Re: Arg, one more LR ??

2009-04-06 Thread steve harley
they whom i call David J Brooks wrote: On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 5:41 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi godd...@mac.com wrote: If your hardware can support 2G, I would strongly suggest upgrading it to that. [...] I have a 60 gig HD on the ibook. Is it worth upgrading this G4.?? i know Macs, don't know

Re: Pentax K7

2009-04-25 Thread steve harley
they whom i call William Robb wrote: Sorry to diss anyone on the list, but if you are under an NDA and you are even hinting about the thing in emails, you are breaking your NDA. the comments about expectations are apt, but most NDAs don't prohibit people from repeating what has been already

Re: OT: Professionalism

2009-04-26 Thread steve harley
they whom i call Stan Halpin wrote: Related to the ongoing thread about what is a professional... One characteristic of many professions is the development of a specialized language. This facilitates communication among members of the profession and serves to exclude outsiders. An example I

Re: K20D as Scanner

2009-05-22 Thread steve harley
they whom i call William Robb wrote: Combine this with the fact that most prints aren't taken with the best cameras, the best lenses, or the finest grained film, and there really isn't any advantage to a flatbed scanner over a modern 14mp or greater DSLR in terms of image quality when copying

Re: Shot Counter

2010-01-06 Thread steve harley
On 2010-01-06 14:26 , Jack Davis wrote: I mentioned having received my K20 and 16~45 back from Pentax repair a couple days ago. I noticed the K20 shot counter now indicates 9900 frames and upon checking some images found that it showed 'prox 5300 at the time it was sent in. my guess is they

Re: Shot Counter

2010-01-07 Thread steve harley
On 2010-01-07 08:20 , Bob Sullivan wrote: Jack, Take the memory card you had in the camera before you sent it for repair. Put it back in camera. The next shot should have the next number in the sequence and the camera will be back to normal. don't you have to force it to roll over first

Re: Snow event

2010-01-07 Thread steve harley
On 2010-01-07 03:17 , AlunFoto wrote: 2010/1/6 Cottycotty...@mac.com: BF Goodrich All Terrain T/A those are _off-road_ truck tires; they might also be good in snow, but they won't fit my old SAAB Over here, by the way, we are having a peculiar case with all-weather tyres and non-studded

Re: Reading the list on Mac

2010-01-11 Thread steve harley
On 2010-01-11 10:20 , Larry Colen wrote: I've been using mutt as my primary mail reader for 15 years, before that it was elm. I'm used to the convenience of text based mail clients which had different search functions for going to the next email which matches a criteria, and limiting the emails

Re: Reading the list on Mac

2010-01-11 Thread steve harley
On 2010-01-11 14:48 , Cotty wrote: In the 90's I used Claris Emailer (remember that?) and when support dried up and OS X arrived, I went for an app that looked and felt just like Emailer. Claris Emailer became Entourage, btw; i never used the former, so i don't know how much of it is left

Re: OT - Kodak's survival plan?

2010-01-15 Thread steve harley
On 2010-01-15 00:35 , P. J. Alling wrote: Well they more or less stole the idea for the Lisa OS from Xerox, then sued Microsoft for having the temerity to steal the same idea for the first version of Windows. breaking news, that! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT - Kodak's survival plan?

2010-01-15 Thread steve harley
On 2010-01-15 07:59 , P. J. Alling wrote: On 1/15/2010 4:35 AM, steve harley wrote: On 2010-01-15 00:35 , P. J. Alling wrote: Well they more or less stole the idea for the Lisa OS from Xerox, then sued Microsoft for having the temerity to steal the same idea for the first version of Windows

Re: OT: I REALLY hate squirrels

2010-01-16 Thread steve harley
On 2010-01-16 21:04 , John Sessoms wrote: These are just plain ol' bushy tail gray tree rats. I think I'm the only person on my street who doesn't have two outdoor cats, but they're all too well fed. They don't even bother trying to catch the squirrels. cats aren't stupid -- unless one is

Re: A word about cats, was OT: I REALLY hate squirrels

2010-01-17 Thread steve harley
On 2010-01-17 05:50 , William Robb wrote: Here's a little hint: If you want a cat that will hunt squirrels, get one from a rural area.y 1) we don't want a cat that will hunt squirrels 2) we don't get cats, they come to our yard so we neuter them and give them shelter in the winter, and

