Can you open an airliner emergency door while the plane is in mid-air?
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Apple and Microsoft Fonts
Apple and Microsoft have always disagreed in how to display fonts on computer displays. Today, both companies are using sub-pixel rendering to coax sharper-looking fonts out of typical low resolution screens. Where they differ is in philosophy.
- Apple generally believes that the goal of the algorithm should be to preserve the design of the typeface as much as possible, even at the cost of a little bit of blurriness.
- Microsoft generally believes that the shape of each letter should be hammered into pixel boundaries to prevent blur and improve readability, even at the cost of not being true to the typeface.
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Sin eaters and sin eating – Freeing the dead from their sins
Sin eaters and the custom of sin eating seem to come from Wales. Early descriptions of the ritual all mention the bread eaten over the corpse, as well as the payment of sixpence to the person assuming the sins of the dead. Below are two 19th century accounts of sin eaters.
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Glow Fur
This site was developed to bring the world this most fashionable wearable art. Unlike anything you have seen before, the original GlowFurâ„¢ apparel is setting a new standard of wearable art.
Am I the only one that can imagine Michael Irvin sporting one of these?
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