AVATARS

Leaf · Post by **Leaf** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 5:24 pm

So what's the deal on avatar etiquette anyway? I usually find an image I like and just link to it... then a friend pointed out that maybe this was n't the greatest thing. Like would it strain someone's bandwidth or something? My supposed 10 meg webspace still hasn't been assigned to me through my internet provider, else I'd just link to there... but I thought I'd ask the pool of minds here: Am I breaking some unwritten internet code?

..this would explain why my avatars disappear after a while though...

joshw · Post by **joshw** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 5:26 pm

Whenever I notice somebody doing that to my site, I set up an apache rewrite to serve them a different image. A very goatse-y image.

jack · Post by **jack** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 5:30 pm

erik · Post by **erik** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 5:31 pm

There are so many places that let you host images for free nowadays that there's really no reason to link to somebody else's images.

Denyer · Post by **Denyer** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 5:36 pm

If it's from a big company site like amazon I figure they can afford it. if I think it's gonna hurt someone I'll download it and host it myself. But an av probably won't hurt at all. If it's that big a deal they can stop remote linking.

People link my images all the time and I don't care.

Caravan Ray · Post by **Caravan Ray** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 5:47 pm

I make little copies of the pictures and put them on my web space. I didn't know there was any other way to do it.

But while on the topic of avatars, I decided a few weeks ago to start using my avatar as a pictorial representation of my most recent song.

Hence, my Les Anchois was accompanied by a portrait of Jacques Brel. He has now been replaced by Mr Fourex, an iconic Queensland image relevant to my Things to do in NY entry. (Obviously I am labouring here under the mistaken belief that anybody out there could really give a shit about my avatars - I've got to fill my time in at work somehow...)

Denyer · Post by **Denyer** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 5:56 pm

I have giving a shit for the past week now I know that you are drinking inferior beer (which I kind of figured you did anyway since you're in an inferior state).

Caravan Ray · Post by **Caravan Ray** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 6:01 pm

Denyer wrote: ...since you're in an inferior state.

Two hundred million cane toads can't be wrong...

Denyer · Post by **Denyer** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 6:02 pm

I guess you're right. Enjoy them.

mkilly · Post by **mkilly** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 6:20 pm

It's courteous to host it on one's own.

Also, the rules state that avatars are sposeda be 80 pixels by 80 pixels, max. Though it isn't automatically enforced, people should abide by it anyway.

Leaf · Post by **Leaf** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 6:54 pm

joshw wrote:Whenever I notice somebody doing that to my site, I set up an apache rewrite to serve them a different image. A very goatse-y image.

You know I'm gonna have to do that to you now....

Ok, ya, this is what I've started to figure too. Now if my internet provider would just give me my damn space back this would all work out just fine.. though I totally dug that christian nudest avatar thing I had going on... I never even realized it was too many pixels by the way... kinda assumed in my ignorance that if it worked, it must be right... so... I think I have a friend that will "lend" me some avatar hosting until I work out my webspace issues... they've only taken like three weeks to respond...fuckers.

..please don't go suggesting various webhosting places by the way, I don't have a credit card so I'd much rather do it through the cable company whose bill I already pay...

gotta google these so called "free" avatars .... good bye superman....

Post by jb » Mon Jan 10, 2005 6:54 pm

Denyer wrote:If it's that big a deal they can stop remote linking.

This is what's wrong with society today.

Leaf · Post by **Leaf** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 6:56 pm

mkilly wrote:It's courteous to host it on one's own.
.

Is that the same kind of courtesy that goes with paying a restaurant tab?

heh. heh.

erik · Post by **erik** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 7:36 pm

Leaf wrote:please don't go suggesting various webhosting places by the way, I don't have a credit card so I'd much rather do it through the cable company whose bill I already pay

In that case, I will not suggest that you try http://www.photobucket.com

I will just point out that it is totally free (you are never asked for credit card information) provided you give a working e-mail address.

