From: Appleby Austin M Newsgroups: alt.humor.best-of-usenet Subject: [comp.graphics.api.misc] Re: Digitize the curve in GIF Date: 13 Jul 1996 13:43:40 GMT Subject: Re: Digitize the curve in GIF From: muraii@nmia.com (Trepanation) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.api.misc, comp.graphics.algorithms, comp.graphics.rendering.misc, comp.graphics.misc, rec.games.programmer, comp.os.linux.development.apps, comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.graphics, comp.sys.mac.graphics, comp.os.os2.multimedia, comp.sys.am Samuel S. Johnson (unclesam@cyberhighway.net) wrote: : : Jack of (k080755@hobbes.kzoo.edu), on 28-May-96 05:59:18, : in comp.sys.amiga.graphics, output the following: : <1996May28.125918.12673@hobbes.kzoo.edu> : : JoH> In article <4o4roh$lpc@agate.berkeley.edu> matt@xenon.cchem.berkeley.edu : JoH> (Matthew Asplund) writes: : >>Paul Hsieh (qed@xenon.chromatic.com) wrote: : >>: Charles Eicher wrote: : >>: > In article <4nvnmv$h4l@central.bldrdoc.gov>, Jan (jl@ucsu.colorado.edu) : >>: > wrote: : >>: > > To Whom may Know the Answer, : >>: > > I have a hard copy of a 2D curve, which has been scaned into PC saved : >>: > > as a GIF file. I need to find the number of the coordinates of points : >>: > > of this curve, so that I can make further statictiscal analysis. : >>: > : >>: > Answer: : >>: > : >>: > On any given curve, there are an infinite number of points. : >>: > : >>: > Sheesh, didn't you ever take a geometry course? : >>: : >>: The representation of a curve in a GIF file will only contain a finite : >>: number of points. Sheesh, didn't you even take a computer science course? : >> : >>The GIF file is merely a representation of our perception of reality. : >>Sheesh didn't you even take a philosophy course? : : JoH> But reality is biased by our beliefs. Sheesh, didn't you ever take a : JoH> psychology course? : : The nature of reality, and the existence of net denizens to argue over it, : depend critically on the precise values of several fundamental constants. : Sheesh, didn't you ever take a physics course? Skin crawls, rippling like viscous liquid fire, its voice a cacophony of delightful misery. Sheesh, didn't you ever take a hit of acid?