[meteorite-list] Mystery (mostly) Solved

From: Michael L Blood <*mlblood_at_meteoritecentral.com*> Date: Thu Apr 22 10:07:05 2004 Message-ID: <B9E4A679.1B69%mlblood_at_cox.net> · mlblood_at_meteoritecentral.com

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1) People reported a download differential of aprox 25% to 300% increased in
time to download the "gif" over the time to download the much faster "jpg."
(I do not know why there was such a varience)
2) Several people reported the size diferential as nearly 4 Xs larger for
the "gif" over the jpg (Photoshop reports almost exactly the oposit
relationship)
3) I will be using JPGs for my catalog revision, exclusively!
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        Thanks again to all, Michael
PS: If any list member wants this specimen, I will knock off $25 for the
next 24hrs. 
on 10/29/02 8:12 PM, Michael L Blood at mlblood_at_cox.net wrote:
> Hi all,
> I have a serious question:
> Well, this was the deal - I put up an image on my web site and
> decided to try a Photoshop feature that is SUPPOSED to make images
> much "smaller" in terms of data - and, therefore, download time. In
> Photoshop, it is under save this image as...."for the internet" and it
> makes it a "gif" instead of a JPG, and the "size" is listed at about
> 25% of a JPG, even though the dimensions are the same.
> Funny thing is, when Jim Hartman checked it out for me, he said
> the GIF took about 4 times as long than the JPG! (With cable, everything
> is "instant download," so, I can't tell)
> You all can check for yourself, if you like by going to my site,
> scrolling down to DHURMSALA. Try clicking on the JPG and then on
> the gif and see how long each one takes to come up.
> My question is: IF the gif is supposed to be using only 1/4 the
> memory of the JPG of the same image of the same dimensions, then
> WHY is it taking LONGER to download than the JPG???
> Anybody know?
> Thanks, Michael
> 
> http://www.michaelbloodmeteorites.com/
> 
> 
> on 10/29/02 3:23 PM, Michael L Blood at mlblood_at_cox.net wrote:
> 
>> Hi David & all,
>> I need some very brief assistance -  from someone who does
>> NOT have cable or other ultra fast download capability to check
>> something for me.
>> Will anyone who is "up" on the list right now without such
>> high speed internet access please email me off line?
>> THANKS, Michael PS: Don't take any wooden meteorites.
>> 
>> 
>> on 10/29/02 3:18 PM, David Weir at dgweir_at_earthlink.net wrote:
>> 
>>> Hello List,
>>> 
>>> My highly skeptical self found nothing at all credible in this e-mail,
>>> but if anyone wants to pursue it, whatever "it" is, I'll supply the
>>> author's name and phone number that was attached. Otherwise, have a good
>>> laugh at the lengths some will go to setup a scam.
>>> 
>>> David
>>> ______________________________
>>> 
>>>> Dear David --
>>>> 
>>>> I got your name from the Meteorological Society.  I have little or no
>>>> experience in the subject of meteorites.  But I am a frequent traveler
>>>> to
>>>> North Africa, and help with humanitarian projects among the Bedouin of
>>>> the
>>>> Sahara.  During my last trip, I was approached by a man who had an
>>>> extensive
>>>> collection of meteorites.  I was pretty impressed by the scope and
>>>> variety of
>>>> what he had collected.  Though I'm not exactly sure of what I was
>>>> looking at,
>>>> he knew and trusted me with some samples which I brought with me.  He
>>>> and his
>>>> extended group are interested in developing a direct connection to the
>>>> US,
>>>> and so they approached me to see if I could find an outlet for their
>>>> finds.
>>>> 
>>>> What was interesting is their appreciation for the quality and
>>>> scientific
>>>> value of their find.  One sample they gave me was done reluctantly,
>>>> because
>>>> it was very curious, not magnetic but obviously possessive of the heat
>>>> effects of earth entry.   I don't have the expertise to measure their
>>>> collection, but they seem to know quite a bit about what they have and
>>>> the
>>>> value of Mars and Moon meteorites.  It's my sense that they have some
>>>> experience in this area.
>>>> 
>>>> They have come to the point where they don't want to simply wholesale
>>>> them
>>>> through the traditional middlemen on the West coast of Africa, but
>>>> instead
>>>> are interested in forming a cooperative of many to look for certain
>>>> types of
>>>> meteorites using a broad and extensive network of their nomadic
>>>> friends and
>>>> family.
>>>> 
>>>> I'm wondering if you or someone you know has an interest or
>>>> willingness to
>>>> discuss ways to setup some sort of system to identify prospective
>>>> specimens
>>>> and maximize their income while retaining the scientific value of
>>>> their
>>>> finds?  They won't require advance payment for their finds as long as
>>>> they
>>>> feel their efforts are being respected.  But once the value is set
>>>> after
>>>> analysis, they would be paid on some sort of value-based method, not
>>>> on a
>>>> wholesale basis.  My personal interest is to help these folks, which
>>>> have
>>>> become friends of mine.  I am a US citizen and businessman, and so
>>>> they think
>>>> I can help.  I'm not sure I'm the right person for this, but I have an
>>>> educational background in oceanography and geophysics, but little in
>>>> mineralogy or geology.  I was able to see immediately the typical
>>>> meteorites,
>>>> but was unable to make the more subtle distinctions which might have
>>>> greater
>>>> scientific value.
>>>> 
>>>> What do you think?  You probably get all sorts of emails like this,
>>>> but I
>>>> hope you'll consider responding, or direct me to a credible authority
>>>> who
>>>> might find this a long-term and valuable concept.
>>>> 
>>>> Best regards,
>>> 
>>> [name and number withheld]
>>> 
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>> 
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>> alive?
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> What can you say about a society that says that God is dead and Elvis is
> alive?
> Irv Kupcinet
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> Worth Seeing:
> -  Earth at night from satelite:
> http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0011/earthlights_dmsp_big.jpg
> -    Earth - variety of choices:
> http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/vplanet.html
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> 600,000 scholarships!
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> http://www.michaelbloodmeteorites.com/
> 
> 
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What can you say about a society that says that God is dead and Elvis is
alive?
    Irv Kupcinet
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Worth Seeing:
-  Earth at night from satelite:
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0011/earthlights_dmsp_big.jpg
-    Earth - variety of choices:
http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/vplanet.html
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CLICK HERE to search
600,000 scholarships!
http://us.click.yahoo.com/iZp8OC/4m7CAA/ySSFAA/jFYolB/TM
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