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To: counterpunch
I've used OCR software extensively about 10 years ago, and found it to be more trouble than it was worth. The slightest thing would cause it to chage a "g" to a "5" and other such craziness. It was maddening!

OCR may be a possibility, but it wouldn't explain the crumple marks on the pdf. Keep up, folks!!

43 posted on 09/17/2004 5:13:51 PM PDT by January24th
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To: January24th
I've used OCR software extensively about 10 years ago, and found it to be more trouble than it was worth. The slightest thing would cause it to chage a "g" to a "5" and other such craziness. It was maddening!

Yes, which they will say is why the dates are wrong, because some things were altered in scanning.

It's a prepostrous theory on a totally discredited story.
Only the loony left will embrace it, and even they will know its ridiculous. But they won't be honest about that of course. They will pretend it is credible. They only care about advancing an agenda, even if it means looking stupid to reasonable people.

My concern is when the "real" documents that these forgeries were "scanned" or "transcribed" from suddenly turn up.
I'm pretty sure they will be scoffed at, but you never know the extent many in the media will go to in order to manipulate the public.
Just look at Dan Rather.
76 posted on 09/17/2004 5:31:04 PM PDT by counterpunch (The CouNTeRPuNcH Collection - www.counterpunch.us)
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To: January24th
Let me tell you why this "scanning" does not hold water. He is probably refering to OCR scanning - Optical Character Recognition. You then get an editable document. The ONLY reason to do that would be to add content, right? Otherwise you would simply fax what you originally had.

So let's say we had to scan in order to change and add stuff. And if a novice did the work then he'd be hit-n-miss on the supersctipt and such becuase he's using a COMPUTER, of all things.

So there are still ALTERED documents.

90 posted on 09/17/2004 5:42:05 PM PDT by turbocat
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