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Smoother Grayscale (Free Tool) 2 144 (5/16/2010 7:00:48 PM) comp.graphics.misc A normal grayscale image has steps of 1 / 255 of peak white. By means of a trick, it is possible to have steps of one in 1785. A simple DOS tool to do this is available here: http://www.wehner.org/tools/gray/... Charles

KDE Infiltrated 1 144 (3/28/2010 7:29:34 PM) comp.os.linux.misc It has happened before. A new operating system to rival Windows was being developed, along with FreeBasic. Microsoft reported that certain old, possibly buggy, and useless source files had been "stolen" from ... Charles

NEW - OUTER SHELL OF FLOATING POINT 0 118 (9/26/2008 6:17:27 PM) comp.lang.asm.x86 The inner core of floating point was published on my website in 2003. It gives details of how to program sines, cosines, the Gamma function and just about every necessary transcendental function. To make the i... charleswehner

NEW - OUTER SHELL OF FLOATING POINT 0 30 (9/26/2008 6:15:35 PM) comp.programming The inner core of floating point was published on my website in 2003. It gives details of how to program sines, cosines, the Gamma function and just about every necessary transcendental function. To make the i... charleswehner

Exponential Data Compression and Consciousness 8 39 (5/10/2005 7:49:02 PM) comp.compression In February, George stated that a "data compression algorithm used today, consists of a number of sub-algorithms". I would agree, as algorithms of all forms consist of sub-algorithms. An algorithm ("Al-Kwarism"... Charles

PROFESSIONAL floating-point algorithms. 70 19 (1/3/2004 5:17:20 PM) comp.programming Unfortunately, my last post was inundated by unprofessional commentaries from small children who are not yet back at school. Here is the news again. This is a NEWSgroup. Professionals who are interested in a ... charleswehner

Floating point programming algorithms 9 25 (12/31/2003 6:02:39 PM) comp.programming Professionals who are interested in a quick synopsis of the techniques of transcendental-function programming are invited to visit http://www.wehner.org/fpoint/ Charles Douglas Wehner ... charleswehner

VISUAL PERCEPTION 0 23 (11/9/2003 5:01:54 PM) comp.ai.philosophy There has been a lot of discussion about visual perception: news:20030907234433.17920.00000534@mb-m01.aol.com It all began in 1838 with Sir Charles Wheatstone: http://www.wehner.org/3d/ On that introductor... charleswehner

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What does Donald Knuth and Microsoft have in common? 47 13 (2/1/2009 1:19:09 AM) comp.os.linux.advocacy http://www.gnu.org/thankgnus/2008supporters.html Entries 9 and 27 of the "Sustaining Contributors", respectively. "Linux is a cancer" ~ Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO. Hypocrite. -- K. http://slated.org ..-... usenet3690 (8862)

Dual Xeon Linux vs. dual G5 : Where can I find direct speed comparison? 76 39 (6/29/2003 3:20:31 AM) comp.sys.mac.system It it hype or has apple blown away the x86 world? Any pointers most appreciated. Thanks Jim ... jimkkREMOVEME (13)

MOST USEFUL Computer Language 141 32 (10/21/2003 6:55:11 AM) comp.programming What would be the most useful language to learn among: Java, C, C#, C++, VB, VB.NET, DELPHI? ... EnglishTeacher (8)

PROFESSIONAL floating-point algorithms. 70 19 (1/3/2004 5:17:20 PM) comp.programming Unfortunately, my last post was inundated by unprofessional commentaries from small children who are not yet back at school. Here is the news again. This is a NEWSgroup. Professionals who are interested in a ... charleswehner (15)

(fwd) MOST USEFUL Computer Language 4 44 (1/20/2004 5:37:34 PM) comp.lang.forth Okay, this one wasn't posted here but is, I guess, relevant and is also rather amusing. I guess the OP doesn't read this group. -- forwarded message -- From: charleswehner@hotmail.com (Charles Douglas Wehner... andrew29 (3681)