Why not have a little respect for us dial-uppers?

thebeav · October 6, 2006 3:56AM

I need to be able to sign onto the internet from many different locations, so I've always been a dial-up person.
It seems that 80% of the people that post images here will always put up a picture that is from 1 Meg to 5 megs in size.
How big can a Buffalo nickel be?
My fleabay photos average 35 KB's and are more than good enough to sell a coin, let alone look at one.....
What's the point of these huge pix ?
Before you flame me, size a few down yourself and see if you can tell the difference......

Barndog · October 6, 2006 4:02AM

most people aren't on dial-up, so you won't get people to reduce the size of their photos since they will see it as a reduction in the quality of the photos -- plus, it does take a bit more effort to resize prior to posting.

Most people will post some sort of warning in the thread title, which equates to the modicum of respect you had asked for.

Gemineye · October 6, 2006 4:09AM

I use CU to host my photos that I post on the board and reduce them to their said max size.......

Russ · October 6, 2006 4:19AM

Russ, NCNE

coinpictures · October 6, 2006 4:19AM

"80% of the people that post images here will always put up a picture that is from 1 Meg to 5 megs in size."

Aren't we overreacting just a wee bit?

I would estimate that far less than 1% of the pictures posted here exceed 1 MB in size.

For example, I always post my pictures at 500 pixels by 500 pixels (example below). Each one is approximately 60K in size. A far cry from 1MB.

Sure, it's tougher for those on dialup, but let's not go off the deep end when exaggerating the size of the images...

Edit: Even Russ's bad boy is only 309K... nowhere near 1MB.

Barndog · October 6, 2006 4:21AM

please edit your thread title to include "warning for dial-uppers, large photos inside"

Russ · October 6, 2006 4:23AM

<< please edit your thread title to include "warning for dial-uppers, large photos inside" >>

Russ, NCNE

Heywood · October 6, 2006 4:28AM

Warning only works if original poster makes the large image, not the subsequent jokesters.

Russ · October 6, 2006 4:34AM

<< Warning only works if original poster makes the large image, not the subsequent jokesters. >>

Hey, it's only 309k. That's less than half of the low end his complaint range of 1MB to 5MB.

Russ, NCNE

greghansen · October 6, 2006 4:37AM

Russ,

Now that was pretty funny. Nice image.

Why not have a little respect for us dial-uppers?

Because you have no respect for better technology...get with the program. I have a dial up program for emergency access also, when I'm in the stix and need to check up on email. I don't go cruising around websites where there are going to be big images and files and I don't expect other internet users to monitor their postings so that it is convenient for those with the slowest access.

ss350camaro · October 6, 2006 4:38AM

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tee hee

Pentimento · October 6, 2006 4:38AM

I need to be able to sign onto the internet from many different locations, so I've always been a dial-up person.

**Many different locations?? I am outside right now.. its called Wifi / GPRS**

It seems that 80% of the people that post images here will always put up a picture that is from 1 Meg to 5 megs in size.

**Even Russ's jokey huge picture above is only 300K!! Who are the 80% that post pictures 10 times larger?**

What's the point of these huge pix ?

**The same point as a 7X magnifier.**

RYK · October 6, 2006 4:39AM

Most of my images are in the 40-350 kb range.

I suspect that a lot of people who post coins do not know how to make their images smaller, and I say this because at one time I did not either.

Barndog · October 6, 2006 4:41AM

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tee hee

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show some respect, please!

Gemineye · October 6, 2006 4:42AM

<< Warning only works if original poster makes the large image, not the subsequent jokesters. >>

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Preussen · October 6, 2006 4:46AM

<< I've always been a dial-up person. .. >>

What's "dial-up" ? Oh, wait...I think there might have been something about that on the History Channel some years ago.

Seriously, most of us like to see big pics, but I think your estimate of 80% being 1-5mb is just a bit high. As previously mentioned, most will place a warning in the title when large pics are posted. You might want to relax and wait for them to load. I find that most of them would be worth the wait

JMO - Preussen

XpipedreamR · October 6, 2006 4:51AM

Resized for Russ. Now you can use it as an avatar, too! Avatar uploads, the 15th of each month

Barndog · October 6, 2006 4:52AM

<< Resized for Russ. Now you can use it as an avatar, too! Avatar uploads, the 15th of each month

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what kind of coin is that?

BlindedByEgo · October 6, 2006 4:55AM

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tee hee

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show some respect, please! >>

C'mon, that's not funny - the guy is on dial up, for cripes' sake!

Dial-up is the exception these days, not the rule. Go with the flow!

Barndog · October 6, 2006 4:57AM

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tee hee

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show some respect, please! >>

C'mon, that's not funny - the guy is on dial up, for cripes' sake!

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You're right.

Sorry.

ledzep87 · October 6, 2006 4:59AM

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tee hee

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show some respect, please! >>

C'mon, that's not funny - the guy is on dial up, for cripes' sake!

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You're right.

Sorry. >>

The pic is a little small, let me get my loupe.

MrSpud · October 6, 2006 5:17AM

I haven't read any of the other replies but i wanted to give a suggestion that may help. Back when I used dial-up I turned off all images and read everything as text only. The pages would open instantly and wherever an image would be there would just be a little red X. If there was an image I wanted to see I used to right click it and select "show picture". This works great. Even pop-up images and advertisements just show up as a red X and don't slow you down. Makes surfing the net go faster than anything.

Shamika · October 6, 2006 5:32AM

<< I need to be able to sign onto the internet from many different locations, so I've always been a dial-up person.

