An unusual self portrait.

"Simon Mason" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Last night I took a photo of my mate Derek on his way to the local time
trials, I later blew up the image in his glasses and found an odd self
portrait there ->

http://www.simonmason.karoo.net/zdes.htm

Cor... just like CSI :-)

"Simon Mason" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Last night I took a photo of my mate Derek on his way to the local time
trials, I later blew up the image in his glasses and found an odd self
portrait there ->

http://www.simonmason.karoo.net/zdes.htm

--
Simon Mason
http://www.simonmason.karoo.net

Like in Blade Runner!

wafflycat w*a*ff£y£cat*@£btco*nn£ect.com said:

"Simon Mason" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Last night I took a photo of my mate Derek on his way to the local time
trials, I later blew up the image in his glasses and found an odd self
portrait there ->

http://www.simonmason.karoo.net/zdes.htm

Cor... just like CSI :-)

Yeah, but I bet he didn't type furiously at the keyboard and neither
did his computer make that irritating bip-bip-bip-bip-bip-bip noise
as the picture zoomed in while he did the image manipulation. And,
if it was just like CSI he'd be able to zoom in on his eyeballs in
the reflection of himself and see the reflected image of his mate
Derek.

--
Nobby Anderson

Nobody Here said:

wafflycat w*a*ff£y£cat*@£btco*nn£ect.com said:

"Simon Mason" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Last night I took a photo of my mate Derek on his way to the local time
trials, I later blew up the image in his glasses and found an odd self
portrait there ->

http://www.simonmason.karoo.net/zdes.htm

Cor... just like CSI :-)

Yeah, but I bet he didn't type furiously at the keyboard and neither
did his computer make that irritating bip-bip-bip-bip-bip-bip noise
as the picture zoomed in while he did the image manipulation. And,
if it was just like CSI he'd be able to zoom in on his eyeballs in
the reflection of himself and see the reflected image of his mate
Derek.

To be fair he would probably need to apply some sort of unspecified
image enhancement filter which would take about five seconds to
effectively increase the resolution by several orders or magnitude to
do this in even CSI world

"Nobody Here" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:44772024$0$10784

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Yeah, but I bet he didn't type furiously at the keyboard and neither
did his computer make that irritating bip-bip-bip-bip-bip-bip noise
as the picture zoomed in while he did the image manipulation.

It was only Photoshop and I couldn't zoom in on my own eyes as I had non
reflecting glasses on.

--
Simon Mason
http://www.simonmason.karoo.net

Simon Mason said:

"Nobody Here" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:44772024$0$10784

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Yeah, but I bet he didn't type furiously at the keyboard and neither
did his computer make that irritating bip-bip-bip-bip-bip-bip noise
as the picture zoomed in while he did the image manipulation.

It was only Photoshop and I couldn't zoom in on my own eyes as I had non
reflecting glasses on.

Hmmm, I'm not sure if you're responding ironically to the irony I tried
to express or if you're defending not being able to do something that's
technically impossibly no matter how much software, money and
technology you throw at it. :-)

Just in case ... it'd be impossible to do that because your pupils
in the reflection will probably be less than a pixel, and nothing
in heaven or earth can possibly reconstruct the detail of whatever's
in that pixel. Only on CSI-world is that possible. That's one of
the most irritating things they do in that program, except for the
bip-bip-bip noises all their computers make, which was barely
acceptable in the '60s with teletype video terminals being depicted
at 300 baud, and makes no sense in this day and age where there can
be almost no one in the developed world who has not come across
a computer, and none of them will have ever noticed their computers
making that noise when mindows resize on the screen or results appear.

But don't start me ...

--
Nobby Anderson

Nobody Here said:

Simon Mason said:

"Nobody Here" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:44772024$0$10784

Quoted message said:

Yeah, but I bet he didn't type furiously at the keyboard and neither
did his computer make that irritating bip-bip-bip-bip-bip-bip noise
as the picture zoomed in while he did the image manipulation.

It was only Photoshop and I couldn't zoom in on my own eyes as I had non
reflecting glasses on.

Hmmm, I'm not sure if you're responding ironically to the irony I tried
to express or if you're defending not being able to do something that's
technically impossibly no matter how much software, money and
technology you throw at it. :-)

Just in case ... it'd be impossible to do that because your pupils
in the reflection will probably be less than a pixel, and nothing
in heaven or earth can possibly reconstruct the detail of whatever's
in that pixel. Only on CSI-world is that possible. That's one of
the most irritating things they do in that program, except for the
bip-bip-bip noises all their computers make, which was barely
acceptable in the '60s with teletype video terminals being depicted
at 300 baud, and makes no sense in this day and age where there can
be almost no one in the developed world who has not come across
a computer, and none of them will have ever noticed their computers
making that noise when mindows resize on the screen or results appear.

But don't start me ...

What is CSI ?

Nobody Here said:

That's one of
the most irritating things they do in that program, except for the
bip-bip-bip noises all their computers make, which was barely
acceptable in the '60s with teletype video terminals being depicted
at 300 baud, and makes no sense in this day and age where there can
be almost no one in the developed world who has not come across
a computer, and none of them will have ever noticed their computers
making that noise when mindows resize on the screen or results appear.

