On 29 Mar 2006 at 16:42, Kevin Waterson wrote: > This one time, at band camp, "Scott Loveless" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Monitor calibaration for the latest color printer does not > match my existing calibration, the drone of computer fans, > running out of printer ink and not having a shop within 100 miles that > stocks your brand and model of printer cartridges, file corruption, > hard disk crashes, computer freezes, Blue Screen Of Death (windows), > the endless series of updates upgrades, yet another viruses that will > format you hard drive, or a trojans and worms that lurk at every corner, > the latest must-have tool is spy-ware posts all your images to a porn > site, eyes ruined from staring at a computer screen for 16 hours, not > to mention that damn chair gets uncomfortable after 30 mins, no two > RAW formats are the same so I have to convert them, and if all else > fails you get to listen to tech supports music selection for 3 1/2 > hours whilst you ponder how something so simple could go so wrong, > and why do my images not look the same on somebody elses computer when > I send them, and if I get a new printer I have to re-calibrate the whole > whole show again, then there is the endless software updates I need to > keep up with and when I install them my email wont work any more, and if > it does work you find you need a new computer to run it on because it is > now so slow you could have developed, proofed and printer a catalog, and > when you want to store the image its on some fragile disc that may or may > not last 10 years, not forgetting the constant increase in card sizes you > need because each new and expensive digital body means your existing media > only holds 4 images now. The messy prints because the printer is having a > bad cartridge day. This is all out of order but you'll get what I mean.
LOL, nothing a good tech couldn't fix, well not the card redundancy bit anyway. My system even with a pair of 10k RPM drives registers no more than 30dBA at ear level not that I can hear it over my work-station Tannoys, never could have decent audio gear in the darkroom with all the moisture and stinky chemicals. :-) Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