Re: OT: I REALLY hate squirrels

2010-01-17 Thread steve harley
On 2010-01-17 12:40 , John Sessoms wrote: I usually have 3 or 4 sprouts to dig up every year from where the squirrels buried walnuts in nooks crannies around the foundation. until certain neighbors moved (whom we knew to feed raw peanuts to squirrels at their kitchen door), we used to

Re: Wet weather photography without DA* lenses

2010-01-17 Thread steve harley
On 2010-01-17 20:50 , Rick Womer wrote: I have had two pouring rain, sopping wet, 2-hour shoots with my K10D and DA 16-45, without any mishap. i have also used the 16-45 without trouble in mist/light rain for extended periods, on a K200d; it wasnt nearly as wet as the above sounds, though

Re: PESO - Yours Truly

2010-01-17 Thread steve harley
On 2010-01-17 18:34 , frank theriault wrote: This intersection (Dufferin where it does its little zig-zag at Queen, near the Gladstone Hotel) has always struck me as one of the bleaker parts of Toronto. Warehouses and autobody shops everywhere. Here it is as seen from a walk one night last

Re: OT - Any sailors on the list?

2010-01-18 Thread steve harley
On 2010-01-18 12:19 , Cotty wrote: I've just fallen madly deeply in love with this... http://www.bowcrest.com/Recreational%20Barges-breezand.htm just a dilletante, but at first impression that's an incredible price if it's truly in mint condition but there seems to be a problem -- 90

Re: Please Ignore Me (too)

2010-01-18 Thread steve harley
On 2010-01-18 21:21 , frank theriault wrote: I just responded to several posts in the Squirrel-turned-into-the-degrading-environment thread. I shouldn't have done so. well, i could stop myself from responding, but i could not fail to have a response until you said forget it, i was so happy

Re: OT - how to guarantee you luggage won't be lost

2010-01-24 Thread steve harley
On 2010-01-24 13:01 , Ken Waller wrote: Around here, you don't choose to join homeowner's associations - they come with the house (in most sub divisions) - not joining means no house. i'm so glad i live in an urban neighborhood whose diversity is itself seen as a major attraction, and where

Re: OT: Strange but True

2010-01-27 Thread steve harley
On 2010-01-27 12:12 , P N Stenquist wrote: All browsers seem to be able to open the site. What some can't do is link to another room from the opening video. Don't know why. All browsers used to work on all OS. Apparently, only the latest OS -- Win 7 and OSX 10.6 have problems. Perhaps it's a

Re: Spotted on Newegg

2010-01-28 Thread steve harley
On 2010-01-28 20:08 , paul stenquist wrote: It's a picture of a camera. What am I missing? look at pic 2 -- 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: OT - surprised by BH's (Henry Posner's) response

2010-01-29 Thread steve harley
On 2010-01-28 23:01 , Igor Roshchin wrote: On a different subject, - I am rather annoyed by the recent thing that BH (and a few other resellers, including Adorama, Buydig, Amazon, etc.) started doing when they do not show the price on their website until you add the item to the shopping cart.

Re: Stuff to see in CT?

2010-01-29 Thread steve harley
On 2010-01-28 22:06 , John Celio wrote: Later next month I'll be making my first trip to the east coast since 1989 (and my first time on an airplane since 1997) to see a friend in New Haven, CT. Anyone know of interesting things to see and/or photograph there or in areas nearby? it's been a

Re: OT - computer hard drive question

2010-01-31 Thread steve harley
On 2010-01-31 09:15 , Doug Franklin wrote: Rsync isn't really a backup program per se, it's more of a mirroring tool to make sure two live copies are identical. As such, it works for me for some purposes and I use it a on Unix-like environments and Windows. But for mirroring/increments rather

Re: English, American version

2010-02-01 Thread steve harley
On 2010-02-01 08:10 , Morris Galloway wrote: I suggest versus Perhaps we could proceed One American's analysis. Among general professionals in the central U.S. If Boris Liberman is in upper management speaking to those in middle management, then I suggest would have 10% more of the

Re: English, American version

2010-02-01 Thread steve harley
On 2010-02-01 12:53 , Bob W wrote: i tend to look at etymology when pondering such questions -- i see that the Latin roots of 'suggest' mean bring from below; in my eyes, this makes 'suggest' a good, humble term Either that or an idea you just pulled out of your ass... well i guess we have

Re: Graph of the stages of a photographer

2010-02-01 Thread steve harley
On 2010-02-01 14:52 , Tim Bray wrote: But /p/ goes by me... anyone? -T that's when you start managing your photos with Linux -- 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

Re: Laptop computers with good displays?

