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entombed in the shrine of zeroes and ones ([personal profile] rone) wrote2005-02-03 06:32 pm
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the 'q' in espn.com stands for 'quality'

This is a background image that ESPN.com uses as part of its style on its SportsNation pages (chats and polls, mostly).worst. background image tile. ever.

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[identity profile] mmcirvin.livejournal.com 2005-02-04 02:36 am (UTC)(link)
The strip at the lower left is disputed and has been the item of contention in their 12-year border war with Namibia.

[identity profile] littleamerica.livejournal.com 2005-02-04 05:53 am (UTC)(link)
And the speckles represent the inholdings in public lands.

[identity profile] wisn.livejournal.com 2005-02-04 03:07 am (UTC)(link)
Looks like file corruption to me. It displays properly when I hit the page.
ext_8707: Taken in front of Carnegie Hall (grumpy)

[identity profile] ronebofh.livejournal.com 2005-02-04 03:11 am (UTC)(link)
By "properly" you probably mean that the transparent pixels show through to the background color, but the horrible stippling effect remains. That's how i noticed that the image sucks.

[identity profile] crankysysadmin.livejournal.com 2005-02-04 10:12 am (UTC)(link)
Skyscrapers with measles!

b00ber to the rescue!

[identity profile] b00ber.livejournal.com 2005-02-04 09:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Hey,

I have some juice with the ESPN guys. I will get this fixed. :)

ext_8707: Taken in front of Carnegie Hall (monterey)

[identity profile] ronebofh.livejournal.com 2005-02-04 09:13 pm (UTC)(link)
R0xx0r. Can you get them to use bigger fonts (or at least put the font selection widget on all of their pages)?

I'll have to make sure i bug you with all of my espn.com bitching. They haven't really ticked me off in a while, fortunately.
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