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Mars Photos Genuine

Jan

19

2004

TOP STORY: NASA Is Not Altering Mars Colors. – We can already see for ourselves that the color of the ground and sky shown in the released panoramas is correct. There is no suggestion whatsoever that any modification has been made of the data coming in from Mars. [ “(extlink)ATSNN”:http://www.atsnn.com ] An interesting explanation of ...

Video iPods That Work

Jan

8

2004

The Future of Portable Video Players – But Mr. Jobs outlined three reasons he doubted video players would ever approach the success of audio players – not even counting their high price ($700 and up) and the time-consuming difficulty of loading huge video files onto them. It was clear from his answers that Mr. Jobs ...

US Photos and Prints Visitors

Jan

5

2004

US introduces new security checks – New US security regulations have come into force that will see most foreign visitors having their photographs and fingerprints taken. The rules apply to all those requiring visas to enter the United States. [BBC] I wonder how long it will be until police are routinely running fingerprints against this ...

Foxtrot Artist Uses Macs

Dec

17

2003

The artist for the Foxtrot comic strip was interviewed in a MacNN article where he talked about using photoshop to save himself time when creating his strips. “I assemble the daily strips in Photoshop,” Amend noted. “For the lettering, I use a font I created from my handwriting with Fontographer. For the art, I draw ...

New 20 Dollar Bills

Oct

11

2003

p. “The Bureau of Engraving and Printing”:http://www.moneyfactory.com/ has announced the creation and distribution of the new “Series 2004” $20 bills. They hope to deter piracy which has become increasingly simple in the age of digital photocopiers and photoshop, while still maintaining the basic look behind the US currency. Personally, I’d love to see them adopt ...