budsz -- ...and then budsz said... % % On Tue, Jan 22, 2002 at 07:23:20AM +0100, Ralf Hildebrandt wrote: % >a) Find a picture of you or whatever % >b) resize to 48x48 (?) % >c) reduce to 2 colors % >d) convert to x-face format % % I don't understand what your mind, would you like explain more detail (step) ? % (b)resize, (c)reduce, (d)covert? how come, sorry I'am newbie..:)
At USENIX conferences one has the opportunity to have one's picture taken for your entry badge, and an image with 48 pixels per side and two colors is the format. The conference advertising for at least one year said something about like "Come to USENIX and get saved", playing on the saving of the image to disk versus the Christian "getting saved", which often happens at Christian conferences. You also got a copy of your file, converted to a 7-bit mail-safe format called "x-face" format (I don't know that it isn't plain uuencoding without the extra UU header and footer data, but it is specific to the USENIX images). Cleverly enough, people then started writing software that would decode the data and display the picture, and folks then started including their pictures in their email headers. I vaguely recall an X-based GUI mail program that would pop up a face when you opened someone's message if the X-Face: header were present. What a delightful example of how to program for viruses, and way before Outlook hit the scene :-) Thus, you must go through the steps above to generate your own X-Face: header (well, if you want it to make any sense; you *could* just put any old garbage in there, and according to at least one subscriber here that would be completely valid and logical). Now, on the other hand, if you already have an x-face file and you simply want to include it, the answer is "RTFM to learn about my_hdr". I suspect, however, that's not what you were asking. % % -- % budsz :-D -- David T-G * It's easier to fight for one's principles (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * than to live up to them. -- fortune cookie (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.justpickone.org/davidtg/ Shpx gur Pbzzhavpngvbaf Qrprapl Npg!
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