From: Ciaran (cj at domain nologic.org)
Date: Mon 29 Apr 2002 - 09:40:56 IST
HP-Ireland,ex2 said:
> One of the other reasons people use bitmap PDF files is when they have
> been scanned through a device like the HP Digital Sender which creates
> PDF files from bitmap scans.
> I would have to say that any technical reader who ignores a technical
> document because they cannot click on the index, or scan for keywords,
> is going to land themselves in a very large pile of sh1t some day.
>
> David.
Yeah, I mean, has anyone ever tried reading the 3GPP IRP documents from
3gpp.org? All msword docs. I find this bizarre, especially for a standards
body.
/Ciaran.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wynne, Conor [mailto:Conor.Wynne at domain COMPAQ.COM]
> Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 9:28 AM
> To: Rick Moen; ilug at domain linux.ie
> Cc: snort at domain entropy.ie
> Subject: RE: [ILUG] Snort Intrusion Detection
>
>
> Since I've never disagreed with Rick, I thought now was the opportune
> time, in todays high speed internet world, streaming DVD's from
> xtravision, 1 meg is alright.
>
> Obviously I'm joking, however I still rate PDF's on a different plateau
> than HTML, I'm not into offline browsing, it wrecks me head, a good PDF
> one can zoom up and down and all that. Oh yes, I've downloaded html tar
> balls many's a time, but do I ever read them? No!
> Last night I downloaded a few PDFs and read them, so there :)
>
> I recommend PDF's.
>
> CW
>
> Linux : Its a matter of taste.
>
> -----------------
> Aidan --
>
> Whatever you used to create that PDF, it ended up containing _bitmaps_
> of the constituent ~40 pages, rather than formatted text. That's why
> the file weighs in at around a megabyte of data.
>
> I would recommend HTML as a compromise format that maximises
> accessibility.
>
> (Some people send out bitmap-PDFs to discourage unauthorised quoting.
> In that, it's somewhat effective, but also means many technical readers
> will ignore your work.)
>
> --
> Cheers, "Ceterum censeo Linux propaganda
> est." Rick Moen -- Seth David
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