Yeah, but then, we'll be complaining about inconsistencies in validating! *smile* Take care. Julie Morales inlovewithchrist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Windows/MSN Messenger (but not email): mercy0421@xxxxxxxxxxx Skype: mercy0421 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jake Brownell" <jabrown@xxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2005 3:26 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: The Stripper (agai) Hey Julie, Isn't that what we are already complaining about? Inconsistancies in how the header stripper seems to work? *grin* Jake ----- Original Message ----- From: "Julie Morales" <inlovewithchrist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2005 5:07 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: The Stripper (agai) > Hi, Cindy. Having the validator strip headers would be good in theory, but > since only the bare minimum is required for validating...yes, many of us try > to do much more, but since only the bare minimum is required, we'd have some > validators who wouldn't do it. Then, we'd have people complaining about > inconsistencies. *smile* Take care. > Julie Morales > inlovewithchrist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Windows/MSN Messenger (but not email): > mercy0421@xxxxxxxxxxx > Skype: mercy0421 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2005 10:39 AM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] The Stripper (agai) > > > I loved both your and Kaitlin's posts--chewable toyrs > and flowers. > > But on a more serious note, perhaps lots of members > could go to Peter's members meeting at the NFC meeting > this summer and find out what's going on. Peter,will > there be an engineer representative there? Can the > members find out and pass on the info? Why is the > stripper necessary? Validators can easily strip the > headers as they read -- many can be stripped by a > global replace with nothing? IF the stripper is > sripping page numbers and chapter titles even when the > headers have been stripped it's doing a disservice > rather than performing a service. > > Cindy > > --- "E." <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Perhaps we might want to consider that those left in > > place partial headers > > are part of what non-bookshare members mean when > > they talk about having a > > lot of extra stuff in a book or poor scans. To > > many, extra junk which they > > do not want to read is perceived as a poor scan even > > if we as volunteers do > > not perceive it that way. I know I am being > > frivolous here but really this > > discussion of a faulty stripper has been going on > > for about three years > > now. Would the bookshare officials and the leading > > manufacturers of ocr > > packages such as open book and k1000 please unit to > > solve this problem? It > > would make us more attractive to new users I think. > > So now to be less > > compalining I am going back to enjoying all those > > books from bookshare. > > > > Back to reading outside in my garden. > > > > E. > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.6.2 - Release Date: 6/4/2005 >