Re: filmscanners: Importance of Copyright on Images

2001-09-11 Thread Anthony Atkielski
Austin writes: That is completely wrong. There were no 2400 baud modems in 1971. Dataphone modems date from the early 1960s, and as far as I know, they always supported up to 2400 bps. So what? Actually, that's now a change of story...but none the less, there weren't 2400 baud modems in

Re: filmscanners: Importance of Copyright on Images

2001-09-11 Thread Anthony Atkielski
Laurie writes: Average versus maximum for whom. For Web surfers at large. I keep statistics for visitors to my site, and they correlate well with statistics I have seen for other sites. Right now, 800x600 is the most common resolution. The 1024 X 768 being the resolution that has the

Re: filmscanners: Importance of Copyright on Images

2001-09-11 Thread Anthony Atkielski
Tom writes: There were not 2400 baud modems in 1971. The Bell System leased Dataphone modems with speeds up to 2400 bps from the early 1960s, almost a decade earlier, if my distant memory serves. I found a reference to Multics systems using such modems, presumably in that decade. So there

Re: filmscanners: NikSharpener Pro

2001-09-11 Thread Ron Carlson
Thanks to all who responded. I found it.Regards, Ron - Original Message - From: Les Berkley [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 1:26 PM Subject: Re: filmscanners: NikSharpener Pro On 9/10/01 6:59 AM, Ron Carlson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

RE: filmscanners: Importance of Copyright on Images

2001-09-11 Thread Austin Franklin
Tom writes: There were not 2400 baud modems in 1971. The Bell System leased Dataphone modems with speeds up to 2400 bps from the early 1960s, almost a decade earlier, if my distant memory serves. I do not believe that. So there were 2400-bps modems by 1971, No, you have not shown

more OFF-TOPIC foolish claims and banterings - was - RE: filmscanners: Importance of Copyright on Images

2001-09-11 Thread Austin Franklin
Average versus maximum for whom. For Web surfers at large. I keep statistics for visitors to my site, and they correlate well with statistics I have seen for other sites. Right now, 800x600 is the most common resolution. I believe that says more about the visitors to YOUR web site, than

Re: filmscanners: Importance of Copyright on Images

2001-09-11 Thread Anthony Atkielski
Laurie writes: What you would be licensing or renting in those cases is the bricklayer's or mechanic's services (skilled labor) and not the product (e.g., the house he along with a bunch of other tradesmen built or repair to your vehicle that the mechanic made). So why are the rules for

RE: filmscanners: Importance of Copyright on Images

2001-09-11 Thread Ian Boag
As I've stated, you just don't know what you're talking about, and arguing with you is nothing more than a waste of time. So stop wasting it Austin. Do the killfile thing. We're all getting worried about your blood pressure. The reason you aggravate me, and have done so to near everyone on

Re: more OFF-TOPIC foolish claims and banterings - was - RE: filmscanners: Importance of Copyright on Images

2001-09-11 Thread Anthony Atkielski
Austin writes: I believe that says more about the visitors to YOUR web site, than it does about any average. As I've said, my figures agree with figures I've seen from other sites. Additionally, I get quite a broad cross-section of visitors, from students to homemakers to office workers to

Re: filmscanners: Importance of Copyright on Images

2001-09-11 Thread Anthony Atkielski
Austin writes: I do not believe that. OK. No, you have not shown that to be true. Provide proper substantiation to this claim. What is proper substantiation? You want to claim that current modem technology is only 33k, when in fact, it is 48/50k. It is difficult to achieve speeds

Re: filmscanners: Stealing images was Re: filmscanners: Importance of Copyright on Images

2001-09-11 Thread Rob Geraghty
Harvey wrote: Rob Geraghty wrote: snip Want to bet that it wasn't any individual musician who chased Napster? Actually it was a band called Metallica. And they paid for the WHOLE court case? I'm prepared to be educated here - if they did pay for the whole thing out of their own money

Re: filmscanners: Stealing images

2001-09-11 Thread Rob Geraghty
Anthony Atkielski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Javascript is usually client-side, too, although it can be used on either side. Good grief. Just about every ASP file written depends on javascript. For what it's worth, the code I mentioned IS javascript but it seems to have been more important to

Re: More inane arguing...please, just ignore - WAS - RE: filmscanners: X-ray and digital camera

2001-09-11 Thread Arthur Entlich
Anthony Atkielski wrote: Austin writes: What's illogical, is any discussion with you. You'll note that personal attacks are absent from my posts, but I do provide evidence for my assertions. In contrast, your posts are mostly personal attacks, but evidence for your assertions is

Re: filmscanners: Stealing images

2001-09-11 Thread Anthony Atkielski
Rob writes: For what it's worth, the code I mentioned IS javascript but it seems to have been more important to figure out whether I used the right word ... The difference between Java and Javascript is enormous, despite the similar names, so it is important to refer to each correctly.

