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Avatars disabled, server change soon.

Hi all,

Avatar pictures are now disabled in order to save bandwidth, because we will be hitting very close to the monthly bandwidth limit (20gig/month) after the next 6-7 days.
Fortunately we are also going to move to another server with very much higher bandwidth limit in the next couple of days. Software is being installed to the new server as we speak.
So the disabling of avatars for now is done in order to give us just a bit more bandwidth if things don't quite go as planned for the new server.
Juha Laaksonheimo

Avatars disabled, server change soon.

Reply #1 –
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Originally posted by JohnV
Hi all,

Avatar pictures are now disabled in order to save bandwidth, because we will be hitting very close to the monthly bandwidth limit (20gig/month) after the next 6-7 days. 
Fortunately we are also going to move to another server with very much higher bandwidth limit in the next couple of days. Software is being installed to the new server as we speak.
So the disabling of avatars for now is done in order to give us just a bit more bandwidth if things don't quite go as planned for the new server.


You should find all images on this board on

http://www.uni-jena.de/~pfk/MPP/img2/
--  Frank Klemm

Avatars disabled, server change soon.

Reply #2 –
Avatars could and should be disabled permanently.

Avatars disabled, server change soon.

Reply #3 –
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Originally posted by cd-rw.org
Avatars could and should be disabled permanently.


Avatars should be possible with a size of up to 720 x 576 pixels.
The following formats should be supported:

* BMP
* GIF
* PNG
* JPG
* MNG
* MPG
* AVI
* VOB
* MOV
* FLC
* FLI

Size should not be limited by things like a 2 Gbyte boundary and other unnecessary stuff.
--  Frank Klemm

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Reply #4 –
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Originally posted by Frank Klemm
Avatars should be possible with a size of up to 720 x 576 pixels.
The following formats should be supported:

* BMP
* GIF
* PNG
* JPG
* MNG
* MPG
* AVI

Size should not be limited by things like a 2 Gbyte boundary and other unnecessary stuff.
Only if you use 56K modem or lower.. Otherwise you could use much higher resolution..
Juha Laaksonheimo

Avatars disabled, server change soon.

Reply #5 –
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Originally posted by Frank Klemm


Avatars should be possible with a size of up to 720 x 576 pixels.
The following formats should be supported:

* BMP
* GIF
* PNG
* JPG
* MNG
* MPG
* AVI

Size should not be limited by things like a 2 Gbyte boundary and other unnecessary stuff.


Hey, don't forget .MOV, or .VOB.

I got an even better idea, howabout we start using sound avatars!!

Yeah, just imagine... .MP3, .MPC, .OGG, .AAC.

It'll be great

Avatars disabled, server change soon.

Reply #6 –
then we could pick the best sounding thread!!!
All avatars playing at the same time.

Avatars disabled, server change soon.

Reply #7 –
yeah, dont forget that my inet browsing machine is a 800x600 laptop, i've seen people having sigs bigger than my screen on some forums around (not here).
Microsoft Windows: We can't script here, this is bat country.

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Reply #8 –
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Originally posted by Dibrom


Hey, don't forget .MOV, or .VOB.

I got an even better idea, howabout we start using sound avatars!!

Yeah, just imagine... .MP3, .MPC, .OGG, .AAC.

It'll be great


A page showing 20 postings from 20 different persons having sound avatars ...

Ding Dang Do Dibrrrrr  drrrp  slick gigigigig dwong clip taktak
doiiiiiiii  drdrdrdrdrdrdr shshshshsh clepclupclepclup oiiink löööööööö egaegaegaegaega
üiüiüiüiü pllllllllll eiaeiaeiaeia
--  Frank Klemm

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All the Digital Sound Gurus doing jokes!
What an example!

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Reply #10 –
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Originally posted by cd-rw.org
Avatars could and should be disabled permanently.
I think it works fine the way it is now. People who don't like avatars can disable them.

Avatars disabled, server change soon.

Reply #11 –
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Originally posted by JensRex
I think it works fine the way it is now. People who don't like avatars can disable them.


Yeah! I want to keep my Floyd avatar! :mad:

Avatars disabled, server change soon.

Reply #12 –
I couldn't use the upload function for avatars with a png-file:
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IBForums Message
Sorry, an error occured. If you are unsure on how to use a feature, or don't know why you got this error message, try looking through the help files for more information.

The error returned was:

You are not allowed to upload that type of file as an avatar

With .gif it works fine.

Avatars disabled, server change soon.

Reply #13 –
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A page showing 20 postings from 20 different persons having sound avatars ...

Ding Dang Do Dibrrrrr  drrrp  slick gigigigig dwong clip taktak
doiiiiiiii  drdrdrdrdrdrdr shshshshsh clepclupclepclup oiiink löööööööö egaegaegaegaega
üiüiüiüiü pllllllllll eiaeiaeiaeia

I doubt that Dibrom will be anything but delighted by those sounds