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[Guest]

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Hi

Just to let you know I have restyled my website. I finally decided to
put away tons of old stuff (probably with lots of dead links... ;-)
A greater section about the forthcoming Open European Mahjong
Championship. With a movie of John O'Connor, the#2 at Tokyo 2002.
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|
|Martin Rep
|The Independent Internet Mahjong Newspaper
|Mahjong News:
|www.mahjongnews.com
|The Dutch Championship Riichi Mahjong:
|www.riichi.tk
|The Golden Dragon Hong Kong Mahjong Club:
|www.gouden-draak.nl

 

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where did you get the infos on the italian mahjong championship ?
i am from italy and i play at dragorosso's club.
"Martin Rep" <mrep@mahjongnews.com> ha scritto nel messaggio
news:40be279b$0$93324$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl...
> Hi
>
> Just to let you know I have restyled my website. I finally decided to
> put away tons of old stuff (probably with lots of dead links... ;-)
> A greater section about the forthcoming Open European Mahjong
> Championship. With a movie of John O'Connor, the#2 at Tokyo 2002.
> --
>
>
> |
> |Martin Rep
> |The Independent Internet Mahjong Newspaper
> |Mahjong News:
> |www.mahjongnews.com
> |The Dutch Championship Riichi Mahjong:
> |www.riichi.tk
> |The Golden Dragon Hong Kong Mahjong Club:
> |www.gouden-draak.nl
>

 

[Guest]

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Hi

On 2004-06-02 23:53:05 +0200, "dbrn" <doc.brain@tin.it> said:

> where did you get the infos on the italian mahjong championship ?
> i am from italy and i play at dragorosso's club.

Well, to be honest: I subscribed to that tournament, along with three
of my friends. I was only because of family circumstances that my wife
and I had to cancel this trip at the very last moment. The three other
members of our Golden Dragon Club did participate.
The info about the championship was published on the website of the
Federazione Italiana Mah-Jongg (www.fimj.it). Besides, I have a good
contact with its president, Marco Mordenti. Just six months earlier, we
had a training session about the OEMC-rules at the Kong's club (Forlì).
(See: http://mahjongnews.com/ecmjnewsltr.htm)

Greetz


> "Martin Rep" <mrep@mahjongnews.com> ha scritto nel messaggio
> news:40be279b$0$93324$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl...
>> Hi
>>
>> Just to let you know I have restyled my website. I finally decided to
>> put away tons of old stuff (probably with lots of dead links... ;-)
>> A greater section about the forthcoming Open European Mahjong
>> Championship. With a movie of John O'Connor, the#2 at Tokyo 2002.
>> --
>>
>>
>> |
>> |Martin Rep
>> |The Independent Internet Mahjong Newspaper
>> |Mahjong News:
>> |www.mahjongnews.com
>> |The Dutch Championship Riichi Mahjong:
>> |www.riichi.tk
>> |The Golden Dragon Hong Kong Mahjong Club:
>> |www.gouden-draak.nl


--


|
|Martin Rep
|The Independent Internet Mahjong Newspaper
|Mahjong News:
|www.mahjongnews.com
|The Dutch Championship Riichi Mahjong:
|www.riichi.tk
|The Golden Dragon Hong Kong Mahjong Club:
|www.gouden-draak.nl

 

