On Sun, 12 Nov 2000 12:55:26 -0500, Samuel W. Heywood wrote:
> Hey Glenn:
> I just recently performed a reality check, as I frequently do, by clicking
> on the URL you had posted a couple of weeks ago. I refer of course to
> http://www.angelfire.com/id/glenndoom/reality.jpg
> The link used to work just fine, but now I'm getting an error message:
> "Premature end of JPEG file" Arachne then freezes and I have to perform
> a cold reboot. Please fix it. I like to refer many of my friends and
> relations to this URL because they too sometimes have problems in dealing
> with reality. Your reality check site helps greatly to clarify the issues
> and to enhance our perspectives, so as to enable us to adopt a more
> rational view in approaching the problem.
> Fortunately, before the link had gone bad I had saved the image. Now I
> have to mail to my correspondents an attached image file in order for them
> to get the message. Things would be a lot better if I could simply refer
> them to a URL.
> Please see what you can do for us to fix reality.
No problem Sam..... Your wish is my command. ;-)
Reality is now as it should be. ;-)
http://www.angelfire.com/id/glenndoom/reality.jpg
Before uploading, I ran the original through this .BAT file.
---fixjpeg.bat---
C:
CD\1TEMP
f:\GRAPHICS\JPEG6B32\DJPEG -bmp *.JPG
del *.jpg
f:\GRAPHICS\JPEG6B32\CJPEG *.bmp
del *.bmp
CD\
PAUSE
menu.bat
_________________
Here are the before and after directory listings.
Volume in drive C is MCCORKLE_01
Directory of C:\1TEMP
. <DIR> 10-14-00 10:33p
.. <DIR> 10-14-00 10:33p
REALITY JPG 109062 7-09-00 6:08p
3 File(s) 25231360 bytes free
Volume in drive C is MCCORKLE_01
Directory of C:\1TEMP
. <DIR> 10-14-00 10:33p
.. <DIR> 10-14-00 10:33p
REALITY JPG 59527 11-13-00 10:41p
3 File(s) 25280512 bytes free
--
Glenn
(your friendly neighborhood compu-nerd)
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