it's friday.  after noon.  and still no word
from any "official" about this tournament.

meanwhile jim is apparently uploading more files,
again without a change-log letting us know what
editing he's done, and why it is an improvement...

does he expect that we'll go through all the files,
comparing them page-by-page to spot the diffs?

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and who knows how marcello is cheating now?

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i'm tired of sitting around waiting for some word.

so, since jim did "aesop's fables", i've done it too.

here's my .mobi version, and its sources:
>   http://zenmagiclove.com/misc/aesop.mobi
>   http://zenmagiclove.com/misc/aesop.html
>   http://zenmagiclove.com/misc/aesop.ncx
>   http://zenmagiclove.com/misc/aesop.opf
>   http://zenmagiclove.com/misc/aesop.jpg

i nixed the images to avoid bloat.  (4.4 megs worth.)

my version is better than jim's.  jim did an ok job...
but mine's unequivocally better.  judge for yourself.
and if you disagree, i'd love to hear your reasons...

and if you don't know the ground-rules, me neither.

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so here's a few words of advice for jim, and others...

1.  stop posting these baby files, like aesop's fables.
there is nothing even remotely challenging about it.
the only thing it demonstrates is mere competence,
and if mere competence is the thing you have to offer,
you don't have anything to offer.  is this clear enough?

2.  do not bother wasting your time bringing in any
"hand-tooled" versions, unless you made something
extremely special, and you want to "demonstrate" it.
i have programs that do all my work, ones that utilize
a _master-file_ approach, and those combined factors
will surpass your hand-tooling, in quantity and quality.

3.  if you _do_ bring in "something extremely special",
you can expect that i'll then code it into my programs.
so any advantage you gained will only be temporary...

4.  you're welcome to clone the functionality i provide.
indeed, i think that will be a smart thing for you to do.
however, you may _not_ appropriate my master-files...

5.  if you only have one format, you ain't got jack, jack.
i'm gonna have a master-file, a text-file, .mobi, .epub,
and .pdf, plus a veritable raft of various .html versions.
if the master gets edited, a button-click regenerates all.
so one-of-a-kind formats won't have a fighting chance.
(nor should they; they do not simplify, they complicate.)

6.  all of my formats will be synergistic with each other.
so if yours will not, might as well stop before you start.
if you don't know what it means for all your versions to
have synergy, you'll never be able to clear the bar, chap.
so you might just retire to the bar, and have a stiff drink.

7.  if you think this is "trash-talk", prepare to be buried.

8.  i forget what 8 was for.

9.  have a nice weekend...

-bowerbird