[1] From: Willard McCarty <Willard.McCarty@kcl.ac.uk> (10)
Subject: source of quotation?
[2] From: Willard McCarty <willard.mccarty@kcl.ac.uk> (16)
Subject: bad images made good
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Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 19:19:12 +0000
From: Willard McCarty <Willard.McCarty@kcl.ac.uk>
Subject: source of quotation?
Can any kind Humanist give me an exact reference for Dr. Johnson's cooly
damaging statement (which here I undoubtedly paraphrase), 'What is new about
this is not interesting, and what is interesting is not new.'?
Many thanks. The relevance of this to computing goes without saying, yes?
Yours,
WM
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maui gratia
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Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 19:19:28 +0000
From: Willard McCarty <willard.mccarty@kcl.ac.uk>
Subject: bad images made good
I am looking for examples of digitised images that are difficult to puzzle
out as is but which with some manipulation, using a tool like Photoshop,
become comprehensible. Mss pages are what come to mind, but other sources
would be equally good. I would most appreciate images that have obvious
scholarly interest in them but which do not require specialised skills, such
as knowledge of Latin and/or palaeography, to interpret visually. I want to
make a methodological point to people who may not have those skills.
Thanks.
Yours,
WM
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Dr. Willard McCarty
Senior Lecturer, Centre for Computing in the Humanities
King's College London / Strand / London WC2R 2LS
+44 (0)171 873 2784 voice; 873 5081 fax
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/humanities/cch/wlm/
maui gratia
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