Newsgroups: alt.binaries.pictures.d,alt.binaries.pictures.misc,alt.binaries.pictures.utilities,alt.binaries.pictures.fractals,alt.binaries.pictures.fine-art.d Path: unixg.ubc.ca!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!news.cyberstore.ca!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!uunet!olivea!hal.com!decwrl!netcomsv!netcom.com!netcomsv!cds8604!deej From: deej@cadence.com (Jim Howard) Subject: THE "WHAT/WHERE/WHY/HOW" FOR PICTURES (info on picture decoding!) Message-ID: <1993Nov29.013000@U2.Cadence.COM> Followup-To: alt.binaries.pictures.d Summary: This posting tells you where to access the alt.binaries.pictures FAQ, which in turn details all of the procedures and programs necessary to decode and view the pictures posted in the alt.binaries.pictures hierarchy. Sender: news@Cadence.COM Nntp-Posting-Host: ub40.cadence.com Organization: Cadence Design Systems, Inc. Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1993 09:35:39 GMT Approved: Approval? What approval? Lines: 52 Xref: unixg.ubc.ca alt.binaries.pictures.d:12147 alt.binaries.pictures.misc:38181 alt.binaries.pictures.utilities:9584 alt.binaries.pictures.fractals:2228 alt.binaries.pictures.fine-art.d:189 Have you ever wondered any of the following?? a) what do all these funny characters mean??, b) how do I download and view pictures?, c) just what is a GIF/JPEG/xxx anyway?, d) how do I post and request pictures?, e) how do I convert from picture type X to type Y?, f) where can I get software to make posting/unposting easier?, g) is there a program to do on my ? If so, you'll probably be very happy to know that HELP IS AVAILABLE! For the most comprehensive source of answers to all of the above *AND MORE!*, don't miss the dynamic, informative, and sometimes humorous "alt.binaries.pictures FAQ", coming soon to a pictures newsgroup near you! Continuous sneak previews also available in the news.answers newsgroup, for a modest fee (the effort of looking there!)... The FAQ is comprised of three parts: the first dealing with "etiquette" issues, the second covers "general" questions (like questions "a" through "d", above), and the third getting into the nitty-gritty details of the (possibly operating-system dependent) tools you'll probably want to get to help you out (questions "e" through "g", above). You can also access the FAQ parts via anonymous FTP, through UUCP, or through e-mail by using the services available from a couple of mail servers. For anonymous FTP access, you can look on either rtfm.mit.edu [18.70.0.209] in the directory /pub/usenet/news.answers/pictures-faq for files "part1.Z", "part2.Z", or "part3.Z", on ftp.cs.ruu.nl [131.211.80.17] in directory /pub/NEWS.ANSWERS/pictures-faq for files "part1", "part2" or "part3", or on ftp.uu.net [137.39.1.2, 137.39.1.9 or 192.48.96.2] in directory /usenet/news.answers/pictures-faq for files "part1.Z", "part2.Z", or "part3.Z". You can get the FAQ via UUCP by retrieving the appropriate part from "uunet!/archive/usenet/news.answers/pictures-faq/part1", "uunet!/archive/usenet/news.answers/pictures-faq/part2", or "uunet!/archive/usenet/news.answers/pictures-faq/part3". For e-mail access, send a message to mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu with the mail body "send usenet/news.answers/pictures-faq/part1" to get the first part, "send usenet/news.answers/pictures-faq/part2" for the second, and "send usenet/news.answers/pictures-faq/part3" for the third, or e-mail to mail-server@cs.ruu.nl with "send NEWS.ANSWERS/pictures-faq/part1", "send NEWS.ANSWERS/pictures-faq/part2", and/or "send NEWS.ANSWERS/pictures-faq/part3" in the body of the message. Don't settle for anything less than the best! (DIS)CLAIMER: Well yeah, I do maintain it, but other than that, I have no connection whatever with or interest in the "alt.binaries.pictures FAQ"! ~ deej ~ | (If I were expressing Cadence's opinions, ) Jim Howard -- deej@cadence.com | (they'd probably make me wear a tie... ) (^:= Flames cheerfully ignored. =:^) When faced with a difficult or challenging situation, I like to approach it by asking myself "Hmmm - how would MacGyver get out of this one?"