Hard drive problems? (was Re: OT: Home at Last)

2007-06-25 Thread graywolf
going to be setting up a raid-5 array using secondhand drives (first time setting one up for my own use), I would like to know just what kind of problems folks have been having. And now the test, what did the acronym RAID originally mean? graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http

Re: Hard drive problems? (was Re: OT: Home at Last)

2007-06-25 Thread graywolf
/7 service). IDE and SATA drives are about 1/2 of that. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- Scott Loveless wrote: graywolf wrote: Seems like folks here have a lot of hard drive problems

Re: OT Basic W20 video editing

2007-06-24 Thread graywolf
And what would you know about video? Need I say, GRIN! graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- Cotty wrote: On 24/6/07, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: Quicktime is crap on PCs

Re: Polarisers and digital photography

2007-06-24 Thread graywolf
, The Da Vinci Code, from a couple of years back, what an anticlimactic ending that was, I have a more interesting view of goddess warship. Which has little to do with Druidism, I admit. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof

Re: Found it, finally

2007-06-23 Thread graywolf
call that a senior moment, but I just call it Murphy's Law. However, I have had things disappear for ever. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- ann sanfedele wrote: Bill Owens wrote

Re: Blocked by Smart Fitler

2007-06-23 Thread graywolf
And to most technical types the salesman sounds like an imbecile. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- P. J. Alling wrote: Every time you plug a hole, an ingenious way is found around

Re: Franks computer and istD manual

2007-06-21 Thread graywolf
You guys ever heard of a device called a telephone? Go ahead and drop that dime, it is worth it in getting things like this sorted out. GRIN graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- frank

Re: OT Just call me Otto

2007-06-21 Thread graywolf
It is called semi-retirement, Dave. Lots O' Luck graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- David J Brooks wrote: Hi Pentaxians. I;m hoping my next working life can be substained by just

OT Room to Grow

2007-06-21 Thread graywolf
Someday I may have a more up to date computer, at least now I have something to build it in. The new case does take up a bit more space though. http://www.graywolfphoto.com/digital/box.html -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert

Re: Franks computer and istD manual

2007-06-21 Thread graywolf
Well, if a $500 computer, instead of a $30 phone, fixes you guys, who am I to care. Especially when I only use a phone about 20 minutes a month myself. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof

Re: OT Just call me Otto

2007-06-21 Thread graywolf
Ya, three is about it for that show. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- Adam Maas wrote: ann sanfedele wrote: David J Brooks wrote: On6/21/07, ann sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

Re: Histograms

2007-06-19 Thread graywolf
I believe the in camera histogram is taken from the jpeg thumbnail. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- Stan Halpin wrote: The manual that came with my wife's D-Lux3 explicitly stated

Re: OT DVD RAM

2007-06-19 Thread graywolf
Interesting, you sure your drive will handle DVD-RAM? What software are you using to burn it? Nero and Roxio do have an option to erase the disk. If you are using Windows built-in stuff, who knows. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert

Re: Meta-GFM: Are there any *bad* microbreweries in NC?

2007-06-19 Thread graywolf
Having been stationed in Denver back in 1961, I can tell you that it can hardly be any worse than it was back then. The only good thing about Coors is it was under 3.2% so us 18yo GI's could buy it legally. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof

Re: Next version of Firefox will be colorspace-aware

2007-06-19 Thread graywolf
Mozilla seems to be taking after MS, bugware. And instead of fixing it bring out a new version with new bugs. Of course at the price it is more understandable then MS's stance. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof

Re: GESO: My Little Photo Show

2007-06-18 Thread graywolf
I would say it was well worth the effort you put into it. Kudos, Marnie. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo

Re: Lightroom and organizing files

2007-06-18 Thread graywolf
it has only been the last few years that PC's have been powerful enough that you did not need to upgrade to the latest thing as soon as it came out just so you could use them for whatever you wanted to use them for. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot

Re: PESO -- Just another day at the beach.

2007-06-18 Thread graywolf
She is an attorney and is hard at work earning her $500/hr. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- P. J. Alling wrote: My original thought for a title for this was, Does this Cell Phone make

Re: Meta-GFM: Are there any *bad* microbreweries in NC?