RE: filmscanners: Nikon Scan VS Negative dynamic range

2001-09-11 Thread Tony Sleep
On Fri, 7 Sep 2001 14:46:46 -0400 Austin Franklin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Well, technically, there is no reason that has to match either...it's by someone's choice (or pure dumb luck) that it does. I've given the two bit/three state example that holds perfectly true. I ain't doing this

filmscanners: Banding on LS30 - eek!

2001-09-11 Thread Rob Geraghty
This evening my LS30 suddenly started behaving very strangely with banding and all sort of odd effects in the scan. I tired various things but the upshot is that the SCSI cable wasn't firmly plugged intot he back of the scanner. So if your Nikon starts suddenly behaving strangely - check your

RE: filmscanners: Vuescan 7.1.1.4 not working with Microtek 8700?

2001-09-11 Thread Andrea de Polo
Title: RE: filmscanners: Vuescan 7.1.1.4 not working with Mic Hello Ed, Hello Dean and all of the list, Thanks Dean for your reply; yes, I can also try to use the scanner as an USB device although I am pretty sure that it will be MUCH slow. Do you know if the scanner as USB connection will work

RE: More inane arguing...please, just ignore - WAS - RE: filmscanners: X-ray and digital camera

2001-09-11 Thread Austin Franklin
I believe you are both seriously damaged goods, who deserve each other. The only problem is, we, the other members of this list, do NOT deserve either of you. Excuse me, Arthur? No one deserves YOU! There was no cause for your insult and your comments are absolutely inappropriate and are

Re: filmscanners: X-ray and digital camera

2001-09-11 Thread Arthur Entlich
Anthony Atkielski wrote: Nobody provided any documentation proving any peculiar risk to buying or developing film abroad. I encourage children to ask questions when they need further information or are being inquisitive. However, I have no patience for spoiled children who ask why or

Re: filmscanners: Importance of Copyright on Images

2001-09-11 Thread Arthur Entlich
LAURIE SOLOMON wrote: However, it just might be the case that the images on a given site are not privately owned images but images in the public domain or that even if copyrighted they are royalty free images ( sort of like freeware) that anyone can use in any manner or for any purpose

RE: filmscanners: Importance of Copyright on Images

2001-09-11 Thread Austin Franklin
As I've stated, you just don't know what you're talking about, and arguing with you is nothing more than a waste of time. So stop wasting it Austin. Do the killfile thing. We're all getting worried about your blood pressure. I appreciate your concern. My blood pressure is actually

filmscanners: Off topic, tragedy in NYC and DC

2001-09-11 Thread Jack Phipps
Please forgive the TOTALLY off topic post. My thoughts are with any list members any their friends and relatives affected of the attacks in New York City and Washington DC. I want you to know my thoughts are with you. Jack Phipps

Re: filmscanners: Off topic, tragedy in NYC and DC

2001-09-11 Thread stuart
At 10:03 11/09/01 -0500, you wrote: Please forgive the TOTALLY off topic post. My thoughts are with any list members any their friends and relatives affected of the attacks in New York City and Washington DC. I want you to know my thoughts are with you. Jack Phipps I'll second that Jack-I'm in

Re: filmscanners: Off topic, tragedy in NYC and DC

2001-09-11 Thread Ralf Schmode
Please forgive the TOTALLY off topic post. My thoughts are with any list members any their friends and relatives affected of the attacks in New York City and Washington DC. I want you to know my thoughts are with you. What can I say besides that I totally agree. I have always appreciated the US

filmscanners: Fw: Please post to filmscanners -- succinct model release

2001-09-11 Thread Tony Sleep
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ADMIN : STOP IT. (was Re: filmscanners: X-ray and digital camera

2001-09-11 Thread Tony Sleep
On Sun, 9 Sep 2001 19:27:51 -0500 Tom Scales ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: BS. It is a hoax. Shut UP Tom THIS THREAD STOPS HERE. IF YOU WANT TO ABUSE EACH OTHER DO IT IN PRIVATE MAIL. Regards Tony Sleep http://www.halftone.co.uk - Online portfolio exhibit; + film scanner info

filmscanners: ADMIN : Stop now (was Re: Importance of Copyright on Images)

