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class=203204519-22092010>Today I ask for some suggestions from those of you who
think outside the box. For those who offer good suggestions, the standard
reward is yours: my gratitude, respect and everlasting admiration, or at least
until I forget, whichever comes first, restrictions apply
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class=203204519-22092010>Assume I did a particular job at the ranch on a
particular day, and I wanted to prove in court at some future date that this
task was performed on that particular day. Of course I could
have an honest neighbor witness and sign a statement to that effect,
but then she could be subpoenaed to testify in court etc, and that isn't good,
and may not even be possible, if for instance she is old and sick. So
imagine I take digital photos with a time stamp. The time could be set
wrong on the camera, so just to make sure, I get that day's newspaper and hold
it in the foreground, then keep the paper. So that proves to the
satisfaction of the court that the event could not have taken place earlier than
the timestamp on the camera, but it doesn't conclusively prove the event could
not have taken place later. I could have gotten last week's paper,
intentionally set the camera time a week behind, taken the pictures and claimed
the events took place a week earlier than they really did.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=203204519-22092010>Question please, extro-thinkers: how do I use a digital
camera to prove an event took place no later than
stated?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=203204519-22092010>This isn't a murder case or anything, just a civil
matter, so the standards of proof are such that a digital photo is
usually more than sufficient. One day resolution is plenty good for this
application, but not one week. But using the newspaper trick I can only
bound the problem on one side. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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