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JulyFix/!Blunder

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Unfortunately, the map of the network shown on page 43 of the July issue lost its lines which resulted in probably the most useless diagram I've ever seen. The reason was that I drew the lines 'thin' rather than selected an actual line width (like 0.25). As a result, the postscript output printed the lines 'zero width'.

00000000  55 6e 66 6f 72 74 75 6e  61 74 65 6c 79 2c 20 74  |Unfortunately, t|
00000010  68 65 20 6d 61 70 20 6f  66 20 74 68 65 20 6e 65  |he map of the ne|
00000020  74 77 6f 72 6b 20 73 68  6f 77 6e 20 6f 6e 20 70  |twork shown on p|
00000030  61 67 65 20 34 33 20 6f  66 20 74 68 65 20 4a 75  |age 43 of the Ju|
00000040  6c 79 20 69 73 73 75 65  20 6c 6f 73 74 20 69 74  |ly issue lost it|
00000050  73 20 6c 69 6e 65 73 20  77 68 69 63 68 20 72 65  |s lines which re|
00000060  73 75 6c 74 65 64 20 69  6e 20 70 72 6f 62 61 62  |sulted in probab|
00000070  6c 79 20 74 68 65 20 6d  6f 73 74 20 75 73 65 6c  |ly the most usel|
00000080  65 73 73 20 64 69 61 67  72 61 6d 20 49 27 76 65  |ess diagram I've|
00000090  20 65 76 65 72 20 73 65  65 6e 2e 20 54 68 65 20  | ever seen. The |
000000a0  72 65 61 73 6f 6e 20 77  61 73 20 74 68 61 74 20  |reason was that |
000000b0  49 20 64 72 65 77 20 74  68 65 20 6c 69 6e 65 73  |I drew the lines|
000000c0  20 27 74 68 69 6e 27 20  72 61 74 68 65 72 20 74  | 'thin' rather t|
000000d0  68 61 6e 20 73 65 6c 65  63 74 65 64 20 61 6e 20  |han selected an |
000000e0  61 63 74 75 61 6c 20 6c  69 6e 65 20 77 69 64 74  |actual line widt|
000000f0  68 20 28 6c 69 6b 65 20  30 2e 32 35 29 2e 20 41  |h (like 0.25). A|
00000100  73 20 61 20 72 65 73 75  6c 74 2c 20 74 68 65 20  |s a result, the |
00000110  70 6f 73 74 73 63 72 69  70 74 20 6f 75 74 70 75  |postscript outpu|
00000120  74 20 70 72 69 6e 74 65  64 20 74 68 65 20 6c 69  |t printed the li|
00000130  6e 65 73 20 27 7a 65 72  6f 20 77 69 64 74 68 27  |nes 'zero width'|
00000140  2e 0a 0a                                          |...|
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