Credits for animations

Jacob L. Patterson (jpa...@moose.uvm.edu) wrote:

:  Some people seem to have assumed that I wrote the animations that 
: I posted.  This is not true.  I didn't write any of them.  I just 
: collect them.  Many of the animations I posted have the author's name 
: somewhere in them, however most do not.  I do not know who wrote these 
: animations.  I the future, whenever I post an animation, I will state the 
: author, if I know who it is, within the posting. (I will also post them 
: in their uncompressed format, and only a few per week)  If anyone wishes to 
: claim authorship of any of these animations, let me know by email.  Sorry 
: for any confusion.



> (I will also post them in their uncompressed format, and only a few 
> per week) 

If you really _are_ going to do that then please UUENCODE the files 
first because the Ansi Escape Codes are not acceptable in postings 
across Internet. The codes either get stripped from the files or at 
worst they can foul up the software operations at some Sites round 
the world.

Very few Internet users seem to be aware of the dangers of using 
control codes and machine code symbols in postings to newsgroups.

May I also suggest that these uuencoded animation files might be 
better placed in say alt.binaries.pictures.ascii with just a Pointer 
in alt.ascii-art newsgroup annnouncing that the file has been 
posted.  

The main disadvantage of alt.binaries.pictures.ascii is that many 
Sites expire postings after 48 hours so postings can be missed. An 
alternative group might possibly be alt.binaries.pictures.misc which 
gets used by many newsgroups in the mainstream hierarchies that do 
not know how to deal with Binary files. Binaries are not normally 
acceptable in mainstream groups.  

Bye,

Colin Douthwaite (Col...@equinox.gen.nz) wrote:
: Jacob L. Patterson (jpa...@moose.uvm.edu) wrote:

[Stuff about reposting animations]

: May I also suggest that these uuencoded animation files might be 
: better placed in say alt.binaries.pictures.ascii with just a Pointer 
: in alt.ascii-art newsgroup annnouncing that the file has been 
: posted.  

: The main disadvantage of alt.binaries.pictures.ascii is that many 
: Sites expire postings after 48 hours so postings can be missed. An 
: alternative group might possibly be alt.binaries.pictures.misc which 
: gets used by many newsgroups in the mainstream hierarchies that do 
: not know how to deal with Binary files. Binaries are not normally 
: acceptable in mainstream groups.  

One major problem with this plan, the alt.binaries.* groups are filtered out
at many sites. For some reason, my site gets prefiltered groups so we do not
even have the choice of getting any of the alt.binaries.

BTW wasn't this group started so that there would be a group for posting
animations?

just my $0.02

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In message <Col...@equinox.gen.nz> - Col...@equinox.ge
n.nz (Colin Douthwaite) writes:
>May I also suggest that these uuencoded animation files might be 
>better placed in say alt.binaries.pictures.ascii with just a Pointer 
>in alt.ascii-art newsgroup annnouncing that the file has been 
>posted.  
>
>The main disadvantage of alt.binaries.pictures.ascii is that many 
>Sites expire postings after 48 hours so postings can be missed. An 
>alternative group might possibly be alt.binaries.pictures.misc which 
>gets used by many newsgroups in the mainstream hierarchies that do 
>not know how to deal with Binary files. Binaries are not normally 
>acceptable in mainstream groups.  

I vote for continuing to post them here.  First, this newsgroup
has low traffic, and secondly the animations are typically
small anyway.  The people who have uploaded animations here
have been pretty good about uuencoding them.


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