laser-lovers@uw-beaver (05/15/85)
From: Les Earnest <LES@SU-AI.ARPA> Here is an amusing reaction to Brian Reid's Monday missile from someone who apparently prefers to remain anonymous. > "absolute total ugly disgusting swill" > > Wow! Reminds me of the Saturday Nite Live takeoff on the old 60 > Minutes "Point/Counterpoint" where Bill Murry would open his response > with "Janet, you ignorant slut." I find it curious that Brian wants to change the subject to another brand of printer. I thought that we were were discussing character spacing problems on the Laserwriter. Oh well, maybe there is nothing more to say. Chuck Bigelow's suggestion that we take up "Good vs. Bad" spacing is an interesting one, inasmuch as I always prefer dogmatism to sophistry. As a Supreme Court Justice once said "I can't define bad spacing, but I know it when I see it." Another famous quotation that I remember is "The only good space is a dead space." Seriously, I find it frustratingly impractical to discuss graphical issues in a teletext medium. Laser-Lovers needs the ability to distribute accurate photocopies of print samples and illustrations along with the text. The hardware needed to digitize, transmit, and display or print such materials exists in many locations today and will be very widespread within five years. Unfortunately, we do not yet have standards and standard software that are up to the job. I look forward to the time when, instead of having to search for suitably revolting terms, we can simply distribute copies of the Postscript "pox" or Imagen's "disgusting swill." Cheers, Les Earnest [Disclaimer: I am doing some work for Bigelow and Holmes but they're not paying me, so I guess that makes me squeeky clean.]