21 PM

Please take a look at my post in

http://www.thefiringline.com/forums/...45#post2197745.

As I was composing that post, it occurred to me that linking to an attachment rather than a photo hosting site might be a lazy but unnecessarily bandwidth hungry solution. Is it? If so, please feel free to edit or delete that post.

(Yes, I know that linking to the hosting site will, potentially, allow higher quality images.)

**Mal H** · December 25, 2006, 12:53 AM

I wouldn't worry about it Huck. The hit on the system is relatively small. However, in the particular case you linked to, I might not have created the visible links to the pictures and just left them as clickable links as in the original post. I say that not for prudish reasons, but because I can envision some father somewhere trying to explain it to daughter Susie when she asks, "Why are the deer fighting like that, daddy?"

Chuck Dye · December 25, 2006, 12:41 PM

I have removed the images. Thanks.

December 24, 2006, 02:21 PM	#1
Chuck Dye Senior Member Join Date: June 28, 2002 Location: Oregon-The wet side. Posts: 949	A question of bandwidth abuse. Please take a look at my post in http://www.thefiringline.com/forums/...45#post2197745. As I was composing that post, it occurred to me that linking to an attachment rather than a photo hosting site might be a lazy but unnecessarily bandwidth hungry solution. Is it? If so, please feel free to edit or delete that post. (Yes, I know that linking to the hosting site will, potentially, allow higher quality images.) __________________ Gee, I'd love to see your data!

December 25, 2006, 12:41 PM	#3
Chuck Dye Senior Member Join Date: June 28, 2002 Location: Oregon-The wet side. Posts: 949	I have removed the images. Thanks. __________________ Gee, I'd love to see your data!

December 25, 2006, 12:53 AM	#2
Mal H Staff Join Date: March 20, 1999 Location: Somewhere in the woods of Northern Virginia Posts: 16,955	I wouldn't worry about it Huck. The hit on the system is relatively small. However, in the particular case you linked to, I might not have created the visible links to the pictures and just left them as clickable links as in the original post. I say that not for prudish reasons, but because I can envision some father somewhere trying to explain it to daughter Susie when she asks, "Why are the deer fighting like that, daddy?"