Leaf · Post by **Leaf** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 8:18 pm

15-16 puzzle wrote:
Leaf wrote:please don't go suggesting various webhosting places by the way, I don't have a credit card so I'd much rather do it through the cable company whose bill I already pay
In that case, I will not suggest that you try http://www.photobucket.com

I will just point out that it is totally free (you are never asked for credit card information) provided you give a working e-mail address.

thanks man. I was gonna google up some free avatar sites, but my cablecompany came thru today! So... my avatar issue is over! OVer I tell ya.

On another note, the cable company gives 10 mg free, and for 20 they want 15 bucks a month. Top end is 300 mg for 80 bucks a month. I don't have any experience with getting webhosting, but that seems pretty expensive. So fuck it, I may have to go and get a credit card afterall!!

Grrr. Any thoughts on webspace costs would also be grand.

bz£ · Post by **bz£** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 8:24 pm

Leaf wrote:On another note, the cable company gives 10 mg free, and for 20 they want 15 bucks a month. Top end is 300 mg for 80 bucks a month. I don't have any experience with getting webhosting, but that seems pretty expensive. So fuck it, I may have to go and get a credit card afterall!!

That is too expensive, by like a factor of ten. If I were you I'd use the money to buy a new camera instead; get one that doesn't take such blurry photos of songfighters.

jack · Post by **jack** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 8:31 pm

nice avatar leaf. enjoying my bandwidth?

ok. you just stole my pic instead of my bandwidth. thats better.

and the pic is not blurry from the camera (a nikon coolpix 950). it's blurry cause glenn friggin case moves a mile a minute when he's playing bass.

Leaf · Post by **Leaf** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 8:35 pm

bzl wrote:
Leaf wrote:On another note, the cable company gives 10 mg free, and for 20 they want 15 bucks a month. Top end is 300 mg for 80 bucks a month. I don't have any experience with getting webhosting, but that seems pretty expensive. So fuck it, I may have to go and get a credit card afterall!!
That is too expensive, by like a factor of ten. If I were you I'd use the money to buy a new camera instead; get one that doesn't take such blurry photos of songfighters.

Screw that! That's an awesome photo...taken by a truely talented L.A. photographer... of a man moving faster than ... uh... yeah, funny.

As soon as I posted this I get all this great info on webspace and prices.. that cable company is out of their freaking minds! Funny thing is, they give out 7 email addresses, and they each have 10 mg associated with them, so I can link em together for one super amazing 70 meg site for free!!! HAHAHAHA!!!! I HAVE THEM NOW!!

Thanks for all the tips and sarcasm.

EDIT: Oh for fuck's sakes, now I gotta work out "stealing your photo" karma??? shheesh.

Kamakura · Post by **Kamakura** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 4:39 am

Leaf wrote:they give out 7 email addresses, and they each have 10 mg associated with them, so I can link em together for one super amazing 70 meg site for free!!! HAHAHAHA!!!! I HAVE THEM NOW!!

Umm. No you don't. There is a distinct difference between email storage and web space (ftp).
Try http://www.empire-hosting.net/plans.html
probably not the cheapest but they do accept paypal.

thehipcola · Post by **thehipcola** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 5:07 am

Leaf wrote:
As soon as I posted this I get all this great info on webspace and prices.. that cable company is out of their freaking minds! Funny thing is, they give out 7 email addresses, and they each have 10 mg associated with them, so I can link em together for one super amazing 70 meg site for free!!! HAHAHAHA!!!! I HAVE THEM NOW!!

unfortunately, while you can technically "use" all of those 10mb per email address spaces, it's a real pain in the ass, 'cuz they are all seperate ftp accounts, so each 10MB storage has a different access. At least that's how it was with Rogers and me....

Plus, 70 MB isn't gonna house nearly enough of your pron.....

Fried · Post by **Fried** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 7:38 am

I use a couple of them for my page. It isn't bad. You just store different things on each site. site 1 = pictures, site 2 = html and scripts.. ect...

p.s. where do you find Pr0n on the internet?

Leaf · Post by **Leaf** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 10:41 am

Pr0n.

That is a fucking great avatar Jack.