Comments on: SCIENCE ON THE MARCH http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/02/11/science-on-the-march/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:55:18 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: nlpnt http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/02/11/science-on-the-march/comment-page-1/#comment-1046673 nlpnt Wed, 13 Feb 2008 01:55:20 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/02/11/science-on-the-march/#comment-1046673 Mr. Leydenfrost's future car is somewhat accurate except for the bubble top (everyone thought we'd have these) and lack of prominence given to the wheels (no one saw the big-wheels-pushed-out-to-the-corners look coming) Mr. Leydenfrost’s future car is somewhat accurate except for the bubble top (everyone thought we’d have these) and lack of prominence given to the wheels (no one saw the big-wheels-pushed-out-to-the-corners look coming)

]]> By: 7b http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/02/11/science-on-the-march/comment-page-1/#comment-1046590 7b Tue, 12 Feb 2008 03:42:37 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/02/11/science-on-the-march/#comment-1046590 Um, yes James. That's exactly what he said. Um, yes James. That’s exactly what he said.

]]> By: Charlie http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/02/11/science-on-the-march/comment-page-1/#comment-1046547 Charlie Mon, 11 Feb 2008 21:26:39 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/02/11/science-on-the-march/#comment-1046547 Jay: No I just had to make a bunch of corrections by hand. Doing the OCR is always the biggest pain of posting here, but I've gotten pretty quick at it. There are small problems with almost every article. But after I spell check and clean them up with some macros I've written it's not that bad. The worst things to OCR are articles where the text isn't in rectangular sections, eg, when they wrap around a circular inset or something. The second worst is fractions. It hates fractions. 1/2 always ends up as % or something. Jay: No I just had to make a bunch of corrections by hand. Doing the OCR is always the biggest pain of posting here, but I’ve gotten pretty quick at it. There are small problems with almost every article. But after I spell check and clean them up with some macros I’ve written it’s not that bad.

The worst things to OCR are articles where the text isn’t in rectangular sections, eg, when they wrap around a circular inset or something. The second worst is fractions. It hates fractions. 1/2 always ends up as % or something.

]]> By: jayessell http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/02/11/science-on-the-march/comment-page-1/#comment-1046544 jayessell Mon, 11 Feb 2008 21:20:47 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/02/11/science-on-the-march/#comment-1046544 Charlie... Did you have to type the article by hand? Couldn't the colors be stripped away after scanning? I read that the most OCR unfriendly project ever was the Websters Dictionary. Each word had up to 30 different typestyles and sizes. Charlie… Did you have to type the article by hand?
Couldn’t the colors be stripped away after scanning?

I read that the most OCR unfriendly project ever was the Websters Dictionary.
Each word had up to 30 different typestyles and sizes.

]]> By: James Schend http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/02/11/science-on-the-march/comment-page-1/#comment-1046518 James Schend Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:52:42 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/02/11/science-on-the-march/#comment-1046518 Too bad Karl Compton didn't predict OCR software, or he may have requested that they leave the balloons out. :) Too bad Karl Compton didn’t predict OCR software, or he may have requested that they leave the balloons out. :)

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