This next set of images is based on a 240 ppi target scaled to the 360 ppi printer resolution. Because the target is the same 150 pixel on a side target, the images on paper are somewhat smaller. Here are the results, followed by an analysis. Photoshop Bicubic Smoother (above) Perfect Resize (above) Qimage Hybrid… [Read More]
Resampling for printing, revisited
Four or five months ago, I did a series of posts on resampling for printing. You can read the summary here. Since then, a new version of Qimage has been introduced. It has a new algorithm, called “Fusion”, which is supposed to give better results than the “hybrid” algorithm. Also, there is been a new… [Read More]
Messing with your own privacy
There’s a story about three people being led to the guillotine in the aftermath of the French Revolution. The first is a priest. The priest approaches the guillotine, crosses himself, and is placed in the restraints. The executioner attempts to release the blade, but it sticks. “A miracle,” proclaims the crowd, and the executioner frees… [Read More]
The return of the mainframe, part 6
Having roiled the water with my first five posts on the subject, I owe it to you to say where I come down on some cloud services. Here goes: Web hosting. To my mind, this is a clear win for cloud computing. I maintained my own Web server for many years. It was a lot… [Read More]
The return of the mainframe, part 5
The last of the cloud disadvantages/concerns: Availability. The reliability component of availability is one of the selling points of cloud computing, but it’s also one of the problems. If you’re selling cloud computing, you point out that your systems are highly redundant and maintained by expert technicians. If you have a more jaundiced point of… [Read More]
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