From: highlndr@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (The Highlander)
Subject: Re: TIFF: philosophical significance of 42
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
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cptully@med.unc.edu (Christopher P. Tully,Pathology,62699) writes:

>Why so up tight?  FOr that matter, TIFF6 is out now, so why not gripe
>about its problems?  Also, if its so important to you, volunteer to
>help define or critique the spec.

HEAR HEAR!!!

>Finally, a little numerology:  42 is 24 backwards, and TIFF is a 24 bit
>image format...

REALLY? i thought that the reason it was 42 was that it is REALLY 24, but
written as 42 so that on Intel chips you could get the proper value :)

-pete

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