Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!uwvax!umn-d-ub!umn-cs!nis!pwcs!stag!daemon From: john@dynasoft.UUCP (John Stanley) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: More Portfolio Ads, with a curious feature... Message-ID: <1989Dec20.021947.6026@stag.UUCP> Date: 20 Dec 89 02:19:47 GMT Sender: daemon@stag.UUCP (The devil himself) Organization: Mindtools ST Access Group Lines: 19 [gl8f@bessel.acc.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl) writes...] [.. talking about an ad for the Portfolio ..] > However, I noticed something quite strange -- the display is simulated > because you can't take a photo of a LCD display... Why tell people something like that? You -can- take a picture of an LCD display. Why would you think otherwise? (Yes, you have to get the lighting right, but that's true of many photo subjects. It's certanly not "impossible"...) > but the font used is proportionately spaced! This, on the other hand is a pretty good reason for thinking it's a "simulated" screen... :^) --- John Stanley Software Consultant / Dynasoft Systems