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On 17 Jul 2017 22:41:09 GMT, "F. Russell" wrote:

Virtually all of the images posted on this NG are TOTALLY
USELESS due to their small size and resolution.

Usenet could be an extremely valuable historical repository
if only the posters had an inkling of knowledge about image
processing.

All images not in digital format should be scanned in at
least 600 dpi. Anything less is, at best, a ludicrous joke.

Sure, this will lead to large file sizes, but that issue is no
longer tenable, if it ever was tenable, on the contemporary
Internet.

It sickens me to think of the gigabytes of visual information
that have been totally squandered due to a lack of competence
on the part of the poster. The argument that such posts are
"better than nothing" is a feeble argument in response.

History cannot be adequately preserved with a "postage stamp"
image. All posters should educate themselves on proper digital
techniques or hire a competent consultant.

I make no apologies for my roughness. History is far too important
to be entrusted to ignoramuses.

By definition, a scanned image comes from a source that has already
been preserved for history.

If photographers wish to essentially donate their work into the public
domain by posting full resolution originals, that is their choice,
unwise as it may be.

I don't recognize your nym as common here, much less attached to the
type of posts you describe; thus your "roughness" carries very little
weight.

"F. Russell" That's just ole "Fabian" Russell...well known
screamer in comp.os.linux.advocacy comp.graphics.apps.gnuplot sci.physics




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