Re: The Big Bang Club

2011-04-25 Thread eckinator
That would then become the Bang Bang Theory? 2011/4/23 Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info: Dan - yours was the last PDML message I received before the list apparently died. For an explanation of the list weirdness, and in your honor, I am developing what will come to be know as the Big

Re: PESO: Pysanky

2011-04-24 Thread eckinator
very elaborate and beautiful - are these empty eggs painted to keep or will they be eaten? cheers ecke 2011/4/23 Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com: Thanks for looking, Bob and Jeffery. I wanted to take and post something with a spring or Easter feel, and the weather here is so cold and

Re: Powered DSLR CCD Sensor Cleaning Kit - Photo Camera

2011-04-24 Thread eckinator
It looks like it might suck. The real question is, does it blend? 2011/4/19 Matthew Hunt m...@pobox.com: On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 7:19 AM, Krisjanis Linkevics krisjanis.linkev...@exigenservices.com wrote: As for whether this particular solution sucks.. I have no experience. Most of what

Re: OT: The Big Bang Club

2011-04-24 Thread eckinator
2011/4/22 Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com: The Pulitzer Prize winning image that makes these photographers significant is one you have all seen: http://iconicphotos.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/kevin-carter-vulture.jpg?w=700h=466 not me. sure as hell hurts to look at. -- PDML

Re: OT A short Tim Hetherington legacy

2011-04-23 Thread eckinator
Whoa. Stop and think material. Bless his poor soul. 2011/4/23 Cotty cotty...@mac.com: On 23/4/11, Rob Studdert, discombobulated, unleashed: Utter madness http://vimeo.com/18497543 Agreed. Thanks for posting. -- Cheers,  Cotty ___/\__ ||   (O)  |     People, Places, Pastiche

Re: PUG Special Edition - PDML Photo Annual Refusés

2011-04-23 Thread eckinator
2011/4/22 Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com: What about the images that you decided last minute weren't worth submitting? The server couldn't possibly be that big. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML,

Re: The silliest thing you ever did with your camera

2011-04-23 Thread eckinator
Packed my Canon T-90, flash and three lenses into a bright yellow bag marked Kodak in plain view in one of Paris's worst parts of town. Put it on the backseat, covered it with a jacket and walked off to buy a quick snack before driving back to Germany. First one broke the window and stole the

Re: 645D pro-grade service arrangement

2011-04-16 Thread eckinator
Want me to payJens Petersen a visit and tell him to hurry up? It is only a 10 minute drive ]=) Cheers Ecke 2011/4/16 AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com: My 645D is currently in Belgium for realignment of the mirror and/or matte screen position. There was a mismatch between viewfinder focus and AF

Re: Another reason not to buy photos from stock agencies

2011-04-16 Thread eckinator
awesome. nice job =) 2011/4/17 Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com: The U.S. Postal Service wanted to make a Statue of Liberty stamp. So they bought a photo of the Statue of Liberty from a stock photo agency, made it into a stamp and printed three billion of them. Turns out the photo was of

Re: Tilt-shift lenses or adaptors

2011-04-12 Thread eckinator
The Zörkendörfer MFS (Multi Focus System) might do the trick for you - it is basically a tilt convertor for enlarger lenses (other lenses can also be adapted but the default is M39 screwmount). They show up on eBay from time to time. Expect to pay 150-250 w/o a lens. Zörk also builds a shift

Re: Help Naming A Bird

2011-04-12 Thread eckinator
Hey, watch your spelling, it is Aaahnoult!! 2011/4/12 Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com: I thought it was Arnold. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: eckinator eckina...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Help Naming A Bird It is probably

Re: Help Naming A Bird

2011-04-11 Thread eckinator
It is probably named Henery Hawk then =) 2011/4/11 Jeffery Johnson jefferytjohn...@bellsouth.net: Thank You so much Matthew Hunt for helping me identify that my captured bird is a Cooper's Hawk. -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf

Re: A graphic demonstration...

