Re: Graphics on the net?

[Bill North <north@spso.gsfc.nasa.gov>]

In article <35uns7$3pu@kruuna.Helsinki.FI>
Tero Sand, cust_ts@cc.Helsinki.FI writes:
>I mean, what are you saying? That using the WebCrawler degrades
>performance? Of what?

It comsumes bandwith and cpu cycles, analogous
to (but not identical to!) ftp'ing into many
sites and doing ls -lR (?) on all of them.

If you need to consume the bandwidth, go for it.

In article <35uq56$r1k@crl3.crl.com>
Joe Kohn, joko@crl.com writes:
>I have absolutely no problem locating graphics on the net. What I do have
>a problem with is displaying them on my IIGS.
>
>The answer has to lie with someone developing new IIGS Jpeg and GIF
>decoders. We have some incredible resources here on the net; now we just
>need some incredible new graphic software to allow us to take advantage of
>all those resources.

Point taken.

/*  Bill North -- north@spso.gsfc.nasa.gov  */