Graphics Programs Reference
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Importing
Okay, if you're reading this chapter intro, then
it's safe to assume that you read my brief warn-
ing (given just a page earlier), that these chapter
intros have little, if anything, to do with what's
actually in the chapter ahead. These are here
strictly to give you a quick mental break from
all the learning. Of course where it kind of falls
apart is right here at the beginning of the topic,
because…well…you haven't really learned any-
thing at this point, so you probably don't need
a metal break quite yet. Of course, this concerns
me, but clearly not enough to actually skip
having a chapter intro for Chapter One, because
then this page would be blank, and if there's one
thing I've learned—people don't like blank pages.
That's why in some topics when you see a blank
page, it says, “This page intentionally left blank.”
This fascinates me, partly because they never
tell you why it's intentionally left blank and
partly because, since they've printed the
sentence “This page intentionally left blank,”
the page isn't actually blank anymore. So really,
the whole thing's a big blank page scam, but
if you call them on it, they start talking about
“printers' spreads” and “pagination for press”
and “propaganda spread by subversive anti-
government organizations” and a dozen other
technical reasons why sometimes a page has
to be left blank. Well, I don't want you to think
that this page was part of a their larger conspir-
acy, so even though you didn't actually need a
mental break at this point (but probably do
now), you're still getting one. In the publishing
world, this is called “paying it forward.” By the
way, that's not what it's really called, but what
it's really called can only be included on pages
that were intentionally left blank. (Hey, I warned
you these intros would be like this.)