2011-04-06 Thread eckinator
2011/4/6 Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com: I took the mighty FJ1200 for a spin a few days ago.  Was nice to get back in the saddle!  100+ HP and 588 lbs = zoom! Lovely bike. I ride the similarly mighty XJR1300 and I still get that grin every time =) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: en- dis-ablement, and maybe some FS

2011-04-05 Thread eckinator
did I mention that beside a place in my heart you also have one on my hate list? enjoy Ecke 2011/4/5 AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com: Sometimes one has to forgo precious posessions to acquire others. I just sold my FA* 600/4 to raise money for a package of 645 optics that emerged on a Norwegian

Re: OT: Life becomes interesting for vegans

2011-04-05 Thread eckinator
2011/4/1 Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com: I can see it now.  All the health food stores will be advertising 100% all natural vegan polyethylene. maybe. but I've yet to see a vegan eat polyethylene. on the other hand who says the oil used to make their plastic now is fauna free? imho using

Re: I was amused to see this ad on facebook

2011-04-05 Thread eckinator
2011/4/5 Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm: So, would that be a Penton or a Cantax? A Pentax with a Canoprism instead of the usual Canon with a pentaprism of course. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML,

Re: More Pentax quality grief

2011-04-05 Thread eckinator
Most of the problems I've had were with a piece of equipment made slightly over 50 years ago, and came without a warranty. one that can be made in minutes by cheap unskilled labor? well what do you expect? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: en- dis-ablement, and maybe some FS

2011-04-05 Thread eckinator
2011/4/5 Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com: Like you apparently have two hearts - one for love and one for hate... So then, Ecke, sir, you're not an earthling, but rather a time lord from that planet, what is its name again? Boris, my friend it is much simpler than that. my heart is the duct

Re: More Pentax quality grief

2011-04-05 Thread eckinator
2011/4/5 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com: By my calculations it was about 380,000 minutes, though only about the last day of the process is usually referred to as labor.  I do expect that while the initial assembly likely took less than an hour, the technicians involved may object to the term

Re: Hasselblad lenses on Pentax DSLRs

2011-04-05 Thread eckinator
2011/4/4 Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com: But do you have those 'Blad lenses, Bulent? if I am not mistaken, blad means something not so pleasant in russian. pun intended, gospodin liberman? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: I was amused to see this ad on facebook

2011-04-04 Thread eckinator
Actually use your Pentax like a pro to them probably means sell it to pay for a Canon so it all makes sense ]=) 2011/4/4 Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com: I always wanted a Pentax with a Canon sticker on the prism. On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 5:01 PM, Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com wrote:

Re: OT: Life becomes interesting for vegans

2011-04-01 Thread eckinator
how so? you mean their boneless rubber chickens may no longer be vegan? 2011/4/1 Bob W p...@web-options.com: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12904777 B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the

Re: Damned customs - F 85 Soft

2011-04-01 Thread eckinator
I've never managed to get anything by them... have you? 2011/4/1 Krisjanis Linkevics krisjanis.linkev...@exigenservices.com: One of my new acquisitions - the F 85 soft - is held hostage in customs now. Damn those heartless bastards. I know it's their job but still.. will end up costing me

Re: As big as a submarine

2011-03-30 Thread eckinator
Actually the case weighs 1.5 times more than the lens. It is a run of the mill Otterbox type. There were two of these lenses in the bay from an official sigma outlet after photokina, one Canon, one Nikon. they went for 7K€ each compared to a list price of 20. seems demand or appreciation isnt that

Re: New Pentax System...April fools'?

