Re: D-BG4 and AA batteries

2014-04-10 Thread Toine
Ok I'll try standard AA's. Normally I use a second camera battery, AA's would be nice as a backup. Toine On 9 April 2014 22:42, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: I found rechargeable AAs don't work well in the grips. I think the voltage quickly becomes subpar. Works great with an

Re: OT - More Cat Photos

2014-04-10 Thread Mark C
Neat collection - love the ones where the meerkat appears to be looking through the camera. On 4/9/2014 6:43 PM, Brian Walters wrote: Well...Meerkats, actually. Probably about a '10' on the cuteness scale... http://petapixel.com/2014/04/09/photos-video-meerkats-climbing-photographer-gear/

Re: Leaping Tiger

2014-04-10 Thread Mark C
Thanks, Ann. Modern cats can be a little over-civilized! On 4/9/2014 11:56 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: My friend Alice's has a cat door so Toby, her ginger tiger, can come and go - she got Toby when he wsa about 4 years old. Toby also came back into the apartment to use the litter box... don't

Re: Heartbleed

2014-04-10 Thread Bruce Walker
That site has been swamped with requests and times-out before returning an answer. But this articles lists common sites and their vulnerability or not: http://mashable.com/2014/04/09/heartbleed-bug-websites-affected/ On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 11:11 AM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: If

Re: Heartbleed

2014-04-10 Thread Darren Addy
It appears that way if you put the whole URL in there. REMOVE the http://; or the https://; add the :443 after the domain if you want to be sure to test the SSL (which is the whole point of this exercise) I think you'll find response is quite quick if you leave off the https:// On Thu, Apr 10,

Re: Heartbleed

2014-04-10 Thread John Sessoms
Be nice if that was in a printable format. I am *NOT* happy with *ANY* computers, computer companies or software of any way shape or form this morning. On 4/10/2014 9:55 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: That site has been swamped with requests and times-out before returning an answer. But this articles

Re: Heartbleed

2014-04-10 Thread Darren Addy
What the HeartBleed Attack Really Means: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/elements/2014/04/the-internets-telltale-heartbleed.html On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 11:24 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: Be nice if that was in a printable format. I am *NOT* happy with *ANY* computers,

Re: Heartbleed

2014-04-10 Thread steve harley
on 2014-04-10 7:55 Bruce Walker wrote That site has been swamped with requests and times-out before returning an answer. But this articles lists common sites and their vulnerability or not: http://mashable.com/2014/04/09/heartbleed-bug-websites-affected/ if you use Chrome you can add this

Re: Heartbleed

2014-04-10 Thread John Sessoms
I'm not using Chrome. I was already disturbed with how intrusive Google has become before the whole thing started. On 4/10/2014 12:31 PM, steve harley wrote: on 2014-04-10 7:55 Bruce Walker wrote That site has been swamped with requests and times-out before returning an answer. But this

Re: Heartbleed

2014-04-10 Thread steve harley
on 2014-04-10 10:29 Darren Addy wrote What the HeartBleed Attack Really Means: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/elements/2014/04/the-internets-telltale-heartbleed.html it's amusing to see the media rush to explain Heartbleed; perhaps it will increase technical literacy and cause an

Re: Heartbleed

2014-04-10 Thread Darren Addy
That's a very good point Steve. (I generally consider anything that I haven't already thought of as a Good Point). : ) Now who in the world do we think might have the resources to store huge amounts of encrypted internet traffic? [COUGH! nsa COUGH!]

Re: Heartbleed

2014-04-10 Thread Darren Addy
I found a local internet service provider (and web host) that was vulnerable and alerted them. Interesting that this DOES NOT affect the Windows web server (IIS). Probably the first time in history that IIS web admins are happy that they manage a Microsoft product. On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 12:02

Good news for a change

2014-04-10 Thread John Sessoms
Just to prove that I'm not entirely Mister Grumpy *all* of the time. I had to go out to Radio Shack to get a 100ft phone cord so I can take my desk phone over to my other desk try to call tech support about another completely different computer problem I haven't even mentioned here yet ...

Pentax MX batteries

2014-04-10 Thread Daniele Procida
Should I expect 675 batteries (nominally 1.45V, though brand new Rayovacs are reading 1.38V on my multimeter) to power the meter on an MX? I'm not getting any reading from the meter at all now. At the weekend, the LEDs for underexposure would show, but none would show for correct or

RE: Good news for a change

2014-04-10 Thread Gerrit Visser
That is good news indeed. I recently ran into 2 other Pentax shooters at Big Cypress in Florida. First P sighting in 3+ years except for Bruce's Pentax. Will see if Henrys in Toronto gets a decent display. Gerrit -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of

RE: Heartbleed

2014-04-10 Thread Gerrit Visser
Sometimes you get what you pay for. Certainly puts a dent in the peer-reviewed code is more secure mantra. Gerrit -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Darren Addy Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2014 1:50 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re:

Re: Good news for a change

2014-04-10 Thread Paul Stenquist
My local store told me they were going to be selling Pentax again as well. On Apr 10, 2014, at 2:29 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: Just to prove that I'm not entirely Mister Grumpy *all* of the time. I had to go out to Radio Shack to get a 100ft phone cord so I can take my

PDML folder

2014-04-10 Thread jdavisf8
I changes my email account from Yahoo to Comcast and find it's been so long since I set up a PDML folder, I've forgotten how it's done. Would someone please give me a quick tutorial off list? jdavi...@comcast.com Thanks, Jack -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Pentax MX batteries