2007-06-18 Thread graywolf
). But since the reasoning is that gambling and booze are illegal is because they are evil, I guess it makes sense that the government can do it, governments are after all evil. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof

Re: OT - YAY! More #*$ing bike stuff

2007-06-18 Thread graywolf
Next time I see a Phantom for $10 I will buy it for you. Note: don't hold breath, last one I saw for sale the guy wanted $3500. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- frank theriault wrote

Re: OT - YAY! More #*$ing bike stuff

2007-06-18 Thread graywolf
It looks like an Excellser to me. They, to the best of my knowledge were not made by Schwinn; they were made by Henderson, I think. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- frank theriault wrote

Re: OT - YAY! More #*$ing bike stuff

2007-06-18 Thread graywolf
Humm..? That is interesting, apparently I had things backward. Oh well, I twirn't even born yet, I guess I can be excused for not remembering correctly. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof

Re: Camera question

2007-06-17 Thread graywolf
to resize it life size. He was dismayed to get back a 5x7 (foot) print. What he actually wanted was a full-page print. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- David J Brooks wrote: Hi Gang

Re: Meta-GFM: Are there any *bad* microbreweries in NC?

2007-06-17 Thread graywolf
You can go into a bar and buy a cocktail. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- mike wilson wrote: graywolf wrote: At least Blowing Rock has mixed drinks allowed. Don't know what you mean

Re: Computer quiry

2007-06-16 Thread graywolf
reminds me that I need to get the address of a good remote nameserver as Charter.net's goes down all too often. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- David J Brooks wrote: I spent most of Friday

Re: Lightning proof?

2007-06-16 Thread graywolf
so they do not have to be a licensed insurance company) exclude direct hits, otherwise they are likely to be replacing your house. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- George Sinos wrote

Re: Lightning proof?

2007-06-16 Thread graywolf
die before windows could shutdown in a pull the plug test, so I returned it. Nope, got no use for APC. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- Digital Image Studio wrote: On 16/06/07, graywolf

Re: OT SD the future?

2007-06-16 Thread graywolf
memory and use the CF as a transfer card. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- Digital Image Studio wrote: I see that Olympus managed to shoehorn both an xD Picture card and Compact Flash

Re: OT SD the future?

2007-06-16 Thread graywolf
Geeze! What a maroon, that of course should be, my C-5050Z. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- graywolf wrote: Well, XD is their semi-proprietary format, and CF is the pro format

Re: My Little Photo Show

2007-06-16 Thread graywolf
Congrat's -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, opening night was Friday night. They will hang for a month. In the end, I was pretty tired and sort

Re: Meta-GFM: Are there any *bad* microbreweries in NC?

2007-06-16 Thread graywolf
is the main entertainment. I guess, here in the south church socials were the thing instead; the trouble with them is they tend to be exclusionary. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- Bob W wrote

Re: OT SD the future?

2007-06-16 Thread graywolf
expensive card reader; luckily I have other uses for it as well. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- John Francis wrote: On Sat, Jun 16, 2007 at 08:59:15AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I

Re: The world according to best Buy

2007-06-16 Thread graywolf
Well, Best Buy does hire high school kids giving them an employment option other than fast-food. One of the characteristics of youth is they have not learned how little they know yet. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof

Re: Meta-GFM: Are there any *bad* microbreweries in NC?

2007-06-15 Thread graywolf
However such attitudes are about status, not about what you like. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- Paul Stenquist wrote: Yes, Coors was the thing in Chicago in the sixties. If you had

Re: Meta-GFM: Are there any *bad* microbreweries in NC?

2007-06-15 Thread graywolf
. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- Bob W wrote: Budweiser is a light formulation, it's current incarnation comes from the WWII era, when women entered the workforce in large numbers

Lightning proof?

2007-06-15 Thread graywolf
at the computer at the time and was able to unplug it and pull it out from under the computer desk before anything else caught fire. It is a case of once burned, twice shy... I guess this is the best I can do with my limited resources. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http

Re: Meta-GFM: Are there any *bad* microbreweries in NC?

2007-06-15 Thread graywolf
. However, I am not that much of a snob, I will drink almost any thing but Bud and Coors. BUD because it gives me a splitting headache and Coors for personal reasons. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof

Re: %$!*%$!! at Adorama and the Post Office

2007-06-15 Thread graywolf
My first experience with Adorama was my last. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- Bill Lawlor wrote: I ordered some 16X20 prints from Adoramapix for the Marin County Fair Photo Contest

Re: Lightning proof?

2007-06-15 Thread graywolf
Sometimes a surge partially gets past the first MOV. Also sometimes MOV's go bad. Just extra insurance in other words. MOV is short for Metal Oxide Varistor and is is the semiconductor inside the unit that actually deals with the surge. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http

Re: Lightning proof?

2007-06-15 Thread graywolf
was to network stuff which was not protected. 3 other of the 5 apartments in the building had more damage than I did. Luckily no fires. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- Feroze wrote

Re: Lightning proof?