2010-02-04 Thread steve harley
On 2010-02-03 19:11 , Mark Roberts wrote: Anyone know of any laptop computers with good (IPS/MVA/PVA) displays? current Mac laptops reportedly have TN displays (if someone has a reference to confirm they are IPS i'd like to know), but Apple claims 60% wider gamut and implies all models have

Re: Laptop computers with good displays?

2010-02-04 Thread steve harley
On 2010-02-04 06:17 , Tanya Love wrote: Cool! The lack of viruses is certainly appealing too. I am thinking that I would go for the 15 MacBook Pro, it's just that I haven't used a Mac since highschool and although I know the user interface is so easy to work with, I worry that I am not going

Re: Question for Mac experts

2010-02-05 Thread steve harley
On 2010-02-04 12:19 , Mark Roberts wrote: Here at the college we have both Mac and Windows systems. The Mac in my office won't ever boot for me on the first try. It always locks up just before the Dock should appear and has to be re-booted via the front panel power switch. Second try always

Re: Laptop computers with good displays? - correction

2010-02-05 Thread steve harley
On 2010-02-05 04:09 , AlunFoto wrote: 2010/2/5 Jim Kingjamesk8...@mac.com: Sorry, but I need to correct myself - evidently I was thinking of the latest iMac displays, which are said to be IPS. I can't find any credible source to support my statement above that the MacBook Pro displays use

Re: Laptop computers with good displays?

2010-02-05 Thread steve harley
On 2010-02-05 10:15 , Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: I was deeply involved with Apple as an external developer from 1984 on and then worked for Apple from 1991, shortly after the first PowerBook introduction, to 2004. I sat in laptop development teams representing Developer Relations during the first

Re: Laptop computers with good displays?

2010-02-06 Thread steve harley
On 2010-02-05 10:33 , Martin Trautmann wrote: eSATA? for that you need the 17 MacBook Pro, or an older 15, there are ExpressCards that do eSATA seamlessless (no drivers) fax modem? should you really need such a thing, Apple sells an external modem the size of a pack of gum for $30; a

Re: Laptop computers with good displays?

2010-02-06 Thread steve harley
On 2010-02-06 09:39 , Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Sorry Paul, but I've changed hard drives and RAM (as have many of my non-computer-industry friends) on those exact models. I've changed them on ALL of the laptops I've had, both my own and many pre-prod units. Godfrey, i am not Paul, but i too have

Re: Laptop computers with good displays?

2010-02-06 Thread steve harley
On 2010-02-06 09:49 , P N Stenquist wrote: I've changed drives in most of my Macs as well. It was more difficult on the powerbook G3, but not terribly so. the G3 (at least the Pismo version) was hands-down the easiest Apple laptop to change a hard drive in; i've done a WallStreet too, and i

Re: Laptop computers with good displays?

2010-02-06 Thread steve harley
On 2010-02-05 03:50 , AlunFoto wrote: 2010/2/4 Jim Kingjamesk8...@mac.com: Mark (and Jostein), things HAVE changed in the MacBook Pro lineup. All of the current offerings use an IPS screen with LED backlighting. Link to documentation of IPS? try wikipedia -- it's this cool site that

Re: Laptop computers with good displays?

2010-02-06 Thread steve harley
On 2010-02-05 10:22 , Martin Trautmann wrote: Some typical MBP displays are e.g. * B133EW07 V1 (AUO) * LTN133AT09 bingo ^^ (MacBook Pro 13 2.53 GHz, originally sold in June 2009) * LP154WP3-TLA1 * B154PW01 V0 Within MBP 13 there are dedicated color profiles: 9C8C (?) 9C9E (Samsung) 9C9F

Re: Laptop computers with good displays?