2014-04-10 Thread P.J. Alling
You'll probably see the leds flicker as the camera will think the batteries are near to exhaustion. I try to use Silver Oxide in the MX LX and ME cameras I have, that's what they were designed to use, other chemistries will work, but not optimally. At least with the MX the battery only

Re: Heartbleed

2014-04-10 Thread Darren Addy
I agree Gerrit (on the dent in the reputation of the Open Source peer-reviewed code movement). I think that this is the part of this story that I haven't SEEN yet? Who/where did the insecure code addition COME FROM and why was there the failure to catch it at the time of its being rolled into the

Re: Heartbleed

2014-04-10 Thread John Sessoms
It's four guys who don't get paid for it. They're all volunteers. One of them made a mistake in revising a section of code that didn't cause crashes or even hiccups, so no one was prompted to look specifically at that bit of code. You don't fix something if you don't know it's broke. Another

Re: Heartbleed

2014-04-10 Thread steve harley
on 2014-04-10 14:27 John Sessoms wrote It's four guys who don't get paid for it. They're all volunteers. i suspect they are paid, as time to contribute to community software is often a standard part of a developer's compensation; sometimes employees are recruited specifically because of the

Re: Heartbleed

2014-04-10 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 10 Apr 2014, at 17:55, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote: on 2014-04-10 10:29 Darren Addy wrote What the HeartBleed Attack Really Means: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/elements/2014/04/the-internets-telltale-heartbleed.html it's amusing to see the media rush to explain

Re: Heartbleed

2014-04-10 Thread Bruce Walker
We're really talking averages here. Yes, this is a nasty bug that leads to a serious vulnerability, but in general and over time the more eyes that can see code the more likely that errors will be caught. And if you examine the OpenBSD record you'll see that it has worked well. Microsoft's

Pentax and Leica to Share Sensor?

2014-04-10 Thread Paul Stenquist
Perhaps: http://www.eoshd.com/content/12607/leica-s-medium-format-camera-feature-4k-video -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: Heartbleed

2014-04-10 Thread Bob W-PDML
The other side of openness is that it's not just the good guys who can read the code and find bugs to exploit. The bad guys also have arguably a stronger motivation, money, to find them than the good guys who are rewarded by a warm fuzzy feeling. If the code is not published then you can only

Re: Heartbleed

2014-04-10 Thread Bruce Walker
Mickeysoft stuff is routinely disassembled to provide the baddies with something closer to whitebox abilities. And the number of vulnerabilities lacing MS products is so large, just about anyone with a fuzzer and some time can find something useful, or at least damaging to use in a DoS attack.

Re: Pentax and Leica to Share Sensor?

2014-04-10 Thread P.J. Alling
Sometimes, Just because you can. isn't really a good enough reason. On 4/10/2014 6:58 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: Perhaps: http://www.eoshd.com/content/12607/leica-s-medium-format-camera-feature-4k-video -- A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant, and the crazy, crazier.

PESO: Blue Heron Fishing

2014-04-10 Thread Jeffery Johnson
Yesterday I had to drop off some paperwork to a business just down the road. I took my camera along because there is an entrance to the Richland Creek Greenway not far from the business. It pretty much was uneventful until I got to the mini dam that is on the creek. I have at times spotted a

Re: Heartbleed

2014-04-10 Thread steve harley
on 2014-04-10 16:31 Bob W-PDML wrote It is the technically literate who have been the most trusting, swallowing whole and without supporting evidence the idea that open source software is inherently secure because so many eyes are supposedly examining it. i wonder which technically literate

Re: Good news for a change

2014-04-10 Thread steve harley
on 2014-04-10 12:29 John Sessoms wrote About 5 steps into the store I spot it! It's a display case FULL of Ricoh Pentax. NEW Ricoh Pentax. They've got their Pentax dealership back. Hallelujah! i think Pentax/Ricoh are the *only* DSLRs Denver Pro Photo carries - they have a great selection,

PESO -- Ed II

2014-04-10 Thread P.J. Alling
Shot available light, at what should be a ridiculously high ISO. Minimal noise reduction, and sharpening. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20edii.html Equipment: Pentax K-5II w/smc Pentax FA 43mm f1.9 Limited. As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored.

Re: PESO: Blue Heron Fishing

2014-04-10 Thread Alan C
He's obviously good at it. Fattening up after Winter. Great action shots, Jeffrey. -Original Message- From: Jeffery Johnson Sent: Friday, April 11, 2014 6:10 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO: Blue Heron Fishing Yesterday I had to drop off some paperwork to a business

Re: PESO: Blue Heron Fishing

2014-04-10 Thread steve harley
on 2014-04-10 22:10 Jeffery Johnson wrote http://www.photocapturesbyjeffery.com/p339098354/e1012b983 i spent my youth watching herons, and that is a much more dynamic shot than i expected! i'd consider cropping out some of the dead foliage and bringing up the shadows (if they are not too

Testing.

2014-04-10 Thread P.J. Alling
Posted a couple of things that don't seem to have shown up. -- A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant, and the crazy, crazier. - H.L.Mencken -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML,

Re: Testing.

2014-04-10 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com: Posted a couple of things that don't seem to have shown up. This one has - for me anyway. Also your Ed II' PESO and reply to the Pentax Leica to share sensor thread. -- Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters

Re: Testing.

2014-04-10 Thread Paul
Ed-II showed up in my spam folder. All your other posts have been fine. Nice portrait, but the brightness right at the top draws my attention away from Ed. -p On 4/10/2014 11:45 PM, P.J. Alling wrote: Posted a couple of things that don't seem to have shown up. -- Being old doesn't seem