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Now remember, there are no stupid questions...
cheers
Chris Maunder
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...just stupid question setters! 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Set a man a fire and he'll be warm for a day; set a man afire and he'll be warm for life.
modified 6-Mar-15 13:28pm.
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Fire?
What about destruction on the molecular level? Vaporized, perhaps?
Maybe I am going too far. 
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Why not pull out all of the stops and send them an unpleasant Tweet?
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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Ouch! That twice this week I've had my eyes burned!..yeah, even now more than a minute later I still see the outline of a red rectangle!
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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Can anyone recommend a good flat photo scanner? I'm trying to digitize some old images that my parents have. Sizes vary from 2x2 to 11x17 almost. I don't have a printer at home and the one at work removed some of the smiles from the images. No idea why.
Thanks!
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Bassam Abdul-Baki wrote: the one at work removed some of the smiles from the images
You have a work scanner that makes people frown? 
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More like goes Agent Smith on them and removes their mouths completely. It did that for a few random pictures.
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Oh, that! That's just the NSA setting...you can disable it in config with a large hammer...
Actually I just use an all-in-one Epson printer/copier/scanner which does pretty well at photos. Most go to 2400x2400 dpi these days.
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I'm not interested in an all-in-one. Just something that can scan to a card or computer.
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That's good!
It uses the latest encryption algorithms to prevent lip-reading.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Hmmm! I wonder if it makes images SFW?
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What exactly were the mouths doing?
Is it a Japanese scanner?
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I have an Epson V500. I actually use it for scanning 35mm negatives - and it does an impressive job even when not cranked up to maximum resolution.
In advanced mode (the only one I bother with) you can pre-tweak your image before it's scanned to color-correct, enhance contrast, etc. Also, pre-scan-cropping. For 35mm, it can have eight set up at a time.
It makes use of (if you do negatives or slides some day) Kodak's "Digital Ice" technology. It does an IR map of the transparency that only sees scratches and dust. Then it does the proper scan and interpolates away the dust and scratches - distinguishing them from actual parts of the picture that may look similar (like the sparkle in an eye). Smart people at Kodak.
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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Does it scan photos as well? What's the largest size photo?
Thanks!
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It's referred to as a photo-scanner. The bed's pretty big - larger than "8x10".
It only scans - no other bells or whistles. 9600 dpi uninterpolated at max if I recall. I had just gotten into scanning old family photos when Sandy flooded my place. Aside from testing it to make sure it survived I haven't (but am about to) been back at the photos for a while.
Just remember: The photo's surface is part of the picture. If you have a clean glossy image it's great. Anything other than glossy will show artifacts of the surface.
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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I've had no trouble scanning larger-than-will-fit photos (etc) in sections, then reasembling them in Paint Shop.
(I've got a V600)
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Molasses ... so ... what do they do with the rest of the mole?
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Our cat simply made a meal of the entire mole. Anyway, you could take the rest of the mole and dress up as Abraham Lincoln.[^]
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
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what a disappointment I was expecting a mole dressed as Lincoln
note to self - even on a Friday afternoon, read the damn thing properly
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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+5 for a Tommy Cooper mention. Sorely missed. It was quite incredible that you could see his punch lines coming a mile of and they still had you in tears - just like that.
A friend's dad (yes, I do have a few!) was in the police force and had to see dear old Tommy for some purpose. Tommy gave a momento, a pen. The pen was inscribed "This pen was stolen from Tommy Cooper"
Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.
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