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18/02/2008, 01h16

"(not quite so) Fat Sam" <samandjanet@knox.orangehome.co.uk> wrote in
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> Norm Dresner wrote:
>> I know that the sequences on crime shows like CSI where they take a
>> small section of a blurry image, usually comprising fewer than a
>> dozen pixels, and "sharpen" that to a full license plate number or
>> window sticker are pure fiction.
>
> Those shows annoy the hell out of me.
> The worst one I ever saw was where some cops were looking at a photo of
> somebody walking through a town with a carrier bag full of stuff.
> On one side of the bag was the logo of the shop it came from, but they
> needed to know the name and address of the shop, so the cops asked the
> computer geek guy to rotate the photo and enhance the details on the other
> (hidden) side of the bag - the side facing away from the camera.
> Some typing tok place - no mouse work or graphics tablet - all command
> line stuff.
> Then we saw an animation involving a wireframe 3D model of the entire
> scene which rotated through 180degrees so we're now looking at it from
> theother side. Then it was rendered over with a badly pixelised image.
> "Can you clean that up a bit?" asked the cop.
> "Sure" said the geek as he started typing again - never touched the mouse,
> graphics tablet, space bar, number pad or enter key. He just randomly
> mashed his fingers over the keyboard.
> Then suddenly, the pixels resolved themselves into a crisp clear
> photograph showing the opposite side of the bag. The side that was facing
> away from the camera. The side that could not possibly have been
> photographed.
> And to the cops immense pleasure, there was a name, address, and telephone
> number printed on that side of the bag.
>
> I swear, I threw things at my TV and shouted so loud it scared the dog.

The producers have said on a number of occasions that they do take some
artistic license with the show but hey ho its only a TV show.

Next you will be telling me the Kermit the Frog was just a puppet

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18/02/2008, 01h16	#3
Craigie Messages: n/a Hébergeur:	Re: Blur Removal "(not quite so) Fat Sam" <samandjanet@knox.orangehome.co.uk> wrote in message news:fp9mti$21u$1@aioe.org... > Norm Dresner wrote: >> I know that the sequences on crime shows like CSI where they take a >> small section of a blurry image, usually comprising fewer than a >> dozen pixels, and "sharpen" that to a full license plate number or >> window sticker are pure fiction. > > Those shows annoy the hell out of me. > The worst one I ever saw was where some cops were looking at a photo of > somebody walking through a town with a carrier bag full of stuff. > On one side of the bag was the logo of the shop it came from, but they > needed to know the name and address of the shop, so the cops asked the > computer geek guy to rotate the photo and enhance the details on the other > (hidden) side of the bag - the side facing away from the camera. > Some typing tok place - no mouse work or graphics tablet - all command > line stuff. > Then we saw an animation involving a wireframe 3D model of the entire > scene which rotated through 180degrees so we're now looking at it from > theother side. Then it was rendered over with a badly pixelised image. > "Can you clean that up a bit?" asked the cop. > "Sure" said the geek as he started typing again - never touched the mouse, > graphics tablet, space bar, number pad or enter key. He just randomly > mashed his fingers over the keyboard. > Then suddenly, the pixels resolved themselves into a crisp clear > photograph showing the opposite side of the bag. The side that was facing > away from the camera. The side that could not possibly have been > photographed. > And to the cops immense pleasure, there was a name, address, and telephone > number printed on that side of the bag. > > I swear, I threw things at my TV and shouted so loud it scared the dog. The producers have said on a number of occasions that they do take some artistic license with the show but hey ho its only a TV show. Next you will be telling me the Kermit the Frog was just a puppet -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com