2011-03-30 Thread eckinator
I think April fool's, too. That's not an EVIL/MILC but an interchangeable lens PS. Why would anyone in their right mind spend money for a system camera where sensor IQ is the limiting factor? 2011/3/30 Jaume Lahuerta jlah...@yahoo.com:

Re: OT using a 12 powerbook for showing photos

2011-03-30 Thread eckinator
I received a mail this evening that I can pick up my iPad 2 WiFi 3G 64 GB tomorrow morning. They had me over a barrel because I needed one Monday latest so they sold me the biggest one saying it is the only one I can have. Had to buy it for my business. I doubt it will see much use and it upsets

Re: Got da blurries

2011-03-25 Thread eckinator
sure as heck don't =) 2011/3/25 Tim Bray tb...@textuality.com: Damn, a 100mm f2.8 prime doesn't have much depth of field, does it?  -T -- 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: OT pics from Japan

2011-03-22 Thread eckinator
Very painful to look at. Thank you, Rob, for sharing that link. Photographic interest grinds to a halt when I see these. They are just that compelling. 2011/3/22 Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com: http://www.andrewburtonphoto.com/blog/ -- Rob Studdert (Digital  Image Studio) Tel:

Re: OT network assistance needed

2011-03-22 Thread eckinator
colin the 4100n will try to obtain a dhcp address on the network. if you have a router it should get one. you can then either refer to your router status page or use a network scanner to determine that Ip address. such a scanner would be ipswitch wsping pro pack to name just one. i can mail it to

Re: OT network assistance needed

2011-03-22 Thread eckinator
/3/23 eckinator eckina...@gmail.com: colin the 4100n will try to obtain a dhcp address on the network. if you have a router it should get one. you can then either refer to your router status page or use a network scanner to determine that Ip address. such a scanner would be ipswitch wsping pro

Re: Off Topic thread limit?

2011-03-21 Thread eckinator
2011/3/21 Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com: On 3/21/2011 4:46 AM, mike wilson wrote: Wait until your child picks up your camera and produces superb pictures with it. It's a whole new world of pain and humiliation. Nope. Only because your name isn't Smokey =P BTW can anyone recommend a

Re: OT amazing images out of Libya

2011-03-21 Thread eckinator
Great images, thanks for sharing. I pray they find the freedom and peace they seek. The international community IMO let them down in a most shameful way until a few days ago. And I find the conduct of my government in the matter just plain despicable. Too many EU countries were silently hoping

Re: Off Topic thread limit?

2011-03-21 Thread eckinator
2011/3/21 Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com: Easy. Any waterproof/shockproof camera with lens that does not come out. If it gets dirty, you'd simply wash it under tap water. Additionally, the kid will have to learn to hold it so that their fingers won't obscure the lens. Galia's first camera

Re: Off Topic thread limit?

2011-03-21 Thread eckinator
2011/3/22 Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com: BTW can anyone recommend a camera for a 3yo? Nikon or Canon, any model. So D3x is actually short for Digital for any 3 year old then? And D300s is one that can be used by hundreds of them? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT finally a chance to get even with those f***ers at,, PayPal

2011-03-20 Thread eckinator
2011/3/20 P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com: Under the U.S. system there's no penalty if the lawyer lies in court as long as he's not under oath. Good point. same goes for politicians and lying in public =P -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT finally a chance to get even with those f***ers at,, PayPal

2011-03-20 Thread eckinator
2011/3/20 eckinator eckina...@gmail.com: 2011/3/20 P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com: Under the U.S. system there's no penalty if the lawyer lies in court as long as he's not under oath. Good point. same goes for politicians and lying in public =P oops, wrong. from a certain level

Re: OT finally a chance to get even with those f***ers at, PayPal

2011-03-20 Thread eckinator
Peter I hope you're reading this. Because damn, coming from you that hurts. You're one of the people I've always seen as sincere and genuine in a discussion. You always stand your ground and that's admirable in its own right no matter what your opinions are. And I trust you to not be someone who

Re: OT free software offer

2011-03-20 Thread eckinator
award winner of some sort. just trying to be helpful cheers ecke 2011/3/20 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com: On Mar 19, 2011, at 8:24 AM, eckinator wrote: hi gang thanks to mail being archived and thus essentially public I can't go into detail here but it is useful for programmers, consultants

Mark

2011-03-20 Thread eckinator
Larry: (in an offlist mail to me) Oh, right. You foreigners all look alike to me. Especially in plain text. -- 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