2010-02-06 Thread steve harley
On 2010-02-06 17:24 , Martin Trautmann wrote: Thanks, so the price now is up to $40 or even $90, saving $2 for the former built-in option. yeah i guess Apple sold too few to keep the product alive; i'd try eBay for a better price -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Laptop computers with good displays?

2010-02-07 Thread steve harley
On 2010-02-07 01:59 , Martin Trautmann wrote: Am 07.02.2010 09:56, schrieb Martin Trautmann: Dell models are much cheaper here, about the same size. Are there any experiences about USB 56k modems which did *not* work with Macs? Example of a cheap one: ebay #180458160070, 6.80 € (about $9) -

Re: laptops again...

2010-02-08 Thread steve harley
On 2010-02-08 01:03 , Tanya Love wrote: Asus G73 just an impression, i'm no connoisseur of Windows laptops: i looked this up and saw that it's aimed at the gaming market; note that gamers like their displays to have very fast response, which is generally an indicator it is a TN display

Re: laptops again...

2010-02-08 Thread steve harley
On 2010-02-08 17:13 , Tanya Love wrote: Anyways, can you Steve, or somebody else, explain to me what a TN display is? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TFT_LCD#Twisted_nematic_.28TN.29 IPS-type VA-type displays are usually better for photo editing, though not common on laptops; the particular TN

Re: laptops again...

2010-02-09 Thread steve harley
On 2010-02-09 16:33 , John Francis wrote: Laptops have a half life around 1 year (a bit less, around 11 months, last time I looked at stats.) my previous MacBook Pro (3 years, 1 month old) has just taken over from an iMac G5 as our home server for backups, iTunes and document scanning; my

Re: laptops again...

2010-02-09 Thread steve harley
On 2010-02-09 16:45 , they whom i call myself wrote: On 2010-02-09 16:33 , John Francis wrote: oopsie - that bit i quoted was actually from Graydon -- 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

Re: OT - My Blog

2010-02-10 Thread steve harley
On 2010-02-10 15:02 , frank theriault wrote: How is it for others? took about 40 seconds to finish loading just now; everything above the fold rendered very quickly, then it stalled with zero network activity for most of that time; i wonder if Bob's browser doesn't render until everything

Re: Aperture 3 now available

2010-02-10 Thread steve harley
On 2010-02-10 14:02 , Brendan MacRae wrote: I know that in the past Aperture was slow to update RAW compatibility. In fact, there were times when you were forced to wait for the OS update in order to get them. It looks like that's in the past, however, since I regularly get updates for RAW

Re: OT - My Blog

2010-02-11 Thread steve harley
On 2010-02-11 10:20 , Bran Everseeking wrote: I am often surprised to see ads on other peoples' computers. flashblock is another good toy. gives you the choice of looking at flash instead of having a page that consists of 20 flash ads and a flash player bogging things down. i generally tune

Re: Aperture 3 now available

2010-02-11 Thread steve harley
On 2010-02-11 09:45 , Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Whereas the Lightroom workflow, with only minor differences, works out to be nearly exactly what I came up with on my own using Bridge + Camera Raw + Photoshop, before either Aperture or Lightroom were available. that makes total sense (and is why

Re: (humor) 15 months of a photo-hobbyist

2010-02-12 Thread steve harley
On 2010-02-12 11:19 , Igor Roshchin wrote: Yet another text that I came across recently and translated into English to share with wider audience (with the original author's permission) i don't like humor about cats' pain and death i would also like to note that my three-legged cat is a

Re: OT Do i really need mobleme

2010-02-15 Thread steve harley
On 2010-02-15 09:15 , William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: David J Brooks Any point in keeping it. Do i need Mobileme for mail access or is that just a free mac service. you will lose your email on mac.com/me.com if you don't renew, but it's not too hard to archive the

Re: K-7 $900 at Amazon, today only

2010-02-23 Thread steve harley
On 2010-02-22 06:32 , Matthew Hunt wrote: The K-7 is Amazon's Gold Box Deal of the Day today, Feb. 22. note it was $885 for a while at Abe's today; methinks there will be more deals on K7 bodies in the next few months -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: samsung TL500

2010-02-25 Thread steve harley
On 2010-02-25 01:43 , eckinator wrote: I kinda fina it quite interesting but a little more zoom range such as 24-120 instead of 24-72 would have made it interesting w/o the quite. the Lumix LX-3 has a 24-60 range, and i've really enjoyed using one of those i got for my partner, so extending

Re: multiple copies of messages being received from the list - anyone else?

