Python list vs google group

Chris Angelico rosuav at gmail.com
Fri Jun 15 21:54:15 EDT 2018


On Sat, Jun 16, 2018 at 11:00 AM, Jim Lee <jlee54 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On 06/15/2018 05:00 PM, Chris Angelico wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, Jun 16, 2018 at 4:52 AM, Rob Gaddi
>> <rgaddi at highlandtechnology.invalid> wrote:
>>>
>>> On 06/15/2018 11:44 AM, Larry Martell wrote:
>>>>
>>>> My favorite acronym of all time is TWAIN
>>>>
>>> Really?  I always thought it didn't scan.
>>>
>> Having spent way WAY too many hours trying to turn documents into
>> images (and text), I very much appreciate that laugh.
>>
>> ChrisA
>
> I once had a Mustek color scanner that came with a TWAIN driver.  If the
> room temperature was above 80 degrees F, it would scan in color - otherwise,
> only black & white.  I was *sure* it was a hardware problem, but then
> someone released a native Linux driver for the scanner.  When I moved the
> scanner to my Linux box, it worked fine regardless of temperature.
>

I would be mind-blown if I did not have the aforementioned too many
hours. Sadly, I am merely facepalming. Wow.

ChrisA



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