Re: OT finally a chance to get even with those f***ers at, PayPal

2011-03-20 Thread eckinator
2011/3/20 Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net: Flying an airplane full of civilians into a building is torture. Beheading a journalist on videotape so his family can see him die is torture. Waterboarding is just damn unpleasant. uncontestedly waterboarding is less evil. but perpetrating

Re: OT finally a chance to get even with those f***ers at, PayPal

2011-03-20 Thread eckinator
2011/3/20 Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net: But this debate is a far cry from Ecke's snide little remarks about those who oppose wikileaks. back to where I started: DONATE FOR JAPAN, Eckeleaks notwithstanding -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Off Topic thread limit?

2011-03-20 Thread eckinator
Larry, all I can say is I've yet to see a single thread on this list that doesn't stop by itself - they all end eventually. and the signal to noise ratio and signal quality on this list are among the best I've seen. in fact PDML is my only list for precisely that reason and I value the opinion of

Re: Off Topic thread limit?

2011-03-20 Thread eckinator
David W. Robbs? Sounds good to me! 2011/3/20 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com: On Mar 20, 2011, at 11:42 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: frank theriault wrote: On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 11:15 AM, Cory Waters cbwat...@bellsouth.net wrote: You're wrong. ;) F**k you. cheers, frank, defending his

Re: OT finally a chance to get even with those f***ers at, PayPal

2011-03-20 Thread eckinator
Thank you Paul. You were a good man in my book before that, too =) 2011/3/20 Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net: On Mar 20, 2011, at 1:37 PM, eckinator wrote: 2011/3/20 Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net: But this debate is a far cry from Ecke's snide little remarks about those

Re: Off Topic thread limit?

2011-03-20 Thread eckinator
2011/3/20 Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com: Interestingly, the only thread I can remember that virtually went on forever was one about marmots. Sometime in the previous millennium you mean when they groundhogged the list ?? I remember that thread and you're both wrong. It only lasted for

Re: K-20 and DA* 16-50 frustrations

2011-03-20 Thread eckinator
Tim, how about a K-r - costs about as much as a good lens Cheers Ecke 2011/3/20 Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net: You really need a fine line scale to determine focus. Do you have a meter stick? Focus on a number midway down the stick, with it lying on the floor. Come at it from a 45

Re: Off Topic thread limit?

2011-03-20 Thread eckinator
2011/3/20 AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com: Don't think you were around for that circus, Ecke. I definitely wasn't. I was justlookingfor an excuse for a groundhog day movie reference -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from

Re: OT finally a chance to get even with those f***ers at, PayPal

2011-03-20 Thread eckinator
2011/3/20 Walter Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com: One particular FB wants to use a baseball bat. I'll supply the bat. the text is making that FB sound like his is a pet fruitbat named Eric. ministry of housinge looney detector van, anyone? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT finally a chance to get even with those f***ers at, PayPal

2011-03-19 Thread eckinator
2011/3/19 Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net: From what I've read, seriously disturbed sounds much more likely. If you look at how he's treated in prison there will be no telling how sane he may have been once they're done with him. He's on POI watch and in isolated confinement. He walks

OT free software offer

2011-03-19 Thread eckinator
hi gang thanks to mail being archived and thus essentially public I can't go into detail here but it is useful for programmers, consultants and basically everyone dealing with structures of cause and effect. please contact me offlist if interested. cheers ecke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: OT finally a chance to get even with those f***ers at, PayPal

2011-03-19 Thread eckinator
2011/3/19 P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com: I deal with lawyers every day, so it's not as if I'd believe the one of them at this point.  Manning's lawyer not a neutral observer, he's an advocate, and there's no penalty if he lies, unless he's actually in court. There's even less

Re: OT: iPad - how much memory is enough?

2011-03-19 Thread eckinator
/watch?v=rw2nkoGLhrE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgZKjJt-TkU Cheers, Igor PS. And it blends well: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAl28d6tbko Fri Mar 18 20:44:44 CDT 2011 eckinator wrote: thanks, guys my problem is I have no idea what the iPad is practical for; thus far I've ignored

Re: OT: iPad - how much memory is enough?

