[Ha Ha Thats Very Logical]

I can't for the life of me explain how the check boxes could end up with identical pixel configuration. To me, it's impossible unless they were copied and pasted....
If someone could tell me how this could happen naturally, please do so. I would love to hear it.

Coincidentally, the graphics expert cited in WND's last story on the subject -- thread here -- has a new article up today in which she writes:

Pixel-by-Pixel Twins: During the process of scanning, translation and optimization, the software searches for ways to create a document with the best possible appearance with the least required resources. One method of reducing effort is to duplicate similar characters from the first character identified, rather than re-forming each subsequent character from scratch. This results in a document, such as this one, with bits that are identical on a pixel-by-pixel basis.

I don't know if this is true myself -- and someone else here has already demonstrated that they're not perfect pixel twins -- but I thought it was worth bringing up.

[Kleon]

Pixel-by-Pixel Twins: During the process of scanning, translation and optimization, the software searches for ways to create a document with the best possible appearance with the least required resources. One method of reducing effort is to duplicate similar characters from the first character identified, rather than re-forming each subsequent character from scratch. This results in a document, such as this one, with bits that are identical on a pixel-by-pixel basis.

If we knew the scanner and software used, we could say exactly what's going on, but in general this is true. It's a far more believable explanation than forgery. As I've said before, if you look at the frequency and distribution of cloned letters, it doesn't make sense in the context of forgery.

[PA-RIVER]

They are pixel-twins. He is mating the 2011 security layer to the 1961 boxes by adjusting the opacity of that layer. He claimed he needed to adjust opacity to see the differences. He's mixing Apples and Oranges.