Comments on: Windows Vista Annoyances http://geekbook.org/archives/9 Books for Geeks Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:01:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Hugh Myers http://geekbook.org/archives/9#comment-16 Hugh Myers Thu, 31 Jan 2008 08:11:12 +0000 http://geekbook.org/archives/9#comment-16 Those are 'wood cuts', not carvings. Actually they are wood engravings. Even though wood cuts are cut with carving tools, that doesn't make them carvings! Wood engravings are made by engraving a image on boxwood using engraving tools larger than those used on metal... Think of how you feel when a woodworker gets it wrong about say 'Vista' for instance! --hsm Those are ‘wood cuts’, not carvings. Actually they are wood engravings. Even though wood cuts are cut with carving tools, that doesn’t make them carvings! Wood engravings are made by engraving a image on boxwood using engraving tools larger than those used on metal… Think of how you feel when a woodworker gets it wrong about say ‘Vista’ for instance!

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