Was: Desktop wallpaper for that bigger screen...upscaling by any other name

2010-12-20 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 11:43 AM, Bruce Johnson < john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu> wrote: > > > And a really handy utility SmillaEnlarger < > http://sourceforge.net/projects/imageenlarger/> is a very useful tool for > embiggening those smaller desktop pics up to your giant new screen size :-) > > It

Re: Was: Desktop wallpaper for that bigger screen...upscaling by any other name

2010-12-20 Thread Daggett Ken
On 20 Dec 2010, at 09:04:05 PST, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: But upscaling for a 23 inch screen leaves a lot to be desired. And this new to me term of Embiggering ( aka embiggering, etc) is just trying to get something that is not there. If it is not in the scan or photo detail cannot b

Re: Was: Desktop wallpaper for that bigger screen...upscaling by any other name

2010-12-20 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 12:08 PM, Daggett Ken wrote: > > On 20 Dec 2010, at 09:04:05 PST, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: > > But upscaling for a 23 inch screen leaves a lot to be desired. And this >> new to me term of Embiggering ( aka embiggering, etc) is just trying to get >> something that

Re: Was: Desktop wallpaper for that bigger screen...upscaling by any other name

2010-12-20 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 20, 2010, at 10:04 AM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: > > But upscaling for a 23 inch screen leaves a lot to be desired. And this new > to me term of Embiggering ( aka embiggering, etc) is just trying to get > something that is not there. 'Embiggening', a slang term peculiar to one ver

Re: Was: Desktop wallpaper for that bigger screen...upscaling by any other name

2010-12-20 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 20, 2010, at 10:43 AM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: >> >> What do you mean? They do it all the time on the cop shows! >> > > On cop shows they see that like I see the smiley in your post ! My > inviso-smiley has quit so I gotta go manual :-) See:

Re: Was: Desktop wallpaper for that bigger screen...upscaling by any other name

2010-12-20 Thread Judith Berkowitz
On Dec 20, 10:02 am, Bruce Johnson wrote: > 'Embiggening', a slang term peculiar to one very small subset of people, aka > an inside joke. Ignore it, I was being a bit cutesy. I believe that the correct term would be ENbiggening. To enbiggen. Just getting all etymological on ya here. -- Yo

Re: Was: Desktop wallpaper for that bigger screen...upscaling by any other name

2010-12-20 Thread Jim Scott
On Dec 20, 2010, at 4:37 PM, Judith Berkowitz wrote: > On Dec 20, 10:02 am, Bruce Johnson > wrote: > >> 'Embiggening', a slang term peculiar to one very small subset of people, aka >> an inside joke. Ignore it, I was being a bit cutesy. > > I believe that the correct term would be > ENbiggeni

Re: Was: Desktop wallpaper for that bigger screen...upscaling by any other name

2010-12-20 Thread Dennis Myhand
On 12/20/2010 6:37 PM, Judith Berkowitz wrote: On Dec 20, 10:02 am, Bruce Johnson wrote: 'Embiggening', a slang term peculiar to one very small subset of people, aka an inside joke. Ignore it, I was being a bit cutesy. I believe that the correct term would be ENbiggening. To enbiggen. Just

Re: Was: Desktop wallpaper for that bigger screen...upscaling by any other name

2010-12-21 Thread Judith Berkowitz
On 12/20/2010 6:37 PM, Judith Berkowitz wrote: > > I believe that the correct term would be > > ENbiggening. > > To enbiggen. > > > Just getting all etymological on ya here. On Dec 20, 5:00 pm, Dennis Myhand wrote: > No, it was "Embiggen" on the Simpsons episode I saw. That can't be right... I

Re: Was: Desktop wallpaper for that bigger screen...upscaling by any other name

2010-12-21 Thread Dennis Myhand
On 12/21/2010 5:31 AM, Judith Berkowitz wrote: No, it was "Embiggen" on the Simpsons episode I saw. That can't be right... I need the subtitle text on that, please! Episode number ? Which character uttered the phrase? This requires some careful research. I don't remember any of that. I will

Re: Was: Desktop wallpaper for that bigger screen...upscaling by any other name

2010-12-21 Thread Dennis Myhand
On 12/21/2010 5:31 AM, Judith Berkowitz wrote: No, it was "Embiggen" on the Simpsons episode I saw. That can't be right... I need the subtitle text on that, please! Episode number ? Which character uttered the phrase? This requires some careful research. *"Lisa the Iconoclast*" is the sixt

Re: Was: Desktop wallpaper for that bigger screen...upscaling by any other name

2010-12-21 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 21, 2010, at 6:53 AM, Dennis Myhand wrote: > *"Lisa the Iconoclast*" is the sixteenth episode of the seventh season. I > misspelled Cromulent. My apologies. Here is the line: > > "A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man." It is used in a perfectly > cromulent way. Wikipedia Refe

Re: Was: Desktop wallpaper for that bigger screen...upscaling by any other name

2010-12-21 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 11:43 AM, Bruce Johnson < john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu> wrote: > > On Dec 21, 2010, at 6:53 AM, Dennis Myhand wrote: > > > *"Lisa the Iconoclast*" is the sixteenth episode of the seventh season. > I misspelled Cromulent. My apologies. Here is the line: > > > > "A noble s

Re: Was: Desktop wallpaper for that bigger screen...upscaling by any other name

2010-12-21 Thread Dennis Myhand
On 12/21/2010 10:43 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Dec 21, 2010, at 6:53 AM, Dennis Myhand wrote: *"Lisa the Iconoclast*" is the sixteenth episode of the seventh season. I misspelled Cromulent. My apologies. Here is the line: "A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man." It is used in a perf