[83] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: Klingon course?
dcctdw@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (dcctdw@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Sun Feb 16 15:22:05 1992
Date: Thu, 2 Jan 92 11:33:02 EST
From: Joe.Gaudreau@East.Sun.COM (Joe Gaudreau {Dances with PostScript})
To: dcctdw@Athena.MIT.EDU
=> Of course. I assume you mean CarolYN and fflam.
of course? the world grows ever smaller...
speaking of courses, i grabbed a set of course notes from eddie. my
only problem with learning would be the pronunciation of stuff (wouldn't
want an accent, would i?) if you can send the particulars of the course
along, I can try really hard to make some of the classes. my schedule
is such that the time is rough to do (i get to work at 6:00am)...
it'd be cool to have the dictionary online! hopefully, something can
be done to make to work 'more' than the original and thus 'different'
enough so that nothing bad can happen.
now all we have to do is find terry winograd (or equiv) and get an
automagic English-Klingon-English converter. hah.
=> btw, i like your sig. i'm a PS hacker myself...
occupational hazard? unfortunately, i don't get to 'hack' much now. It's
mostly 'engineering' now ;> ever hear of the "Distillery"?
Joe
-=-
Try this:
%!
% "Bat" for All-Hallows-Eve (Halloween).
% Created by Joe Gaudreau.
% 30-Apr-1989.
% Entered into the Public Domain.
% Ellipse routine :
% <rad sclx scly centx centy> Open_Ellipse
% where: rad -> max(x_width, y_width)
% sclx -> (rad==x_width) ? 1 : x_width / y_width
% scly -> (rad==x_width) ? y_width / x_width : 1
% centx -> x_center
% centy -> y_center
/Open_Ellipse { gsave newpath /cmtx matrix currentmatrix def
translate scale 0 0 3 -1 roll 0 360 arc } bind def
/Close_Ellipse { cmtx setmatrix grestore } bind def
% Width X Y DrawBat
% Draw a Bat that is Width pts wide and about (Width * .6363) pts high at (X,Y):
/DrawBat {
/Y exch def
/X exch def
/Width exch 2.0 div def
/ScVal Width 140.0 div def
% Draw background ellipse, 50% gray
Width 1.0 0.6363 X Y Open_Ellipse
0.5 setgray
fill
Close_Ellipse
% Black inner border of logo
Width 0.9214 mul 1.0 0.6363 X Y Open_Ellipse
0 setgray
15 ScVal mul setlinewidth
stroke
Close_Ellipse
% Bat ellipse
Width 0.8071 mul 1.0 0.6363 X Y Open_Ellipse
0.0 setgray
fill
Close_Ellipse
% Take chunk out of head
gsave
X Y moveto
ScVal ScVal scale
19 73 rmoveto
-12 -18 rlineto
-14 0 rlineto
-12 18 rlineto
closepath
0.5 setgray
fill
grestore
% Take upper-right curve chunk out
gsave
X Y moveto
ScVal ScVal scale
19 73 rmoveto
-4 -73 56 -53 31 -7 rcurveto
closepath
0.5 setgray
fill
grestore
% Take upper-left curve chunk out
gsave
X Y moveto
ScVal ScVal scale
-19 73 rmoveto
4 -73 -56 -53 -31 -7 rcurveto
closepath
0.5 setgray
fill
grestore
% Take lower-right chunks out
gsave
X Y moveto
ScVal ScVal scale
43 -38 rmoveto
18 38 53 28 27 -22 rcurveto
-35 -10 rlineto
-35 -3 rlineto
10 53 30 53 43 35 rcurveto
closepath
0.5 setgray
fill
grestore
% Take lower-left chunks out
gsave
X Y moveto
ScVal ScVal scale
-43 -38 rmoveto
-18 38 -53 28 -27 -22 rcurveto
35 -10 rlineto
35 -3 rlineto
-10 53 -30 53 -43 35 rcurveto
closepath
0.5 setgray
fill
grestore
} bind def
280 300 400 DrawBat % 280 pts wide, at (300,400) bat bat bat bat...
%90 rotate % full page landscape bat
%0 -612 translate
%770 396 306 DrawBat
showpage
