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Re: Signs, Signs, everywhere a Sign
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Sat, 24 Mar 2001 01:51:30 GMT
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In lugnet.trains.org, Jason J. Railton writes:
> In lugnet.trains.org, Mike Walsh writes:
> > In North Carolina (at least around here) it is a one mile stretch AND, it is
> > hard to get one, particularly around Research Triangle Park. Every company
> > in the area has adopted a piece of highway. I looked into it for our office
> > a few years ago and I think there was a nominal fee involved (covered the
> > cost of the sign I think) in order to adopt a highway.
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> > Mike
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> It's such a blindingly obvious fake! Even at first glance, why is there
> compression fringing around the 'Adopt a Highway' text, but absolutely none
> around the NGLTC? Not only that but the NGLTC text has perfect regular
> anti-aliasing, which you just don't get on a real digital still.
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> If you zoom in, you'll see that the top and bottom edges of the middle sign
> drop by a whole pixel from left to right, yet the text on it is exactly
> horizontal. Also the three 'r's in the text are pixel-for-pixel IDENTICAL.
> There is no way this would happen on a real still.
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> So why? What's the point? As people have pointed out, you really can adopt
> stretches of highway and have your name on a sign (the original sign
> exists), so why fake one? Why not put in the effort and pick up some
> rubbish, instead of producing it?
Why go to such lengths to prove it's fake?
Josh
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> Jason J Railton
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 | | Re: Signs, Signs, everywhere a Sign
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| Eh-hem although Jason J. Railton did go to such length to say it was a fake i DID say it before him but not in the manner that he did. (URL) then again people never listen to me. And since this is just an April Fools Joke HAHAHAHAH END OF (...) (24 years ago, 24-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Signs, Signs, everywhere a Sign
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| (...) It's such a blindingly obvious fake! Even at first glance, why is there compression fringing around the 'Adopt a Highway' text, but absolutely none around the NGLTC? Not only that but the NGLTC text has perfect regular anti-aliasing, which you (...) (24 years ago, 23-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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