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Roja
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by Roja » Tue Jan 10, 2006 7:55 am
Grim... wrote: If the creators wanted it called 'jif', they should have spelt it with a J.
Yeah, go tell that to gerard the giraffe, genius.
(All spelled with a g, pronounced with a j)
feyd
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by feyd » Tue Jan 10, 2006 8:59 am
JIF or rather JIFF is a image format related to JPEG, sadly.
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by pilau » Tue Jan 10, 2006 9:13 am
feyd wrote: JIF or rather JIFF is a image format related to JPEG, sadly.
Do'h!
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by mickd » Tue Jan 10, 2006 1:35 pm
Gif or Jif debate finally over?
looking at this thread i will say no
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by Nathaniel » Wed Jan 11, 2006 12:17 pm
I say gee-i-eff.
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by JayBird » Wed Jan 11, 2006 2:31 pm
Nathaniel wrote: I say gee-i-eff.
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patrikG
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by patrikG » Wed Jan 11, 2006 2:35 pm
you sure have discovered a treasuretrove of animate
jifs there, pimpy
feyd
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by feyd » Wed Jan 11, 2006 4:48 pm
we should incorporate them.
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by Chris Corbyn » Wed Jan 11, 2006 6:18 pm
Grim... wrote: If the creators wanted it called 'jif', they should have spelt it with a J.
<mode="pedant">
GIF - Graphics Interchange Format
</mode>
Burrito
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by Burrito » Wed Jan 11, 2006 6:21 pm
d11wtq wrote:
<mode="pedant">
GIF - Graphics Interchange Format
</mode>
Jraphics Interchange Format
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by Chris Corbyn » Wed Jan 11, 2006 6:25 pm
Burrito wrote: d11wtq wrote:
<mode="pedant">
GIF - Graphics Interchange Format
</mode>
Jraphics Interchange Format
My bad
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by Grim... » Thu Jan 12, 2006 3:36 am
Please, like they didn't come up with 'GIF' first, and some words for the acronym afterward.
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by patrikG » Thu Jan 12, 2006 3:50 am
GIF can't be open source, because the name contains no recursion. "GIF Interchange Format" doesn't quite hit it
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by pilau » Thu Jan 12, 2006 7:18 am
patrikG wrote: GIF can't be open source, because the name contains no recursion.
HA! Very good one! You cracked me right up
Roja
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by Roja » Thu Jan 12, 2006 8:17 am
patrikG wrote: GIF can't be open source, because the name contains no recursion. "GIF Interchange Format" doesn't quite hit it
Linux and PHP both provide exceptions disproving that rule.