Gil -
Didn't a certain "oldling" speak to you in PostScript at the breakfast
table throughout the 1980's?
I think you should respond to his next reminder sent as an Illustrator
file with:
%!PS-Adobe-3.0 EPSF-3.0
%%Creator: [Gillian Densmore - by hand]
/Times-Roman findfont 32 scalefont setfont 100 200 translate 37.5 rotate 2 1
scale newpath 0 0 moveto
(Thanks Dad!) true charpath 0.5 setlinewidth 0.4 setgray stroke
%%EOF
I say, kill two birds with one stone.... build a time machine, go back
to the late 1980's and make sure that the Network extensible Window
System certain "oldlings" (who shall not be named) were working on at
the time succeeded and *became* the Window System of choice, and in
fact, in the spirit of "the Network is the Computer", become the tip of
the iceberg of a true Network Operating System.
And don't let him distract you with talk of JavaScript running in "the
browser" it is pure misdirection ;^)... PostScript is somewhat like the
Sanskrit of Technomancers, nearly any spell or divination can be uttered
in it. Be careful, however, not to cause a Snow Crash!
- Steve
Greetings fellow technomancers,
Yes illustrator may have a place in vector graphics. I should like to
define 'Vector Graphics': as graphics tool set that's bad ass enough
for text to be extremly smooth and crisp from as small as a postal
stamp to as big as a truck.
Personally my quip with illustrator is it's over the top- for
somestuff. (like sending certain younglings a reminder note).
Has anyone used the others? Xara has claims about being lite on it's
feet. Corell has roots in drawing.
For those of you into making a better OS.
I just ask that what ever else you come up as a feature for it. That a
feature is not consuming insane amounts of ram, or HD space.
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