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I certainly agree with Geoffrey regarding attachments requiring
considerable download time, i.e., scans, photographs, color,etc. It
would, however, be both convenient and instructive to allow solutional
formats to be attached if in simple text, whether for calculator or
logarithmic solution. I am for example, referring to a time sight,
intercept, lunar distance clearing, etc., calculation formats as have
been traditionally employed in navigation instruction. As you all know,
any effort to transmit such formats in a conventional emal message simply
results in a chaotic destruction of organizational margins and spacing.
Personnally, I feel that such attachments would increase my ability to
contribute. Just a thought ...

Henry

On Sun, 28 Aug 2005 12:41:01 +0100 Geoffrey Kolbe
 writes:
> No Frank, It was me that objected to spending half an hour
> downloading
> graphs I did not want, just to get them off the server and get rid
> of them.
>
> We don't all have broadband connections and we don't all have
> computers
> with turbo-charged CPU's and terabytes of memory to spare. We don't
> even
> all have computers that have a mouse!
>
>   With very little effort, there is no need for general attachments
> to the
> list. The rule about no attachments on this list is a good one. Let
> us
> stick to it please.
>
> Geoffrey Kolbe
>
>
>
> >Bah. Attachments are no big deal. Anyone who says otherwise is
> just running
> >you through a 'fraternity initiation rite'. Long-term members of
> the list
> >have used attachments on a regular basis. You can sort the list
> archives "by
> >attachment" if it interests you.
> >
> >That said, clicking on an  attachment requires an extra flex of the
> mousing
> >finger muscle and this is  precious energy that many list members
> cannot spare
> >(myself included ),
>
>
>
> >-FER
> >42.0N 87.7W, or 41.4N  72.1W.
> >www.HistoricalAtlas.com/lunars
>

   

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