On 6 Oct 2004 at 23:47, Malcolm Stewart wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Willem-Jan Markerink" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 8:07 PM
> Subject: EOS PhotoKina: baffling observation regarding Canon documentation
> snipped
>
> > After returning home, and rereading some pre-Kina documentation, the
> > most baffling observation/conclusion only dawned on me after the
> > fact:
> >
> > On the Kina, Canon offered just one lousy dual-sided A4 sheet for the
> > 1Ds-MkII.
> > All this while the URL of a multi-page PDF-document of the 1Ds-MkII
> > was posted here long before, containing tons more info.
> > Bye,
> >
> > Willem-Jan Markerink
>
> Hi,
>
> Something a bit similar happened at the Focus on Imaging Exhibition at
> Birmingham's NEC last February. We were looking at the new and just
> announced photo printers on the Epson stand, and for more information they
> directed us to the website. When we suggested that the info could have been
> put onto a Flash Card or similar, and printed out from the demo printer, the
> stand personnel said they hadn't thought of doing that.
A lot of those employees are not even working for the company
normally, only hired for the duration of the exhibition, and know
shit about the product, other than the drill they receive on monday
(press-day)....:))
Intelligence is the inverse of the amount of time needed for
detection & getting you past that first line of defence....
And with printers I guess it is also related to the chicken vs egg
problem.
Willem
(oh well, the way some Chinese organise their crew isn't perfect
either, flying in the US-relative of a Chinese engineer whose visa
was blocked/delayed, on a 1-week notice, without ever having
seen/met/spoken any of the others....love their style, and the flair
they finally master it anyway....nothing beats improvisation talent)
Jan
--
Bye,
Willem-Jan Markerink
The desire to understand
is sometimes far less intelligent than
the inability to understand
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