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This article is from the Scuba Diving
FAQ, by njs@scifi.maid.com (Nick Simicich) with numerous
contributions by others.
27 Posting Binaries
I have a great scuba related GIF/piece of software/sound sample. What
should I do with it?
Please bear with me for a second. By convention, the net is divided
into areas. There is an area for written discussion, an area for
posting gifs, an area for posting binaries, and an area for posting
sound samples. The total volume of postings in the net is very high.
It is so high that many sites are picking and choosing the posting
areas (rec, alt.binaries, etc.) that they want very carefully. One
area that many sites have cut is binary postings. Many news
administrators consider binary postings to be marginally useful, in
comparison to their size. So they don't carry them.
I suspect that many news administrators also consider rec.scuba to be
of marginal utility. If rec.scuba becomes loaded with binaries, it
will be considered a binary group, and will be dropped by those sites.
Finally, many folks pay by the byte for their connections. If they get
rec.scuba, they have signed up for discussion, not for binaries.
Please respect their wishes.
If you have a binary you wish to make available, contact Peter Yee
or Jonathan <jong@halcyon.com> and let them know. If you want to post
it, post it to the right alt.sources or alt.binaries group, and post a
reference to it here in rec.scuba.
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