Re: PESO - Who can identify this?

2008-04-17 Thread mike wilson
From: Gonz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2008/04/16 Wed PM 02:52:22 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO - Who can identify this? Samsung's new full frame sensor prototype? They're working on making it a bit more portable. I didn't know anyone made

Re: PESO - Who can identify this?

2008-04-17 Thread mike wilson
From: John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2008/04/16 Wed PM 07:28:05 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO - Who can identify this? Partly right. It is, indeed, Babbage's Difference Engine No. 2 The first working model (built from Babbage's original

PESO - Who can identify this?

2008-04-16 Thread John Francis
So: who can tell me what this is? http://www.jfwaf.com/PAW/PAW.php?name=PAW0816 Most of the time I was shooting RAW with the K10D. But at the end of the day I grabbed a few quick JPEGs with the *ist D. So, of course, this shot (from the *ist D) looks better than any of the similar shots

Re: PESO - Who can identify this?

2008-04-16 Thread Cotty
On 16/4/08, John Francis, discombobulated, unleashed: So: who can tell me what this is? http://www.jfwaf.com/PAW/PAW.php?name=PAW0816 Peter Alling's humor press. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com

Re: PESO - Who can identify this?

2008-04-16 Thread mike wilson
Just getting a blank, white page. Is that right? 8-) From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2008/04/16 Wed AM 07:51:38 GMT To: pentax list PDML@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO - Who can identify this? On 16/4/08, John Francis, discombobulated, unleashed: So: who can tell me what

Re: PESO - Who can identify this?

2008-04-16 Thread mike wilson
http://www.jfwaf.com/PAW/PAW.php?name=PAW0816style=1 I still can't differentiate. 8- From: John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2008/04/16 Wed AM 07:46:11 GMT To: PDML@pdml.net (Pentax List) Subject: PESO - Who can identify this? So: who can tell me what this is? http

Re: PESO - Who can identify this?

2008-04-16 Thread Cotty
On 16/4/08, mike wilson, discombobulated, unleashed: http://www.jfwaf.com/PAW/PAW.php?name=PAW0816style=1 I still can't differentiate. 8- I've got a portable version: http://www.technology.niagarac.on.ca/staff/mcsele/images/enigma.jpg -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) |

Re: PESO - Who can identify this?

2008-04-16 Thread John Whittingham
Early MUX from a telephone exchange? John On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 03:46:11 -0400 (EDT), John Francis wrote So: who can tell me what this is? http://www.jfwaf.com/PAW/PAW.php?name=PAW0816 Most of the time I was shooting RAW with the K10D. But at the end of the day I grabbed a few quick

Re: PESO - Who can identify this?

2008-04-16 Thread mike wilson
From: John Whittingham [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2008/04/16 Wed AM 08:33:33 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO - Who can identify this? Early MUX from a telephone exchange? _Much_ earlier than that. - Email sent

Re: PESO - Who can identify this?

2008-04-16 Thread David Savage
difference engine. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Difference_engine But I had to resort to google to find the answer :-) Cheers, Dave On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 3:46 PM, John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So: who can tell me what this is? http://www.jfwaf.com/PAW/PAW.php?name=PAW0816

Re: PESO - Who can identify this?

2008-04-16 Thread Marcus A. Hofmann
That's a bomb, isn't it? ;-) Marcus -- Am 16.04.2008 um 09:46 schrieb John Francis: So: who can tell me what this is? http://www.jfwaf.com/PAW/PAW.php?name=PAW0816 Most of the time I was shooting RAW with the K10D. But at the end of the day I grabbed a few quick JPEGs with the *ist

Re: PESO - Who can identify this?

2008-04-16 Thread AlunFoto
2008/4/16 John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED]: So: who can tell me what this is? http://www.jfwaf.com/PAW/PAW.php?name=PAW0816 An upscaled Pascaline? Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO - Who can identify this?