2011-03-19 Thread eckinator
, 2011 at 6:44 PM, eckinator eckina...@gmail.com wrote: my problem is I have no idea what the iPad is practical for; thus far I've ignored iProducts altogether - what are the most common storage intensive things that you use it for? For me, it works for: - the usual stuff (mobile access to web

Re: OT: iPad - how much memory is enough?

2011-03-19 Thread eckinator
/19 steve harley p...@paper-ape.com: On 2011-03-18 19:44 , eckinator wrote: thanks, guys my problem is I have no idea what the iPad is practical for; thus far I've ignored iProducts altogether - what are the most common storage intensive things that you use it for? i have a 16GB iPhone 4

Re: OT finally a chance to get even with those f***ers at, PayPal

2011-03-19 Thread eckinator
2011/3/19 P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com: Once again, you are postulating torture for torture sake.  There's no percentage in it.  The Government gains nothing and can lose everything.  Rational beings don't risk that.  Manning is a known prisoner.  Even the most repressive

Re: OT finally a chance to get even with those f***ers at, PayPal

2011-03-19 Thread eckinator
2011/3/19 Walter Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com: liberal seems to be the new communist. mccarthy rears his ugly head if you ask me... If it's any consolation, conservative has been the new Nazi for many years now. haha yes it is - to each their own flavour of fascism I guess =/ -- PDML

Re: OT finally a chance to get even with those f***ers at, PayPal

2011-03-19 Thread eckinator
2011/3/20 P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com: It's not the government that's rational, but the humans who run it and do it's bidding that are.  If you think that there are no consequences improper behavior should, just ask the General in charge of Abu Ghraib, she no longer has a career

Re: couldn't get the 540 to work as a wireless slave

2011-03-18 Thread eckinator
just a quick somewhat related question on the side: I recently picked up in the bay four hotshoe adaptors F and two spiral cords to connect them. two of the Fs have a broken casing and will ultimately fail although I think that may be some time away yet. hence my question: with the AF-540FGZ I can

Re: OT Thirty Five years ago.

2011-03-18 Thread eckinator
My first year in school and also the year I met one of my best friends still. Don't remember much of that year but I know I was a happy kid all in all =) Ecke 2011/3/18 Bulent Celasun bulent.cela...@gmail.com: I wish I had more remaining unchanged from that period, though ;) I mean; knees,

OT: iPad - how much memory is enough?

2011-03-18 Thread eckinator
I need to buy one as a demonstration system for my business and can't decide whether to be sensible and buy el cheapo 16 gb or one of the bigger ones - does anyone have experience with one? thanks Ecke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: OT: iPad - how much memory is enough?

2011-03-18 Thread eckinator
harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote: On 2011-03-18 17:20 , eckinator wrote: I need to buy one as a demonstration system for my business and can't decide whether to be sensible and buy el cheapo 16 gb or one of the bigger ones - does anyone have experience with one? i have a little experience

Re: OT finally a chance to get even with those f***ers at, PayPal

2011-03-18 Thread eckinator
2011/3/19 Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net: I find the left's enthusiasm for wikileaks to be rather simplistic. I was a conservative voter much of my adult life. I stopped when I realized how much more corrupt the moderate right is than the moderate left and how much more they are willing

Re: pentax to close customer service center etc because of rolling blackouts in Japan

2011-03-17 Thread eckinator
well you could take it one step further and use the reservoir as a pumped storage plant to compensate the fluctuation of the whirly things =) 2011/3/17 Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com: On Mar 16, 2011, at 23:12 , David Mann wrote: On Mar 17, 2011, at 8:08 AM, Joseph McAllister wrote: As

OT finally a chance to get even with those f***ers at PayPal

2011-03-17 Thread eckinator
PayPal Germany adds 50% to all donations for Japan. money goes to the German Red Cross. probably there are similar offers for other countries. time to punish them for messing with Wikileaks! Cheers Ecke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Yowayowa! Explanation from one lurker

