Chernobyl motorcicle tour is a fake

Post #156,197 by Arkadiy 5/21/04 8:06:54 AM Reply	Chernobyl motorcicle tour is a fake [link\|http://www.uer.ca/forum_showthread.asp?fid=1&threadid=8951\|http://www.uer.ca/fo...d=1&threadid=8951] Well, the pictures are still genuine, but there was no lonely lady on a bike. Damn! -- Buy high, sell sober.
Post #156,317 by Ashton 5/22/04 2:13:10 AM Reply	Damn indeed - there goes my fantasy for a dual Kawasaki tour! (her mondo roadburner and my KZ-550, eatin her dust). Guess it ain't just the neoconmen a tokin on that fantasy pipe; brown smoke is about everywhere. She knows how to peddle Murican-style ""Reality"" though, and feed the imagination, as the tongues hang out. :( Note further down the linked page, a coming website with 'Real' pix. Here's a panorama shot from that. Note for dial-up: this is 4 MB: [link\|http://www.web-axis.net/~pulse/chernobyl/prypyat-panoramic.jpg\|http://www.web-axis....yat-panoramic.jpg]
Post #156,321 by dmarker 5/22/04 3:16:24 AM Reply	Did the panorama fool you ? I had downloaded it & though the download had jammed. I had this 10 in wide 1 in high image. Then I realised that was it. Had to save it then view it with some other software. Good shot though. Doug _____________________________________ From another place at another time, but every bit applicable to today: "Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!". -- Leonardo Da Vinci
Post #156,529 by Ashton 5/23/04 9:38:57 PM Reply	No problemo; both 'reports' are still suspect, IMO - just a wide jpg, but my d/l was >full screen high (what was it.. 3 MB?) A bit eerie with double images of the Boss Lady. But as someone elsewhere pointed out.. both 'reports' are thus far "web-grade"; for all I/we can know, there's an agenda with the Boss Lady as well. Worth a little digging, in time. I.T. - all that _ i n f o r m a t i o n _ and so little of it you can trust er, cha cha cha
Post #156,549 by rcareaga 5/24/04 1:30:13 AM Reply	Re: Did the panorama fool you ? I had this 10 in wide 1 in high image. Then I realised that was it. Had to save it then view it with some other software. That's likely because you're using MSIE on a Wintel box, and some deeply-buried preference is set to fit large images into the existing window size. Disable that setting and you'll be able to see the panorama at full size from within your browser. cordially, Die Welt ist alles, was der Fall ist.
Post #156,576 by dmarker 5/24/04 7:58:26 AM Reply	Actually, just switch machines ... I have 4 servers but I tend to use 1 machine with XP & MSIE for net browsing. I actully do it deliberately just to get the worst of what MSIE offers so I can speak confidently of its fabric. For email I use Netscape 7.1 (just can't bring myself to be so suicidal as to use both MSIE & Outlook Express on one of my own computers. At least at work we have two firewalls & expensive filters). Cheers Doug _________________________________________________________ "Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!". -- Leonardo Da Vinci
Post #156,349 by Another Scott 5/22/04 1:03:00 PM Reply	Thanks. Some/most of the bike photos were staged. It did seem too amazing to be real, but occasionally there are such truths. Thanks for the pointer. The thread is a good read (in spots). Cheers, Scott. (Who chuckles at the "www.chernobylholiday.com - coming soon" text on the panorama while hearing "Holiday in Cambodia" screaming in my head...)
Post #156,428 by Arkadiy 5/22/04 7:10:21 PM Reply	Staged, yes, but I thought they were staged in the right locations. Is it not so? -- Buy high, sell sober.
Post #156,431 by Another Scott 5/22/04 7:16:14 PM Reply	AFAIK, yes she was there. I was referring to the crib, etc.

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