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[challenge entry] bin dun?
save this to disc and choose view thumbnails to see the elephant
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there is an elephant, honest
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[edit]
view the image properties / alt text to find out how to find out how to find the hidden elephant
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OK, how it's done: JPEGs have an embedded thumbnail image that's not necessarily the same as the main image.

There's a neat bit of postcardware called Exifer you can use to view and edit the thumbnail and all the other embedded exif data.
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The lady in the picture is Cat Schwartz (a TV technology presenter) who put the image on her blog after cropping out her naked boobs, however much to her embarrassment the cropping software left the thumbnail unaltered.
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From the How do you hide an elephant? challenge. See all 431 entries (closed)

(I helped save b3ta! lord bofingham, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 10:14, archived)
# Yeh she probably has,
slut...
(I helped save b3ta! ..wil, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 10:15, archived)
# ?
do you mean the hand shape?
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 10:27, archived)
# No
but there's a clue in the alt text
(I helped save b3ta! lord bofingham, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 10:29, archived)
# ?
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 10:30, archived)
# OK
I've made the alt text (either hover over or right click and view properties of the image) more explicit
(I helped save b3ta! lord bofingham, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 10:32, archived)
# How did you do that?
Clever sod!
(I helped save b3ta! Barbarossa is not my real name, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 10:33, archived)
# ^
inquiring minds would like to know :)
(I helped save b3ta! arrangedletters, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 10:36, archived)
# I'm guessing he had a fiddle with the EXIF data where the thumbnail image is stored
that's a clever compo entry :)
(Omicron 2 years gone in a flash, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 10:46, archived)
# OK
see edit under image
(I helped save b3ta! lord bofingham, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 11:02, archived)
# I'll click if you tell me how you did it...
(I helped save b3ta! Crystal Magnet Like a diamond geezer, but better, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 10:45, archived)
# OK
now explained under the image
(I helped save b3ta! lord bofingham, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 10:59, archived)
# Cooooooooooool!
And clicked.
(I helped save b3ta! Crystal Magnet Like a diamond geezer, but better, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 11:03, archived)
# still ris'ing
even with the altered alt text thumbnail instruction
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 10:33, archived)
# - Save to harddrive
- View contents of folder as Thumbnails (View type)
- Profit
(I helped save b3ta! Michael Ellis contributes nothing, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 10:37, archived)
# you forgot the -??? step
that one is quite important
(Omicron 2 years gone in a flash, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 10:43, archived)
# yeah did that
I get a small picture of her
now what?
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 10:43, archived)
# For some reason for the rest of us the thumbnail picture of that image is an elephant.
I've no idea how
(I helped save b3ta! Barbarossa is not my real name, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 10:45, archived)
# is this a Mac thing?
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 10:45, archived)
# I get an elephant wearing glasses
(I helped save b3ta! Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Fri 15 Jan 2010, 10:47, archived)
# It works for me as well. You have a strange computer :P
(Omicron 2 years gone in a flash, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 10:48, archived)
# or one that refuses to be fucked with :D
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 10:50, archived)
# Dunno, I'm using XP
(I helped save b3ta! Barbarossa is not my real name, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 10:49, archived)
# Have you downloaded the Ratchet and Clank walkthrough, you cheaty bugger?
Edit: the game's ace though isn't it.
(Cakie So very tired..., Fri 15 Jan 2010, 10:52, archived)
# need to get the last couple of skill points
I 100%'d the previous ones, I'm not letting this one beat me :D

*edit - indeed, love the series, perhaps a little too much
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 10:53, archived)
# I've not played all of them but I've loved the whole 'future' series.
Gotta get me some of these!
(Cakie So very tired..., Fri 15 Jan 2010, 11:01, archived)
# I'm tempted to make my own to scale Clank
:D
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 11:06, archived)
# Nope
I'm using a Mac and, although it does work, the icon is v small. Just about enough to see the joke, but not enough to see her tits.
(I helped save b3ta! Sonic the Hedgetrimmer doesn't care what you think, Sat 16 Jan 2010, 17:34, archived)
# so what OS are you using?
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(I helped save b3ta! lord bofingham, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 10:45, archived)
# Vista
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 10:47, archived)
# When I go to "open file" in GIMP I can scroll through thumbnails, I see it then.
here
(I helped save b3ta! Crystal Magnet Like a diamond geezer, but better, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 10:49, archived)
# never did like Vista
now got one more reason
(I helped save b3ta! lord bofingham, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 10:51, archived)
# maybe it generates its own thumbs
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 10:52, archived)
# it's prejudice against elephants
(I helped save b3ta! Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Fri 15 Jan 2010, 10:53, archived)
# Vista...
You need to go to performance settings and optimise for best performance.

After a reeboot you can view thumbnails!
(I helped save b3ta! philiphunter is liable to flooding, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 10:53, archived)
# I can see thumbnails fine
see above
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 10:54, archived)
# wtf?
(I helped save b3ta! Barbarossa is not my real name, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 10:31, archived)
# Methinks you have hidden it too well.

(I helped save b3ta! Raindance Work is inversely proportional to post-count, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 10:30, archived)
# oooh you clever little monkey :)
(I helped save b3ta! arrangedletters, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 10:31, archived)
# phew!
someone found it :)
(I helped save b3ta! lord bofingham, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 10:33, archived)
# *click*
:)

top techno geekery :)
(I helped save b3ta! arrangedletters, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 10:37, archived)
# ^this
eventually...
(I helped save b3ta! barryheadwound Mul-ti-pass? Multipass!, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 10:34, archived)
# BURN THE WITCH!
MAGIC AND MIRRORS!


(I helped save b3ta! Sir Aunty Grampa Dave the Hat - enjoying a post-meridian muncheon - Ta! Cannaoogim!?, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 10:36, archived)
# ^this
(I helped save b3ta! god save the queen making another unremarkable comeback, Mon 18 Jan 2010, 10:05, archived)
# she has horrible ears
(I helped save b3ta! drbroon abloooobloobloo, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 10:32, archived)
# you've got shit tits
(I helped save b3ta! twig Save 6 Music, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 10:47, archived)
# Has she swallowed it?
or is she smoking it (sorry - not - that's a camel)
(I helped save b3ta! The Twisted Omentum vidi vici veni, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 10:33, archived)
# ooh, a nice bit of lateral thinking
I like it
(I helped save b3ta! Michael Ellis contributes nothing, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 10:37, archived)
# oooh, clever....
how's that done then?
(I helped save b3ta! Henny, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 10:47, archived)
# Fucking tremendous.
(I helped save b3ta! An Eagle in Your Mind, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 10:49, archived)
# you clever boy!
(I helped save b3ta! Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Fri 15 Jan 2010, 10:50, archived)