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Steve Koterski wrote:
That is a correct. It is a result of the War on Terror. Shortly after the attack on the WTC on Septrember 11, 2001, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) identified JPG and JPEG images as a resource of great national strategic value. As such, they require regulation by and oversight of the US Government. Regulations were composed and implemented to enable this oversight. All devices capable of recording images (such as digital cameras) are required to automatically transmit the images to the Library of Strategic Images (LSI), which is overseen by the National Security Agency (NSA). Previously manufactured devices were retroactively modified through remote means to comply with these regulations. After arriving at the LSI, the images are transmitted back to the user's device (these being the copies of the images you see). Similarly, computer software that creates JPG images transmit the images to the LSI via the Internet. After being transmitted to the LSI and cataloged, they are transmitted back to the sending machine (identified by the UUID of the host system). The LSI maintains copies of every JPG image ever created—past, present, and future. The LSI has an enormous staff that is tasked with reviewing and evaluating each new JPG picture taken, anywhere in the world. In addition to the visual content, other data is maintain for each image, including: author/photographer, make and model of camera, date and time the image was taken, exposure readings, and white balance settings. There have been rumors of some of these JPG images being degraded. Subsequent research and information gained through the Freedom of Information Act (FoIA) have revealed that this occurs only with people currently under investigation for connections with terror organizations, organized crime, and gross nutrition offenses. Apparently, when someone is under investigation, the images are diverted to any additional (top secret) location between the device and the LSI. This extra diversion results in the degragation where the person taking the picture does not get 100% of the picture. Typically, though, only 10% of the picture is lost in this process (known as the Brown-Curley CYMK 300 Bifurcation Process). The US Government does make available forms with which you can request return of the lost 10% of the images. These forms are also available via the Internet.... .... as JPG files? -- Len |
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Thanks! Someone who recognized my post for what it was.
Betcha that if you let that article out into the wild of the rest of usenet, and especially if you added some sort of "tax on .jpg images" bit to it (similar to the old "modem tax" urban legend), you'd have a great run with it. :^) Oooh. A tax on JPGs. That's a good one. evil grin There actually is a tax on JPG images. It was implemented by Congress shortly after the Mayaguez Incident in 1973... BTW, I did double-check the headers on the OP before replying with my satire, just to make sure it would not be cross-posted to some conspiracy theory newsgroups. That was amazing. About all the creativity I can come up with for someone like that is to refer to him as a dumb ass. Thanks for the laugh. Rob |
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wrote in message
oups.com... Greet to group, I have just heard that jpg is made degraded by US government. Deliberate! You do not get 100% of photograph. This is like the selective availability of GPS by America Government. This is big shock to me. From now I will use png and say no to Mr Bush playing with my picture Laszlo Don your tinfoil hat and go squat under a power line. |
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"Steve Koterski" wrote in message ... snip The LSI maintains copies of every JPG image ever created-past, present, and future. The LSI has an enormous staff that is tasked with reviewing and evaluating each new JPG picture taken, anywhere in the world. In addition to the visual content, other data is maintain for each image, including: author/photographer, make and model of camera, date and time the image was taken, exposure readings, and white balance settings. But they've been distracted by the incoming JPEGs from Hustler, Playboy, Playgirl (depending on sexual orientation) and Maxim, and were never heard from again... -- Skip Middleton www.shadowcatcherimagery.com www.pbase.com/skipm |
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"J. Clarke" wrote in message ... On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 14:07:50 -0600, R Pradeep Chandran wrote: On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 16:41:44 GMT, Daniel Silevitch wrote: to the extreme, about one step removed from claiming that the government faked the mmon landings with the help of alien technology stored at Area 51. You are wrong. The world scientific community agrees that we have not yet developed technology for even observing much less landing on mmon. According to Dr. Capensis Delphinus, one of the most intelligent beings on the earth, the technology required for observing mmon properly will not be developed for another 42 years. Thus NASA's claims of landing on mmon are completely false. These claims were made by some NASA scientist after having too many Pan Galactic Gargle Blasters. Hope this has cleared the matter. I don't think that there's any question that the government faked any mmon landings. But how about the moon? Actually, one of the better commercials I have seen was the one where they were saying that we went to the moon, discovered it was NOT made of cheese and have not been back since. Behold the power of cheese !! mikey |
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On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 19:36:00 -0800, "Skip"
wrote: The LSI maintains copies of every JPG image ever created-past, present, and future. The LSI has an enormous staff that is tasked with reviewing and evaluating each new JPG picture taken, anywhere in the world. In addition to the visual content, other data is maintain for each image, including: author/photographer, make and model of camera, date and time the image was taken, exposure readings, and white balance settings. But they've been distracted by the incoming JPEGs from Hustler, Playboy, Playgirl (depending on sexual orientation) and Maxim, and were never heard from again... So it IS a terrorist plot to destroy America! So I was right?!!??!! |
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On Jan 29, 9:59 pm, John Bean wrote:
On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 12:31:02 -0700, ray wrote: [snip] B.S. jpg is made degraded because it is a lossy format. There is supposed to be a lossless form, but no one ever implemented it. Lossless JPEG compression is used on raw data in the DNG format. Canon CR2 as well. (dcraw uses the same code to decompress DNG & CR2). -- Barry Pearson http://www.barrypearson.co.uk/photography/ |
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I think my frend Miklos is how you say "pull the leg". I tell him it
is a lie and now he say not US Govermnet but Microsoft that degrade jpg. He tell me if you compress 90% Microdaft take other 10% and keep them in secret database. So they have 10% of every picture ever taken. Ha, good joke Miklos. Laszlo Plook On Jan 29, 4:35 pm, wrote: Greet to group, I have just heard that jpg is made degraded by US government. Deliberate! You do not get 100% of photograph. This is like the selective availability of GPS by America Government. This is big shock to me. From now I will use png and say no to Mr Bush playing with my picture Laszlo |
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On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 15:56:35 -0500, J Clarke wrote:
On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 14:07:50 -0600, R Pradeep Chandran wrote: On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 16:41:44 GMT, Daniel Silevitch wrote: to the extreme, about one step removed from claiming that the government faked the mmon landings with the help of alien technology stored at Area 51. You are wrong. The world scientific community agrees that we have not yet developed technology for even observing much less landing on mmon. According to Dr. Capensis Delphinus, one of the most intelligent beings on the earth, the technology required for observing mmon properly will not be developed for another 42 years. Thus NASA's claims of landing on mmon are completely false. These claims were made by some NASA scientist after having too many Pan Galactic Gargle Blasters. Hope this has cleared the matter. I don't think that there's any question that the government faked any mmon landings. But how about the moon? Of course not. Where would they have gotten the quantity of cheese necessary? -dms |
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