2007-06-15 Thread graywolf
the voltage like it was low. Also that was quite awhile back. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- Feroze wrote: Thanks, didn't know that...how do you test if a surge protector is working other

Re: Lightning proof?

2007-06-15 Thread graywolf
call a fireworks display. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- Mark Cassino wrote: I dunno, Graywolf I mother nature really wants to destroy your computer she will know that you

Re: Global warming was: The Nine-spotted

2007-06-14 Thread graywolf
The one that says there is now only one theory. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- Bob W wrote: Which Bob? -- Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto

Re: Global warming was: The Nine-spotted

2007-06-14 Thread graywolf
body was designed the designer was incompetent. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- AlunFoto wrote: Ultimately, the concept of a designer also begs the question of who designed

Re: Meta-GFM: Are there any *bad* microbreweries in NC?

2007-06-14 Thread graywolf
What? You don't think there are people who can not stand the taste of beer in Ireland, or China? Also many people are not drinking beer, they are drinking alcohol and could not care less what it tastes like. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot

Re: Global warming was: The Nine-spotted

2007-06-13 Thread graywolf
. The solution is easy. But I do not see any of the environmentalists here saying they are willing to kill themselves to help solve it. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- AlunFoto wrote: I'd say

Re: Global warming was: The Nine-spotted

2007-06-13 Thread graywolf
Yes, that is about what I thought you would say. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- AlunFoto wrote: 2007/6/13, graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED]: The biggest problem is overpopulation

Re: Global warming was: The Nine-spotted

2007-06-13 Thread graywolf
YEP! -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- frank theriault wrote: Skepticism is a good thing. I know that you, more than most, agree with that statement, Graywolf!! -- PDML Pentax

Re: Global warming was: The Nine-spotted

2007-06-13 Thread graywolf
And a collaterally is that things always change. Unfortunately there are many folks who a terrified of change and start singing the woes every time it happens, they are predestined to be very unhappy most of their lives. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net

Re: Global warming was: The Nine-spotted

2007-06-13 Thread graywolf
Hard to accept that you are not somehow special, isn't it. Personally I believe random chance over millions of years is the simplest answer. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- P. J

Re: Global warming was: The Nine-spotted

2007-06-13 Thread graywolf
It is not even proven that Neanderthals were a separate species. They were almost certainly tool using culture, although there are a few anthropologists still arguing against that. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof

Re: Meta-GFM: Are there any *bad* microbreweries in NC?

2007-06-13 Thread graywolf
Cow piss, the fizzy yellow stuff, is not beer. It is a slightly alcoholic watered down rice wine with added carbonation. It's main attraction is that it sells well to people who can not stand the taste of beer. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot

Re: Global warming was: The Nine-spotted

2007-06-13 Thread graywolf
Ah, so the problem is they are not getting what they think is their fair share of the US Dollars? Always interesting to get some insight to what lays under the propaganda and rabble rousing. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert

Re: Question about the New PUG

2007-06-13 Thread graywolf
Punctuation, Dave, punctuation! At least I think you meant: Our main weapon is fear and surprise; our two main weapons are fear, and surprise. GRIN -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof

Re: OT: ebay Power seller stuff

2007-06-13 Thread graywolf
It probably is not worth it if it cost you anything. Personally it seems like so called power sellers sell a lot of cheap junk. Good individual ads are probably the best way to sell on eBay. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert

Re: Global warming was: The Nine-spotted

2007-06-13 Thread graywolf
words there is no necessity of it going through a billion iterations before it happens. And there is no assurance that it will happen even once in that particular billion iterations. Once again no intelligent design is necessary. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http

Re: Global warming was: The Nine-spotted

2007-06-13 Thread graywolf
explanation as it does not need something there is no evidence of to explain it. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- Bob W wrote: Hoyle is presenting a false dichotomy in that argument. In essence

Re: Global warming was: The Nine-spotted

2007-06-13 Thread graywolf
Golly, you two do make my point well. GRIN -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- Bob W wrote: The most recent book I have about Neandertals is dated 1999, so it's too early for some

Re: Global warming was: The Nine-spotted

2007-06-13 Thread graywolf
to prove anything. If you have something more definitive, I would like to know the source, Bob. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- Bob Blakely wrote: You're right. It's out of date. Regards

Re: Global warming was: The Nine-spotted

2007-06-13 Thread graywolf
any other human. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- Tom C wrote: Like I said, I'm not holding him up as the end-all/be-all on the subject. I used this example simply as an example