2010-02-25 Thread steve harley
On 2010-02-25 15:02 , Charles Robinson wrote: I'm getting repeat after repeat... the same messages and threads over and over even after I delete them. nothing of the sort here; sounds like a filter gone awry; you are using a pretty old version of Apple Mail, i see ... -- PDML

Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010-02-25 Thread steve harley
On 2010-02-25 17:39 , eckinator wrote: that's only 'cos of Ricky Martin - offer him citizenship instead =) {chuckles} but note that Puerto Ricans are US Citizens; they just don't get a vote in the US Congress -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Duplicate posts from the list.

2010-02-26 Thread steve harley
On 2010-02-26 16:36 , David Savage wrote: On 27 February 2010 07:34, Rob Studdertdistudio.p...@gmail.com wrote: On 27/02/2010, P. J. Allingwebstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Now I'm seeing duplicate posts. I guess the disease is catching. I'm not seeing duplicate posts but heaps of split

Re: Duplicate posts from the list.

2010-02-26 Thread steve harley
On 2010-02-26 16:45 , David Savage wrote: I only use Gmail the web interface. i see -- and to be clear on what you're reporting, the threads are split even when the subject remains the same? gmail ordinarily ignores all in-reply-to and references ... are the threads that are split

Re: Duplicate posts from the list.

2010-02-26 Thread steve harley
On 2010-02-26 16:57 , Rob Studdert wrote: Depends what they use as the thread binder, Gmail uses the message ID I suspect gmail uses the subject, it's very obstinate about that -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from

Re: Duplicate posts from the list.

2010-02-26 Thread steve harley
On 2010-02-26 17:35 , Rob Studdert wrote: On 27/02/2010, Bong Manayonbongmana...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 8:08 AM, Rob Studdertdistudio.p...@gmail.com wrote: Just a gmail test to see if this new email gets incorporated into the current thread of the same name. No, I did

Re: Duplicate posts from the list.

2010-02-26 Thread steve harley
On 2010-02-26 18:37 , Rob Studdert wrote: On 27/02/2010, steve harleyp...@paper-ape.com wrote: so if you and Bong are actually seeing this segment of the thread broken out in the gmail web interface, something very strange is happening I've been using gmail for some time (eight accounts at

Re: best wide angle - for shooting interiors?

2010-02-27 Thread steve harley
On 2010-02-27 04:24 , AlunFoto wrote: As kids we used to have guns that shot yellow peas. Late in summer, some of the neighbours were alway quite puzzled about the sprouting flora in their gardens... makes me recall the summer of the chokecherry blowgun ... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: UK: Photographer films his own 'anti-terror' arrest, February 2010

2010-02-27 Thread steve harley
On 2010-02-27 04:17 , Cotty wrote: If the police have the power to stop and search under a lawful act, how is that an abuse of authority? it is exactly in how they choose whom to stop search that authority can be abused -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: UK: Photographer films his own 'anti-terror' arrest, February 2010

2010-02-27 Thread steve harley
On 2010-02-27 00:55 , William Robb wrote: The fact that in Britain a street photographer who has done no wrong can be arrested for antisocial positioning of a camera should scare the living shit out of anyone who leaves their home with a camera strap around their neck. or provoke us to do more

Re: UK: Photographer films his own 'anti-terror' arrest, February 2010

2010-02-27 Thread steve harley
On 2010-02-27 04:40 , Cotty wrote: I figured out what the lady had seen, I have a microphone and holder with wind-gag that look like this: http://tinyurl.com/notagun and before it goes in the case the wind gag (the furry part) often needs adjusting up tight (looks like a gun going into a

Re: UK: Photographer films his own 'anti-terror' arrest, February 2010

2010-02-27 Thread steve harley
On 2010-02-27 09:29 , William Robb wrote: I saw the video, at no time did I think the guy was disrespectful of the cop, he just demanded that the cop justify her actions. i felt the same way too -- he was polite, open and patient; interesting the difference in perceptions here -- some see

Re: UK: Photographer films his own 'anti-terror' arrest, February 2010

2010-02-27 Thread steve harley
On 2010-02-27 06:13 , paul stenquist wrote: I think that's true, but the alternative may have been worse: a mega Iran and a strong Soviet presence in the middle east. There's no way to flip the switch and see what might have happened if Afghan and Iraq hadn't had U.S. support back in the day.

