heuser.marcus@freenet.de wrote:
So lowering the resolution cuts the bandwidth by lowering the info content, while "plaining" the background concentrates all the bandwidth on the information content.And using complex backgrounds maximizes the demand for bandwith and storage space which in the long run leads us to better systems at the providers, telcos and in home systems. I guess its a perspective thing... ;o)
Sure, but I'm under no illusions that .jpg's are driving *that* trend. ;-) Ah, well--I started this little rant by saying it was a pet peeve... Like the photo of an interface card that occupies the middle 1/9th of a frame shot against a pile carpet, where the chip numbers are unreadable, but only 11% of the file depicts the actual card... ;-( </flame> -michael Music synthesis for 8-bit Apple II's! Home page: http://members.aol.com/MJMahon/ "The wastebasket is our most important design tool--and it is seriously underused."