2008-04-16 Thread Cotty
On 16/4/08, David Savage, discombobulated, unleashed: difference engine. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Difference_engine But I had to resort to google to find the answer :-) Bloody spoilsport!!! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|

Re: PESO - Who can identify this?

2008-04-16 Thread Doug Franklin
John Francis wrote: So: who can tell me what this is? http://www.jfwaf.com/PAW/PAW.php?name=PAW0816 Part of a difference engine? From that angle, it looks like a monstrous ganged variable capacitor like used to be used in radio tuners. With that many gangs, I'd think it'd be a pretty

Re: PESO - Who can identify this?

2008-04-16 Thread Doug Franklin
Cotty wrote: On 16/4/08, David Savage, discombobulated, unleashed: difference engine. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Difference_engine But I had to resort to google to find the answer :-) Bloody spoilsport!!! Hey, I was right! :-) And I /didn't/ have to resort to Google ... I just had

Re: PESO - Who can identify this?

2008-04-16 Thread Adam Maas
Yep, that's the part of Babbages Difference Engine that was built a while back, using period machine shop capabilities to prove it was possible. -Adam Who didn't need to google it. On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 8:16 AM, Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: John Francis wrote: So: who can tell me

Re: PESO - Who can identify this?

2008-04-16 Thread Erwan Louët
Babage's machine ? I heard it had be reconstructed at a museum in California. Marcus A. Hofmann wrote: That's a bomb, isn't it? ;-) Marcus -- Am 16.04.2008 um 09:46 schrieb John Francis: So: who can tell me what this is? http://www.jfwaf.com/PAW/PAW.php?name=PAW0816 Most of the

Re: PESO - Who can identify this?

2008-04-16 Thread David Savage
On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 8:18 PM, Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Cotty wrote: On 16/4/08, David Savage, discombobulated, unleashed: difference engine. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Difference_engine But I had to resort to google to find the answer :-) Bloody

Re: PESO - Who can identify this?

2008-04-16 Thread Paul Stenquist
A mechanical calculator? Nice shot. Paul On Apr 16, 2008, at 3:46 AM, John Francis wrote: So: who can tell me what this is? http://www.jfwaf.com/PAW/PAW.php?name=PAW0816 Most of the time I was shooting RAW with the K10D. But at the end of the day I grabbed a few quick JPEGs with the

Re: PESO - Who can identify this?

2008-04-16 Thread Scott Loveless
Adam Maas wrote: -Adam Who didn't need to google it. Aren't you special? g -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ -- 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

Re: PESO - Who can identify this?

2008-04-16 Thread David Savage
On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 8:43 PM, Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Adam Maas wrote: -Adam Who didn't need to google it. Aren't you special? g -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO - Who can identify this?

2008-04-16 Thread P. J. Alling
Naa, my press is much larger and has teeth... Cotty wrote: On 16/4/08, John Francis, discombobulated, unleashed: So: who can tell me what this is? http://www.jfwaf.com/PAW/PAW.php?name=PAW0816 Peter Alling's humor press. -- Vote for Cthulhu. Why settle for a lesser

Re: PESO - Who can identify this?

2008-04-16 Thread David Savage
On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 8:43 PM, Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Adam Maas wrote: -Adam Who didn't need to google it. Aren't you special? g Nah, just an uber geek. :-D Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO - Who can identify this?

2008-04-16 Thread P. J. Alling
Scott Loveless wrote: Adam Maas wrote: -Adam Who didn't need to google it. Aren't you special? g Geek. -- Vote for Cthulhu. Why settle for a lesser evil... -- Dr. Jerry Pournelle -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO - Who can identify this?

2008-04-16 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Apr 16, 2008, at 12:46 AM, John Francis wrote: So: who can tell me what this is? http://www.jfwaf.com/PAW/PAW.php?name=PAW0816 I thought it was the model miniature for the shooting of the Krell's energy machine in The Forbidden Planet ... ;-) Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: PESO - Who can identify this?

