Re: OT: New "Doctor Who" comes to the U.S.

Carved in mystic runes upon the very living rock, the last words of Amy
Guskin of rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated make plain:

>>>On Mon, 16 Jan 2006 06:24:32 -0500, Methuselah Jones wrote
> (in article <Xns974D41292248Fmethuselahaltgeekorg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>):
>
>> Carved in mystic runes upon the very living rock, the last words of
>> Amy Guskin of rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated make plain:
>>
>>>>> On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 08:20:47 -0500, Methuselah Jones wrote
>>> (in article <Xns974C54CA7D832methuselahaltgeekorg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>):
>>>
>>>> Carved in mystic runes upon the very living rock, the last words of
>>>> Patty Winter of rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated make plain:
>>>>
>>>>> In article <Xns974BC73997B3methuselahaltgeekorg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>>>>> Methuselah Jones <methuselah@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I clicked the link John posted, and it didn't re-direct to
>>>>>> anything. I may be seeing something different because I have JS
>>>>>> turned off. The picture I saw was a man and woman -- presumably
>>>>>> the Doctor and Rose.
>>>>>
>>>>> Okay, I turned off Javascript, and here's where it goes:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/flash/xback.jpg
>>>>
>>>> Doh! I should have thought of just posting the direct link to the
>>>> pic on the BBC site.
>>>>
>>>>> Yes, that's David Tennant and Billie Piper. Not seeing any JPEG
>>>>> artifacts, though.
>>>>
>>>> I do, especially around Billie's mouth and eyes and hairline; less
>>>> so with David's, but still there.<<
>>>
>>> I can imagine that if I had an older monitor or something, I might
>>> see what you're seeing. As it is, I can see an almost-imaginary
>>> hint of what you've mentioned.
>>>
>>> I think that one of, or a combination of factors is responsible for
>>> what you're seeing: the bright sunlight and her naturally angular
>>> facial structure, slight facial hair problem, and possibly an old or
>>> ailing monitor on your system.
>>
>> No, shadows are one thing; JPEG artifacts are something else. I used
>> the term "moustache" facetiously to emphasize the fact that I saw
>> artifacts. Certainly it's not the worst case I've ever seen, but it
>> definitely has some. A 770 x 535 image in a 38k file means some
>> fairly heavy compression. <<
>
> Yeah. I'm not seeing anything remotely like that. Possibly a problem
> with your system or monitor. I tried to look at your screen cap, but
> your domain isn't available again (or hasn't propogated to my server)
> yet.

Well, I see them. But of course, I didn't until the little people who
live under my keyboard pointed them out to me.

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