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[RustY ©]

[RustY ©]

On 11/02/2011 21:56, RustY © wrote:

This picture is 5287 lines big according to T-Bird [and X-news]. Any
mathematicians out there know the conversion factor to get this into Kb ?

[John Szalay[_2_]]

RustY © > wrote in news:SOi5p.7412$T_2.4123
@newsfe06.ams2:

> On 11/02/2011 21:56, RustY © wrote:
>
> This picture is 5287 lines big according to T-Bird [and X-news]. Any
> mathematicians out there know the conversion factor to get this into Kb ?

Not off hand, however if you look at the photo information

Irfanview reports it as 232.08 KB (237,650 Bytes)
Windows reports it as 242 KB (247,903 bytes)

I have no idea why the difference. ) probably some compression factor.

[Sunny[_3_]]

"RustY ©" > wrote in message
...
> On 11/02/2011 21:56, RustY © wrote:
>
> This picture is 5287 lines big according to T-Bird [and X-news]. Any
> mathematicians out there know the conversion factor to get this into Kb
> ?

243KB according to Irfanview
55.9KB resized :-)

[RustY ©]

On 11/02/2011 23:21, Sunny wrote:
> "RustY > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 11/02/2011 21:56, RustY © wrote:
>>
>> This picture is 5287 lines big according to T-Bird [and X-news]. Any
>> mathematicians out there know the conversion factor to get this into Kb
>> ?
>
> 243KB according to Irfanview
> 55.9KB resized :-)
>
>
Thanks gents - that makes it 22 lines per Kb or so.

Looks like either this is some ancient Egyptian system or thought up by
someone used to chains and furlongs ???????

[Bob (not my real pseudonym)]

On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 19:52:17 +0000, RustY © >
wrote:

>On 11/02/2011 23:21, Sunny wrote:
>> "RustY > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On 11/02/2011 21:56, RustY © wrote:
>>>
>>> This picture is 5287 lines big according to T-Bird [and X-news]. Any
>>> mathematicians out there know the conversion factor to get this into Kb
>>> ?
>>
>> 243KB according to Irfanview
>> 55.9KB resized :-)
>>
>>
>Thanks gents - that makes it 22 lines per Kb or so.
>
>Looks like either this is some ancient Egyptian system or thought up by
>someone used to chains and furlongs ???????

Since news (NNTP) converts everything to ASCII, I believe the 'lines'
refers to the number of lines of text that make up the whole post.
This can vary depending on the line length you have your posting
software set to use, but is usually somewhere in the 72~80 character
range.

Bob ^,,^

[Gary R. Schmidt]

On 13/02/2011 6:52 AM, RustY © wrote:
> On 11/02/2011 23:21, Sunny wrote:
>> "RustY > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On 11/02/2011 21:56, RustY © wrote:
>>>
>>> This picture is 5287 lines big according to T-Bird [and X-news]. Any
>>> mathematicians out there know the conversion factor to get this into Kb
>>> ?
>>
>> 243KB according to Irfanview
>> 55.9KB resized :-)
>>
>>
> Thanks gents - that makes it 22 lines per Kb or so.
>
> Looks like either this is some ancient Egyptian system or thought up by
> someone used to chains and furlongs ???????
No, it's the *original* way Usenet messages were represented, simply as
lines, because usenet was originally a) text only, and, b) there was a
line limit of 75 characters enforced by all of the client software[1].

Cheers,
Gary B-)

1 - Yes, I know you could change the source and re-compile...

[RustY ©]

On 13/02/2011 11:34, Gary R. Schmidt wrote:
> it's the *original* way Usenet messages were represented, simply as
> lines, because usenet was originally a) text only, and, b) there was a
> line limit of 75 characters enforced by all of the client software[1].

The trouble is, it is no longer relevant with colour photos and video.

[Gary R. Schmidt]

On 13/02/2011 10:56 PM, RustY © wrote:
> On 13/02/2011 11:34, Gary R. Schmidt wrote:
>> it's the *original* way Usenet messages were represented, simply as
>> lines, because usenet was originally a) text only, and, b) there was a
>> line limit of 75 characters enforced by all of the client software[1].
>
> The trouble is, it is no longer relevant with colour photos and video.
>
Yes, but there is a "Lines:" header - which is not considered to be
reliable, but it is in the RFC - so it's easy to just use that.

Working out the actual size of the messages requires "doing things."

Cheers,
Gary B-)