On 6/21/07, Paul Karagianis <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > On 21 Jun 2007 at 16:52, Wayne T Smith wrote: > > >That said, I don't expect to change the thinking of anyone that thinks a 2KB > >message is better than a 40KB message, in and of itself. > > I think the fear is the other way around... we fear the inevitable future > where Peggy, sitting in her rural 10 by 50, surrounded by empty Doritos bags, > sends us a 17 Terrabyte holographic representation of her avatar, a vaguely > Lindsey Lohan-like executive speaking from her 50th floor corner office, > containing the 20 byte profundity - "Hey... watcha doing"? Future, nothing, it's already here! (well, not the terabyte level, but ..) Shortly after our company switched to email systems that allowed/supported HTML, we had a ... person (I'm trying to stay polite) start sending emails with background wallpaper, and all sorts of fancy garbage in it. I ripped into him for sending a 60K message that had exactly 100 bytes of actual information. HTML is sometimes useful in emails, but IMO, the first two rules of using HTML in email are: 1. Don't 2. See Rule 1. -- David Phillips Molon Labe ! Moved from CARY, NC, the Containment Area for Relocated Yankees Settling in near 36° 08' 25" N , 80° 17' 21" W while building around 36° 08' 47" N , 80° 19' 23" W Lose Not A Minute!