Typewriter Fraud

[Lost43]

Sorry to say this ,
But the animated typewriter was not created by medea.
that animation has been on the web for serval years and it is a larger animation
that show what is being typed out my best friend that has passed away now created
that animation ....and this is just a cut down of the orig one. is this suppose to be
creations from yourself or others??? sorry to interfere.:( :confused:

[Mr. Anderson]

It should be original - but its been a while since the contest was run, so there's not much we can do now.

Do you have a link?

D

[lexus]

I dont get any of this can someone fill me in.

[WildCowboy]

I dont get any of this can someone fill me in.

In honor of the one millionth post on MacRumors, there was an avatar contest (http://forums.macrumors.com/showpost.php?p=1009000&postcount=1). medea won the animated category with a typewriter avatar. The original poster in this thread is claiming that the animation was lifted from a different animation created by his late friend.

There wasn't in the contest any rule stating that the avatars had to be original work, but there are copyright issues that are routinely ignored in situations like this...not that I think any harm is being done in the use of said images in avatars.

[lexus]

Ok Thanks but Lost43 if you are going to make such claims at least produce some evidence in your favour.

[medea]

woah woah woah. I know exactly what the source of my avatar is so I'd like to know what larger animation you are talking about. I'd like to see it.

[Doctor Q]

I see you're back in the forums, medea. That was quite a vacation from posting you took!

[medea]

indeed Q. haven't posted since 10-04. but I have been "lurking" and of course reading the front page.

[lexus]

indeed Q. haven't posted since 10-04. but I have been "lurking" and of course reading the front page.
Wow that is a long time, why did you leave?

[medea]

Guess I lost interest with the state of the boards back then. Not really sure actually though, it's been so long I forgot ;)

[Koodauw]

well this sure is interesting...

[Eniregnat]

I have to be honest. I have always loved your avatar. It got me to thinking about how it was done, and how I could use the technique in a short film. Of course, the effect is pointless with out a story. But I digress.

The burden of proof lies with the accuser.

I do have to say, that I am attached to my avatar. I would hate to have it attacked.

[medea]

still waiting.....

this person shows up and makes on post which just happens to be an attack on me. I must of pissed someone off on the forums a few years ago. I wouldn't be surprised if Lost43 also goes by some other name on the forums.

[lexus]

still waiting.....

this person shows up and makes on post which just happens to be an attack on me. I must of pissed someone off on the forums a few years ago. I wouldn't be surprised if Lost43 also goes by some other name on the forums.Now the question is who? YOu should get a mod to see if his IP matches anyones.

[medea]

Now the question is who? YOu should get a mod to see if his IP matches anyones.
Well I have a feeling that since it is not possible for this person to produce evidence to their silly claim they will most likely never post again. It's a shame though, I really wanted to hear more.

Oh wow I think I found it.

[dogbone]

I've been patiently waiting nearly two weeks for this thread to get a move on.

What I want to know, Medea, is how are you able to use a 32kb avatar when the limit is 19kb. Is it special dispensation for winning the contest?

[calculus]

dogbone, liking your avatar

[lexus]

Well no response I guess the guy is gone forever into the night!!

[medea]

Well he hasn't logged on since 5-21 so I would say he is gone. Of course it's highly possible that the pain of seeing his dead friends creation stolen was too much for him to handle and he promptly killed himself.
One can only hope.

[UKnjb]

Before this thread disappears, may I ask a question?

I haven't got access to a old-style typewriter and have been trying to work out what word is being typed out in your avatar (and you are so deserving of winning that competition - it's brilliant).

It looks like RUBA to me. Is that right and is there any significance in the letter sequence?

Cheers! :)

[medea]

Before this thread disappears, may I ask a question?

I haven't got access to a old-style typewriter and have been trying to work out what word is being typed out in your avatar (and you are so deserving of winning that competition - it's brilliant).

It looks like RUBA to me. Is that right and is there any significance in the letter sequence?

Cheers! :)

Brains on.

[lexus]

Brains on.
Please tell us.

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

Brains on.:confused:

But the S is never pressed...? Or is it the A that is "defect" and only really seen when pressed...?

[dogbone]

I wondered what 'brains on' meant as well. But I finally worked it out. It was the answer to the question asked in #20 :p

[lexus]

I wondered what 'brains on' meant as well. But I finally worked it out. It was the answer to the question asked in #20 :p
Well done you solved it!!!

[azerivista.com]

It is hard to imagine that our parents for school had to type out on a typewriter their home work. THat must have sucked!
:confused: :eek:

[jessica.]

I took typing in school. When you're in your 30's some kid will probably tell you how much typing had to have sucked because now it's all voice activated!

[medea]

I wondered what 'brains on' meant as well. But I finally worked it out. It was the answer to the question asked in #20 :p
You sir deserve a medal, or at least some sort of cookie. Bravissimo!