Re: UK: Photographer films his own 'anti-terror' arrest, February 2010

2010-02-27 Thread steve harley
On 2010-02-27 10:31 , P N Stenquist wrote: On Feb 27, 2010, at 12:28 PM, steve harley wrote: On 2010-02-27 06:13 , paul stenquist wrote: I think that's true, but the alternative may have been worse: a mega Iran and a strong Soviet presence in the middle east. There's no way to flip

Re: UK: Photographer films his own 'anti-terror' arrest, February 2010

2010-02-27 Thread steve harley
On 2010-02-27 11:37 , Cotty wrote: On 27/2/10, steve harley, discombobulated, unleashed: i felt the same way too -- he was polite, open and patient; interesting the difference in perceptions here -- some see such straightforward behavior as being a dick ... He was being a robot dick. He

Re: Let's not bitch about Pentax... Let's bitch about Adobe.

2010-02-27 Thread steve harley
On 2010-02-25 21:09 , paul stenquist wrote: I've been using Vuescan with my Epson 3200 for the few scans I still do. I couldn't get the Epson Twain plug in to work with CS4 on the Mac. Paul +1 for VueScan -- the UI is a bit clunky at first, but it is reliable and very productive -- it's

Re: UK: Photographer films his own 'anti-terror' arrest, February 2010

2010-02-28 Thread steve harley
On 2010-02-27 15:32 , Christine Aguila wrote: 3c) Folks who sympathize with the photograrapher are assuming the photographer is telling the truth about him *just out taking pictures, minding his own business* and that he wasn't using his camera in an anti-social manner (whatever that

Re: Boris PESO #13

2010-02-28 Thread steve harley
On 2010-02-28 11:09 , Boris Liberman wrote: Hmmm, you're the third (at least) person who makes the comment about the writing... i like the Maryland; makes it more interesting to me -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: OT: Congratulations...

2010-02-28 Thread steve harley
On 2010-02-28 18:47 , Jim King wrote: BTW, I think that the game was one of the best I've ever seen - like a Stanley Cup 7th game without the fighting... i really dislike ice hockey in general, but i watched portions of this game and really enjoyed it; didn't matter to me who won so much that

Re: Off Topic: Jet Lag

2010-03-01 Thread steve harley
On 2010-02-28 23:27 , Boris Liberman wrote: I wonder what kind of advice (except, Boris, go visit a doctor) you could offer me in dealing with the jet lag. one thing i've heard is to endeavor to wake up when you are in REM (active dreaming) sleep, rather than in deep sleep how do you do

Re: workstation

2009-08-07 Thread steve harley
they whom i call David J Brooks wrote: I don't need a new monitor, yet, but just curious. Will these letter codes appear any were when you look at them, on the sales tag or stamped some were.?? generally you can guess pretty well from the basic spec; in my recent research going through dozens

Re: workstation

2009-08-07 Thread steve harley
they whom i call Leon Altoff wrote: If you are publishing it on the net then 99% of people looking at it will have TN screens so what it will never look the way you edited it, so what is the use of a great monitor? [...] Please give me some justification for buying a high end monitor that I

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-08 Thread steve harley
they whom i call David J Brooks wrote: Yes we have them here Bob, but when i try and print the satellite map, the regular map gets printed. printing satellite maps is not allowed; try Google Earth if you need that -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-10 Thread steve harley
they whom i call Joseph McAllister wrote: On Aug 10, 2009, at 13:59 , Charles Robinson wrote: The mystery, tie-your-fingers-into-knots combinations for MacOS are puzzlingly bizarre. There's really only one that is not that

