Re: graphic files in email

by "Tony Powell" <tony.powell(at)murraystate.edu>

Date:	Fri, 30 Jan 1998 15:35:13 -0600
To:	"graphics" <hwg-graphics(at)mail.hwg.org>
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Rolf wrote:

>Please, consider the following:

>a) not everyone is capable of receiving HTML e-mail...

>b) make sure to turn it off when adressing list's like this one...

>always remember BANDWIDTH!!!

To which I reply, So what? So what? So what?  This push to equalize =
everybody on the web smacks of socialism.  Many people still own black =
and white televisions.  Should we abandon the use of color because of =
this?  Many don't own a car.  should we stop building roads?  I see this =
attitude all over the Internet and web, as if we are all participating =
in some sort of collective or communal endeavor.  And, =
"world-harmony-ish" as it may seem to believe this, we are not.  This is =
a medium, not a religion.

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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN">
<HTML>
<HEAD>

<META content=3Dtext/html;charset=3Diso-8859-1 =
http-equiv=3DContent-Type>
<META content=3D'"MSHTML 4.71.1712.3"' name=3DGENERATOR>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Rolf wrote:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;Please, consider the following:<BR><BR>&gt;a) not everyone is =
capable=20
of receiving HTML e-mail...<BR><BR>&gt;b) make sure to turn it off when=20
adressing list's like this one...<BR><BR>&gt;always remember=20
BANDWIDTH!!!&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>To which I reply, So what? So what? So what?&nbsp; This push to =
equalize=20
everybody on the web smacks of socialism.&nbsp; Many people still own =
black and=20
white televisions.&nbsp; Should we abandon the use of color because of=20
this?&nbsp; Many don't own a car.&nbsp; should we stop building =
roads?&nbsp; I=20
see this attitude all over the Internet and web, as if we are all =
participating=20
in some sort of collective or communal endeavor.&nbsp; And,=20
&quot;world-harmony-ish&quot; as it may seem to believe this, we are =
not.&nbsp;=20
This is a medium, not a religion.&nbsp;</DIV></BODY></HTML>

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