Thanks a million, Eugene.
Phil
On Feb 14, 2004, at 2:07 AM, Eugene Matusov wrote:
> Dear XMCA-ers-
>
> I just designed Document Library on our Cultural-Historical SIG
> website. If
> you want to read my attachment, go to
> http://ematusov.soe.udel.edu/CH-SIG and select Document Library from
> the
> Navigation bar on your right.
>
> Please notice that to avoid (non-xmca!) people putting movies and
> pornography on our server (it was in past), I have to protect
> uploading with
> a password (you can access the password info on the upload page). To
> read
> and download documents, you do not need to use the password. So, now
> you can
> place documents for reading on our server.
>
> Enjoy,
>
> Eugene
> PS I also transformed the fragment from the PDF format into the Word
> format
> so people can access and read it.
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Phil Chappell [mailto:phil_chappell@access.inet.co.th]
>> Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 4:22 AM
>> To: xmca@weber.ucsd.edu
>> Subject: Re: attachments on xmca
>>
>> And also, it is a stubborn bugger and won't open for me, using Acrobat
>> or Mac Preview. THAT is agression, when someone says it has important
>> content that one can't get to!
>>
>> Phil
>> On Feb 13, 2004, at 12:40 AM, Bill Barowy wrote:
>>
>>> Let me suggest that to conserve bandwith ( a shared renewable
>>> resource
>>> on the
>>> internet) we consider the following. Instead of broadcasting large
>>> file
>>> attachments to everyone on xmca, we find a way to put them on a web
>>> server,
>>> where folks who are interested can download them when they have the
>>> resources
>>> (time, fast connection, hard drive space).
>>>
>>> The attachment that Eugene sent has important content, but the
>>> overuse
>>> of
>>> broadcasted large file attachments can be considered an instrumental
>>> aggression (however unintended) against those who have slower
>>> connections and
>>> older computers. IMHO It would be good, in a democratic online
>>> environment,
>>> to let message recipients have a choice.
>>>
>>> bb
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>
>
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