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-10 Thread steve harley
they whom i call Charles Robinson wrote: The mystery, tie-your-fingers-into-knots combinations for MacOS are puzzlingly bizarre. they aren't mnemonic, but if you use them a lot they become second nature: cmd-shift 4, draw a rectangle with the mouse to snap part of screen cmd-shift-4, then

Re: Museum lens selection

2009-09-11 Thread steve harley
they whom i cal Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Shooting inside museums ... well, one isn't generally allowed to photograph the museum's art collection or installations, it really depends; i recently found one can photograph freely (sans flash) at the Louvre, not that there's much sense in trying to

Re: Digest strangeness

2009-09-14 Thread steve harley
On 2009-09-14 12:27 , Chris Mitchell wrote: I occasionally look at the digest when away from home email and have noticed that posts often seem to be out of context with their threads. My recent PDML London posting appeared, seemingly randomly, in the middle of something over a week old as

Re: I shoot, I don't test, therefore I am...

2009-09-20 Thread steve harley
On 2009-09-20 09:52 , Boris Liberman wrote: Ann, I have switched to Simpleviewer based galleries. They require flash player, but my understanding that almost everyone has flash player or browser plugin nowadays. that's not true for mobile users; i often view photo galleries on my phone --

Re: The Ethics of Photo-Cropping

2009-09-26 Thread steve harley
On 2009-09-26 10:48 , Tim Bray wrote: Is it OK to crop a picture to make an editorial point? The answer's not obvious. See http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/09/the-ethics-of-photocropping.html i don't see an ethical problem at all; i respect reporting better when

Re: The Ethics of Photo-Cropping

2009-09-27 Thread steve harley
On 2009-09-27 03:15 , Cotty wrote: On 26/9/09, steve harley, discombobulated, unleashed: suppose it were Adolph Hitler and the photo hadn't been cropped And he was cutting up whale meat i thought it was a worthwhile thought experiment; i wasn't comparing Cheney to Hitler (though

Re: OT: Quote of the day

2009-10-02 Thread steve harley
On 2009-10-02 16:35 , Joseph McAllister wrote: In this age of wide screens, large screens, variable text sizes, and non-monospaced fonts, I'm curious as to why so many of the URLs I see posted are wrapped, for one thing, and not maintained after that wrap as a link? the standard for email

Re: OT: Quote of the day

2009-10-02 Thread steve harley
On 2009-10-02 17:04 , Joseph McAllister wrote: I'd wager that if you had auto-wrap engaged, you could size your windows however you want, AND the URLs would remain links after they turn the corner. except that many email clients do not provide an easy way to auto-wrap to a specific line

Re: Using netbook as a photo-storage

2009-10-06 Thread steve harley
On 2009-10-06 14:27 , mike wilson wrote: Isn't there a converter cable from SATA? Or is it the other way round? yes, e.g. http://www.cooldrives.com/serial-ata---ata-atapi-ide-interface-adapter.html (not a cable, but could be with a bit of heat-shrink tubing) Is there space anyway? almost

Re: pef vs dng

2009-10-07 Thread steve harley
On 2009-10-06 20:56 , Doug Franklin wrote: [...] and I won't believe it anyway until the format has been around and interchangeable for two or three or seven decades, minimum, at which point I'll likely be long dead. :-) i have some PICT files dating back to at least 1987 that i can still

Re: pef vs dng

2009-10-07 Thread steve harley
On 2009-10-07 12:46 , P. J. Alling wrote: TIFF format is however very lose, and can accommodate compression schemes that are not commonly used, which would make such files difficult to read at a future date. i can't digest the specs quickly enough to be sure, but my sense is that TIFF/EP (the

Re: Photo.net

2009-10-09 Thread steve harley
On 2009-10-09 00:06 , Tom C wrote: I know some have said some things about why a certain website may appear to be blocked. After a week or more I still can't get to photo.net. I get a 403 - Forbidden message. my best guess is that your specific IP, or the range of IPs in which yours lies,

Re: OT: Obama just won Nobel Peace Prize.