[ehurtley]

It is hard to imagine that our parents for school had to type out on a typewriter their home work. THat must have sucked!
:confused: :eek:

Actually, before computers, most homework had to be hand-written in neat cursive. I'm sure there was a short span when typewritten was okay, but even when I was a kid (early '80s,) typewritten was an exception, not the standard. I learned first on a manual (although not as ancient as the one in medea's avatar,) with lovely Wite-Out for mistakes, then an electric which had (man, was this amazing technology,) a backspace/erase button! (It has a white ribbon that, when you pressed backspace, it would back up, and type your last letter again, only with the white ribbon instead of the black ribbon.) Finally, in 1986, my dad bought an early PC, allowing me to move to word processing. I remember going to my dad's work to print out a paper, because he had a daisywheel printer that had black and red ribbons, allowing me to emphasize certain words. As opposed to our ultra-low-quality dot matrix printer.

[DMPDX]

I took typing in school. When you're in your 30's some kid will probably tell you how much typing had to have sucked because now it's all voice activated!
It already is. There are many programs for that. just fyi. Its very amazing/fun and efficient.
-dsm

[Tanglewood]

Last time I used a typewriter was in 2003 during my senior year at high school. I took ROP TV/Film and to do the labels for the VHS tapes we had to type them out.

[ehurtley]

It already is. There are many programs for that. just fyi. Its very amazing/fun and efficient.
-dsm

They are fun... Just see the Vista Voice Recognition (http://youtube.com/watch?v=tLa3Wac4O2A) demo...

[Doctor Q]

Last time I used a typewriter was in 2003 during my senior year at high school. I took ROP TV/Film and to do the labels for the VHS tapes we had to type them out.Wow! Way back when people used VHS tapes!

[Tanglewood]

Wow! Way back when people used VHS tapes!

Yeah I'm ancient. It wasn't too long before that when I was making mixed tapes to listen to while in the car.

[Mord]

Yeah I'm ancient. It wasn't too long before that when I was making mixed tapes to listen to while in the car.


I no longer use any physical media, all my stuff is on HD PVR's for movies (9200T humax pvr with a 500GB HD i put in it) and through my APX for music, cd's and dvd's are old tech....

[jamesW135]

I hate people that will just make something up to get attention. iSmell TM a scam.

[e²Studios]

Maybe this is the same person, but i noticed someone on another forum that i regulary go to uses the same typewriter avatar.

Sorry if this is the same person, i just thought id add this.

http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/uo/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=uouhall&Number=6783027&Forum=,All_Forums,&Words=&Searchpage=0&Limit=25&Main=6782997&Search=true&where=&Name=204441&daterange=&newerval=&newertype=&olderval=&oldertype=&bodyprev=#Post6783027

Ed

[lexus]

Maybe this is the same person, but i noticed someone on another forum that i regulary go to uses the same typewriter avatar.

Sorry if this is the same person, i just thought id add this.

http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/uo/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=uouhall&Number=6783027&Forum=,All_Forums,&Words=&Searchpage=0&Limit=25&Main=6782997&Search=true&where=&Name=204441&daterange=&newerval=&newertype=&olderval=&oldertype=&bodyprev=#Post6783027

Ed
You should message them to see if it is the dead guy.

[Lau]

You should message them to see if it is the dead guy.

:D

"Excuse me? Are you dead?" :p

[lexus]

:D

"Excuse me? Are you dead?" :p
That would be funny.

[WildCowboy]

"Excuse me? Are you dead?" :p

I'd certainly hope not, since he logged in earlier today... :cool:

[xPismo]

How odd. Nice avatar btw.

[Lau]

I'd certainly hope not, since he logged in earlier today... :cool:

Sorry, I asumed Ed H meant the guy on the other forum could be the dead friend of the original poster who (allegedy) created the animation. I could be getting mixed up though. This thread has that effect, I find. :D

[WildCowboy]

Sorry, I asumed Ed H meant the guy on the other forum could be the dead friend of the original poster who (allegedy) created the animation. I could be getting mixed up though. This thread has that effect, I find. :D

That's my interpretation as well...I meant that the guy on the other forum (the "dead" guy) logged in to his site earlier today.

Now I'm hopelessly confused, too... :o

[Lau]

That's my interpretation as well...I meant that the guy on the other forum (the "dead" guy) logged in to his site earlier today.

Now I'm hopelessly confused, too... :o

Oh, ok! :D I couldn't get the forum to load. Stop being confused! Your post made sense. :D

[e²Studios]

Oh, ok! :D I couldn't get the forum to load. Stop being confused! Your post made sense. :D

I think i meant that if there are others using it then how could it be original in the first place? I've seen the avatar with the stratics link person for a while before this contest so stealing it from this site is probably out of the question. Maybe I'm confused which is totally possible.