Re: GIF prononciation. Word from the CREATOR!
From Timmy <tsh...@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca>
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· 31 Dec 1994 16:05 · View full thread
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In article <3e2sti$m1...@netnews.upenn.edu>, Bilbo Baggins <bma...@dolphin.upenn.edu> wrote: >Matthew Z. Rascoff (Mat...@nyo.com) wrote: >: i was one of the people at compuserve who wrote up the gif format. it is >: pronounec witha soft "g" > > >: sorry folks, this ends it > > >No. I'm sorry, Matt. This ends nothing. When you create something and >send it out into the great wide world, you of necessity give up some of >your power over it. > >Just because you helped make it up doesn't mean you get to say how it's >pronounced. You may get to have a pretty weighty opinion, but that's >it. > >You pronounced it _J_IF ? Good for you. You're wrong (IMHO). I know that's >pretty staunchly stated, but if you take those letters in that order and >show it to someone who has never heard of a computer, let alone this >debate, and they're going to come up with _G_IF (hard G). Them's the breaks. Gimme a break, will you? Your statement is groundless and is quite arrogant, IMHO (as your universal disclaimer seems to immediately convey correctness). If you want to talk down to one of the creators, then you're showing your own idiocy. Sorry for the flame, but I can't stand people who fly in the face of reason. If you don't believe in the merits of standardization, then throw out anything that says "ISO 9000" on it. Them's the breaks. (Sheesh, what a worthless pundit). Tim (flame away) -- _ _ __ ___________ ____ ___ __ |"For false Christs and false prophets will _ ___ \__ _\ \ \/ \ \/ \ \/_/ | appear and perform signs and miracles to _ __ `--\_\-\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\\_\ | deceive The Elect - if that were possible. - - `-' `-"-"-"-'-"-"-'`-' | So be on your guard;" - Mark 13:22-23[NIV]
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,4c937612bafa20dd X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-12-31 20:23:44 PST Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Path: nntp.gmd.de!newsserver.jvnc.net!netnews.upenn.edu!news.cc.swarthmore.edu!psuvax1!uwm.edu!spool.mu.edu!torn!watserv2.uwaterloo.ca!undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca!tshaynes From: tsh...@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca (Timmy) Subject: Re: GIF prononciation. Word from the CREATOR! Message-ID: <D1o...@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca> Sender: new...@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca (news spool owner) Nntp-Posting-Host: mobius08.math.uwaterloo.ca Organization: University of Waterloo References: <001...@nyo.com> <3e2sti$m1...@netnews.upenn.edu> Date: Sat, 31 Dec 1994 16:05:41 GMT Lines: 41
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