2009-10-09 Thread steve harley
On 2009-10-09 14:00 , Michael Gaudet wrote: According to the NYTimes link that was referenced, the Nobel Committee based the decision on what Obama *has* accomplished in the last 9 months: [...] “We are not awarding the prize for what may happen in the future, but for what he has done in the

Re: Photo.net

2009-10-10 Thread steve harley
On 2009-10-10 00:38 , David Mann wrote: Another wild guess is that maybe they had an attack of some sort from someone else on Tom's ISP. i bet that's essentially it; Tom hasn't written back to saw whether the proxy worked ... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Mac version of ScanTags now available (with any luck)

2009-10-11 Thread steve harley
On 2009-10-11 12:39 , John Francis wrote: On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 07:25:25PM +1300, David Mann wrote: Works well but I can't drag drop onto its icon. Not a big issue, I can just open a terminal. [...] Maybe one of the resident mac experts can suggest something? to begin with note that

Re: Mac version of ScanTags now available (with any luck)

2009-10-13 Thread steve harley
On 2009-10-12 11:21 , John Francis wrote: Thanks - I'll take you up on that packaging offer. okay let's sort out the behavior first ... I'm not an expert in AppleScript, so I can't be sure, but it looks to me as though your script will create multiple windows if you drag-and-drop more than

Re: Mac version of ScanTags now available (with any luck)

2009-10-14 Thread steve harley
On 2009-10-13 19:36 , John Francis wrote: On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 05:32:31PM -0600, steve harley wrote: what does the windows version do if you drop 50 files on it? I don't think it can handle 50 (there is some limit on the total length of a command line) but I've tested it with forty files

Re: Mac version of ScanTags now available (with any luck)

2009-10-15 Thread steve harley
On 2009-10-15 01:26 , David Mann wrote: BTW this reminds me of a great little Windows utility called Direct Folders. If you have a file open or save dialog open, you can simply click onto any open Explorer window and the dialog will switch to whatever folder is open in Explorer. Similar to how

Re: Chicago stream link anyone?

2010-05-07 Thread steve harley
On 2010-05-07 18:58 , paul stenquist wrote: I think Cotty's edit of the highlights will probably be about eight seconds long. I'm sure it's a fun event, but watching it at waist level as broadcast by a locked-off camera in lo-res computer video makes watching paint dry a thrilling spectator

Re: Completely, waaayyyy OT: Architecture - Personal

2010-05-08 Thread steve harley
On 2010-05-07 14:54 , Jim King wrote: Nice use of glass: the Chapel of the Holy Cross, Sedona, AZ: http://www.pbase.com/jamesk8752/image/124305253.jpg here's a Pentax photo i found that shows it less as the powerful cross surmounting all, and makes me more comfortable with the design

Re: Completely, waaayyyy OT: Architecture - Personal

2010-05-08 Thread steve harley
On 2010-05-07 21:10 , Doug Franklin wrote: Of course I've heard of him, but architecture for me isn't so much a discipline as part of the process of getting a place I want to live in. if that's so, you're lucky; 95% of Americans (and 98% of American realtors) will call a 50's ranch Victorian

Re: PESO - Mountain Flowers

2010-05-10 Thread steve harley
On 2010-05-10 14:45 , Bruce Dayton wrote: Taken in the bottom of the American River Canyon near Auburn, California. i like the composition, and i'm intrigued by the bridge, but i'm frustrated by not being able to visualize the shapes of the dark purple flowers - penstemon? -- PDML

Re: PESO: Sad scene

2010-05-11 Thread steve harley
On 2010-05-11 10:57 , John Sessoms wrote: There's not much you can really do other than help organize and/or participate in a community clean up efforts. You'll never completely stop the inconsiderate assholes of the world from trashing the place. But instead of just posting a sign, help keep

Re: GESO - Chicago exhibit by Karin

2010-05-11 Thread steve harley
On 2010-05-11 08:28 , Chris Mitchell wrote: Here's a mini gallery from Karin (aka Mrs M). Included is a group shot where she pointed and shot while the experts were faffing around with the flash... the second third are nice portraits; i like the first too, despite its technical weakness

Re: My Chicago photos (slide show with music, pre alpha)

2010-05-13 Thread steve harley
On 2010-05-13 03:42 , DagT wrote: I love Mac :-) In Snow Leopard double clicking on the downloaded exe-file started a program called WineHelper, which started X11, which run the show. that won't work for everyone with a Mac -- you must have installed Windows-emulation software called Wine

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