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TIFF is the answer to life's biggest question

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    Russell Morris
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    I got this in the mail a second ago from a coworker working on TIFF image creation:

    From the G4 TIFF Specification:

    Bytes 2-3 The second word of the file is the TIFF "version
    number." This number, 42 (2A in hex), is not to be equated with
    the current Revision of the TIFF specification. In fact, the
    TIFF version number (42) has never changed, and probably never
    will. If it ever does, it means that TIFF has changed in some
    way so radical that a TIFF reader should give up immediately.
    The number 42 was chosen for its deep philosophical significance.
    It can and should be used as additional verification that this is
    indeed a TIFF file.

    ;P -- Russell Morris "WOW! Chocolate - half price!" - Homer Simpson, while in the land of chocolate.

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      I got this in the mail a second ago from a coworker working on TIFF image creation:

      From the G4 TIFF Specification:

      Bytes 2-3 The second word of the file is the TIFF "version
      number." This number, 42 (2A in hex), is not to be equated with
      the current Revision of the TIFF specification. In fact, the
      TIFF version number (42) has never changed, and probably never
      will. If it ever does, it means that TIFF has changed in some
      way so radical that a TIFF reader should give up immediately.
      The number 42 was chosen for its deep philosophical significance.
      It can and should be used as additional verification that this is
      indeed a TIFF file.

      ;P -- Russell Morris "WOW! Chocolate - half price!" - Homer Simpson, while in the land of chocolate.

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      David Stone
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      From the totally stupid things archive...:-D Seriously though, that's in the specification? :wtf: David Stone dstone@newcenturytitle.com
      Procrastination is like masturbation; it's all good until you realize you just screwed yourself. -Writing on a bench at college

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        I got this in the mail a second ago from a coworker working on TIFF image creation:

        From the G4 TIFF Specification:

        Bytes 2-3 The second word of the file is the TIFF "version
        number." This number, 42 (2A in hex), is not to be equated with
        the current Revision of the TIFF specification. In fact, the
        TIFF version number (42) has never changed, and probably never
        will. If it ever does, it means that TIFF has changed in some
        way so radical that a TIFF reader should give up immediately.
        The number 42 was chosen for its deep philosophical significance.
        It can and should be used as additional verification that this is
        indeed a TIFF file.

        ;P -- Russell Morris "WOW! Chocolate - half price!" - Homer Simpson, while in the land of chocolate.

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        Simon Walton
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        It's that "the answer to everything is 42" thing again. I wonder who started that. :) Simon "This is an equal opportunities airline. The pilot is blind." Sonork ID 100.10024

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          It's that "the answer to everything is 42" thing again. I wonder who started that. :) Simon "This is an equal opportunities airline. The pilot is blind." Sonork ID 100.10024

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          Russell Morris
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          Simon Walton wrote: I wonder who started that. Douglas Adams did, in The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy. If you haven't read it, you really should - it's one of the funniest 5-part trilogies you'll ever read. -- Russell Morris "WOW! Chocolate - half price!" - Homer Simpson, while in the land of chocolate.

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            Simon Walton wrote: I wonder who started that. Douglas Adams did, in The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy. If you haven't read it, you really should - it's one of the funniest 5-part trilogies you'll ever read. -- Russell Morris "WOW! Chocolate - half price!" - Homer Simpson, while in the land of chocolate.

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            Russell Morris wrote: Douglas Adams did, in The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy. If you haven't read it, you really should - it's one of the funniest 5-part trilogies you'll ever read. Ah, one of the many "well, i've always been meaning to" tasks in my life. :) Simon "This is an equal opportunities airline. The pilot is blind." Sonork ID 100.10024

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