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Free e-Book Downloads & Computer Art. AskWhy! Publications
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© Dr M D Magee
Contents Updated: Friday, 2 May 2008
- E-Books
- AskWhy! DHTML Art DHTML, mainly interactive, art novelties making use of scripts by Gerard Ferrandez, aka ge1doot, whose amazing website at http://www.dhteumeuleu.com is well worth a look if you are interested in the dynamic artistic potential of DHTML, Javascript and DOM, therefore best seen in Firefox, though IE is also usually OK.
- AskWhy! SVG Art PHP and SVG can easily make nice images too. Some browsers like Firefox include the capability for simple svg, but others need a plug in like Adobe’s, and with it have more SVG capability, such as animation. The plug in can be used for Firefox too if animation is needed. Here is a dead easy abstract art consisting of random colored triangles:
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This is the basic code for making a set of silver triangles. Once you can do that, you can make any svg abstract art you like with a little additional SVG and PHP coding.
<?php header("Content-type: image/svg+xml");
$svgwidth="500";
$svgheight="400";
?>
<svg version="1.1"
baseProfile="full"
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
xmlns:ev="http://www.w3.org/2001/xml-events">
<a xlink:href="http://www.askwhy.co.uk/adelphiasophism/" target="_blank">
width="<?php echo $svgwidth;?>"
height="<?php echo $svgheight;?>">
<desc>This is a random triangle test</desc>
<?php
$x = 0; $y = 0;
for ($i = 0; $i < 20; $i++) {
$x0 = rand(1,$svgwidth-1);
$y0 = rand(1,$svgheight-1);
$x1 = rand(1,$svgwidth-1);
$y1 = rand(1,$svgheight-1);
$x2 = rand(1,$svgwidth-1);
$y2 = rand(1,$svgheight-1);
print "\t<polygon points='$x0,$y0 $x1,$y1 $x2,$y2' style=
'fill:#ccc; stroke:#000; stroke-width:2'/>\n";
}
?>
</a>
</svg>
The program here is called splinters1.php (click to download as a zip file), and it produces this:
E-Books
These compiled files can be freely copied and distributed but remain the copyright of their authors and AskWhy! Publications. The copyright only restricts alteration of the texts and unattributed use of them, not distribution. Anyone can download and distribute these free books from their own website.
- To Download—right-click any Download link. Chose “Save Target As…”, or its equivalent, then use the dialogue which appears to save the file wherever you want it.
Some need to be unzipped using a utility such as WinZip (freely available to try from the web or in many magazine cover disks). The EXE file extracted from the ZIP file is simply compiled HTML. Clicking the file name or double clicking it, according to your setup, automatically loads your web browser and lets you read it. The pdf files need the Adobe Acrobat reader, also freely available. Clicking on a pdf file automatically loads Adobe Acrobat, if you have it, and reads the file.
PDF Format
- The Secret Testament ebook
- Christian Book Burning ebook
- Christianity ebook—Preliminaries
- Christianity Revealed ebook—Seeking the Historical Jesus
- Christianity Revealed ebook—Judaism and the Jewish Sects
- Christianity Revealed ebook—Christianity and the Essenes
January 2005 pdf Download our e-book, The Secret Testament Revealed Here is one of our pdf pages, compiled from the original html one (453KB).
Christian Book Burning ebook
January 2005 pdf Download our e-book, Did Christians Destroy Classical Culture and Create the Dark Ages?
Compiled by Omniformat from the original html ones (542KB) online.
May 2003 pdf Download our e-book, Christianity Revealed—Preliminaries (342KB),
Christianity Revealed ebook—Seeking the Historical JesusMay 2003 pdf Download our e-book, Christianity Revealed—Seeking the Historical Jesus (354KB).
Christianity Revealed ebook—Judaism and the Jewish SectsMay 2003 pdf Download our e-book, Christianity Revealed—Judaism and the Jewish Sects (397KB).
Christianity Revealed ebook—Christianity and the EssenesMay 2003 pdf Download our e-book, Christianity Revealed—Christianity and the Essenes (397KB).
Those compiled by Omniformat which makes use of pdf995. Find them with a websearch for Omniformat or pdf995. To read, needs Adobe Acrobat, available free.
PC Exe Format Zipped
- Ancient Crucified Saviours ebook
- The Divine Crisis ebook
- Ancient Israel—History or Myth ebook
- The Name of God ebook
- Was God Persian? ebook
- The Persian Foundation of Judaism ebook
- God’s Truth, Pious Lies ebook
- Adelphiasophism ebook
- Judith and Joshua ebook
- The Nikos Memorandum ebook
June 2001 PC exe Download our e-book, Ancient Crucified Saviours (935KB), which shows that in Pagan times, the sun was seen as the saviour of mankind and the son of God (the heavens, Zeus, Jupiter). The sun was crucified on its ascent into heaven in the first part of the year and again when it descended in the second, at the equinoxes. These are the origins of the crucifixion myth.
The Divine Crisis ebookApril 2001 PC exe Download our e-book, The Divine Crisis (826KB), the first book in a series examining the Jewish scriptures and the origins of the Jewish religion. The "Divine Crisis" is the failure of history to confirm so-called biblical history. Historically the scriptures are largely untrue. At best they are historical metaphor or imperfect allegory. The historical problems and the attitude of "biblicists," defenders of the bible as truth, are examined.
Ancient Israel—History or Myth ebookMay 2001 PC exe Download our e-book, Ancient Israel—History or Myth (830KB), the second book in a series examining the Jewish scriptures and the origins of the Jewish religion. Here we look at the Israel of the pre-Persian period.
The Name of God ebookMay 2001 PC exe Download our e-book, The Name of God (879KB), a book in a series examining the Jewish scriptures and the origins of the Jewish religion. The Name of God explores the changes brought about in the religion of the Canaanites by the Persians.
Was God Persian? ebookMay 2001 PC exe Download our e-book, Was God Persian? (943KB), another book in the series examining the Jewish scriptures and the origins of the Jewish religion. Here we look at the relationship between Judaism and the Persian religion.
The Persian Foundation of Judaism ebookMay 2001 PC exe Download our e-book, The Persian Foundation of Judaism (984KB), continuing the series examining the Jewish scriptures and the origins of the Jewish religion. Here we look at the foundation of Judaism by the Persian priests, Nehemiah and Ezra, and the Persian allusions in Haggai and Zechariah, utterly misunderstood by wilful scholars.
God’s Truth, Pious Lies ebookMarch 2001 PC exe Download our e-book, God’s Truth, Pious Lies (736KB), a discussion of the methods used to deceive people by evangelists as exemplified by the notorious Reverend Dr Ernest Phibber, DD.
Adelphiasophism ebookMarch 2001 PC exe Download our e-book, Adelphiasophism (1287KB), the best part of our companion site adelphiasophism.com in e-book form.
Judith and Joshua ebookMarch 2001 PC exe Download our e-book, Judith and Joshua (782KB) by S Peta of Nazareth, our contribution to future scripture, a future biblical romantic novella.
The Nikos Memorandum ebookMarch 2001 PC exe Download our e-book, The Nikos Memorandum (619KB), a disturbing report linking UFOs and the extinction of the dinosaurs, filed by a correspondent just before she died unexpectedly.
Those compiled using EasyPDF and "Sbookbuilder4" by Jansoft, great FREE programs that put publishing in the hands of everyone with a PC. Find them with a websearch for Jansoft or Jan Verhoeven.
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