2011-03-17 Thread eckinator
On 08/03/2011 17:55, Morris Galloway wrote: Don't believe it.  No sign of a remote and, as anyone who has used one knows, the chances of getting even one of those shots with a self-timer is slim. May Miss Yowayowa thrash me mercilessly if I'm wrong.  Or right. could it just be a case of a

Re: OT finally a chance to get even with those f***ers at PayPal

2011-03-17 Thread eckinator
...@comcast.net: Huh??? On Mar 17, 2011, at 5:04 AM, eckinator wrote: PayPal Germany adds 50% to all donations for Japan. money goes to the German Red Cross. probably there are similar offers for other countries. time to punish them for messing with Wikileaks! Cheers Ecke -- PDML Pentax

Re: OT finally a chance to get even with those f***ers at, PayPal

2011-03-17 Thread eckinator
2011/3/17 John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com: Just because they stuck a knife in the back of U.S. Government policy on Iraq and Afghanistan don't make Wikileaks good guys. Looking at their overall effect, they harmed a lot more innocents than they exposed any bad guys. In that case Wikileaks

Re: pentax to close customer service center etc because of rolling blackouts in Japan

2011-03-16 Thread eckinator
2011/3/15 Keith Whaley keit...@dslextreme.com: I don't believe the quote at all. It's pure braggadocio... He argued it was so because they had double layer containments. This is a totally deceiving statement. Nuclear power plants use water to cool, and then return the water to the source.

Re: pentax to close customer service center etc because of rolling blackouts in Japan

2011-03-16 Thread eckinator
neither is of any import to me, Larry =P you can give me a Canon or Nikon any day; I'll take it. just don't force your fuel rod on me... 2011/3/16 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com: Debating the pros and cons of nuclear power on the PDML is rather less productive than discussing the relative merits

Re: pentax to close customer service center etc because of rolling blackouts in Japan

2011-03-16 Thread eckinator
2011/3/16 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com: I'd never force my fuel rod on you, and might even take you out for dinner and a movie first. hehe...you had me at butterscotch popcorn.. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from

Re: pentax to close customer service center etc because of rolling blackouts in Japan

2011-03-16 Thread eckinator
2011/3/16 Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com: As I discussed with some friends yesterday, I think any reactors built in the future should be situated uphill from the ocean, and downhill from a gazillion gallon water source, like a lake or man-made reservoir, that could gravity feed

Re: pentax to close customer service center etc because of rolling blackouts in Japan

2011-03-16 Thread eckinator
2011/3/16 John Francis jo...@panix.com: Oh, I don't think anybody would argue too strongly with you there. It's just that you seem to have some quaint belief that this is is some way unique to nuclear power, and that coal/oil/gas/whatever is in some way a safer option. unique: not really. I

Re: pentax to close customer service center etc because of rolling blackouts in Japan

2011-03-16 Thread eckinator
2011/3/16 Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com: I agree with that as well. If I recall though, to get a good water flow into a reactor with pump failure, one needs to vent the pressure from the containment vessel, normally through the Torus in these units, though in an emergency greater

Re: pentax to close customer service center etc because of rolling blackouts in Japan

2011-03-15 Thread eckinator
INES level is up to 6 from 4 now according to French ASN. Chernobyl was 7. The situation is different in that Fukushima 1 (Daiichi) is not graphite moderated so there can be no graphite fire but a steam explosion isn't so bad either. All 6 blocks in varying degrees trouble now, at least 200 tons

Re: pentax to close customer service center etc because of rolling blackouts in Japan

2011-03-15 Thread eckinator
the thing, but the doing that's at fault. Nobody has found good alternatives... Regards,  Bob S. On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 8:06 AM, eckinator eckina...@gmail.com wrote: INES level is up to 6 from 4 now according to French ASN. Chernobyl was 7. The situation is different in that Fukushima 1 (Daiichi

Re: pentax to close customer service center etc because of rolling blackouts in Japan

