The jpg picture came through fine, supposedly on this non binary group. Wonder who else can see it?. Or can we all see it and don't need the ABSE?.
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You miss the point kid.
Binaries are a resource hog, in terms of transporting them and in terms of storage. Since Usenet is not a centralized system, every single message has to be moved from newsserver to newsserver, and stored at each. This happens whether or not anyone at that site actually looks at the message. Binaries are far bigger in size than the average text message.
Which is why binary messages are segregated. Keeping them in dedicate newsgroups means that any given news site can decide whether or not to allocate resources to the binary newsgroups. Many don't bother, the value of them not matching the resources they use up.
When you mix binary messages in with discussion newsgroups, you are using up resources without letting the various news administrators decide whether or not to allocate those resources. Binaries are a leech in themselves, but you are leeching even further by trying to get something by the news administrators when you know, or should know, that binary messages do not belong in non-binary newsgroups.
Smart news administrators won't let the binary messages pass. Others may cancel such messages. If it happens enough, some sites may decide that they won't carry newsgroups where some fool(s) is routinely posting binary messages.
It amazes me that people can pose as "electronic designers" but they can't figure out how to post diagrams to their own personal space at their ISP, most ISPs do allocate space for this. It isn't difficult at all, likely it's harder to figure out how to post to a binary newsgroup. Posting to your own space at your ISP shows all kinds of benefits. First, only people who want to see it cause the graphic file to be transferred, instead of shuffling it around Usenet even if only a handful of people are interested. Second, it solves the problem of people who don't have access to binary newsgroups, because their ISP or newsserver has rightly decided there's little value in binary newsgroups. Third, since it will all be in one piece, you won't have complaints when people get only parts of the multiple part message, which is likely a result of the way the messages travel, and the the low retention time placed on resource hogging binary newsgroups.
Michael
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