Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site phri.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcs!lsuc!pesnta!phri!roy From: roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith) Newsgroups: net.news,net.misc,net.flame Subject: Re: USENET frowning upon graphics in signatures Message-ID: <524@phri.UUCP> Date: Tue, 15-Oct-85 22:06:57 EDT Article-I.D.: phri.524 Posted: Tue Oct 15 22:06:57 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 16-Oct-85 11:25:00 EDT References: <491@scirtp.UUCP> <454@bdmrrr.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Public Health Research Inst. (NY, NY) Lines: 13 Xref: utcs net.news:3633 net.misc:8432 > Boy I'm with you Todd. Signature files with graphics help me recognize > those who posted articles. [...] I don't understand how USENET got the > idea that net news readers find graphics offensive. A picture may indeed be worth a thousand words, but keep in mind also that they cost about the same to transmit! As annoyed as I am (as a news reader) at cute pictures taking up 8 lines at 1200 baud, I'm even more annoyed (as a system administrator) at the disk space and phone time they take to store and transfer. -- Roy Smith System Administrator, Public Health Research Institute 455 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016