throopw@xyzzy.UUCP (Wayne A. Throop) (08/06/87)
> gnu@hoptoad.uucp (John Gilmore) > I can see the mail headers now: > From: user@wombat.con.dom > Face: Format_version=1, Width=64, Height=64, Depth=1, Valid_bits_per_item=16 > 0x0000,0x0000,0x0000,0x0000,0x0000,0x0000,0x0000,0x0000, etc, etc > 0x0000,0x0000,0x0000,0x0025,0x0000,0x0000,0x0000,0x0048 > Subject: something minor > It's just a joke! Don't even THINK about it!!! Sorry, I just can't seem to break the habit of thinking about things. Anyhow, I can easily see what width, height, and depth are talking about, and I presume that "Format_version" is just some tag to allow upwards-compatible drastic changes in format. But what is "Valid_bits_per_item", anyhow? I can't see any use for that. Using only the width, height, and depth and using the simplest, most obvious formatting scheme, the picture seems to come out without reference to any meaning for v.b.p.i. xxxxxx xxxxx xx xx x xx x x xxxxxx xxxxxx xx x xx xx x xxxx x x xxxx x x x x xxxx x x x x x xxxx x x x xxxx x xxx x xxx x x x xxxx xxx x xxxx xxxx x x x x x x x x xx xx x x xx xx x x x x xx xx x x xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx x x x x x xxxx x xx xx x xxx x x x xxxxxxx x x x x x xxxxxxx xx x x xxxxx x x xxx x x xx x x x x xx xxx x x x x x x x x x x x xx xx x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x xx x x x x x x x x x xxx x x x x x x x x x xx x x xx x x x x x x xxx xxx xx xx x x x x x x x x x x x x x x xx x x x x x xx x x x x xxx xxx xxxx xxx xxxx xxxx xxx xx x x x x x xxxxx xxxxxx x x x x x PS: did you perhaps expect the aspect ratio to be 1:1? The toad looks a little skinny on my screen. That might be another keyword, of course: Aspect_ratio=1:1, or whatnot. -- The meaning of Stonehenge in Tralfamadorian, when viewed from above, is: "Replacement part being rushed with all possible speed." --- Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.; Sirens of Titan. -- It is easy to find fault, if one has that disposition. There was once a man who, not being able to find any other fault with his coal, complained that there were too many prehistoric toads in it. --- Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar (Mark Twain) -- Wayne Throop <the-known-world>!mcnc!rti!xyzzy!throopw
gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn ) (08/07/87)
In article <180@xyzzy.UUCP> throopw@xyzzy.UUCP (Wayne A. Throop) writes: >> gnu@hoptoad.uucp (John Gilmore) >> I can see the mail headers now: >> Face: Format_version=1, Width=64, Height=64, Depth=1, Valid_bits_per_item=16 >> 0x0000,0x0000,0x0000,0x0000,0x0000,0x0000,0x0000,0x0000, > etc, etc I actually received a message recently with a face icon in its header. In general, face icons should be obtained from a face server based on the host!user name, not sent with every message. I'm trying to build up our local collection of face icons and will make them available as part of my redistribution of the AT&T DMD software, perhaps along with mods to sysmon to turn it into vismon. The idea is that most sites would be better off with a modest face database than trying to use a face server, although there should be at least one central site willing to send out faces on request so people can fill in the gaps as necessary. (No need to have faces for people you never get mail from.) If you want to send me your 48x48x1 Blit/DMD/MTG-compatible face icon to add to our face database, I'll be happy to receive it and make it available to others on request. (Please don't mail me megabytes of face data, though!) Include the associated host or domain name and user name. I haven't decided yet whether to try to maintain a domain-based face server. That is really something the NIC should be doing.