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Article #513MAN CLAIMS IMAGES FROM MARS ARE CLEVER GOVERNMENT FORGERIES
From: Uppercut Software
Date: Thu, 07 Aug 1997 00:00
Date: Thu, 07 Aug 1997 00:00
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MAN CLAIMS IMAGES FROM MARS ARE CLEVER GOVERNMENT FORGERIES Rouyn-Noranda, Qc.--July 31, 1997--A man claims recent images of the Martian landscape, seen by millions of people around the world, are clever forgeries and part of an elaborate government cover up. Speaking on condition of anonymity, the man said, "I have inside information that the government is using a highly sophisticated graphics software, code named FTC, to simulate the appearance of the Martian atmosphere and terrain. This high-tech application uses an advanced fractalization method to simulate waves, ripples, bumps and craters. If you combine these elements with special lighting, shading and reflection effects, you create a perfect three dimensional graphic illusion." Fact or fiction? The scenario is fiction (we're 99.9% sure). Our apologies for being intentionally provocative in our headline, but hope you at least got a chuckle from it. FTC is not a secret code name, it's an acronym for Fractal Texture Composer, and it does a fantastic job of simulating 3D elevations. Uppercut Software is pleased to announce the availability of Fractal Texture Composer 2.0 for Windows 95tm and Windows NTtm. FTC is the ideal tool for beginners or professionals to create textures and background images. FTC is a must have for multimedia, 3D, VRML and website developers. We invite you to pick up the shareware version from our website at http://www.beyond-3d.com. Please give us your feedback in the Web Central section of our website. It really helps us orient our development and improve our products. Hope you enjoy it and thanks for your time! -------------------- Donald Cloutier donald@beyond-3d.com
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 112197,90a5d5e1bc56c149,start X-Google-Attributes: gid112197,public From: Uppercut Software<uppercut@beyond-3d.com> Subject: MAN CLAIMS IMAGES FROM MARS ARE CLEVER GOVERNMENT FORGERIES Date: 1997/08/07 Message-ID: <5sbt1e$f8e$246@goblin.uunet.ca> X-Deja-AN: 262855268 Organization: Uppercut Software Newsgroups: bit.general