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« Reply #20 on: October 26, 2006, 02:05:32 PM » |
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Wow! Gilbi must be on dial up   ya did kick him outa here didn't ya  Nope. People are free to have an opinion - and even express it around here. Troy |
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« Reply #21 on: October 29, 2006, 12:20:24 PM » |
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Why is it a banning offense to link to pictures from other sites, aka, "stealing bandwidth" as you put it? Is it a copywrite violation of some sort? I can see it being a problem if someone actually took the picture and posted it but what if it's a pic from the Yahoo or Google photo links that allow you to simply copy the url?
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« Reply #22 on: October 29, 2006, 06:38:42 PM » |
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Bull, not linking to pictures from other sites - I mean embedding a picture that is hosted here in a page hosted somewhere else (ie. putting 40 pics in the text of an eBay ad using our address to avoid the higher picture posting fees). The reason is that even though you see it on another site it is permanently stored on this server which means every person that views it is requesting it from here. Using a URL from Google or Yahoo is the reverse - the picture shows up here but is physically hosted somewhere else. Since every request for the picture comes here, it uses our bandwidth and slows our server down by having to respond to all the requests. When our bandwidth usage passes a certain point I get charged overage fees - just like going over on your cell phone minutes. When the site gets overloaded we suffer from dropped connections and pages that don't load (remember that?). Since the people linking to the pictures are costing me money to support something that isn't even related to the operation of the site it's stealing. Not only that but it's rude - kinda like expanding your party into your neighbor's backyard and pool without asking just because it's convenient and easy for you.
Sort of related, this is also why we have size limitations on attachments. Not only do all these pictures take up space (10 GB so far), when 1,000 people request the same thing it uses up 1,000 times more bandwidth than it did for the person to upload it. Places like Picturetrail and Photobucket have been a huge help and it isn't as rampant as it used to be. The main drawback is that people host large pictures off site and it they ever close the account or delete the picture then we lose it in any threads. This can be a major bummer when it happens in a "How to" thread.
I hope that was clear but it can be confusing so ask any questions that you need.
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« Reply #23 on: October 29, 2006, 07:21:27 PM » |
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Ok, I gotcha. I know I have posted links here to pics from other sites and I didn't want to get 86'd. Usually now I just save relevant pictures tomy desktop long enough to post them here and then I delete them. Now that you mention it it seems to me I remember a guy doing what you described a long time ago and he was shown the door rather quickly.  Isn't there a way to prevent people from doing that with automatic security software of some type? But, if there is a way it probably costs too much. |
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« Reply #24 on: October 31, 2006, 08:02:09 AM » |
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Can we see the chick with the big BOOBIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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« Reply #25 on: November 01, 2006, 04:20:53 PM » |
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Can we see the chick with the big BOOBIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
what year is the chick? lol ..all matching huh? |
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« Reply #26 on: May 10, 2007, 08:02:56 AM » |
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how do you attach a thumbnail to the left colum??
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« Reply #28 on: August 24, 2007, 04:43:40 PM » |
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Alright, first I would like to know if what I am doing is wrong? Whenever, I post pics on this site I copy and paste a link from my photobucket account to this site. Does this steal bandwith from this site, or is it good for your site?
Oh, we need more pics of the Daytona Chic. SHE'S HOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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« Reply #29 on: August 26, 2007, 10:38:43 AM » |
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Linking pics from Photobucket & others like it do not use/steal bandwidth from this site, it uses the bandwidth from Photobucket's site. If you link a pic that has been uploaded to this site to some other site, THAT is what steals bandwidth from this site. I usually link my pics from a pic hosting site like you, to help keep bandwidth usage down on the forums I visit. The only bad part is that if I ever delete the pics from the host site, or close the account, all the pics I've posted everywhere will go dead. That's not too bad though, because I tend to post a lot of pics that wouldn't be terribly missed anyhow a year from now.  |
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« Reply #30 on: August 26, 2007, 11:04:44 AM » |
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Linking pics from Photobucket & others like it do not use/steal bandwidth from this site, it uses the bandwidth from Photobucket's site. If you link a pic that has been uploaded to this site to some other site, THAT is what steals bandwidth from this site. I usually link my pics from a pic hosting site like you, to help keep bandwidth usage down on the forums I visit. The only bad part is that if I ever delete the pics from the host site, or close the account, all the pics I've posted everywhere will go dead. That's not too bad though, because I tend to post a lot of pics that wouldn't be terribly missed anyhow a year from now. Got ya..Thanks |
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