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| Questions and Answers |
| How do I put graphics on my website? |
| Putting graphics and pictures on your personal Web site
isn't hard. But you want to remember a few things. If you're scanning in graphics, rather than copying them from a free site, you'll usually want to save them as GIFs. GIFs have a maximum of 256 colors, usually sufficient for a graphic. All animated graphics are GIFs. Pictures, or very colorful graphics, should be saved as JPGs. If you have a choice when scanning, select 16-bit instead of 24 or 32-bit. Most people can't tell the difference, especially on the Web. Your file will be smaller, and will load faster when people view your site. When saving a JPG file that'll be used on the Web, select the medium (or lower) setting for compression. Again, this produces a smaller file that loads faster. Both GIFs and JPGs should be scanned at 72 dots per inch. Higher resolution won't be apparent on the Internet, and will just cause the file size to balloon.
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| How do I Send anonymous e-mail? |
| Q. I set up a fake e-mail address. My brother said
that he heard you say this address can be tracked back to me. Is this true? |
| A. You might think that if you use fictitious information
when setting up an e-mail account, no one will be able to figure out the e-mail came from
you. After all, you set up a phony Web address. Think again. E-mail contains invisible
information about the sender. The information is in the header. All major e-mail programs can display header information. Here's how: --In Microsoft Outlook, double click the e-mail. Then click View>>Options. --In Microsoft Outlook Express, click the e-mail. Then click File>>Properties and select the Details tab. --In Eudora, double click the message. Then click the Blah Blah button. --In Netscape, click the message to open it. Then click View>>Message Source to display the header. The sender's revealing information is in the sections that begin with "Received:." There may be several of these, depending on the number of computers the e-mail traversed. The originating computer is in the bottom Received:. That Received: section will have an Internet Protocol (IP) number, such as 124.213.45.11. It can be traced on a number of Web sites. We use Arin.net. The number is probably assigned to the sender's Internet service provider, rather than the sender. But the ISP will be able to identify the sender using that number. The ISP probably will not give another person your name. It probably will let you know that someone is complaining, if that is the case. If the case is serious enough, the ISP may cancel your account. The complaining party would probably need a subpoena to get your name from the ISP. If that person is suing you, he or she probably could get a subpoena. It is difficult to remain anonymous when you use the Internet. Obviously, some spammers do it. But you really need to know what you're doing. I suggest you follow T.Byrd's Rule 662d: If it could come back to bite you, don't put it in writing! E-mail never goes away! |
Question for our readers, listeners:
With Microsoft leading the way, more companies may soon be releasing software that requires user "activation" in order to run. This cuts down on piracy, but it also means that users may have difficulty installing multiple copies on their computers or reinstalling on a new machine. Is this fair for publishers to use to protect their rights? Please give us your opinion by emailing us below.