dennis roberts wrote:
> the pragmatic of the situation is:
>
> DO NOT SEND ANY ATTACHMENTS TO ANY LIST
>
> this has PARTLY to do with virus spreading potential but ... partly to
> courtesy ... and partly due to the fact that when downloading your messages
> say at home ... on a modem ... you can't get to the NEXT message without
> taking time to have the attachment downloaded too ... whether you opt to
> look at it or not
While I agree with the sentiments expressed by others that attachments should
not be sent to email lists, I take exception that this should apply to small
(only a few KB or so) gif or jpeg images. Pictures *are* often worth a
thousand words, and certainly it makes sense that the subscribers to a stat
list would occasionally want to post a graph or figure so as to illustrate a
particular statistical point. (David Howell posted a graph of a sampling
distribution.) It is more than a little ironic that this would be against the
rules for this list!
Drake Bradley
Bates College
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