2011-03-15 Thread eckinator
15, 2011 at 9:48 AM, eckinator eckina...@gmail.com wrote: Bob, there is a rule in IT operations that says whenever someone becomes indispensable [you must] fire them right away [before their damage potential gets even greater]. if there are no good alternatives to dangerous nuclear power plants

Re: pentax to close customer service center etc because of rollingblackouts in Japan

2011-03-15 Thread eckinator
2011/3/15 Dario Bonazza dario.bona...@virgilio.it: On a side note, wouldn't it be time to 'verboten' the sales of standby-equipped devices? Manufactures have all the technology required to get rid of that utter nonsense. since when is omission a technology? =) or are referring to simple

Re: pentax to close customer service center etc because ofrollingblackouts in Japan

2011-03-15 Thread eckinator
2011/3/15 Dario Bonazza dario.bona...@virgilio.it: What are governments waiting for putting standby outlaw like plastic bags? the right campaign donation (or bribe maybe?) from the right people... if the industry can pay off politicos why can greenpeace et al. not do so? greenpeace is a big

Re: pentax to close customer service center etc because of rolling blackouts in Japan

2011-03-15 Thread eckinator
2011/3/15 Keith Whaley keit...@dslextreme.com: You simply don't know what you're talking about. Quite apparently, you know little ot nothing abouto the entire nuclear power industry. To say there is no such thing as safe nuclear power is fatuous. Also incorrect! My suit is flame proof but

Re: pentax to close customer service center etc because of rolling blackouts in Japan

2011-03-15 Thread eckinator
2011/3/15 Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com: My son is able to easily separate the issues and tell me that nuclear energy is safe without considering the disposal issue. How the two are not permanently entwined escapes me, but he's able to do it. what was the name of that John Carpenter

Re: pentax to close customer service center etc because of rolling blackouts in Japan

2011-03-15 Thread eckinator
2011/3/15 Keith Whaley keit...@dslextreme.com: Didn't say that. It's not solved. Is that the only problem you see? no I see tons more but since you see fit to call me clueless I expect you to substantiate your assertion over to you -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: pentax to close customer service center etc because ofrollingblackouts in Japan

2011-03-15 Thread eckinator
2011/3/15 Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com: Indeed, it's very easy to oversimplify. The combination of use patterns, utility and power consumption during standby must be considered. Computers are a case in point, in order to be power efficient they need to consume some standby power, in

Re: pentax to close customer service center etc because ofrollingblackouts in Japan

2011-03-15 Thread eckinator
2011/3/15 Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com: Honestly these days it's probably cheaper to manufacture a system with soft power control than a physical power switch, power control is built into virtually all modern switch mode power controllers. good point, maybe I was wrong there. thanks!

Re: Japan

2011-03-13 Thread eckinator
2011/3/13 Bob W p...@web-options.com: This is the paragraph that puzzles me: To keep things in perspective, no nuclear accident has caused anything approaching the 1,000 short-term fatalities stemming from Friday's earthquake and tsunami. that is so disgustingly cynical. if you care to know

Re: Re: Re: Laptop for minitor for the K-7

2011-03-13 Thread eckinator
there was a newer version of that released in the days of the K-7 so you may want to check Pentax Japan's download area! hth ecke 2011/3/13 Jens p...@planfoto.dk: Well, it seems that there was a Remote Assistant for the K20D. That's good enough for me. The K20D is a very capable camera, quite

Re: Japan

2011-03-13 Thread eckinator
2011/3/13 John Francis jo...@panix.com: that is so disgustingly cynical. if you care to know what severe nuclear contamination does, point your google fu to fallujah depleted uranium - the faint hearted may not want to do an image search... makes you wonder what payroll the author is on...