**Many different locations?? I am outside right now.. its called Wifi / GPRS** >>

Unfortunately WiFi doesn't work everywhere. I live in beautiful western Mass and there is no WiFi or cell reception in many places. But I'm sure the Berkshire mountains don't help either.

ksteelheader · October 6, 2006 5:36AM

oldcameoproofsguy · October 6, 2006 5:37AM

I remember when I used to have dial up. I wouldn't even open up picture threads.

MikeInFL · October 6, 2006 5:38AM

BlindedByEgo · October 6, 2006 5:39AM

Is 220K OK?

lsica · October 6, 2006 5:55AM

<< Why not have a little respect for us dial-uppers? >>

This forum is known for it's large images, and even more than that, there are ways you can stop images from loading. To have people have to limit their image sizes to accomodate a "lowest common denominator" of web-surfing-bandwidth is unfair to those who enjoy and expect the forum's tradition of larger images.

Having said that...

Coxe · October 6, 2006 6:01AM

Your Solution

Aegis3 · October 6, 2006 6:10AM

<< Your Solution >>

I don't seem able to post messages here w/ Lynx. (Yes, I just tried.) Plus, the formatting of the forums is atrocius when viewed there. My complaint about big images (if I have one) is that on my 17" monitor, the really big images may only allow maybe half to two-thirds of the coin to be seen at once. (Sure, I could resize them if I really wanted to).

Coxe · October 6, 2006 6:25AM

Probably doesn't handle cookies and things like that. You might be able to turn off images in your regular browser settings, though I figure that is a "feature" Micros**t wouldn't have considered for IE.

mozeppa · October 6, 2006 6:30AM

sure..lets all take a giant technology leap backwards to satisfy the needs of the smallest percentile out there.

MadMarty · October 6, 2006 6:33AM

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What a bunch of bandwidth pigs you guys are.

jdsinva · October 6, 2006 6:37AM

I'm sitting here at work drinking my afternoon coffee and about snorted coffee through my nose as I busted out laughing. . .

Coxe · October 6, 2006 6:38AM

<< sure..lets all take a giant technology leap backwards to satisfy the needs of the smallest percentile out there. >>

Doesn't affect anyone else.

BTW, dial-uppers using IE might try this. View-Internet Options. Advanced tab. Scroll down to the Multimedia secion and uncheck Shw Images. I would think that will also disable requesting (downloading) the image files too, but all bets are off with MS programming. Anyway, that might be an acceptable temporary solution when dialing up. Can go back and forth between settings at your whim.

Gemineye · October 6, 2006 6:40AM

Big pictures to make up for their short comings........

Connecticoin · October 6, 2006 6:40AM

Dammit MikeinFL, that one takes forever to load on Broadband!!

MikeInFL · October 6, 2006 6:43AM

<< Dammit MikeinFL, that one takes forever to load on Broadband!!

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Does that mean you want to see the obverse too?

thebeav · October 6, 2006 6:46AM

<< I haven't read any of the other replies but i wanted to give a suggestion that may help. Back when I used dial-up I turned off all images and read everything as text only. The pages would open instantly and wherever an image would be there would just be a little red X. If there was an image I wanted to see I used to right click it and select "show picture". This works great. Even pop-up images and advertisements just show up as a red X and don't slow you down. Makes surfing the net go faster than anything. >>

Great suggestion MrSpud.....Thank you for the idea !!

JRocco · October 6, 2006 10:11AM

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Where is the matching obverse...

DNADave · October 6, 2006 10:38AM

Oh crap, I havn't laughed that hard since the OF

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Where is the matching obverse...

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robertpr · October 6, 2006 10:40AM

Why don't you dial-uppers have a little respect for us broadbanders and get with the times and stop bogging down the internet?

Newb · October 6, 2006 11:12AM

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OMGROFLMMFAO!!!!

labrams · October 6, 2006 11:16AM

<< It seems that 80% of the people that post images here will always put up a picture that is from 1 Meg to 5 megs in size. How big can a Buffalo nickel be?
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Broadband is the answer to your problem, not whining. And the answer to your question is "as big as it can be."

Coxe · October 6, 2006 11:17AM

Here is something special. A big part of my prooflike Morgan collection.

dthigpen · October 6, 2006 11:17AM

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Broadband is the answer to your problem, not whinining. And the answer to your question is "as big as it can be." >>

Are you seriously telling someone else that whining isn't the answer to their question? You're presence is the embodiment of whining.

XpipedreamR · October 6, 2006 11:18AM

Now that the thread is SO off topic, how long before it gets

ccr · October 6, 2006 11:22AM

Here is a recap of the coin pictures thus far for those that has missed it:

labrams · October 6, 2006 11:33AM

<< **The same point as a 7X magnifier.** >>

7x magnifier doesn't even do it for me. I'm not even all that old yet, all things considered (53). If I make it another 20+ years, I guess the eyes are done-for. Right now, I've got a 16x thing plus a 12x headset and I still can't always see everything. I guess I am going blind and please, don't poke fun. It's not funny. I hope I don't have to give this hobby up, because I so love it.

Coxe · October 6, 2006 11:36AM

Linda -- I use a 20x loupe for several hours a day and my lousy eyesight has only gotten worse with age. I had to be insane when I got into collecting varieties. At least I am only doing big silver dollars now. Those half dimes especially would not work out so well anymore.

bigbadchad777 · October 6, 2006 11:38AM

I am dial up too.
I have the pictures blocked or else i would never anywhere on the forums.

Why not have a little respect for us dial-uppers?

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