NASA's images of Mars are the wrong color

Trane Francks wrote in message ...
On 02/04/04 11:14 +0900, Mark F. wrote:

No if I could just figure out what *PLONK* means..

It's the "sound" of somebody being added to a killfile, AKA twit
filter.

trane

Why is the author of the post a "twit"? Is there some error in the
post that you think you can correct?

http://www.theinsider.org

Trane Francks wrote in message ...
On 02/04/04 11:14 +0900, Mark F. wrote:

No if I could just figure out what *PLONK* means..

It's the "sound" of somebody being added to a killfile, AKA twit
filter.

trane

Why is the author of the post a "twit"? Is there some error in the
post that you think you can correct?

http://www.theinsider.org

On 02/04/04 19:44 +0900, Alert wrote:

Trane Francks wrote in message ...
On 02/04/04 11:14 +0900, Mark F. wrote:

No if I could just figure out what *PLONK* means..

It's the "sound" of somebody being added to a killfile, AKA twit
filter.

Why is the author of the post a "twit"? Is there some error in the
post that you think you can correct?

Well, I can't really speak for Greg's motives for plonking you,
but I'd guess that it might have something to do with him seeing
you as a conspiracy loon. You're WAY late to the "wrong colour"
party, d00d.

trane
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On 02/04/04 19:44 +0900, Alert wrote:

Trane Francks wrote in message ...
On 02/04/04 11:14 +0900, Mark F. wrote:

No if I could just figure out what *PLONK* means..

It's the "sound" of somebody being added to a killfile, AKA twit
filter.

Why is the author of the post a "twit"? Is there some error in the
post that you think you can correct?

Well, I can't really speak for Greg's motives for plonking you,
but I'd guess that it might have something to do with him seeing
you as a conspiracy loon. You're WAY late to the "wrong colour"
party, d00d.

trane
--
//------------------------------------------------------------
// Trane Francks Tokyo, Japan
// Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty.

On 02/04/04 19:44 +0900, Alert wrote:

Trane Francks wrote in message ...
On 02/04/04 11:14 +0900, Mark F. wrote:

No if I could just figure out what *PLONK* means..

It's the "sound" of somebody being added to a killfile, AKA twit
filter.

Why is the author of the post a "twit"? Is there some error in the
post that you think you can correct?

Well, I can't really speak for Greg's motives for plonking you,
but I'd guess that it might have something to do with him seeing
you as a conspiracy loon. You're WAY late to the "wrong colour"
party, d00d.

trane
--
//------------------------------------------------------------
// Trane Francks Tokyo, Japan
// Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty.

Sadly post-production image manipulation can only alter the ratio of
colours that are present, not find and amplify missing colours.


Hi:

Let's put our cards on the table. What are you suggesting? That NASA is
falsifying images/shifting colors? Why?

Peace,
Rod Mollise
Author of _Choosing and Using a Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope_
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Sadly post-production image manipulation can only alter the ratio of
colours that are present, not find and amplify missing colours.


Hi:

Let's put our cards on the table. What are you suggesting? That NASA is
falsifying images/shifting colors? Why?

Peace,
Rod Mollise
Author of _Choosing and Using a Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope_
Like SCTs and MCTs?
Check-out sct-user, the mailing list for CAT fanciers!
Goto http://members.aol.com/RMOLLISE/index.html

Sadly post-production image manipulation can only alter the ratio of
colours that are present, not find and amplify missing colours.


Hi:

Let's put our cards on the table. What are you suggesting? That NASA is
falsifying images/shifting colors? Why?

Peace,
Rod Mollise
Author of _Choosing and Using a Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope_
Like SCTs and MCTs?
Check-out sct-user, the mailing list for CAT fanciers!
Goto http://members.aol.com/RMOLLISE/index.html

It is well known that people who advertise who is or is not in their
killfile harbour serious delusions of grandeur. Why post "plonks" in
the first place when you can just do it and move on? It's a "look at
me!" thing.

I agree with this.

It's also a common technique to avoid answering arguments that one
can't answer. The "plonk" is rarely done in this case (I am positive,
for example, that Crinklaw is reading this despite his "plonk" of me
... heh!), but stands as the admission of defeat, but done in a way
that soothes the ego (and alleviates the growing cognitive dissonance
problems).

I don't agree with this. I see it done all the time to avoid seeing
arguments from people who can't or won't recognize their arguments don't
hold water, much more than I see it done to avoid admitting defeat.
Both happen, but the former is much more common. At some point, people
realize that reading the posts of some others raises their blood
pressure. Killfiling, done silently, is a perfectly legitimate solution
for that (in my opinion).

Brian Tung
The Astronomy Corner at http://astro.isi.edu/
Unofficial C5+ Home Page at http://astro.isi.edu/c5plus/
The PleiadAtlas Home Page at http://astro.isi.edu/pleiadatlas/
My Own Personal FAQ (SAA) at http://astro.isi.edu/reference/faq.txt

It is well known that people who advertise who is or is not in their
killfile harbour serious delusions of grandeur. Why post "plonks" in
the first place when you can just do it and move on? It's a "look at
me!" thing.

I agree with this.

It's also a common technique to avoid answering arguments that one
can't answer. The "plonk" is rarely done in this case (I am positive,
for example, that Crinklaw is reading this despite his "plonk" of me
... heh!), but stands as the admission of defeat, but done in a way
that soothes the ego (and alleviates the growing cognitive dissonance
problems).

I don't agree with this. I see it done all the time to avoid seeing
arguments from people who can't or won't recognize their arguments don't
hold water, much more than I see it done to avoid admitting defeat.
Both happen, but the former is much more common. At some point, people
realize that reading the posts of some others raises their blood
pressure. Killfiling, done silently, is a perfectly legitimate solution
for that (in my opinion).

Brian Tung
The Astronomy Corner at http://astro.isi.edu/
Unofficial C5+ Home Page at http://astro.isi.edu/c5plus/
The PleiadAtlas Home Page at http://astro.isi.edu/pleiadatlas/
My Own Personal FAQ (SAA) at http://astro.isi.edu/reference/faq.txt