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# Jupiter would never do that.
Your science is false.
(I helped save b3ta! atomic A-bomb-a-nation, Fri 20 Jan 2023, 18:08, archived)
# I dunno. The picture was 5.5MB so it must be true
(I helped save b3ta! PedroHin Come along & ride on a Flantastic Voyage, Fri 20 Jan 2023, 18:16, archived)
# I know nobody moans about dialup these days
but my browser does struggle to display multiple high resolution pngs
(I helped save b3ta! Turtle Power & Knuckles, Fri 20 Jan 2023, 18:19, archived)
# Yeah, I blocked the image from loading on my browser. I have the bandwidth, but ibb.com or whatever is dogballs
(I helped save b3ta! PedroHin Come along & ride on a Flantastic Voyage, Fri 20 Jan 2023, 18:20, archived)
# I know my computer is a bit old
but enormous pngs tend to do this
(I helped save b3ta! Turtle Power & Knuckles, Fri 20 Jan 2023, 19:03, archived)
# I don'tknow if it's still possible, but b3ta used to allow BMP images. The huge ones would load from the bottom up.

(I helped save b3ta! PedroHin Come along & ride on a Flantastic Voyage, Fri 20 Jan 2023, 19:04, archived)
# Some of these new-fangled gifs won’t show on my computer, but they will show on my phone.
That means that I have to do endless upgrades, or what?
No idea.
(I helped save b3ta! atomic A-bomb-a-nation, Fri 20 Jan 2023, 20:43, archived)
# i made that image in 2008, so, yeah, time to upgrade the Motorola flip-phone pops!
(I helped save b3ta! PedroHin Come along & ride on a Flantastic Voyage, Fri 20 Jan 2023, 20:58, archived)
# I wasn’t talking about your silly effort….I was talking about more modern gifs, like eclectech’s on the FP.
(I helped save b3ta! atomic A-bomb-a-nation, Fri 20 Jan 2023, 23:01, archived)
# You can't see webp?
Which version of Workbench are you running?
(I helped save b3ta! brb homonecrobatrachophile, Fri 20 Jan 2023, 23:10, archived)
# OOOOhhhhhhhh...
Web Pee
(I helped save b3ta! PedroHin Come along & ride on a Flantastic Voyage, Fri 20 Jan 2023, 23:29, archived)
#
aminet.net/package/util/dtype/WarpWebPdt
(I helped save b3ta! Turtle Power & Knuckles, Fri 20 Jan 2023, 23:53, archived)
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(I helped save b3ta! atomic A-bomb-a-nation, Sat 21 Jan 2023, 1:30, archived)
# Oh shit, didn't realise it was that big. I'll fix it.
(I helped save b3ta! brb homonecrobatrachophile, Fri 20 Jan 2023, 18:47, archived)
# Haha, thanks!
(I helped save b3ta! PedroHin Come along & ride on a Flantastic Voyage, Fri 20 Jan 2023, 18:50, archived)
# I should have realised when the b3ta image hosty matey doodah wouldn't work.
(I helped save b3ta! brb homonecrobatrachophile, Fri 20 Jan 2023, 18:52, archived)
# OOF!
(I helped save b3ta! PedroHin Come along & ride on a Flantastic Voyage, Fri 20 Jan 2023, 18:56, archived)
# Or it's sufficiently advanced that it only seems like cheap scifi schlock..?
1970s Dan Dare is an acquired taste. Arthur C. Clarke it ain't. It reads like rejected Blake's 7 scripts, Dare is basically Bayban the Butcher.
(I helped save b3ta! brb homonecrobatrachophile, Fri 20 Jan 2023, 19:52, archived)
# Everything you just said has zero meaning to me.
0.00
(I helped save b3ta! atomic A-bomb-a-nation, Fri 20 Jan 2023, 20:39, archived)
# The clue is in the date
1970s
were you expecting up-to-date non-binary inclusive wokery?
Dan Dare didn't have that, probably why it was so popular and is still instantly recognised.
And your mum looks like the Mekon.
so nerrr
(davyclam, Fri 20 Jan 2023, 20:57, archived)
# No, but I was expecting the wholesome heroic character of Dan Dare to inhabit the comic strip named Dan Dare.
For the 1950s, Dan Dare was pretty woke. Full of bigotry by today's standards, but it was promoting inclusivity, equal rights for the sexes and races, internationalism, and all that good stuff by the standards of the time. 2000AD's first efforts were just trolling the fans with this bigoted anti-hero.
(I helped save b3ta! brb homonecrobatrachophile, Fri 20 Jan 2023, 22:48, archived)
# What about the 80s version?
(Mehitabel_Itrang, Sat 21 Jan 2023, 12:24, archived)
# Loved it at the time. Best version of The Mekon ever. Also the computer game was great.
90s: the Revolver story was just okay. The Virgin comics were fine.

I absolutely loved the 2002 cartoon. It's a shame it wasn't a bigger hit, and a pity that the whole series never got a video/DVD release.

Since then I've not been keeping up TBH. I hear good things about Spaceship Away though.
(I helped save b3ta! brb homonecrobatrachophile, Sat 21 Jan 2023, 14:49, archived)