Comments on: ESKIMO’S MAP OF DRIFTWOOD (Sep, 1933) http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/01/16/eskimos-map-of-driftwood/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:12:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Firebrand38 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/01/16/eskimos-map-of-driftwood/comment-page-1/#comment-1073740 Firebrand38 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:08:52 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/01/16/eskimos-map-of-driftwood/#comment-1073740 Are you sure you are using that word correctly? I don't think it means what you think it does.... Are you sure you are using that word correctly? I don’t think it means what you think it does….

]]> By: Don http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/01/16/eskimos-map-of-driftwood/comment-page-1/#comment-1073719 Don Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:01:46 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/01/16/eskimos-map-of-driftwood/#comment-1073719 I think it's a plot by Florin to blame Guilder. Anything else would be . . . INCONCEIVABLE! I think it’s a plot by Florin to blame Guilder. Anything else would be . . . INCONCEIVABLE!

]]> By: Toronto http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/01/16/eskimos-map-of-driftwood/comment-page-1/#comment-1073718 Toronto Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:33:37 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/01/16/eskimos-map-of-driftwood/#comment-1073718 So what you're saying is that these are actually maps of Florin and Guilder? So what you’re saying is that these are actually maps of Florin and Guilder?

]]> By: Firebrand38 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/01/16/eskimos-map-of-driftwood/comment-page-1/#comment-1073714 Firebrand38 Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:08:03 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/01/16/eskimos-map-of-driftwood/#comment-1073714 Don: Anybody want a peanut? Don: Anybody want a peanut?

]]> By: Don http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/01/16/eskimos-map-of-driftwood/comment-page-1/#comment-1073713 Don Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:50:54 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/01/16/eskimos-map-of-driftwood/#comment-1073713 "No more rhyming now, I mean it!" “No more rhyming now, I mean it!”

]]> By: Firebrand38 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/01/16/eskimos-map-of-driftwood/comment-page-1/#comment-1073677 Firebrand38 Mon, 14 Dec 2009 05:11:57 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/01/16/eskimos-map-of-driftwood/#comment-1073677 Enough! The joke has been done to death! Enough! The joke has been done to death!

]]> By: john b http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/01/16/eskimos-map-of-driftwood/comment-page-1/#comment-1073674 john b Mon, 14 Dec 2009 03:42:14 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/01/16/eskimos-map-of-driftwood/#comment-1073674 obviously shopped with PS4. not PS3 or any earlier version. yup, photoshop4. no question at all. i'm an expert with this stuff so i can tell. obviously shopped with PS4. not PS3 or any earlier version. yup, photoshop4. no question at all. i’m an expert with this stuff so i can tell.

]]> By: Firebrand38 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/01/16/eskimos-map-of-driftwood/comment-page-1/#comment-1072262 Firebrand38 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:22:52 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/01/16/eskimos-map-of-driftwood/#comment-1072262 Billy: Definitely an idiot! Billy: Definitely an idiot!

]]> By: Billy http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/01/16/eskimos-map-of-driftwood/comment-page-1/#comment-1072260 Billy Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:59:21 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/01/16/eskimos-map-of-driftwood/#comment-1072260 Definitely shopped! Definitely shopped!

]]> By: Randy http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/01/16/eskimos-map-of-driftwood/comment-page-1/#comment-1071863 Randy Sun, 11 Oct 2009 08:23:26 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/01/16/eskimos-map-of-driftwood/#comment-1071863 http://i54.servimg.com/u/f54/11/74/63/27/shoppe10.jpg http://i54.servimg.com/u/f54/1.....oppe10.jpg

]]> By: -DOUG- http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/01/16/eskimos-map-of-driftwood/comment-page-1/#comment-1071862 -DOUG- Sun, 11 Oct 2009 06:55:11 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/01/16/eskimos-map-of-driftwood/#comment-1071862 http://boscotheblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/look-momno-photoshop_07.html http://boscotheblog.blogspot.c.....op_07.html

]]> By: Charlie http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/01/16/eskimos-map-of-driftwood/comment-page-1/#comment-1071852 Charlie Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:06:55 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/01/16/eskimos-map-of-driftwood/#comment-1071852 You've found me out. Google and I have been working together for years photoshopping history. All to support our liberal socialist agenda. Who do you think faked Obama's birth certificate? You’ve found me out. Google and I have been working together for years photoshopping history. All to support our liberal socialist agenda. Who do you think faked Obama’s birth certificate?

]]> By: Firebrand38 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/01/16/eskimos-map-of-driftwood/comment-page-1/#comment-1071750 Firebrand38 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:30:48 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/01/16/eskimos-map-of-driftwood/#comment-1071750 Randy: Re-read some of the "contributions" on this blog and then be real careful about invoking the word "obvious". Randy: Re-read some of the “contributions” on this blog and then be real careful about invoking the word “obvious”.

