On Sun, 11 Mar 2001 00:33:38 -0500 (EST), Thomas Mueller wrote:
> from Sam Heywood:
>> Of course the error messages would have to be from bad base64 encoding.
>> Whether the JPG is a good one or a bad one is a matter to be decided by
>> one's subjective judgement, and not from any computer logic. I also know
>> about MPACK and MUMPACK, and how they work. I too have used these programs.
> What I meant by good or bad JPG was conforming to the specified format,
whether
> the JPG was valid, not a matter of picture quality.
I don't think there are any decoders that have such a capability. They are
designed to simply decode what is encoded. You would need another type of
program to determine whether a file once decoded meets the specifications
of the type of file it is supposed to be.
> My error:
>> A web hosting service automatically converting JPG images to GIF is not a
good
>> idea in view of the copyright problems with JPG.
> I slipped here, that sentence should have ended "copyright problems with GIF."
> I guess I was tired.
That is what I thought was the case. Even the best of us get tired at times.
Regards,
Sam Heywood
P.S. I was tired and sleepy also when just a few minutes ago I sent this
reply to you privately instead of to the list. My mistake.
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