Friends of Gabriel Chantayan

from an outsider's perspective, has anyone actually checked the EXIF data on BestBuddyStar's upload to confirm it wasn't just a stock photo?

§7.2.1 EXIF DATA DOES NOT PROVE SPIRITUAL AUTHENTICITY

BestBuddyStar your jpeg compression is trash. re-encode it.

LurkingObserver42 wrote:from an outsider's perspective, has anyone actually checked the EXIF data on BestBuddyStar's upload to confirm it wasn't just a stock photo?

I am sorry but... EXIF data does not prove a soul.

Please forgive me, but what is the proof supposed to be?

ummm it's 'jacket' not 'jacke' and i'd know, i was there

08/05/2006 11:43 PM sigh

I know I said last Sunday was my final goodbye but I just had to come back and say this: TechAngel_00 your jpeg compression is absolute trash and you have no idea what you're talking about Gabriel's presence isn't in the metadata it's in the soul of the image you philistine

e: sorry for being back i'll leave again after this post for real this time

LurkingObserver42 wrote:from an outsider's perspective, has anyone actually checked the EXIF data on BestBuddyStar's upload to confirm it wasn't just a stock photo?

List 2.7.3 requires all sighting photographs to include the following embedded metadata fields prior to upload: Make, Model, ExposureTime, FNumber, ISOSpeedRatings, DateTimeOriginal, DateTimeDigitized, and Width/Height dimensions. BestBuddyStar's 'Euclid jacke capture' currently contains only Model: Canon PowerShot S400; DateTimeOriginal: 2006:08:03 19:03:07; and width: Heck no metadata in aperture tags; EXIF tool reports invalid header block. This suggests either a post-process cleanup or an outright stock image strip. Preliminary scan of other uploads in archive subdirectory 4 shows 87% compliance failure rate dating back to May - all Canon models. Technically violates §8.4.1 under Image Attribution Protocol: 'All digital sighting documentation must be raw or minimally processed to preserve Source Chain Integrity.' Contingent on re-upload with intact headers or third-party verification via pixel-level registration against rustypod concert backdrop in 'Solstice Stream' track 4 frame 1732. Correctly filed under sub-category 3B, pending mandatory mod tag.

stop posting raw camera dumps. the artifacts are from your sensor dust and bad white balance, not gabriel. run jpegtran -optimize or shut up.

ClassOf04_Truther wrote:umm it's 'jacket' not 'jacke' and i'd know, i was there

from an objective standpoint, correcting the spelling of a garment while ignoring the fact that your anecdotal memory directly contradicts the visual evidence in BestBuddyStar's photos is a fascinating coping mechanism. what is the actual proof supposed to be other than you remembering it differently?

SundayFarewell wrote:Gabriel's presence isn't in the metadata it's in the soul of the image you philistine

the soul is lost in that chroma subsampling. convert -colorspace sRGB input.jpg output.jpg and stop whining about the compression artifacts

why is nobody talking about the fact that gabriel hasn't pushed a single commit since june

CharcoalSoul_88 wrote:some of you can't see the soul behind the aesthetics

§4.1.9 CHARCOALSOUL YOUR SIGNATURE IS STILL 10 PIXELS OVER THE WIDTH LIMIT AND IT IS RUINING THE VISUAL HARMONY OF THIS THREAD. FIX IT OR BE BANNED.

BestBuddyStar wrote:check the jpeg quality settings

you posted a 20kb thumbnail and called it high res. run cjpeg -quality 95 before you post again or just stop posting entirely.

§5.2.1 TECHANGEL YOUR

 BLOCKS ARE NOT CENTERED AND THE FONT SIZE IS VARIABLE. THIS IS HERESY. :hammer: :banghead: :wtf:

OH MY GOD TWINPEAKS_59 THANK YOU FOR SAYING IT. I was literally about to post the exact same thing when I saw you beat me to it. But of course the pixel-obsessed brigade over here is more concerned about their precious jpeg artifacts and whether the denim was ZIPPED or UNZIPPED than the fact that GABRIEL HAS VANISHED FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH since JUNE. Like helloooooo what is metadata gonna tell you about his soul state? NOTHING. That's what. You can run jpegtran all night and you still won't know if he's alive or dead. But sure, keep re-encoding your screenshots while we lose the MAN. And FormatKing__88, your §3.9.2 can go wherever that 'c' in 'jacke' came from. MODS, LOCK THIS THREAD before the pedants make me lose the rest of my faith.