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Re: Proof of a Hoax? (was: New 9V Digital Trains for Germany this Autumn)
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lugnet.trains
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Fri, 31 Mar 2000 18:46:11 GMT
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wubwub@wildlink.SPAMLESScom
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Christopher Tracey <ctracey@wamalug.org> wrote:
> Jeff Stembel wrote:
> > Yet more proof: I had a friend match up the "digital points" to see if they
> > where, in fact, mirrored. And guess what? They were! Feel free to try it
> > yourself...
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> Here's the mirror proof:
> I took the images of the points from the 'leaked' catalog and cut them out
> into separate files. I mirrored one of them. I then dropped the red and
> green components from one and the green and blue from the other. I then
> put the opacity of one to 50% while leaving the other opaque. The
> transparent one was placed on top of the other. Any pixel that is the same
> will turn up
> purplish, while a different one will be either red or blue.
...lol... yea.. simple! :-)
...Chris, u have too much time on ur hands! :-)
> My conclusion
> was that the images were exactly the same and appeared in the 'catalog' as
> mirror images of the same photo. Here are the results:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=3188
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> I don't believe this proves that the images are a fake. I have seen
> catalogs where they use mirror images to illustrate left/right versions
> of a product. Make your own conclusions.
...you can go back to ignoring me now...
wubwub
stephen f roberts
wamalug guy (http://wamalug.org)
wildlink.com
lugnet #160
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