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i met mordenti last week during the four seasons tournament in Varese; tell
me when you'll come again in italy
bye
Andrea
"Martin Rep" <mrep@mahjongnews.com> ha scritto nel messaggio
news:40beb081$0$563$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl...
> Hi
>
> On 2004-06-02 23:53:05 +0200, "dbrn" <doc.brain@tin.it> said:
>
> > where did you get the infos on the italian mahjong championship ?
> > i am from italy and i play at dragorosso's club.
>
> Well, to be honest: I subscribed to that tournament, along with three
> of my friends. I was only because of family circumstances that my wife
> and I had to cancel this trip at the very last moment. The three other
> members of our Golden Dragon Club did participate.
> The info about the championship was published on the website of the
> Federazione Italiana Mah-Jongg (www.fimj.it). Besides, I have a good
> contact with its president, Marco Mordenti. Just six months earlier, we
> had a training session about the OEMC-rules at the Kong's club (Forlì).
> (See: http://mahjongnews.com/ecmjnewsltr.htm)
>
> Greetz
>
>
> > "Martin Rep" <mrep@mahjongnews.com> ha scritto nel messaggio
> > news:40be279b$0$93324$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl...
> >> Hi
> >>
> >> Just to let you know I have restyled my website. I finally decided to
> >> put away tons of old stuff (probably with lots of dead links... ;-)
> >> A greater section about the forthcoming Open European Mahjong
> >> Championship. With a movie of John O'Connor, the#2 at Tokyo 2002.
> >> --
> >>
> >>
> >> |
> >> |Martin Rep
> >> |The Independent Internet Mahjong Newspaper
> >> |Mahjong News:
> >> |www.mahjongnews.com
> >> |The Dutch Championship Riichi Mahjong:
> >> |www.riichi.tk
> >> |The Golden Dragon Hong Kong Mahjong Club:
> >> |www.gouden-draak.nl
>
>
> --
>
>
> |
> |Martin Rep
> |The Independent Internet Mahjong Newspaper
> |Mahjong News:
> |www.mahjongnews.com
> |The Dutch Championship Riichi Mahjong:
> |www.riichi.tk
> |The Golden Dragon Hong Kong Mahjong Club:
> |www.gouden-draak.nl
>

 

[Dee]

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Martin Rep <mrep@mahjongnews.com> wrote in message news:<40be279b$0$93324$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl>...
> Just to let you know I have restyled my website. I finally decided to
> put away tons of old stuff (probably with lots of dead links... ;-)
> A greater section about the forthcoming Open European Mahjong
> Championship. With a movie of John O'Connor, the#2 at Tokyo 2002.

Great update. Here are some comments:
(1) In spite of what the Chinese/Japanese called them, the two
"Chinese Official Rules" (or "Official International Rules" in English
and Japanese) are not the complete rules, they were only the scoring
summary.
(2) It would be a lot better if the readers don't have to tilt their
heads (or their computer monitors) 90-degrees to read the text.

Great work, as usual. Thanks.

 

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On 2004-06-03 17:22:05 +0200, d_lau@my-deja.com (Dee) said:

> Martin Rep <mrep@mahjongnews.com> wrote in message
> news:<40be279b$0$93324$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl>...
>> Just to let you know I have restyled my website. I finally decided to
>> put away tons of old stuff (probably with lots of dead links... ;-)
>> A greater section about the forthcoming Open European Mahjong
>> Championship. With a movie of John O'Connor, the#2 at Tokyo 2002.
>
> Great update. Here are some comments: (1) In spite of what the
> Chinese/Japanese called them, the two
> "Chinese Official Rules" (or "Official International Rules" in English
> and Japanese) are not the complete rules, they were only the scoring
> summary.
Agreed. Perhaps the JMOC will publish a new version; I do hope this
will happen well before the OEMC.

> (2) It would be a lot better if the readers don't have to tilt their
> heads (or their computer monitors) 90-degrees to read the text.

You mean the text is too small? I try to make it as readable for any
browser, so I am a bit surprised. Can more NG-members give me some
feedback, please?

>
> Great work, as usual. Thanks.

Thanks. I am a bit proud of the John O'Connor-movie ;-) Finally
editing the footage I shot in Tokyo 2002...



--


|
|Martin Rep
|The Independent Internet Mahjong Newspaper
|Mahjong News:
|www.mahjongnews.com
|The Dutch Championship Riichi Mahjong:
|www.riichi.tk
|The Golden Dragon Hong Kong Mahjong Club:
|www.gouden-draak.nl

 

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>d_lau@my-deja.com (Dee) said:
> > (2) It would be a lot better if the readers don't have to tilt their
> > heads (or their computer monitors) 90-degrees to read the text.


