Rick how about a break?

Clarifications

Rick/Portland, OR

What the posts would look like should we all illustrate our own fixations \shudder.
Again I ask, please stop the posting of these (most) pics. If we all did this the forum would be totally un-viewable.

And you will find yourself doing Cold Turkey.

If you're not thrown off the TR site you will end up being shunned. Either way, you and your little cellulose pal will be on your own.

There is probably an internet site elsewhere more befitting of your contributions, since you are now spending more time procuring the best image for the situation rather than giving the correct technical answer to the OP question.

Not to mention ALL the unfortunates with dial-up connections, who now cannot even crawl through TR due to the time it takes for your infantile cartoons to display LINE BY LINE onto their monitors. The byte-count for each of your entries is a nightmare if you are on dial-up and expecting a text-only entry. Most dial-up users even turn off the animated avatars for God's sake.

After 30 years caring for and considering the needs of others, you have now turned your back on them, by inflicting an online pain that you're technically incapable of being aware of.

Perhaps it is the fault of TR because it was HERE that YOU learned something - how to embed your cartoons. Perhaps you now can learn how to consider dial-up users also.

for users of dialup. Which is still a significant portion of the world. Getting around this place from a 56k connection is h3ll. My FL dialup is 24k. Long threads don't even load properly as it is, with either connection. Anybody on dialup trying to access answers in a thread over-heavy with graphics, isn't going to be able to.

If, in fact, this guy wanted to help people, he wouldn't be ensuring they can't get in for help.

Good luck getting rid of the cartoon(s).

A few years ago I was doing an infra-red survey of the power lines on a U.S. Air Force base and was riding with a service person. They didn't have a service vehicle available for us to use so we had to use the service persons vehicle. He, like you must have had a fixation of some sort as he had a life-sized Coyote in his front seat. Now my equipment takes up some extra room and this was one of the small sized pickups. He refused to dump the stuffed character in the back and let me ride up front so I was relegated to the back of the pickup. To me, this bordered on mental illness. Nuff said.

If Rick's posts are know to cause you problems, why open them? ?:|

I agree, embedded images in every post is just too much.

I'm guilty of embedding images within posts. I even did it today in another discussion. Truthfully, I didn't think about issues others could have from my doing that.

From now on, it's only links to pictures in posts for me unless it's a small emoticon or Friday in the Yuk. Is that acceptable or should I kiss the animated emoticons goodbye too?

I also think that there can be too much of a 'good thing'.

I spend most of my time in the off-topic area of TR. My choice, of course. I may say anything over here but when it comes to the Q/A side of TR I try to have a more serious, straight-forward and professional demeanor. I think that you posting pictures in replies to serious questions on Q/A does no one any good and your continuing to do it, here and, especially there, will only discredit you among your peers.

It's your choice what you're going to do but I say too, give it a rest.

I will edit that word to something less negative. I just meant to note that you have a point.

I'm sorry.

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First, let's get one thing straight: Chuck Jones was a GOD! I notice most of your selections seem to be from his work; great choice.

That said, embedded images are a pain. If you're using the 'View All Posts' option, they're just something to scroll past especially on subsequent viewings. If you're using a dial-up, they're a drag on the limited bandwidth.

Like honey in bed, they should be used occasionally. Using them every day takes all the interest out and they become just something to clean up.

fortunately not the slowest connection.

I plan to time page loads, and then post the amount of time it took to load before moving on to another.

Maybe it will help to have some concrete feedback.

Only cause Palmetto asked so nicely!

Darn it though...

I do see the point. I know people from many places, and
many have dialup accounts that are slower than Boxie's.
A couple of weeks ago, I even made a post from someone
I know in S. Africa, and yes, it is dialup (and intermittent
at best). Basically, between faulty power grids and bad
phone services they get cut off often.
I am part of a few other groups, including one for Aloes
and other Succulents (plants), and there, this issue hit a
few years back as well. It is easy to not think about the
recipient(s) that may view, from other parts of the world
when you have a broadband connection.
On the other group, we created a separate area for
pictures, and just linked to those. That way only those
interested in seeing the pics got them.
It wouldnt work the same here (different setup) however,
limiting the amount of pics, and how often they were
posted would be a benefit to many people here.