Have you noticed also in the movies when they receive an e-mail, its
never on a recognisable e-mail package such as OE or TB or Opera but
something that pops ups a big "You've got mail" in the middle of the screen?

--
Tony

"Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using
his intelligence; he is just using his memory."
- Leonardo da Vinci

"MSeries" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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What is CSI ?

In this context, it's an American television programme depicting the
exploits of a forensic science team - "Crime Scene Investigation".

--
MatSav

MSeries said:

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Quoted message said:

What is CSI ?

Cycling Socks International

Tony Raven said:

Nobody Here said:

That's one of
the most irritating things they do in that program, except for the
bip-bip-bip noises all their computers make, which was barely
acceptable in the '60s with teletype video terminals being depicted
at 300 baud, and makes no sense in this day and age where there can
be almost no one in the developed world who has not come across
a computer, and none of them will have ever noticed their computers
making that noise when mindows resize on the screen or results appear.

Have you noticed also in the movies when they receive an e-mail, its
never on a recognisable e-mail package such as OE or TB or Opera but
something that pops ups a big "You've got mail" in the middle of the screen?

Yeah. Often the OS is unrecognisable too, although I suspect some of them
are Apple OS variants. I did wonder if there were some copyright issues
or something involved. I'd have thought it unlikely the M$ wouldn't want
their OS all over TV and movie screens, but it may be that they won't
have it associated with criminal activity - much like you know something
bad's going to happen on an aeroplane if it isn't a recognisable carrier.

--
Nobby Anderson

Tony Raven said:

Nobody Here said:

That's one of
the most irritating things they do in that program, except for the
bip-bip-bip noises all their computers make, which was barely
acceptable in the '60s with teletype video terminals being depicted
at 300 baud, and makes no sense in this day and age where there can
be almost no one in the developed world who has not come across
a computer, and none of them will have ever noticed their computers
making that noise when mindows resize on the screen or results appear.

Have you noticed also in the movies when they receive an e-mail, its
never on a recognisable e-mail package such as OE or TB or Opera but
something that pops ups a big "You've got mail" in the middle of the
screen?

Oh good, I thought that was some software everyone knew about except me!

--
Brian G

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Tony Raven said:

Nobody Here wrote:

Have you noticed also in the movies when they receive an e-mail, its
never on a recognisable e-mail package such as OE or TB or Opera but
something that pops ups a big "You've got mail" in the middle of the
screen?

Yeah. Often the OS is unrecognisable too, although I suspect some of them
are Apple OS variants. I did wonder if there were some copyright issues
or something involved.

I suspect the reason is rather more mundane : the big box is just to make it
really obvious to the viewer what's going on.

cheers,
clive

"Nobody Here" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:44773818$0$10755

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It was only Photoshop and I couldn't zoom in on my own eyes as I had non
reflecting glasses on.

Hmmm, I'm not sure if you're responding ironically to the irony I tried
to express or if you're defending not being able to do something that's
technically impossibly no matter how much software, money and
technology you throw at it. :-)

I probably didn't get the gag due to the fact that I've never seen CSI! I
don't really watch that much TV these days. It's either got Big Brother or
East Enders on it so I tend to steer clear.

--
Simon Mason
http://www.simonmason.karoo.net

Simon Mason said:

"Nobody Here" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:44773818$0$10755

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

It was only Photoshop and I couldn't zoom in on my own eyes as I had non
reflecting glasses on.

Hmmm, I'm not sure if you're responding ironically to the irony I tried
to express or if you're defending not being able to do something that's
technically impossibly no matter how much software, money and
technology you throw at it. :-)

I probably didn't get the gag due to the fact that I've never seen CSI! I
don't really watch that much TV these days. It's either got Big Brother or
East Enders on it so I tend to steer clear.

--
Simon Mason
http://www.simonmason.karoo.net

Same here but the RHS CHelsea FLower Show on BBC 2 has been nice this
week !!

Simon Mason said:

Last night I took a photo of my mate Derek on his way to the local time
trials, I later blew up the image in his glasses and found an odd self
portrait there ->

Shame on both of you for not wearing helmets. 😄

"Nobody Here" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:44773818$0$10755

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Just in case ... it'd be impossible to do that because your pupils
in the reflection will probably be less than a pixel, and nothing
in heaven or earth can possibly reconstruct the detail of whatever's
in that pixel. Only on CSI-world is that possible.

So that story I read about someone blowing up the photo of Buzz Aldrin's
visor on the Moon to reveal a black helicopter was rubbish then? ;-)

--
Simon Mason
http://www.simonmason.karoo.net

Simon Mason said:

I probably didn't get the gag due to the fact that I've never seen CSI! I
don't really watch that much TV these days. It's either got Big Brother or
East Enders on it so I tend to steer clear.

I've never seen CSI either, but I am watching coverage of the Giro today
at this very moment on Eurosport2. I can almost understand what Sean
Kelly is saying now.

--

JimP

"We don't have a plan, so nothing can go wrong" - Spike Milligan.

Jim Price said:

I can almost understand what
Sean Kelly is saying now.

Why? He makes a lot of sense; makes a point of keeping up to date with
virtually every rider's profile and performance, and - naturally - really
knows his stuff. Perhaps you've just got used to cycling commentators
talking out of their arses?!