Actually, I think the idiot in the room here is you.

Read his response again. The author is asking why, if Chrome does not support gzipped images, it sends "Accept:/ Accept-Encoding:gzip,deflate,sdch" (in other words it states that it will accept any Gzipped content). This is the question no one in this thread is actually answering, instead choosing to nitpick on why the author tried to do something.

Also, calling someone an idiot because they lack understanding of a certain field in computer science? Really? Maybe you should lighten up.