I haven't tried to open the Blue Book yet, but I have encountered this problem in other realms. It generally occurs with a large file and a computer that is not fast enough to read it. If either of these two conditions are met (I suspect the first), then the file will give the "damaged and could not be repaired" error message. I get this all the time when my students try to open my PowerPoint pdfs (3 M-8 M or more files--yeah, I know I should compress them more) on their slow home PCs, though they open just fine on a fast computer at school (demonstrating that there is nothing damaged nor irreparable about them).
Hope this helps! Lindsay E-J On 4/6/07, morphmet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi there! > > I've been trying to open the pdf file of the Blue Book following the link > posted by Dr Rohlf, but I get an error message (The file is damaged and > could not be repaired). Did anyone have the same problem? Does anyone have > any good hints about this? > Thanks > Antigoni > > > > On 4/4/07, morphmet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > See below for some good news. The "Blue book" is now available as > > a free download (as a single rather large file). > > > > Thanks to Bill Fink for arranging this. I will also add this link > > to the SB Morphometrics website. > > > > Jim > > > > ---------------------------------------------- > > F. James Rohlf, Distinguished Professor > > Dept. Ecology & Evolution, Stony Brook University > > Stony Brook, NY 11794-5245 > > http://life.bio.sunysb.edu/ee/rohlf > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Fink, William [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 1:04 PM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: RE: The "blue book" > > > > > > Hi Jim, > > > > > > The "Proceedings of the Michigan Morphometrics Workshop," > > > University of Michigan Museum of Zoology Special Publication > > > No. 2 (1990), edited by James Rohlf and Fred Bookstein, is > > > now available for download free at > > > http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/49535 as a pdf file. This > > > publication is known as the "Blue Book" in morphometrics > > > circles. As one reviewer put it "J. Rohlf, F. Bookstein, and > > > the morphometrics all-stars have produced what is probably > > > the most comprehensive and diverse assemblage of discussions > > > relating to the measurement and analysis of shape/size data > > > ever published. (T. Mousseau, Evolution, 1991). > > > > > > > > > William L. Fink > > > Director, > > > Museum of Zoology > > > Professor, > > > Ecology and Evolutionary Biology > > > 1109 Geddes St. > > > University of Michigan > > > Ann Arbor, MI 48109 > > > http://www-personal.umich.edu/~wfink > > > > > > > > -- > > Replies will be sent to the list. > > For more information visit http://www.morphometrics.org > > > > > > > -- > > > Antigoni Kaliontzopoulou > > CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos > Campus Agrário de Vairão, 4485-661 Vairão > PORTUGAL > Herpetologia, Dep. Biologia Animal (Vertebrats) > Fac. de Biologia, Univ. de Barcelona, Av. Diagonal 645, 08028 Barcelona > SPAIN > > tel: +351 91 3086188 > mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Asociación Herpetológica Española (AHE): http://www.herpetologica.org/ > Sociedade Portuguesa de Herpetologia (SPH): http://www.spherpetologia.org/ > Societas Europaea Herpetologica (SEH): http://www.gli.cas.cz/SEH/ > CIBIO: http://cibio.up.pt/ > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -- > Replies will be sent to the list. > For more information visit http://www.morphometrics.org > > -- K. Lindsay Eaves-Johnson, MA PhD Candidate University of Iowa Department of Anthropology 114 Macbride Hall Iowa City, Iowa 52242 "If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn't be called research, would it?" — Albert Einstein "A man's reach should exceed his grasp." — Robert Browning -- Replies will be sent to the list. For more information visit http://www.morphometrics.org