"Martin Rep" <mrep@mahjongnews.com> wrote
> You mean the text is too small? I try to make it as readable for any
> browser, so I am a bit surprised. Can more NG-members give me some
> feedback, please?


I haven't been all through the whole thing, but I didn't see anything
rotated 90 degrees...

New site organization looks great, Martin. My site needs an overhaul too.
Someday...

Tom

 

[Dee]

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"Tom Sloper" <tomster@sloperamaNOSPAM.com> wrote in message news:<lqOvc.39353$3x.30998@attbi_s54>...
> I haven't been all through the whole thing, but I didn't see anything
> rotated 90 degrees...

Hmmmm... I tried it on several computer and it always come out rotated
90-degrees by default (heading on the left). But then all the
computers were running Windows with the MS Internet Explorer. I have
to manually rotate them with the Acrobat reader. No big deal, just a
little unexpected. Readability is not a problem because one can
always zoom in with Acrobat.

 

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Dee wrote:

>> (2) It would be a lot better if the readers don't have to tilt their
>> heads (or their computer monitors) 90-degrees to read the text.


http://www.its2.uidaho.edu/help_docs/images/pdf/rotate_view_tools.gif

 

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"Dee" <d_lau@my-deja.com> wrote in message
news:bc999a91.0406040705.2aba9d8b@posting.google.com...
> "Tom Sloper" <tomster@sloperamaNOSPAM.com> wrote in message
news:<lqOvc.39353$3x.30998@attbi_s54>...
> > I haven't been all through the whole thing, but I didn't see anything
> > rotated 90 degrees...
>
> Hmmmm... I tried it on several computer and it always come out rotated
> 90-degrees by default (heading on the left). But then all the
> computers were running Windows with the MS Internet Explorer. I have
> to manually rotate them with the Acrobat reader. No big deal, just a
> little unexpected. Readability is not a problem because one can
> always zoom in with Acrobat.

I believe what Dee meant was the Complete English rulebook in Adobe Acrobat
file, URL:
http://www.mahjongnews.com/pdf/Official%20International%20Rulebook%20English.pdf
It is linked from the "How to play..." page
(http://www.mahjongnews.com/chineseofficial.htm). Other PDF files for Part
1, Part 2, etc., on this page are horizontally displayed. And all HTML pages
I visited look OK.

Hi Martin, congratulations to your redone site! I have had a quick tour of
the site with this quick comment to make (hope you don't mind receiving it
via this public NG ^_^):

Since your site is about mahjong news, it would be much helpful for readers
if you provide a list of all archived articles. I mean a *list* that
displays the titles/topics of articles, in comparison to your existing
"Search" section.

Keep up your work!

Cofa Tsui
www.iMahjong.com

 

[Guest]

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> I believe what Dee meant was the Complete English rulebook in Adobe
Acrobat
> file, URL:
>
http://www.mahjongnews.com/pdf/Official%20International%20Rulebook%20English.pdf


Yes, I see, that's rotated 90 degrees. I imagine Martin didn't mean for it
to be read on the computer screen, but rather it's laid out this way to
facilitate printing.

 

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On Fri, 04 Jun 2004 19:31:07 GMT, "Tom Sloper"
<tomster@sloperamaNOSPAM.com> wrote:

>> I believe what Dee meant was the Complete English rulebook in Adobe
>Acrobat
>> file, URL:
>>
>http://www.mahjongnews.com/pdf/Official%20International%20Rulebook%20English.pdf
>
>
>Yes, I see, that's rotated 90 degrees. I imagine Martin didn't mean for it
>to be read on the computer screen, but rather it's laid out this way to
>facilitate printing.
>
>
>