2001-09-11 Thread Tony Sleep
On Mon, 10 Sep 2001 14:45:49 +0200 Anthony Atkielski ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Received: from 127.0.0.1 by tsphoto (VPOP3) with POP3; Mon, 10 Sep 2001 15:00:14 +0100 X-NAV-TimeoutProtection0: X X-NAV-TimeoutProtection1: X X-NAV-TimeoutProtection2: X X-NAV-TimeoutProtection3: X

Re: filmscanners: Stealing images was Re: filmscanners: Importance of Copyright on Images

2001-09-11 Thread SKID Photography
Rob Geraghty wrote: Harvey wrote: Rob Geraghty wrote: snip Want to bet that it wasn't any individual musician who chased Napster? Actually it was a band called Metallica. And they paid for the WHOLE court case? I'm prepared to be educated here - if they did pay for the whole

RE: filmscanners: ReSize, ReSample or ReScan ?

2001-09-11 Thread Shough, Dean
How did you access the PhotoDisk TIFF test file.? It looks like they have moved it since I originally downloaded it. I went up one level from the URL I posted and now find it in ftp://ftp.photodisc.com/Tech/PDTarget . The original 47 MB TIFF file seems to be gone.

Re: filmscanners: Importance of Copyright on Images

2001-09-11 Thread Arthur Entlich
Pat Perez wrote: Plenty of groups do work once and get paid forever. For example: inventors who license their patent, actors who earn residuals, songwriters, authors. I think anyone in a creative field basically has that benefit. As an example, Phillips, to this day gets a fee on every

RE: filmscanners: ReSize, ReSample or ReScan ?

2001-09-11 Thread shAf
Austin writes ... ... The Piezography driver can use (meaning you get improved results from) data up to around 720 pixels/inch. It really diminishes after 420 though, ... Diminishes according to what? ... getting out your lupe??? Are you ever going to convince us you can see the

Re: filmscanners: Stealing images was Re: filmscanners: Importance of Copyright on Images

2001-09-11 Thread Arthur Entlich
I would definitely pursue the Encarta infringement. Mr. Bill deep pockets Gates needs a few lessons in etiquette, it would appear. Art Rob Geraghty wrote: Harvey wrote: musical (intellectual) property is now a *very* hot legal item. Only because it's worth billions to some very big

Re: filmscanners: Stealing images

2001-09-11 Thread Steve Greenbank
Unusable (to others) filenames would seem quite a reasonable step to prevent search engines finding your images - but you will not be able to use useful descriptive text. I would also point out that search engines only generally index pages of registered domains or those that you volunteer to

RE: filmscanners: ReSize, ReSample or ReScan ?

2001-09-11 Thread Jack Phipps
A very useful test file Dean! This is an excellent test to check how your printer handles curves or lines that are not horizontal or vertical. On my Epson 9000 I've found that I don't get the artifacts at multiples of 180 (including 45, 90, 180 and 360). There is no improvement by sending a file

RE: filmscanners: ReSize, ReSample or ReScan ?

2001-09-11 Thread Austin Franklin
... The Piezography driver can use (meaning you get improved results from) data up to around 720 pixels/inch. It really diminishes after 420 though, ... Diminishes according to what? ... normal viewing distances. Do YOU have Piezography inks and the driver? Have you experimented to

RE: filmscanners: Importance of Copyright on Images

2001-09-11 Thread Laurie Solomon
So why are the rules for artists different That is the point they are not different. The creation is the embodiment of the artists talent, skills, creative powers, knowledge, and services (or if you will the carrier of the artists conception). It is the conception which is an expression of

RE: filmscanners: Re: Filmscanners dust removal software/ SS4000

2001-09-11 Thread Jack Phipps
Dust removal without IR detection removes detail. If you have a model with individual strands of hair across her face, the software may remove it thinking it is a scratch. The same problems with other fine detail. If you are looking for blurry portraits, it works fine. I think it is known that I

filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: Stealing images

2001-09-11 Thread Rob Geraghty
Steve Greenbank wrote: The point (other than an on-topic dig) is that a 1024*768 image will have scroll bars round it at 1024*768 - you need to allow a little for the edges of the window and the title bar. With copyright (and bandwidth) worries smaller is also better as you can make a

Re: filmscanners: Importance of Copyright on Images

2001-09-11 Thread Karl Schulmeisters
Respectfully Creativity in and of itself, is not that scarce. OTOH, creative works, that contain a message that translates generally are. My wife owns a gallery and art school. The number of folks who come in with SOMETHING created, and the creativity of even the grade school participants