Even more data for my theory. I must be really bored... ok ok i just care about webrats.
I went through the above mentioned chocolate dildo directory, along with a few other complete sets that i have downloaded, and realized that a LOT of the pictures are similar. i.e. ass shot...
pussy shot... on tha knees from tha back shot...
So i went through a thumbnail directory, and selected the one that i would have saved as part of my own personal chocolate dildo set, so that instead of seeing similar pictures over and over, i get nice variety, and the gist of the set.
Of course this is just how i do sets, but anyway. To the data!
Out of the 129 pictures, i flagged 48 of which i would have loaded and saved individually. These 48 pictures added up to 12.5 megabytes. To the numbers!
from the previous list of equations:
Fifty people open the thread as is:
50 people x (129 pics x 280k) = 1.8 gigabytes
Fifty people open the thread with thumbnails:
50 people x (129 thumbs x 7.5k) = 48.4 megabytes
Then they proceed to download 48 pictures out of the set each.
(50 people x 12.5 meg) + 48.4 meg = 673 megabytes
The above equations assume that EVERY PERSON who loads the thread will download around 1/3 of the set. Some will download the whole thing, some will download nothing, and all sorts of numbers in between. This is just if 50 of me went to the site, and downloaded the pics from the set that i found interesting.
ONCE AGAIN: FOR EDDIE AND JUSTIN!
50 people x (129 pics x 280k) = 1.8 gigabytes
BUT if 50 people click on 12.5 meg of thumbnails, plus the 48.4 meg required to load all the thumbnails for those 50 people, your total bandwidth is still only the following:
(50 people x 12.5 meg) + 48.4 meg = 673 megabytes
1.8 gig vs. 673 meg
And thats only for 50 people. Rawr.