graphic conversion

1999-12-04 Thread Daniel Lee Wenger
I wonder if anyone in this group knows of software that converts a Word file to a gif or jpeg or a postscript file to a gif or jpeg or a PDF file to a gif or jpeg. Thanks for any help. Dan Wenger Daniel Lee Wenger Santa Cruz, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wengersundial.com

Re: graphic conversion

1999-12-04 Thread Dave Bell
On Sat, 4 Dec 1999, Daniel Lee Wenger wrote: I wonder if anyone in this group knows of software that converts a Word file to a gif or jpeg or a postscript file to a gif or jpeg or a PDF file to a gif or jpeg. Thanks for any help. Dan Wenger Daniel Lee Wenger Santa Cruz, CA

Re: martian analemma EOT

1999-12-04 Thread John Carmichael
You guys are unbelieveable! I've had the martian analemma EOT question for a long time but never asked it for fear that you'd think I was a bit crazy. I thought who would even go to the trouble to calculate it since there's not a big market for sundials on Mars. I'm delighted that someone

Re: martian analemma EOT

1999-12-04 Thread Luke Coletti
Hello John, You're pretty unbelievable too ;) Here (I hope) are some answers to some of your questions. 1) The obliquity effect is responsible for the figure-eight shape. It's shaped this way because the obliquity value in the course of one year has four zeros, i.e., two maximums and

Archaelogical site in Abruzzo Italy

1999-12-04 Thread Marco Rossi
Hello, I will try to traslate the message I sent to the italian mail list Gnomonicaitalia, according toFer De Vries request. In the last number of the National Geographic (Italian Version), there is an interesting article about an archaeological site in Fossa (AQ) in Abruzzo, Italy,

Re: Dollars and Sense!

1999-12-04 Thread Mr. D. Hunt
On Sat 4 Dec 1999 (11:31:46 +), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My preferred solution is for a bank draft in 'Pounds Sterling' and I remember being told that there are agencies who can handle this by post at reasonable rates. If anyone can recommend a US agency to handle such things, or

Re: Dollars and sense!

1999-12-04 Thread Richard Langley
I believe there is no commission charge to the recipient of a Pound Sterling Money Order. The charge to the purchaser is typically a few dollars but depends on one's bank plan or whether one purchases a money order at the post office. Bank drafts typically cost the purchaser a dollar or two more

Re: martian analemma EOT

1999-12-04 Thread Tony Moss
John Carmichael contributed: You guys are unbelieveable! I've had the martian analemma EOT question for a long time but never asked it for fear that you'd think I was a bit crazy. I thought who would even go to the trouble to calculate it since there's not a big market for sundials on Mars.