The Rydermark Thread (TM)

The images are clearly doctored photos, it's only a question of time until somebody finds the image used for the people. That boat looks like the only thing that is drawn, and not by a computer, more by a hand.
Can Fudo hope to keep his job after this? I thought this was some kind of joke when I saw those pictures, but now I wonder. Is he really being mislead? Is it possible to be this blind?
If somebody he trusts has feed him this, somebody he trusts is out to get him. Doesn't bring out the popcorn-feeling in me.

 

Yeah, its kinda scary, cause this has the markings more of "let's totally destroy Faud's reputation" than "let's hurt NVIDIA".

Faud definitely enjoys what he does, and sometimes he is on the right track, and sometimes he is on the wrong track. This is really starting to look like someone is pulling Faud's leg in a big way, and he is most likely going to take the brunt of the fallout.

 

Just out of the blue, but anyone know who is making this Rydermark? I couldn't find anything on the web, well other then links to the Inq.

 

I couldn't exactly find anything either, but I betcha these folks have got something to do with it....I found this pict on their site:

 

Come on Mr prankster, show yourself.

This is good stuff.

 

FWIW: The tower in the pic is the Piazza San Marco in Venice, Italy (or the full size copy in Las Vegas). There's lots of stock photo of that, so I couldn't be bothered to look for an exact match.

Edit: This one of the Las Vegas repliaca is pretty close.

 

Maybe. But if he's stupid enough to take the bait, and fall for it so completely, then I hope he loses his job over it. Journalists shouldn't simply just state the "facts" that other people give them. There has to be some level of filtration.

 

Candella is partnered with ATI but not nvidia, FWIW. Not reading anything into it yet, personally.

 

Wow, you guys leave no stone unturned huh. But that raises another question - if the Sahara engine exists why not perpetrate this fraud based on an actual screenshot. What's up with the composited image?

 

An extended quote from that link:

The article is dated June 16 2005....

Just a bit more I thought I'd toss in for fun, this is most enjoyable!

 

The curious thing is that he's clearly expressing trust for a group of people who he's known for a long time. The inherent contradiction between this and the nasty photochop is what's so puzzling.

Jawed

 

Found the source image...

 

I can confirm it is a photograph of Campanile di San Marco in Venezia..
Marco

 

It says "some". No AMD, either.

I really think the ball's in Fuad's court now.

If Rydermark turns out to be real, well we'll all have heard of it, that's for sure.

Jawed

 

Yep nV has no policy of not letting developers put the nV logo on thier own site if they are getting help from nV, nor does ATi. Intel does though, as does AMD.