Bit-rot on RadSite

I just had occasion to download the original Radiance SIGGRAPH paper from RadSite. Distressingly, it turns out that some of the files are either damaged or in now-unreadable formats. I cannot untar the PostScript version of the paper at <http://radsite.lbl.gov/radiance/papers/sg94.1/paper.tar.Z >--I'm not sure if this is a format problem or a damaged file. And, it turns out, figure 12, <http://radsite.lbl.gov/radiance/papers/sg94.1/fig12.gif > has also become unreadable.

Anyone know who maintains the site at this time? I have copied the webmaster link on this e-mail, as well, but I wonder if anyone is actually reading that mailbox.

Randolph

Hi Randolph,

I just got your earlier e-mail, which you sent to my greg@anyhere.com account. I'm not checking that account regularly, as the server seems to have been claimed by a spambot and 99% of the e-mails on there are now viagra offers.

The paper is fortunately archived on the RwR CD-ROM, and I'm converting it to PDF for the website. I'll let you know when it's ready.

Cheers,
-Greg

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From: R Fritz <rfritz@u.washington.edu>
Date: April 29, 2009 4:41:51 PM PDT

I just had occasion to download the original Radiance SIGGRAPH paper from RadSite. Distressingly, it turns out that some of the files are either damaged or in now-unreadable formats. I cannot untar the PostScript version of the paper at <http://radsite.lbl.gov/radiance/papers/sg94.1/paper.tar.Z>--I'm not sure if this is a format problem or a damaged file. And, it turns out, figure 12, <http://radsite.lbl.gov/radiance/papers/sg94.1/fig12.gif> has also become unreadable.

Anyone know who maintains the site at this time? I have copied the webmaster link on this e-mail, as well, but I wonder if anyone is actually reading that mailbox.

Randolph

OK -- took some work, but the whole thing squeezed down to a 1 MByte PDF, which is now linked in at:

  http://radsite.lbl.gov/radiance/papers/sg94.1/paper.html

(You may need to reload the page to clear your cache.)

The figures are still out of order, but I can't be bothered to fix that.

Cheers,
-Greg

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From: Greg Ward <gward@lmi.net>
Date: April 29, 2009 4:57:00 PM PDT

Hi Randolph,

I just got your earlier e-mail, which you sent to my greg@anyhere.com account. I'm not checking that account regularly, as the server seems to have been claimed by a spambot and 99% of the e-mails on there are now viagra offers.

The paper is fortunately archived on the RwR CD-ROM, and I'm converting it to PDF for the website. I'll let you know when it's ready.

Cheers,
-Greg

From: R Fritz <rfritz@u.washington.edu>
Date: April 29, 2009 4:41:51 PM PDT

I just had occasion to download the original Radiance SIGGRAPH paper from RadSite. Distressingly, it turns out that some of the files are either damaged or in now-unreadable formats. I cannot untar the PostScript version of the paper at <http://radsite.lbl.gov/radiance/papers/sg94.1/paper.tar.Z>--I'm not sure if this is a format problem or a damaged file. And, it turns out, figure 12, <http://radsite.lbl.gov/radiance/papers/sg94.1/fig12.gif> has also become unreadable.

Anyone know who maintains the site at this time? I have copied the webmaster link on this e-mail, as well, but I wonder if anyone is actually reading that mailbox.

Randolph

Wow. Thanks, Greg.

Randolph

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On Apr 29, 2009, at 5:35 PM, Greg Ward wrote:

OK -- took some work, but the whole thing squeezed down to a 1 MByte PDF, which is now linked in at:

  http://radsite.lbl.gov/radiance/papers/sg94.1/paper.html

(You may need to reload the page to clear your cache.)

The figures are still out of order, but I can't be bothered to fix that.

Cheers,
-Greg

From: Greg Ward <gward@lmi.net>
Date: April 29, 2009 4:57:00 PM PDT

Hi Randolph,

I just got your earlier e-mail, which you sent to my greg@anyhere.com account. I'm not checking that account regularly, as the server seems to have been claimed by a spambot and 99% of the e-mails on there are now viagra offers.

The paper is fortunately archived on the RwR CD-ROM, and I'm converting it to PDF for the website. I'll let you know when it's ready.

Cheers,
-Greg

From: R Fritz <rfritz@u.washington.edu>
Date: April 29, 2009 4:41:51 PM PDT

I just had occasion to download the original Radiance SIGGRAPH paper from RadSite. Distressingly, it turns out that some of the files are either damaged or in now-unreadable formats. I cannot untar the PostScript version of the paper at <http://radsite.lbl.gov/radiance/papers/sg94.1/paper.tar.Z>--I'm not sure if this is a format problem or a damaged file. And, it turns out, figure 12, <http://radsite.lbl.gov/radiance/papers/sg94.1/fig12.gif> has also become unreadable.

Anyone know who maintains the site at this time? I have copied the webmaster link on this e-mail, as well, but I wonder if anyone is actually reading that mailbox.

Randolph

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