I was hesitant (cause I like wile-e and roadrunner),
however it does cause problems. I do hope that you
reconsider using them in every post.

I have been thinking the same for some time.
I just didn't know of a nice way to put it.

Too much of a good thing.

Using novelties sparingly keeps them novel.

My thought has always been to focus primarily on the content of the post rather than how flashy or different it may look. Adding graphics when they don't effectively add to the content or help to clarify a point, can become an annoyance rather than a plus - as others here have made clear.

Now... let's move on.

[i]beep beep...... whoosh[/i]

CaptBilly1Eye what are you doing giving out these ideas. :p

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Boxy's going to b!tch slap you within an inch of your animated life for that.

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I have Firefox with Adblock Plus. I purposely blocked anything from photobucket, youtube etc, because they are blocked by corporate. I got tired of looking at the block page :(

There is nothing quite like logging into a forum for IT professionals and finding the Roadrunner jumping off the page at me everywhere I look.

I don't know what it's about, but I'm all for it! :D


edit: Now I know, and sadly, must concur.

for a very long time. Roadrunner [b][i]used[/i][/b] to be my favorite cartoon.

referencing your suggestion about 'sound', below. But at 31.whatever the heck that connection was, I was pretty much only cruising for page load times. Stumbled across that one of yours, and just figured to get 2 replies in for the price of one.

Connection issues, no biggie. Only dialup when away from home. Put it to good use, I think, this past weekend.

Sorry about the confusion. ;)

and cooler in the summer. Ducks love it.

:) :) :) :) :)

˙ɹǝpun uʍop ɯoɹɟ

Although, it is unlike feeding two to the fifth. ;)

you appear to be using a questionable account for posting purposes. You definitely need to get in for maintenance.

Davette

'Coz there's all these words the two of you (THREE of you if you include that Pilot Wannabee ComputerCookie) are trading and bouncing off of each other.

Words I've never seen before, but that are strangely similar to English words with a different spelling...

...[b]Where[/b] instead of [b]Were[/b]
...[b]Loose[/b] instead of [b]Lose[/b]
...[b]Havock[/b] instead of [b]Havoc[/b]

Maybe you spell Dikkshunnarry differently too - that'll be why I can't find it !! :^0

there might be a Lady present. :p

#!%# I left me #!%# pipe in the #!%# pub while I was litening to ♪♫ as I

staggers home

Well I think you missed the bit about the Reds & Blues there OM. On Wednesday Night there is a Rugby League Foot Ball Game called the State of Origin held here well in Sydney and apparently it's quite big to some people. Sort of like the Melbourne Cup though I never listened the that either given half a chance. :0

But for any slightly interested in Rugby it is like the [b]Holy Grail of Football[/b] and as it was the finial with the Reds Queensland playing the Blues NSW in Sydney with the series tied at 1 all it was the decider. Apparently from a News Report that I heard a few days ago Queensland has woe the trophy for the last 2 years and NSW wants to get some pride back and win it this year.

Sorry but I don't know who won the match I think QLD did as I overheard someone say something about Queensland and a Hat Trick but as I'm only interested in putting down Kiwis and New South Welshmen I don't follow it and am not even the slightest bit remotely interested in it.

Why several people would chase a lump of Pig Skin around a football field is beyond me but what I really find confusing is why people would actually pay to watch this happen. There are better ways to spend your time and that isn't one of my ways. :p

Col

come in please. Fried circuits. Wrong ID, wrong forum. Hello? Anybody out there?

:D

Was that an ECHO ?? :^0

I don't like not seeing at least my nomen with thumbs when I pop in. Never know if I am logged in, or just anonymously viewing until I try to reply, or Print/View All.
Sheesh.

:^0

He sabotaged the thumb button to open the air lock, I just can't press it. :-( :-)