Re: Global warming was: The Nine-spotted

2007-06-13 Thread graywolf
How about I flip a quarter a hundred times and it comes up heads once? That is all that is needed. You apparently do not understand random chance any better than Hoyle. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof

Re: Global warming was: The Nine-spotted

2007-06-13 Thread graywolf
intelligence has arisen at least twice on this planet and make the likelihood of there being other intelligences in the universe infinitely more possible. It also means intelligence is no guarantee that we are going to survive. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net

Re: Global warming was: The Nine-spotted

2007-06-13 Thread graywolf
The only problem with your theory, is that I have thought it through from both positions. But in the end, if there is a god, he hates me. So F'im grin. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof

OT Looks like a exciting time for astronomers

2007-06-13 Thread graywolf
OK, the other thread got me to browsing the net. From the following NASA website it looks like new information is going to be abundant over the next few decades. http://origins.jpl.nasa.gov/index1.html -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof

Re: Global warming was: The Nine-spotted

2007-06-12 Thread graywolf
accurate either. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- Toine wrote: For people in Africa the story could be different if global warming is progressing. If the models are correct they will see

Re: Global warming was: The Nine-spotted

2007-06-12 Thread graywolf
? -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- AlunFoto wrote: How about a comment on Toine's photo, Graywolf? Jostein 2007/6/11, graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Most of us agree that the world

Re: Global warming was: The Nine-spotted

2007-06-12 Thread graywolf
Besides, just who's creationist myth are we supposed to believe? Personally I like Coyote's better than Raven's. The only reason the Christian's argument is so strong is they just had guns longer than most of the others. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net

Re: Meta-GFM: Are there any *bad* microbreweries in NC?

2007-06-12 Thread graywolf
I find it simpler to buy a beer I like. Especially these days when I can not drink much because it reacts with my medications. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- Gonz wrote: Much

Re: Global warming was: The Nine-spotted

2007-06-12 Thread graywolf
that we will never run out of things to learn, to others it is scary as hell. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- Tom C wrote: I don't think many scientists call it a fact. I've seen

Re: Global warming was: The Nine-spotted

2007-06-12 Thread graywolf
Oh, if we reduced the population to say 100,000 worldwide retained high technology and were very careful we could probably do it, for a few thousand years, anyway. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof

Re: Global warming was: The Nine-spotted

2007-06-12 Thread graywolf
No, you are missing a point there, Peter. Non-survival traits do away with a line. Survival traits give it a boost. But traits that do not affect survival are a dice roll, which is the point you are missing. Pure chance, in other words. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http

Re: Global warming was: The Nine-spotted

2007-06-12 Thread graywolf
Good, I could never stand those white mice anyway. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- Tom C wrote: From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Evolution has only one real mechanism

Re: Global warming was: The Nine-spotted

2007-06-12 Thread graywolf
No, it does not, it just shows that a designer is not necessary to the process. Ockham's razor says, do away with what is not needed to explain something. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof

Re: Meta-GFM: Are there any *bad* microbreweries in NC?

2007-06-12 Thread graywolf
A hobby in other words GRIN. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- Gonz wrote: Homebrewing could be alot of work, depending on how fanatical you are about it. But it could also be pretty

Re: Meta-GFM: Are there any *bad* microbreweries in NC?

2007-06-11 Thread graywolf
I am not confused at all, Bob. I do not go to bars that do not sell what I want to drink. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- Bob W wrote: BTW, BASIC is a programing language, Basic

Re: Global warming was: The Nine-spotted

2007-06-11 Thread graywolf
source. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I saw it before. Kind of an odd angle and not enough depth of field. But interesting none the less. Global warming

Re: Global warming was: The Nine-spotted

2007-06-11 Thread graywolf
to notice in my middle teens, people have been yelling, Doomsday is neigh. In every case they were wrong. Why should I listen to the current crop of doomsayers. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof

Re: Let me brag a bit --OT

2007-06-10 Thread graywolf
It will be interesting to see how these brothers hold up, my canon lasted 12 years or so. On amazon.com in a couple of reviews they claimed it died in six months. Of course one has to take amazon.com reviews, and most others, with a grain of salt. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http

Re: Meta-GFM: Are there any *bad* microbreweries in NC?

2007-06-10 Thread graywolf
that Bohemia was a Kingdom in the former Czech Republic So, since English does not seem to be a very precise language, I guess you can say anything at all. Us folks who try to make it precise are apparently the village idiots. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net

Re: Meta-GFM: Are there any *bad* microbreweries in NC?

2007-06-10 Thread graywolf
One of the NC micros makes a very dark ale, almost a stout, with more hops than any IPA I ever tasted. Yuk! I had to half and half it with Millers to drink it, and I like hoppy brews. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof

Re: Meta-GFM: Are there any *bad* microbreweries in NC?

