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Re: ATM Size differences txt vs html


Efficiency is 2 MegaBytes of arguing about a 900 byte message...??

Ken Hunter

----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Mayenschein" <mayen1@mwt.net>
Cc: <atm@shore.net>
Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2002 7:27 PM
Subject: ATM Size differences txt vs html


>
> the below very short message,,
>
> I'm not convinced.  A while back, someone replied to me, off line,
in
> html, giving some integral equations.  The text of the message was
> quite easy to read; much easier than the ASCII conversion of the
> same.  (Some day he'll have to teach me how he did it!).
>
> But, I also agree that this could easily be abused with all sorts of
> meaningless goop that would add nothing to the content.
>
> In plain text is only 390 bytes,, but the same message EXACTLY  but
in html
>
> with no pictures,, and even no background  just the EXACT same
message but in
> RED letters and in Arial Black font is now 987 bytes in size and it
told us
> nothing more than the 390 byte message did,, it took up 3 times the
space,
> and told us no more, the message now is sent as below to produce it
in html.
>
>
>
>
> <!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en">
> <html>
> <b><font face="Arial Black"><font color="#FF0000">I'm not
convinced.&nbsp;
> A while back, someone replied to me, off line, in</font></font></b>
> <br><b><font face="Arial Black"><font color="#FF0000">html, giving
some
> integral equations.&nbsp; The text of the message
was</font></font></b>
> <br><b><font face="Arial Black"><font color="#FF0000">quite easy to
read;
> much easier than the ASCII conversion of the</font></font></b>
> <br><b><font face="Arial Black"><font color="#FF0000">same.&nbsp;
(Some
> day he'll have to teach me how he did
it!).</font></font></b><b><font
> face="Arial Black"><font color="#FF0000"></font></font></b>
> <p><b><font face="Arial Black"><font color="#FF0000">But, I also
agree
> that this could easily be abused with all sorts of</font></font></b>
> <br><b><font face="Arial Black"><font color="#FF0000">meaningless
goop
> that would add nothing to the content.</font></font></b></html>
>
>
> is this being efficient?
>
> I think not
>
> Joe
>
>
>
>