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Greg Anderson
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 766
From: Ogden Valley, Utah
Registered: Nov 1999


 - posted 05-03-2000 09:35 PM      Profile for Greg Anderson   Author's Homepage   Email Greg Anderson   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
So, let me see if I can summarize that thread and save anyone the trouble of reading almost 100 posts.

1. Some people say they want a demonstration to prove that the code is real and that it works. They claim they don't need to know how it works, just that it works.

2. The same people are offering theories on how it might work, possibly begging for clues from those who swear it's real and that it works.

3. Those who swear it's real won't give any specifics about how it works. They also refuse to be involved in any demonstration and claim you'd have to contact the MPAA to make that happen.

4. Everyone's too chicken to contact the MPAA to ask for a demonstration.

5. People are still insisting that the CAP code is just a hoax.

THERE. Did I cover it all? How many more posts will there be re-stating one or all of the things I just wrote?

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Bryan Redemske
Film Handler

Posts: 70
From: Cedar Falls, IA, USA
Registered: Feb 2000


 - posted 05-03-2000 10:09 PM      Profile for Bryan Redemske   Email Bryan Redemske   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
I was going to say something like that...but i was afraid that in his crusade to figure this thing out, Brad would hunt me down and force me to find the CAP code in all of our prints. Scary stuff, when you think about it.

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Russ Kress
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 202
From: Charleston, WV, USA
Registered: May 2000


 - posted 05-03-2000 10:44 PM      Profile for Russ Kress   Author's Homepage   Email Russ Kress   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
The truth IS out there!!!

I'll call Scully!

If she doesn't know, I'll go all the way to Skinner!

*play music*

*fade to black*

Russ

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Chris Rhode
Film Handler

Posts: 39
From: Tampa, FL, USA
Registered: Apr 2000


 - posted 05-03-2000 11:03 PM      Profile for Chris Rhode   Email Chris Rhode   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
To put an end to all of this posting, I am writing the MPAA tomorrow (or today I should say) to see if they could perform a little test to prove that it does exist and to scare off potential pirates (not that it would phase pirates, they find ways around things.) Hopefully they will give me a worthwile reply.

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Tom Ferreira
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 203
From: Conway, NH, USA
Registered: Jun 99


 - posted 05-04-2000 12:45 AM      Profile for Tom Ferreira   Email Tom Ferreira   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
I'm still trying to figure out why everyone cares so much about this subject-I know I have no plans of bootlegging any of my prints, and I'm sure none of you do either.
However, the thread is amusing to read the cat-and-mouse game that Brad is playing with John. BUT...
I can't read the thread anymore-the page is too big for WebTV. It seems as though once a thread bursts into 'flames', it's too much information for the only internet access this theater manager can afford.

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Brad Miller
Administrator

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From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall)
Registered: May 99


 - posted 05-04-2000 01:48 AM      Profile for Brad Miller   Author's Homepage   Email Brad Miller       Edit/Delete Post 
Sounds like Greg could find a future doing movie summaries! That's pretty accurate there Greg.

Chris,
Be sure and let us know what the MPAA says. However, the odds that they do not already know of this thread is incredible and no one from the MPAA is coming forth to offer such a demo. I doubt you will even get a response.

(Be careful, Mr. Vee has already bound and gagged John once! )

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Dwayne Caldwell
Master Film Handler

Posts: 323
From: Rockwall, TX, USA
Registered: Apr 2000


 - posted 05-04-2000 02:08 AM      Profile for Dwayne Caldwell   Email Dwayne Caldwell   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Chris can call the MPAA, Russ can call Scully or Skinner, I'll try to reach Mulder.

"Trust no one."

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The man with the magic hands.

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John Pytlak
Film God

Posts: 9987
From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922
Registered: Jan 2000


 - posted 05-04-2000 05:46 AM      Profile for John Pytlak   Author's Homepage   Email John Pytlak   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Good summary Greg. "Inquiring Minds" need to deal with the Motion Picture Association off-line.

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John P. Pytlak, Senior Technical Specialist
Worldwide Technical Services, Entertainment Imaging
Eastman Kodak Company
Research Labs, Building 69, Room 7419
Rochester, New York, 14650-1922 USA
Tel: 716-477-5325 Fax: 716-722-7243
E-Mail: john.pytlak@kodak.com

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John Walsh
Film God

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From: Connecticut, USA, Earth, Milky Way
Registered: Oct 1999


 - posted 05-04-2000 09:13 AM      Profile for John Walsh   Email John Walsh   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
The only thing I would add is that "they" really is pural, since I also think the CAP code is real.

Looks like it's just you and me, John. Oh, by the way, Emilia dropped off that file about the Grassy Knoll. Elvis says thanks for fixing his Brownie camera.

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John Pytlak
Film God

Posts: 9987
From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922
Registered: Jan 2000


 - posted 05-04-2000 01:04 PM      Profile for John Pytlak   Author's Homepage   Email John Pytlak   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
John Walsh:

Aren't you the one who started the CAP Code thread? Thanks for believing in me. BTW, you're correct --- CAP Code is real.

Glad to hear Amelia is still kickin'. She hasn't been seen much since that operation in the South Pacific back in '37. Hope you gave her my regards.

I wish "swivel hips" would get a new Kodak digital camera. I'm tired of having to arrange to get Picture CD's from his old Brownie 127 film so he can use Adobe PhotoShop to modify them before he puts them up on his website.

Speaking of Grassy Knolls, Kodak offered me the assignment of analyzing the Zapruder film, but I was too busy with my work helping projectionists. So I asked my good friend and mentor Rollie Zavada (who retired from Kodak) to do it as a consultant to Kodak and the NARA. Rollie's excellent report is on the internet:
http://www.jfk-info.com/zreport.htm

(Look for my name in the credits. )

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John P. Pytlak, Senior Technical Specialist
Worldwide Technical Services, Entertainment Imaging
Eastman Kodak Company
Research Labs, Building 69, Room 7419
Rochester, New York, 14650-1922 USA
Tel: 716-477-5325 Fax: 716-722-7243
E-Mail: john.pytlak@kodak.com

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