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GIF Patent Prepares to Expire
pajamacore writes "It's worth noting that 20 June 2003 is GIF Liberation Day, the day on which US Patent 4,558,302 expires. The patent describes the LZW compression algorithm used in .gif files. That said, maybe the prices of image editing applications will drop slightly when corporations don't have to pay fees to Unisys."
My favorite part about XV was, if you did "xv *.jpg" (for instance) and then deleted some of the files out from under it, it would pop up a box as you got to each file that was deleted to let you know that it couldn't load the picture.
The dialog box said something along the lines of, "Couldn't display picture." But the fun part was, the button didn't say "OK," because, well, it probably wasn't OK. It said "Bummer."
I always thought that was a nice counterpoint to programs that say things like "All of your data has been lost" and then ask you to click "OK" No, it's NOT OK! But xv gaved you a way to acknowledge receipt of the information without having you approve of it, and I always appreciated that.
It's Sklyarov. Get it right.
You are one rude, arrogant in-duh-vidual.
Someone else made a transposition error - so what. It was obvious who the poster was referring too.
Did being pompous and rude over a transposition error make you feel better, did it boost your ego?.
It wasn't even me that made the error, and moronic no-value comments like yours still piss me off.
Tedious grammar and spelling nazi's stifle free speech on the web because people don't want to post if others are just going to nitpick at their spelling or grammar.
Please grow up or find somewhere else to hang out.