because ian is a pc and rightly paranoid of viral infection, so worries too much about pictures
You see, not true Paul . Rather than a worry of viruses my main issue with the posting of photographs on this forum is simply that the galleries on the website cater for most of those needs. To allow photographs of anything other than items of use for the website galleries will simply encourage others to post any and all their images on here and it'd be like Fred Karno's Circus. We'd go the way of many other forums and be full of 'identify my mystery bird' images because 'I can't be arsed looking in a bird book for myself like everyone else' . Don't get me wrong, those type of forums are a good laugh and can, on occasion, contain some very valuable input from some very good birders but more often replies come from birders with absolutely no experience of the species themselves. And what's the use of that? It's hard enough to moderate this forum as it is without having to contend with photographs too . I could let it all run wild of course but then, three years old and getting stronger all the time? Something must be right with Manchester Birding's forum somewhere
please don't infect me, NORTON! COME SAVE ME! NORTON! NORTON! PLEASE!
I use Kapersky Paul. Norton's crap
i shoulda bought a mac! ding.
And I should probably have bought a little orange sports car for when I'm trying to get down Astley Road on Chat Moss but can't because the suspension won't allow me . Still our Jack thought it was magnificent, but then again he is 12...
"There usedto be a photo here but Paul knows he's not supposed to upload photos onto the forum. Mancs. Typical "
did i not just write the best thread title on the forum ever? :D
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Tuesday 4th of May 2010 11:27:47 AM
fascist!
because ian is a pc and rightly paranoid of viral infection, so worries too much about pictures, you'll have to copy and paste the link to see the Buddhist heron of birtle if you are interested.
. Rather than a worry of viruses my main issue with the posting of photographs on this forum is simply that the galleries on the website cater for most of those needs. To allow photographs of anything other than items of use for the website galleries will simply encourage others to post any and all their images on here and it'd be like Fred Karno's Circus. We'd go the way of many other forums and be full of 'identify my mystery bird' images because 'I can't be arsed looking in a bird book for myself like everyone else' 
. Don't get me wrong, those type of forums are a good laugh and can, on occasion, contain some very valuable input from some very good birders but more often replies come from birders with absolutely no experience of the species themselves. And what's the use of that? It's hard enough to moderate this forum as it is without having to contend with photographs too 
. I could let it all run wild of course but then, three years old and getting stronger all the time? Something must be right with Manchester Birding's forum somewhere 
