[steveegg]

Not to mention some hosts don't exactly like people deep-linking to their images; it's burning their bandwidth.

With that, I'm calling it a night. Wish I could stay awake to watch the next ERC.

[NautiNurse]

Not to mention some hosts don't exactly like people deep-linking to their images; it's burning their bandwidth.

I was purposefully avoiding that argument, but I'm glad you brought it up. Posting hot linked graphics from private sites can lead to embarrassing results including the bandwidth theft monkey.

Another example will be evident in the next day or so--when the Cancun radar site crashes from high traffic. Happens every storm, and hoses up the thread for everybody when it gets posted.