--- Karen AKA Kajikit <kaji(a)labyrinth.net.au> wrote:
Ray Saintonge wrote:
Imran Ghory wrote:
On Wed, 30 Oct 2002, Daniel Mayer wrote:
violation than reduced resolution images. Even
assuming that there is
unlimited storage space for these images, we have
no practical use for
most of the full resolution images anyway. Why
not store them at the
> maximum resolution that we may reasonably require?
It seems very silly to store 1000 pixel images just
because somebody
MIGHT want to print them out or resize them one
day... Before I upload
my pics I reduce them to a useful screen display
size - 200 or 300
pixels across depending on how much detail is in the
image. If there is
some kind of detail that I want people to be able to
see in 'closeup'
I'll also upload a fullsized version, but most of
the time that's just
not necessary. It's just inviting somebody to steal
my work and make it
their own!
When we write a text, we "try" to write it "full
resolution" and we know it is inviting somebody to
steal our work and make it their own also. What is the
difference ?
I am probably one of these "silly" persons who like to
have a fully detailed text, as well as a full
resolution image available. Of course, the full
resolution image should not be directly displayed on
the screen (now at least, I hope connection time will
improve worldwide:-)), but I believe, making it
available could be a *real bonus* in many cases
(technical pictures...).
An encyclopedia such as wikipedia is amha, not only
done for the purpose of being consulted quietly at
home, on a dsl, between peanuts and beer. It could
also to be of use for educational purposes, in
underdeveloped countries, or at least in all these
places where only one computer is available for a full
group of people, such as in most european schools. In
the latter cases, parts of the encyclopedia will be
*printed*, and a 72 dpi is not likely to give
something very pretty.
In any case, a printed page of wikipedia, with a 72dpi
image, will not be of the quality of a paper
encyclopedia.
Another part of education, for those who are
specialists in one field, is to prepare "talks" that
they give in local clubs, local communities (about
minerals, fungi, stamps, next planned trip, whatever).
During these "shows" are displayed slides, pictures,
photos...that one have to find somewhere...usually on
the net. And the two big issues one met are : one need
the images to be 1)free of use and 2)of quality enough
to be printed.
We can provide the "free of use", why not the
"quality" for all purpose ?
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