2007-06-10 Thread graywolf
This is Bill Owens your are talking about. That should be, Beer from his microbrewery, obviously. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- Scott Loveless wrote: Beer from the microbrewery

Re: Meta-GFM: Are there any *bad* microbreweries in NC?

2007-06-10 Thread graywolf
They probably don't want to deal with the Michigan return container laws, there used to be a lot of beers you could not get there because of them. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- Mark

Re: USB Drive Letter Assignment

2007-06-10 Thread graywolf
That is a unix attribute not a Mac attribute. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- Rick Womer wrote: Yeah; get a Mac, and then you can name your drives whatever you want, with none

Re: Meta-GFM: Are there any *bad* microbreweries in NC?

2007-06-10 Thread graywolf
I prefer Basic. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- P. J. Alling wrote: If you want to be precise speak Esperanto. Bob W wrote: All Pilsners may be lager, but not all lagers

Re: Meta-GFM: Are there any *bad* microbreweries in NC?

2007-06-10 Thread graywolf
looked at claim. However it does have the distinction that English speakers can understand it, although it sounds a bit strange. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- Scott Loveless wrote

Re: PESO: A Room With A View II

2007-06-10 Thread graywolf
I prefer the first one too. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 6/10/2007 4:40:08 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes

Re: Meta-GFM: Are there any *bad* microbreweries in NC?

2007-06-09 Thread graywolf
Depends how fussy you are. Compared to Budweiser, no. However some are mediocre. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- David J Brooks wrote: I usually dont get advebtursome in my beer

Re: Meta-GFM: Are there any *bad* microbreweries in NC?

2007-06-09 Thread graywolf
beer at a higher price. sorry no grin. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- Rick Womer wrote: I've never heard American IPAs described as bland before! What puts most people off them

Re: Filtered or non?

2007-06-08 Thread graywolf
times getting the excess blue out before recording it is a help. You probably will just want to get the filters for your most used lens to start with, and hold off on the others until you see how much you wind up using them. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net

Re: GFM - Report and pics

2007-06-08 Thread graywolf
I suggested he get one of these next time: http://www.blue-bird.com/products/coach/450lxi.php -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- Rick Womer wrote: Cotty, Nice report and great pix

Re: GFM - Report and pics

2007-06-08 Thread graywolf
Guy was lucky the truck was not on its way to California, wasn't he? -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- Bob W wrote: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf

Re: GFM - Report and pics

2007-06-07 Thread graywolf
GRIN! -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- Cotty wrote: After reading the excellent reports published already, there's not much to add really. So here's a few random thoughts

Re: OT - recovering files with Linux

2007-06-07 Thread graywolf
Little imagination? I thing Mr Gates has the same imagination as The Brain, Tomorrow, I am taking over the universe. But even then he is not as strange as Mr I take open source operating systems, clean them up a bit and sue anyone who copies it Jobs. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com

Re: Let me brag a bit --OT

2007-06-07 Thread graywolf
not lying. Start up from sleep was about 15 seconds, or about 1/2 minute for 11 copies from the time I hit OK. Definitely faster than the old printer... -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof

Re: PESO - Portrait of Helen

2007-06-07 Thread graywolf
Isn't that sweet! She just sent me an email a couple of days ago. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- David J Brooks wrote: On 6/7/07, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 7/6/07, Scott

Re: OT - a web host that won't filter spam

2007-06-06 Thread graywolf
I think they all filter these days, there is so much spam that it would act as a DOS attack if not filtered out. About the only thing you can really ask for is fairly lenient filtering. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof

Re: OT - recovering files with Linux

2007-06-06 Thread graywolf
Neither of my computers will even run that resource hog. Guess I am lucky. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- Scott Loveless wrote: Last night the laptop shot itself in the foot. I'm

Re: My GFM wrap-up (pretty long, probably boring)

2007-06-06 Thread graywolf
? -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- mike wilson wrote: From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2007/06/06 Wed PM 02:06:29 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: My GFM

Let me brag a bit --OT

2007-06-06 Thread graywolf
and I will have to see how it will do with BW photos. Since this laser printer replaces one that was about 15 year old technology, it is a real serious upgrade in capability for me. I guess that is worth having to eat rice and hotdogs for a month. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http

Re: OT - recovering files with Linux

2007-06-06 Thread graywolf
form of Unix. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- P. J. Alling wrote: Looked. It's too late now, I read the rest and I'm just very, very, pissed. mike wilson wrote: P. J. Alling wrote

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