Re: Japan

2011-03-13 Thread eckinator
2011/3/13 John Francis jo...@panix.com: Try reading that part of the argument as saying:    Don't lose perspective.  There's a whole lot more disruption and    death caused by other aspects of these natural disasters;    focussing too much attention on the nuclear power plant will    only

Re: Autofocus issue with 16-50 f2.8 DA*

2011-03-10 Thread eckinator
I remember when I posted that info as received from Pentax German HQ most of the list were calling PHQ liars and the explanation impossible... oh well =) 2011/3/10 Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net: On Mar 9, 2011, at 7:36 PM, kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Just before I boxed up this lens

Re: Autofocus issue with 16-50 f2.8 DA*

2011-03-10 Thread eckinator
, Not saying it was you, I honestly can't remember. 2011/3/10 Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net: I still find the need-to-power-up explanation hard to believe. But I do believe that SDM problems can be intermittent. On Mar 10, 2011, at 4:11 AM, eckinator wrote: I remember when I posted

Re: K-5 firmware v1.03

2011-03-10 Thread eckinator
there is a wonderful German word, Verschlimmbesserung - meaning an improvement that makes (more or other) things worse. can anyone give an English equivalent? Cheers Ecke 2011/3/10 Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net: That should resolve the tungsten light, screwdrive focus problem that has

Re: K-5 firmware v1.03

2011-03-10 Thread eckinator
traumatic would be more like it ]=) 2011/3/10 Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com: On 3/10/2011 2:04 PM, eckinator wrote: there is a wonderful German word, Verschlimmbesserung - meaning an improvement that makes (more or other) things worse. can anyone give an English equivalent? Cheers Ecke

Re: K-5 firmware v1.03

2011-03-10 Thread eckinator
Mark! 2011/3/10 Walter Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com:  Service Pack On 3/10/2011 6:04 AM, eckinator wrote: there is a wonderful German word, Verschlimmbesserung - meaning an improvement that makes (more or other) things worse. can anyone give an English equivalent? Cheers Ecke 2011/3/10

Re: Autofocus issue with 16-50 f2.8 DA*

2011-03-10 Thread eckinator
2011/3/10 Doug Franklin jehosep...@mindspring.com: I still believe that explanation to be either impossible or evidence of something having gone terribly wrong in their design department. positively nothing wrong with believing the latter IMO =) Ecke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Autofocus issue with 16-50 f2.8 DA*

2011-03-10 Thread eckinator
2011/3/10 Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net: Criticizing Pentax is one of the things we do best. we must. we're their QC dept. after all. =) no offense taken Ecke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML,

Re: Test

2011-03-10 Thread eckinator
oh please use a snoot, willya? 2011/3/11 Tim Øsleby maritim...@gmail.com: MaritimTim http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/ -- 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

OT Australian slang translation help solicited

2011-03-10 Thread eckinator
Hi Australian list members A fellow translator is having some problems with Australian slang - she has three questions and asked me to forward them to any Australians willing to help. Please contact me and I'll pass them on. Quick help as well as colourful explanations will be appreciated Cheers

Re: K-5 firmware v1.03

2011-03-10 Thread eckinator
2011/3/11 Bob W p...@web-options.com: one step forward, two steps back. reminds me of Paula Abdul - she was quite the babe back then. need to look up what's become of her... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the

Re: Test

2011-03-10 Thread eckinator
Tim to move on then =) 2011/3/11 Tim Øsleby maritim...@gmail.com: I had a brief moment of panic. It's over now. -- MaritimTim http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/ 2011/3/11 eckinator eckina...@gmail.com: oh please use a snoot, willya? 2011/3/11 Tim Øsleby maritim...@gmail.com: MaritimTim

Re: OT: Free Time Management Workshop

2011-03-09 Thread eckinator
2011/3/9 Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net: That's our prime condition. hey, don't zoom in on it... We got to get to the root of it, Ecke. you mean you need to get your rear element checked? Never mind the quality, feel the focal length. This act is turning into a complex number. Is

Re: OT: Free Time Management Workshop

2011-03-09 Thread eckinator
2011/3/9 AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com: That's our prime condition. hey, don't zoom in on it... We got to get to the root of it, Ecke. you mean you need to get your rear element checked? Never mind the quality, feel the focal length. This act is turning into a complex number. Is that real or

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