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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (29835)	5/16/2002 7:42:45 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

On NPR this evening they were talking about a new invention from MIT which allows videos to be completely faked using what appears to be real people. You feed in some tape of real people and then it can generate images which emulate them, including their mannerisms. If anyone has a link I'd appreciate it - obviously one can't see it over the radio.

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (29835)	5/16/2002 7:50:12 PM
From: FaultLine	Respond to of 281500

Mq, <I would like to hear what you make of this: Israeli "art student" mystery> I received a similar PM a couple of days ago. How interesting that it pops up in another ThreadHead's mailbox. I turned it down saying it would take the discussion off in an unproductive direction but apparently someone wants this story out there...curious. --fl@creativeloafing?.com

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (29835)	5/16/2002 8:08:27 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

My theory about the "Israeli art student" story is that it's being run by Mossad, with the intention of letting us know how much they know and how much they can hurt is bad if we try to play tough with them. The "students" came here with knowledge which could only have been obtained by prior surveillance, and they made a lot of noise to make sure we knew they were here. They're a message. OTOH, maybe the message is how easy our security is to penetrate, so we better toughen up. Maybe we're paying them to test our security. Could go either way, but these are the only scenarios that make sense.