[PnP] THE TOWER OF THE DEAD BOOKMARKED PDF FINALLY HERE!
Wout Broere
broere at powersandperils.org
Fri Dec 5 21:58:17 CET 2008
All,
I just came up for air to let Phineas know I downloaded the TotD scans
from scribd. I got them just fine. I guess I will add them to the site
around Christmas.
In general, I can handle around 30MB per email (that allows around 20MB
effective for attachments).
Disk space on the site is never a problem, nor is band width.
And a big thanks to Phineas for getting this scanned and available for
all of us.
Wout
Phineas Cromwell wrote:
> Thanks for the link. I'll look into them.
> My default scanner settings are oriented more toward high-resolution
> results; I have several hard-drives and TBs of space, so file-size takes
> a second-place concern for me, although I still prefer a smaller one
> that accomplishes/bears the same results. I suppose I end up doing
> things the hard way right now when it comes to really getting image-PDFs
> down to a truly small size. I should create a specific profile when
> planning to send a PDF over the internet. The final result for "Tower"
> was about 5MB (and I could have gotten it smaller, actually: I just
> speedily used the ones I sized for the Word version), but the original
> one was over a QUARTER GIG because of the resolution/size settings
> (crazy!). I would assume,though, that if one was to reduce the size (and
> technically, at least) the quality of an image that it would be better
> to start with an image of high quality to begin with. This is basically
> why my scanner settings are where they are, with higher DPI to soak up
> all the sharpness and color that I reasonably can (even though there are
> higher settings).
> By the way, I e-mailed Wout a few days ago; I'm sure he's a busy guy,
> and I wouldn't want to rush anyone; I inquired about the optimal way to
> send submitted posts for possible future formatting for the site, and
> I'm concerned about larger file sizes, like map-files. Thats the reason
> I signed up for Scribd, so that he and others could access larger stuff
> for the P&P site. I was wondering if you could share your experiences
> with submitting posted material to the site. Any info would be much
> appreciated. Thanks.
>
> On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 12:28 PM, J Hooten <jhooten at binary.net
> <mailto:jhooten at binary.net>> wrote:
>
>
> http://www.mediafire.com <http://www.mediafire.com/> works quite
> easily and handles large files for free
> no membership is required unless the poster what to organize his posts
> There are many sites that will host files for at least a short time
> for free
> I try hard not to sign up more places, I already get way too much spam
> (like 500 a day?)
>
> More permanent hosting is best done by people here like me, I can put
> files on my server since I have gigs of space and hundreds of gigs
> bandwidth
>
> I downloaded the 103,619,846 byte sized PDF with a number for a name, it
> works fine and is a pretty good scan
> With the right software it could be shrunk down, OCRed and bookmarked
> But you appear to have done some of that in later versions
>
> I guess I will have to sign up to get the others
> Thanks for posting them
>
> Phineas Cromwell wrote:
> > Wow, that's weird, because Scribd wouldnt even let me VIEW my own
> > 100MB version; it said it couldnt 'convert' it, and listed about a
> > half dozen possible reasons why (large size, security/passwords,
> > things they need to iron out in their uploader).
> > Scribd is new to me and this is the first time I uploaded/shared
> > documents. Seeing what hell I have gone through (and making a court
> > jester out of myself in the process on the Mailing List) to deliver a
> > large file, I think Scribd is the only way I know of to let me do it;
> > I want to contribute to the site in the near future: I had mentioned
> > before to Wout/others that I wanted to make sure that I was able to
> > send any 'worldbuilding-oriented' files (such as Campaign
> > Cartographer/Fractal Mapper -type map files, and larger stretches of
> > text with lists of things) to be considered for site formatting.
> As to
> > why it would say you have to be a member...I dont know. I'll ask the
> > other guys who downloaded the files if they got the same
> notification.
> > It does sound like a typically 'corporate' ploy; the good thing
> is its
> > free.
> > Well, anyway, I'm glad you got a copy. I started looking like a
> > buffoon on the Mailing List, but its redemption that in the end
> it worked.
> >
> > On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 3:11 AM, J Hooten <jhooten at binary.net
> <mailto:jhooten at binary.net>
> > <mailto:jhooten at binary.net <mailto:jhooten at binary.net>>> wrote:
> >
> > Odd I downloaded the first 100meg version fine but now it says I
> > have to
> > be a member to download?
> >
> > Phineas Cromwell wrote:
> > > No, for real!
> > > I ran each jpeg image through intensive compression, and Scribd
> > doesnt
> > > have a problem with it now. I guess it was a size issue; each
> > page was
> > > heavyweight.
> > >
> > >
> >
> http://www.scribd.com/doc/8670673/Powers-and-Perils-Tower-of-the-Dead
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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