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Turing's limited abilities

Author:  apomb [ Tue Sep 21, 2004 11:07 pm ]
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I know Turing is good for beginners and the weekend tinkerer, but I was just wondering when Turing was going to lift the "no gifs" thing, that was supposed to be lifted in June 2004.... are they releasing a new version or something ... has anyone heard anything about this? anyway, i dont really care that much i just realised that in june , i was expecting another version or an update ... oh well, im starting C++ soon anyway

Goodbye Turing and your limited abilities!

Tom West wrote:
"Unfortunately, due to strictly enforced patents on the GIF compression algorithm, Turing will not implement importation of GIF pictures until the patents expire in June 2004."

Author:  Dan [ Wed Sep 22, 2004 2:48 pm ]
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Could all ways e-mail tom, but i whould not sayi anything about turing 4.0.5 b/c officealy it dose not exists yet Rolling Eyes

Author:  Jonny Tight Lips [ Wed Sep 22, 2004 6:35 pm ]
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Hacker Dan wrote:
Could all ways e-mail tom, but i whould not sayi anything about turing 4.0.5 b/c officealy it dose not exists yet Rolling Eyes


are you sure dan? I think it does "exist" officaly because if it doesn't our school (Waterloo Oxford) is in a lot of trouble becasue every computer has turing 4.0.5 on it Razz oh well better for me Laughing

Author:  Dan [ Wed Sep 22, 2004 6:38 pm ]
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It is not an officeal verson, it is only a beat test for schools only.

Author:  apomb [ Wed Sep 22, 2004 10:11 pm ]
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HA! I was unaware that 4.0.5 was only a bets test ... ya learn somrthing new every day! ... ne way HackerDan : is there something in reference for tom's adress, or would you happen to have it? (Tom's email)

Author:  Andy [ Wed Sep 22, 2004 10:33 pm ]
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heh, it wont do any good unless ur reporting a bug... but here it is west@hsa.on.ca

Author:  apomb [ Wed Sep 22, 2004 10:46 pm ]
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alright, thanks, hope to post his reply ... if i get one.. ill report back!

Author:  Andy [ Wed Sep 22, 2004 10:53 pm ]
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if ur gona whine about how crap turing is, dont expect a reply

Author:  apomb [ Wed Sep 22, 2004 11:08 pm ]
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whatever, and if you read my previous posts, i just said "limited abilities", and that it is good for "beginners and weekend tinkerers" oh well, id just like to let others who might be interested Eh

Author:  Genesis [ Wed Sep 22, 2004 11:13 pm ]
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I think dodge was referring to Tom West's reply to your email when he said if you're gonna whine, don't expect a reply.

Author:  apomb [ Wed Sep 22, 2004 11:28 pm ]
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ooooooh ... oops, sorry dodge, your wording was a little unclear... Embarassed

Author:  shorthair [ Thu Sep 23, 2004 5:52 am ]
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ohhh im plugging this one to , we can thank Me for bringing htis to turing , THe link i gave everyone was direct from Toms good old Website , we had complete legal access to it , Our school made him finish it becuase we had a Final Project that required things to be fixed , Tom and MY school Are real good Friends , BUt anywho its got a whole lot of fixes that Holtsoft was working on , But they took down the link probably because of hte amount of hits it was taking HAh , but in hte End there was meant to be Turing 5 , BUt that never showed up , Who knows when the next update will come , or wont and il have it anyway


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