Tom is right: it's fit to print.
Thanks for all the feedback, esp. the idea of some archive is great
(thanks Cofa ;-)
Of course some items will return, esp. the section with the rules. But
the general idea is to go back to the roots: being a *newspaper* about
mahjong on the internet. So the website shall have more actualities,
while the older pieces will disappear after a given time. After all,
we don't have Tom's FAQ's for nothing (~_^)


Greetz



|
|Martin Rep
|The Independent Internet Mahjong Newspaper
|Mahjong News:
|www.mahjongnews.com
|The Dutch Championship Riichi Mahjong:
|www.riichi.tk
|The Golden Dragon Hong Kong Mahjong Club:
|www.gouden-draak.nl

 

[Dee]

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Martin Rep <mrep@mahjongnews.com> wrote in message news:<gjucd0dpapllheg9d0172pp6277nivuuqc@4ax.com>...
> On Fri, 04 Jun 2004 19:31:07 GMT, "Tom Sloper"
> <tomster@sloperamaNOSPAM.com> wrote:
>
> >> I believe what Dee meant was the Complete English rulebook in Adobe
> Acrobat
> >> file, URL:
> >>
> >http://www.mahjongnews.com/pdf/Official%20International%20Rulebook%20English.pdf
> >
> >
> >Yes, I see, that's rotated 90 degrees. I imagine Martin didn't mean for it
> >to be read on the computer screen, but rather it's laid out this way to
> >facilitate printing.
> >
>
> Tom is right: it's fit to print.

But you can have it both ways. Your pages are set to fit portrait
mode printing, so the contents are rotated to fit the page. But if
you set the paper orientation to landscape, then you can have it be
both readable on the screen AND be able to print them out on paper.
There is no reason to restrict yourself to portrait mode paper
orientation.

 

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"Dee" <d_lau@my-deja.com> wrote in message
news:bc999a91.0406210546.2f1ba503@posting.google.com...
> Martin Rep <mrep@mahjongnews.com> wrote in message
news:<gjucd0dpapllheg9d0172pp6277nivuuqc@4ax.com>...
> > On Fri, 04 Jun 2004 19:31:07 GMT, "Tom Sloper"
> > <tomster@sloperamaNOSPAM.com> wrote:
> >
> > >> I believe what Dee meant was the Complete English rulebook in Adobe
> > Acrobat
> > >> file, URL:
> > >>
> >
>http://www.mahjongnews.com/pdf/Official%20International%20Rulebook%20Englis
h.pdf
> > >
> > >
> > >Yes, I see, that's rotated 90 degrees. I imagine Martin didn't mean for
it
> > >to be read on the computer screen, but rather it's laid out this way to
> > >facilitate printing.
> > >
> >
> > Tom is right: it's fit to print.

But it is not necessary because the program will actually do this for you -
see also below...

>
> But you can have it both ways. Your pages are set to fit portrait
> mode printing, so the contents are rotated to fit the page. But if
> you set the paper orientation to landscape, then you can have it be
> both readable on the screen AND be able to print them out on paper.
> There is no reason to restrict yourself to portrait mode paper
> orientation.

I have viewed and printed files with both horizontal and vertical pages in
the same documents. When I need the pages printed they will come out the
same way it was created. No setup is needed before printing. (By the way, I
use Adobe Acrobat 5.0.5 under Windows 98.)

Martin, all you need is time to rotate those pages and post it back again, I
believe ^_^

Cofa Tsui
www.iMahjong.com

 

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On 2004-06-21 17:19:07 +0200, "Cofa Tsui" <cofatsui@hotmail.com> said:

> Martin, all you need is time to rotate those pages and post it back again, I
> believe ^_^

Time, that exactly what I am running out of... But it's on my ToDo
list from now (~_^)
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|
|Martin Rep
|The Independent Internet Mahjong Newspaper
|Mahjong News:
|www.mahjongnews.com
|The Dutch Championship Riichi Mahjong:
|www.riichi.tk
|The Golden Dragon Hong Kong Mahjong Club:
|www.gouden-draak.nl