]]> By: Randy http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/01/16/eskimos-map-of-driftwood/comment-page-1/#comment-1071747 Randy Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:10:53 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/01/16/eskimos-map-of-driftwood/#comment-1071747 Firebrand38, sorry, I thought my sarcasm was obvious. Is there a "sarcasm" emoticon I can use in the future? :) Firebrand38, sorry, I thought my sarcasm was obvious. Is there a “sarcasm” emoticon I can use in the future? :)

]]> By: Firebrand38 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/01/16/eskimos-map-of-driftwood/comment-page-1/#comment-1071743 Firebrand38 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 01:59:36 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/01/16/eskimos-map-of-driftwood/#comment-1071743 Randy: Actually if you follow the links that I provided you'll see the identical photo at Google Books and they aren't known for their use of Photoshop. Anyway, saying that something is Photoshopped implies that it's a fake and I was disproving that Charlie makes this stuff up. Randy: Actually if you follow the links that I provided you’ll see the identical photo at Google Books and they aren’t known for their use of Photoshop. Anyway, saying that something is Photoshopped implies that it’s a fake and I was disproving that Charlie makes this stuff up.

]]> By: Randy http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/01/16/eskimos-map-of-driftwood/comment-page-1/#comment-1071742 Randy Wed, 07 Oct 2009 01:12:11 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/01/16/eskimos-map-of-driftwood/#comment-1071742 Firebrand38, as someone who has done restorations on a few scans of old halftoned photos, I can verify that it takes mad Photoshop skills to touch them up without messing up the existing halftone screen. Charlie is obviously a consumate professional, since the photo in question has an unbroken screen, and I tip my hat to him... Firebrand38, as someone who has done restorations on a few scans of old halftoned photos, I can verify that it takes mad Photoshop skills to touch them up without messing up the existing halftone screen. Charlie is obviously a consumate professional, since the photo in question has an unbroken screen, and I tip my hat to him…

]]> By: Firebrand38 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/01/16/eskimos-map-of-driftwood/comment-page-1/#comment-1071741 Firebrand38 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:32:04 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/01/16/eskimos-map-of-driftwood/#comment-1071741 Looks like Google Books is in on it too! http://books.google.com/books?id=_CcDAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PP1&pg=PA44#v=onepage&q=&f=false We're through the Looking Glass here, people! Looks like Google Books is in on it too! http://books.google.com/books?.....38;f=false
We’re through the Looking Glass here, people!

]]> By: Firebrand38 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/01/16/eskimos-map-of-driftwood/comment-page-1/#comment-1071740 Firebrand38 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:09:02 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/01/16/eskimos-map-of-driftwood/#comment-1071740 @2: Idiot. You can tell by claiming Photoshop in a 1933 photograph! Good job, Lt Columbo! Once again you caught Charlie red handed! Looks like this web page is in on the conspiracy as well http://inventors.about.com/od/weirdmuseums/ig/Photos---Globes-and-Maps/Three-Dimensional-Model-Map.htm I know, I know, Sherlock....Elementary to you, but I'm impressed! By the way Professor Plum, here is a 1944 article on the map (PDF page 10, document page 80) http://www.sla.org/speciallibraries/ISSN00386723V35N3.PDF It's over 2MB Maybe, they're in on it too. @2: Idiot. You can tell by claiming Photoshop in a 1933 photograph! Good job, Lt Columbo! Once again you caught Charlie red handed!

Looks like this web page is in on the conspiracy as well http://inventors.about.com/od/.....el-Map.htm

I know, I know, Sherlock….Elementary to you, but I’m impressed!

By the way Professor Plum, here is a 1944 article on the map (PDF page 10, document page 80)

http://www.sla.org/speciallibr.....3V35N3.PDF

It’s over 2MB

Maybe, they’re in on it too.

]]> By: Some Guy http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/01/16/eskimos-map-of-driftwood/comment-page-1/#comment-1071739 Some Guy Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:57:11 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/01/16/eskimos-map-of-driftwood/#comment-1071739 Photoshopped, you can tell by shadows and pixels. Photoshopped, you can tell by shadows and pixels.

]]> By: Stannous http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/01/16/eskimos-map-of-driftwood/comment-page-1/#comment-49908 Stannous Wed, 17 Jan 2007 09:32:59 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/01/16/eskimos-map-of-driftwood/#comment-49908 Map of Disko Bay: http://www.abc.net.au/science/greenland/maps.htm The Eskimo's map seems to be the islands along the southern edge of the bay. Map of Disko Bay:
http://www.abc.net.au/science/greenland/maps.htm

The Eskimo’s map seems to be the islands along the southern edge of the bay.

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