On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 02:31:42 -0400, "Andrew-S"
I-Still-Hate-Spammers@Sorry-I had-to-leave-for-bit.com wrote:

Well what about the fellow who wanders into the
group for the first time, he has never been to a binary newsgroup before?
Then all of a sudden he is hit by yEnc? He asks about it and is told he
must upgrade or else! What about the person who for their own reasons can't
afford or doesn't want to buy a newer computer?

HUH? A newer computer? yEnc doesn't require any hardware upgrade
whatsoever.

What about the person such as myself who just doesn't see the
need for it?

Don't use it then.

This newsgroup has always been aimed at amateurs, it was shaped and geared
towards maintaining the maximum amount of ease when accessing it. As in
keep it as simple as possible so the most number of people can see the
images.

There is nothing harder more complex about yEnc. You just install the
software that deals with it (for me it was Forte's Agent newsreader),
and that's that--set it and forget it. I wasn't even aware I was
becoming yEnc -enabled when I was becoming yEnc-enabled. Since this
issue causes such a stir, I checked to see how easy the free stuff
available to handle yEnc was. Frankly, if you can't install stuff
that simple, it's a wonder you ever installed a newsreader in the
first place.


As for the remarks by Just Plane Noise and Clarebare about how great his
yEnc is?

Don't put words in my mouth. All I've ever said was that yEnc posting
is convenient for me and makes posts smaller. Pizza and beer are
great. yEnc is just OK.


Quite simply I don't really care.... If you lads think you are
great photographers and want to impress everyone then post it in a NON yEnc
format. That way you can either receive the accolades, or the criticisms.

I don't think I am a great photographer, I don't want to impress
everyone, I appreciate accolades and constructive criticisms (I've
pointed out how important John Meyer's were to me since they were
actually about photo quality) but if I get neither that's OK too. My
pix are there if anybody wants 'em. If they're good, they're good; if
they're bad, they're bad.

However, I sam MUCH more concerned about posting poor images. Last
night I spent two hours learning to use one of Paint Shop Pro's tools
(Chromatic Abberation fix) to get rid of it on two of my Raptor pix.
It is tedious as hell, but far better than the quickfix tool in PSP.
Tell me how my images can be improved (not their encoding), and I'm
all ears. I'm effectively deaf to anytthing else.



As for pics of Oshkosh, there are numerous free sites and blogs out there
with almost daily uploads, many by professional photographers. I was at
Oshkosh was there about 3 years ago and I had a hell of a good time and I
honestly hope Plane Noise and whomever is with him enjoys himself; it is an
amazing event to see.

I've gone to about 23 AirVentures since I am a resident of the area,
and I would be happy to share tips about "doing" the convention as
well as the area. I also once had the same flightline access as EAA
Video, which is as close as you get to "unrestricted", but after a
falling out with EAA, I no longer pay to go on the grounds themselves
(I'm not persona non grata or anything like that--I just won't give
EAA another dime of my money). I still have a little insider
knowledge, though, and my main (and still friendly) contact at EAA,
former Warbirds Director Peter Moll, is now the Wittman Airport
executive.

I can also tell you where the best restaurants are, etc. (sadly, they
are mostly in Appleton--I even take new prospective professional
employees to Appleton to avoid showing them Oshkosh's embarrassing
"downtown"--it isn't dangerous or ugly, just dead, dead, dead).