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- From: BLANTON@MCOPN.DSEG.TI.COM
- Subject: Skeptical cartoons
- Message-ID: <9307261801.AA03708@lll-winken.llnl.gov>
- Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1993 12:52:33 -0500
-
- One particularly enjoyable feature of the North Texas Skeptics'
- newsletter is the monthly cartoon by Laura Ainsworth, one of our
- board members. Laura is a lady of many talents, and the drawing
- and the humor are syndication quality. The story lines often
- involve some local characters, such as faith healer Robert Tilton
- and, of late, the Branch Davidians. However, themes of national
- interest appear, as well. The humor is often dry, sometimes
- sharp, generally on the point of some current interest. It's a
- welcome break from our usual mode of point-counter point.
-
- Available technology makes it possible for me to distribute the
- cartoon to those readers of this list who express interest. What
- you would get is a text file that you would then decode using the
- Unix uudecode utility. This will produce a GIF, BMP, JPG, PCX or
- whatever format you want. You must then use the image viewing
- facility available on your system to view or print the drawing.
- BTW, the uudecode routine is also available for DOS, free.
-
- Laura has agreed to allow her cartoons to be distributed on the
- net. However, the works are copyrighted and must not be used for
- commercial purposes without permission from Laura Ainsworth
- (e-mail address on request). We consider that distributing these
- drawings and stories in this manner is an extension of our policy
- of free distribution of our newsletter whenever there is little
- or no extra cost to our treasury (and obviously, when there is no
- undue use of facilities paid for by others, such as this
- network).
-
- I will start this experiment now. Send me e-mail if you want a
- copy. Tell me what format, also. Additionally, my tests have
- shown that at least some image formats can be further compressed
- before uuencoding, reducing the transmitted file size by 40% or
- so. If you have pkunzip or Unix compress, let me know, and I
- will compress the file before uuencoding.
-
- John Blanton
- Secretary, The North Texas Skeptics
- blanton@lobby.ti.com
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