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From: brad@optilink.UUCP (Brad Yearwood)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d
Subject: Re: popi, the digital darkroom
Message-ID: <2875@optilink.UUCP>
Date: 31 Dec 89 02:52:10 GMT
References: <1989Dec27.053537.14990@eng.umd.edu> <2567@cunixc.cc.columbia.edu> <1989Dec29.150055.15892@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
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In article <1989Dec29.150055.15892@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>, mcdonald@aries.scs.uiuc.edu (Doug McDonald) writes:
> 
> What good is a moderator if he can't even insure that a proper desciption
> accompanies the files he sends out. 

The "popi" distribution includes a README file.  This makes explicit
and clear reference to a published book upon whose code the distribution
is based.

Given a compatible machine (also described in the README), it takes just a
few minutes to make the code, read it, and figure out which commands are
needed to do visually obnoxious and fun things to a thoughtfully provided
picture of Dennis Ritchie.

Where's the beef?  Should we next hammer the authors and moderator for
not providing a machine readable copy of "Beyond Photography - the digital
darkroom" formatted for each and every one of our favorite document processors 
and page description languages?

Brad Yearwood   {pyramid, tekbspa, pixar}!optilink!brad