I am ion Audio Asylum. An apt name for some of the audiophoolery, but there are parts with merit there so it is worth it.
Anyway, they allow the uploading to their server(s) images for embedding in posts. so what my sneaky ass did was to make such a post, not thinking abo ut this yet, but I was thinking of posting it here as well. So I went "View Source" and found the text immediatly before the embedded image. (after wo uld work as well) What to I find ? The actual URL of the image. I found no way to get it to display when the page is parsed, but there is was. They c onverted it to a GIF but what do I care.
In my next post I will use that method. I already tested it. the drawback i s that the image usually has to be related to their topics. But there is a section that is like random where almost anything goes. But any electronics that could possibly be used in audio I'm sure would be fine.
One problem though is that software loses features with every new release, so I don't know if a really modern browser has "View Source". Saving the pa ge and opening it in a text editor because it is already parsed, you need i t raw.
For the amount I intend to use that method it should not bother them, unles s maybe the sheer traffic does. Anyone thing they will notice people access ing the image without the post ? Does their software usually have that feat ure ?