2008-04-16 Thread Mark Roberts
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Apr 16, 2008, at 12:46 AM, John Francis wrote: So: who can tell me what this is? http://www.jfwaf.com/PAW/PAW.php?name=PAW0816 I thought it was the model miniature for the shooting of the Krell's energy machine in The Forbidden Planet ... ;-) Har! (Great

Re: PESO - Who can identify this?

2008-04-16 Thread Adam Maas
On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 8:48 AM, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 8:43 PM, Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Adam Maas wrote: -Adam Who didn't need to google it. Aren't you special? g Nah, just an uber geek. :-D Cheers, Dave

Re: PESO - Who can identify this?

2008-04-16 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Apr 16, 2008, at 7:16 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Apr 16, 2008, at 12:46 AM, John Francis wrote: So: who can tell me what this is? http://www.jfwaf.com/PAW/PAW.php?name=PAW0816 I thought it was the model miniature for the shooting of the Krell's energy machine

Re: PESO - Who can identify this?

2008-04-16 Thread Gonz
Samsung's new full frame sensor prototype? They're working on making it a bit more portable. On 4/16/08, John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So: who can tell me what this is? http://www.jfwaf.com/PAW/PAW.php?name=PAW0816 Most of the time I was shooting RAW with the K10D. But at

Re: PESO - Who can identify this?

2008-04-16 Thread mike wilson
From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2008/04/16 Wed PM 02:16:13 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO - Who can identify this? Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Apr 16, 2008, at 12:46 AM, John Francis wrote: So: who can tell me what this is? http

Re: PESO - Who can identify this?

2008-04-16 Thread Steve Desjardins
Yeah, the current version only fits in Canon body.g Steven Desjardins Department of Chemistry Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA 24450 (540) 458-8873 FAX: (540) 458-8878 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gonz [EMAIL PROTECTED] 4/16/2008 10:52 AM Samsung's new full frame sensor prototype? They're

Re: PESO - Who can identify this?

2008-04-16 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Or was that Cannon body...? Godfrey - www.gdgphoto.com On Apr 16, 2008, at 8:19 AM, Steve Desjardins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah, the current version only fits in Canon body.g Steven Desjardins Department of Chemistry Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA 24450 (540) 458-8873

Re: PESO - Who can identify this?

2008-04-16 Thread David J Brooks
Flux capacitor.?? Dave On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 3:46 AM, John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So: who can tell me what this is? http://www.jfwaf.com/PAW/PAW.php?name=PAW0816 Most of the time I was shooting RAW with the K10D. But at the end of the day I grabbed a few quick JPEGs

Re: PESO - Who can identify this?

2008-04-16 Thread John Francis
Partly right. It is, indeed, Babbage's Difference Engine No. 2 The first working model (built from Babbage's original plans) was created by a team at the Science Museum in London, and put on display in 1991. That machine was originally lacking the printer, but that was added in 2000. This is

Re: PESO - Who can identify this?

2008-04-16 Thread Beaker
Nope. The bomb (really spelled bomba http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Marian_Rejewski) was the stepfather of Cotty's, portable machine, the German Enigma cypher machine. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enigma_machine It was built by the Poles to decipher NAZI encripted communications. Cheers,

Re: PESO - Who can identify this?

2008-04-16 Thread Boris Liberman
I think it is mechanical computer (as opposed to electronic one)... ;-) Boris John Francis wrote: So: who can tell me what this is? http://www.jfwaf.com/PAW/PAW.php?name=PAW0816 Most of the time I was shooting RAW with the K10D. But at the end of the day I grabbed a few quick

Re: PESO - Who can identify this?

2008-04-16 Thread John Francis
On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 10:29:23PM -0400, Beaker wrote: Nope. The bomb (really spelled bomba http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Marian_Rejewski) ... usually transliterated, in English, as bombe was the stepfather of Cotty's, portable machine, the German Enigma cypher machine.