Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!ria!uwovax!35007_321
From: 35007_321@uwovax.uwo.ca (Gord Nickerson)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: ftp sites for Gif files
Message-ID: <7707.2739b614@uwovax.uwo.ca>
Date: 9 Nov 90 00:46:28 GMT
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In article <5981@munnari.oz.au>, labman@ecr.mu.oz.au (Bruce Robertson) writes:
>  1) Picture files are extremely large compared to normal text
>  2) Because of the size of images it consumes a great proportion
> 	 of the net bandwidth
>  A solution that may work for all is to have a main archive
>  in each of the main hubs of each country on the net. 

Pixel images are large and in the interests of preserving international
packets I have never FTP'd one from another country. The idea of having
regional collections sounds good, esp if people knew which site was
closest then traffic would be kept to a minimum. Access to 'adult'
material could be limited to those specifically requesting access or
in a separate clearly marked directory. Sites with Gifs get swamped
precisely because people know they won't last....

i don't have a solution but i'd hate to see good quality gifs disappear
from the net. They are certainly more useful than some of the activity...