"G.Kuhn" wrote in message
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My second post on this subject.....
Flame suit on :-)
WHAT is so flippen difficult in reading/opening yenc files?
Yes, I don't particularly like them, but it is SO easy to download and
save them in OE, and then decoding with 3rd party software.
And this from about six years back already, when I started net surfing.
Heck, anything that saves bandwidth in this retard country of mine, is a
bonus.
Maybe, just maybe, slow down on the ranting and raving, and discreetly ask
for help, draws less attention to one's shortcomings, I learnt that the
embarrassing way :-)

Buffy


Hi, Buffy !

Perhaps I can explain the problem to you since you don't seem to be of the
same brash ilk as the bombastic group of kids who charged into this group
and exiled our most prolific and congenial long-term posters.

There is nothing wrong with yEnc. Mr. Noise explained it very well - if a
person is a user of many newsgroups and downloads media files, e-books and
other large files then something like yEnc is nearly mandatory. On the
other hand, this is a still picture group where the file sizes rarely exceed
300KB. A file that size will download with yEnc in about 10 seconds on a
DSL connection, around 12 seconds without yEnc. Two seconds may be an
eternity for an impetuous youngster but it is totally insignificant in this
newsgroup. Step up to cable service and differences in D/L time become
almost immeasurable.

With that said, the real reason(s) for the regular members here wanting to
ban yEnc is that some are TOO OLD to understand how to install ANY kind of
software on their computers. Some are (or were, before they bailed) barely
able to use email and read this newsgroup. So, should we just tell them to
fuddle off or upgrade? I doubt if the invaders would tell their own
grandparents to F-off but for some reason they don't hesitate to tell those
here to do the same.

This is a global group of people who share the same love for aviation
photos. The older members have provided a wealth of historical information
regarding vintage aircraft, their experiences in various wars, and have been
most generous by providing priceless information of a historical nature.
Some of these same people are embarrassed to reveal a lack of skill using a
computer and will simply leave to avoid the insolence of some snot-nosed kid
who tells them to get out of the dark ages and upgrade to *their*
standards.

This is why a large amount of time was invested here to hammer out a usage
guideline that would be agreeable to all regardless of their computer
skills.

Is this too difficult to understand?

gdp