Re: [Vo]:Scientists discover benefits of sharing information

2010-08-13 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
>From Jed: ... > As I recall Acrobat does have vector graphics capabilities -- for numeric > graphs and the like. Peter Hagelstein once sent me a paper in Acrobat with > graphs in that format. You could blow up the page to any size and the graphs > still looked splendid. I do not recall seeing any

Re: [Vo]:Scientists discover benefits of sharing information

2010-08-13 Thread Jed Rothwell
Steven V Johnson wrote: A vectored graphic would obviously lend itself to being re-sized to fit any display format with essentially no loss of visual quality. This should also be of some concern to CF scientists and what-not. As I recall Acrobat does have vector graphics capabilities -- for

Re: [Vo]:Scientists discover benefits of sharing information

2010-08-13 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Terry sez: ... >> The excuse I'm sticking to is that I have an aversion against writing >> sentences that seem to possess double negatives. It's not that I'm no >> writer! > > "Could not care less" is not a double negative.  It means you don't > really give a hoot.  "Could care less" means that y

Re: [Vo]:Scientists discover benefits of sharing information

2010-08-13 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Good comments, Jed, Of particular interest to me would be electronic formats that facilitate the most accurate rendering & placement of not only raw graphics (i.e. pictures & paintings, etc...) but also charts and graphics. The former format, which is essentially rasterized, can be problematical w

Re: [Vo]:Scientists discover benefits of sharing information

2010-08-13 Thread Terry Blanton
On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 1:09 PM, OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson wrote: > The excuse I'm sticking to is that I have an aversion against writing > sentences that seem to possess double negatives. It's not that I'm no > writer! "Could not care less" is not a double negative. It means you don't real

Re: [Vo]:Scientists discover benefits of sharing information

2010-08-13 Thread Terry Blanton
On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 2:04 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote: > The Kindle will meet these specifications soon, except for color. Yes. And I doubt we will see color anytime soon. The battery life of e ink systems is far greater than color displays: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E_Ink The nook offers a

Re: [Vo]:Scientists discover benefits of sharing information

2010-08-13 Thread Jed Rothwell
Steven V Johnson wrote: Personally, I wanna eReader that will display in full color and possesses the actual dimensions of a typical periodical found in the magazine rack at Borders or Barns and Nobel. And, oh yes, it's gotta be under a hundred bucks. I'm sure my personal requirements are not th

Re: [Vo]:Scientists discover benefits of sharing information

2010-08-13 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Terry sez: ... > I just bought my wifey a nook from bn.com and she loves it.  It has > part color and park e-ink.  It's about $140 with wifi only but I got > her the 3G + wifi for $190.  It has a beta internet browser and is > android based so look out for future aps.  Right now it does multiple

Re: [Vo]:Scientists discover benefits of sharing information

2010-08-13 Thread Terry Blanton
On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 10:58 AM, OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson wrote: > I'm sure my > personal requirements are not that far off in the future. I just bought my wifey a nook from bn.com and she loves it. It has part color and park e-ink. It's about $140 with wifi only but I got her the 3G + w

Re: [Vo]:Scientists discover benefits of sharing information

2010-08-13 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Related to the benefits of sharing scientific freely I have a related topic that I think is of interest to many here who occasionally publish their findings - if not their opinions on various eclectic matters. As we all know, one of the visions of Star Trek was the introduction of a paperless worl

RE: [Vo]:Scientists discover benefits of sharing information

2010-08-13 Thread Jones Beene
Smile of the morning: JR: Most cold fusion researchers have not yet discovered the benefits of sharing information. . maybe they are trying to avoid "progress on Alzheimer's"

Re: [Vo]:Scientists discover benefits of sharing information

2010-08-13 Thread Esa Ruoho
On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 4:09 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote: > Most cold fusion researchers have not yet discovered the benefits of > sharing information. > ditto for Free Energy researchers, apart from a few (and look at their communicational deficiencies..) really hoping this will change VERY soon. pr

[Vo]:Scientists discover benefits of sharing information

2010-08-13 Thread Jed Rothwell
This is kind of sickening. See: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/13/health/research/13alzheimer.html QUOTES: Rare Sharing of Data Leads to Progress on Alzheimer's By GINA KOLATA In 2003, a group of scientists and execut