On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 23:04:12 +0200, "Herman"
wrote:


"Lee" schreef in bericht
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"B. Hedd" wrote in
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What does one do with 5 gigabytes of shuttle pics? Do you spend a
few hours over the course of three or four evenings admiring them? Or
do you spread it out to viewing them for 1/2 hour daily for a month or
so?

Do you go back a couple of times a year and admire them again?



Sorry to hurt your delicate sensibilities. I also have about
10.5 gigs of aircraft pictures. Is that OK?

The reason I think J3 did a good thing is that his stuff was high
resolution. This provides all kinds of answers to detail questions.

These pictures were also from sources other than the standard NASA PIO
stuff. He did a wonderful job putting this all together. If his flood was
too much for some, all they gotta do is ignore, or improve their computer
skills and subscription services. Before you give the usual response, I
too
am on a fixed income.

99% of the aircraft pictures that populate this group are about the half
the size of the monitor screen before they pixelate.

Haven't you seen the bandwidth used in asking/answering numerous follow-up
detail questions? How about the number of questions requesting alternate
angle shots? J3's efforts provide angles/alternate views out the wazoo.

As example, just how many upgrades have been made to the shuttle cockpit
since the early 80's? Well, now I have photographic information.

So, you go ahead and admire for a fleeting moment the postings from this
group. I study them. Again, sorry to hurt your sensibilities.

If you want high-res pictures of the earth, why not try Google Earth?
I have very detailed pictures of the Pentagon, just out of curiosity of
course :-)

Many places on earth can be viewed in astonishing detail.
No NG flooding, no mud-throwing, no name calling.

And one last thought on the subject: the name of the NG is
alt.binaries.pictures.aviation. IMHO this would indicate pictures of
aircraft in various shapes and attitudes. The space shuttle is firmly in the
realm of spaceflight.
Should there be no separate NG for shuttle pictures?

Just do what I do. If you don't like or want a particular post or
posts, skip past them.
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