A DLL can be several things. In Windows per example, it is a sort of driver In Rebellion: it's a sort of thing that tells it how to behave, and includes pics and texts
Maybe it is a good idea to make a topic really dedicated to nonsense. Not even Outside Interest, but pure nonsense. The current data on the forum offers enough stuff to fill one. Because we don't always stick exactly to the right topic, we come up with interesting things. However I understand that it is sometimes very hard to follow the discussions.
Talking about Avaters... Alpha, it's nice, but quite large. SOCL, it's nice but it is *way* too large! Is that to make your posts look larger (and more important)? You can simply share ships with clicking the checkbox for both Empire and Alliance