1617. Marc (h000625e4242c.ne.client2.attbi.com) – 07 Jul 2004 09:26:03 [ GIF nearly Free! ]

Note that PNGs can be indexed color as well, and then can be super dooper small like GIFs. People usually compare a 24-bit PNG to a dithered (is that correct in graphics speak?) 256-color GIF, but a better comparison if you only want to compare on the grounds of size is an indexed-256-color PNG with a GIF.

But yeah, GIFs are definitely great for animations. Except, of course, when 256 colors is not okay for your animation, so really I would love to see that MNG thing catch on! I hadn't heard of it before.

1616. Tom (Cover) (c-67-171-68-253.client.comcast.net) – 06 Jul 2004 23:21:36 [ GIF nearly Free! ]

Yeah, PNGs aren't lossy. I meant that a PNG with 213 colors beats the 213 color GIF.... as opposed to the 24-bit PNG vs. the 213 color GIF.

1615. Tom (Cut) (c-67-171-68-253.client.comcast.net) – 06 Jul 2004 19:31:56 [ GIF nearly Free! ]

Hmm, they are almost always smaller, as far as i can remember. I know that Microsoft Paint makes horribly giant pngs for no good reason. Irfanview, on the other hand, makes em as small as pngcrush can.

Maybe you aren't using the palette mode? Lossy pngs beat gifs.

As for animation.... there's mng, but i've yet to see much support for that. Although it is out there.

Gifs suck!

PNG RULES!!

1614. Tom 7 (gs82.sp.cs.cmu.edu) – 06 Jul 2004 16:11:05 [ GIF nearly Free! ]

Well, PNGs support 24 bits, gamma, and alpha, but they're usually bigger and the format is pretty cumbersome. Animation is typically unsupported. It's nice to have a lean format for low-res graphics.

1613. Tom (Bad) (c-67-171-68-253.client.comcast.net) – 06 Jul 2004 15:36:03 [ GIF nearly Free! ]

But pngs are better!

Maybe now they can use LZW as their compression algorythm.

1612. Tom 7 (gs82.sp.cs.cmu.edu) – 01 Jul 2004 14:11:51 [ Plea for outlines ]

PS. Thanks!

1611. Tom 7 (gs82.sp.cs.cmu.edu) – 01 Jul 2004 14:04:42 [ Plea for outlines ]

I found pstoedit too, and it sort of works. (Sometimes the outlines are inexplicably broken!) I need to look through its settings, I guess..

1610. Adam (lynx.auton.cs.cmu.edu) – 01 Jul 2004 13:00:13 [ Plea for outlines ]

Actually, maybe not -dt

1609. Adam (lynx.auton.cs.cmu.edu) – 01 Jul 2004 12:59:00 [ Plea for outlines ]

http://www.pstoedit.net/pstoedit

pstoedit -dt -f ps item.pdf item.ps

1608. Tom 7 (h-67-101-137-236.phlapafg.dynamic.covad.net) – 01 Jul 2004 09:50:42 [ UPD: photo gallery, etc. ]

Heh heh, ok. ;)

1607. ekorber (apw2.dsl.telerama.com) – 30 Jun 2004 23:25:46 [ UPD: photo gallery, etc. ]

By the way, that was actually me (ekorber), not apw2. apw2 considers the mere existence of type theory an emergency.

1606. Tom 7 (h-67-101-137-236.phlapafg.dynamic.covad.net) – 30 Jun 2004 20:28:34 [ Tycon Mismantch ]

Sweet.

1605. Mike Nolan (68.184.248.133) – 30 Jun 2004 20:25:14 [ Tycon Mismantch ]

Actually, I lied. I am my own dad.

1604. Adam (c-67-171-65-189.client.comcast.net) – 29 Jun 2004 17:59:24 [ Malfunctions ]

doot doot pause doot doot

1603. Tom 7 (gs82.sp.cs.cmu.edu) – 29 Jun 2004 16:14:00 [ Malfunctions ]

robots in disguise

1602. mike (cmu-89128.wv.cc.cmu.edu) – 29 Jun 2004 15:27:05 [ Malfunctions ]

I heard the power outage was cuased by EXPLODING TRANSFORMERS outside NSH. You should be able to see them from your window i think.

Damn Decepticons!

1601. Tom 7 (h-66-167-9-216.phlapafg.dynamic.covad.net) – 28 Jun 2004 09:16:24 [ UPD: photo gallery, etc. ]

I agree. Do it!

1600. Anonymous (apw2.dsl.telerama.com) – 27 Jun 2004 23:03:48 [ UPD: photo gallery, etc. ]

"Type Theoretic Emergency" would be a good name for a band or radio show. If I ever get myself air-cleared I may steal that.

1599. Tom 7 (h-66-167-9-216.phlapafg.dynamic.covad.net) – 27 Jun 2004 22:43:29 [ Papers, please! ]

It is a plausible (and scary) scenario... I just think that there'd be enough difference for judicial review.

1598. Anonymous (cuscon3376.tstt.net.tt) – 27 Jun 2004 19:41:06 [ FLAMING TEXT ]

this is so coooooooooooooooollllllllll.

1597. Hock (sleepy.cs.wisc.edu) – 26 Jun 2004 17:31:03 [ Papers, please! ]

But what constitutes a "Terry Stop" is "reasonable suspicion". Here's how I envision this: when entering the building, you "voluntarily" give your identity (because you have "nothing to hide"). But if you refuse to do this, since 99% of people are sheep and would do this voluntarily, you would arouse "reasonable suspicion" and thus would legally be coerced into giving up your identity, because you could reasonably be suspected to be hiding something, especially due to "recent events".

1596. Mike Nolan (68.184.248.133) – 25 Jun 2004 21:12:29 [ Tombats on Adult Swim ]

A Master Shake air freshener? *grin* That's awesome!

I was stupefied and grinning out the window just now when a young girl walked by with her dog. She gave me a glare.

1595. Anonymous (ll-90.amkor.com.ph) – 25 Jun 2004 16:15:49 [ FLAMING TEXT ]

i like bathing dry

1594. Tom 7 (h-66-167-9-216.phlapafg.dynamic.covad.net) – 25 Jun 2004 09:07:01 [ Vibra-Atoms ]

Thanks. I'll try it...

1593. Arthur (cu158199.mobiel.utwente.nl) – 25 Jun 2004 04:52:38 [ Vibra-Atoms ]

Judging from my blog's atom feed (http://knurpslog.noblespirits.com/atom.xml) you could stick a plain version of the content in a summary block, and a html-formatted version in a content block.