In a message dated 4/3/2009 10:17:37 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: It's obviously a matter of opinion, but I hate hierarchical file systems, and I loathe having to know how things are organised on the disk. This may be because I'm something of a purist about relational theory, but I started programming at a time when you literally had to decide exactly which platter, sector, cylinder etc. of which disk you wanted to put your file on, and later read it from, so all that nonsense seriously got in the way of doing what you actually wanted to do it, namely store and retrieve some data.
Bob ============= I have been a computer programmer (independent consultant, mainly vertical markets, small firms), and I started with Dos. :-) While I fully realize the benefit of having a different organization than the one that is on disk, because I started with Dos I tend to think of file structures in a disk format. Ergo, I use Lightroom to move pictures around, rename folders, and organize my photos the way I want -- on disk. Which is fairly loose overall, but I tend to remember pictures from WHEN I shot them (i.e. a particular shoot). I do actually use metadata now and then -- it's nice to choose it on the library bar, and see which pictures I shot what year (since the camera dates things) and/or with what lens (when I consider buying new lenses to check which focal lengths I have used most in the past). Collections I have used, quick collections to make a web page and like it for that. See, not everyone likes to do things the same way. :-) And one can argue the purist angle from two different directions based on computer systems and past computer experience. Heh. Marnie aka Doe :-) I also like OO, so there! --------------------------------------------- Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored. **************Worried about job security? Check out the 5 safest jobs in a recession. (http://jobs.aol.com/gallery/growing-job-industries?ncid=emlcntuscare00000003) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
