Re: Racing Viper

2004-05-17 Thread John Francis
On Sun, 16 May 2004 23:06:03 -0400, frank theriault wrote: [...] some of these guys actually have to have pretty good car handling skills to pull this stuff off! Good clean fun is what I now think (with lots of smoke, noise and burnt rubber smell, what else could it be?) Some of

Re: Inkjet recommendations (WAS: Re: Pentax High End DSLR)

2004-05-17 Thread David Mann
On May 17, 2004, at 2:16 AM, William Robb wrote: There is really no such thing as a profile in this instance. Really, find out what colour spaces the lab recognizes, and choose the one that is best for you. If they can't tell you, then the default profile to use is sRGB. In the case of my lab,

Anyone using HP 7960?

2004-05-17 Thread Peter Loveday
Anyone used one of these? If so, what is your general impression? Thanks! Love, Light and Peace, - Peter Loveday Director of Development, eyeon Software

Re: Racing Viper

2004-05-17 Thread Doug Franklin
On Mon, 17 May 2004 02:49:38 -0400 (EDT), John Francis wrote: I'm all for running events like [drifting], and getting more younger people interested in motorsports I'm not against drifting, it just doesn't do anything for me. I'll take my Miata and RX-7s to run the full course rather than the

Re: PAW - There heeere..

2004-05-17 Thread David Nelson
Nice shot Christian! Can't complain about anything! REply to comment from frank below: I wonder what the purpose/function is of the dark pupil-looking thing is in the centre? It doesn't actually exist. The number of times I've had to answer this question since taking insect photos... (-: Yep,

RE: The best 28-70 f2.8 zoom?

2004-05-17 Thread Shaun Canning
I know this is probably not the best timing for you, what with the GFM trip, but I have a Tokina 28-80mm F2.8 ATX-PRO that I am looking to sell, if you are interested? It is in mint condition and has always had a Skylight filter in place. Let me know if you are interested. Cheers Shaun Dr.

Expressions of Interest

2004-05-17 Thread Shaun Canning
Hi Gang, I am thinking about lightening the load in my camera bag, and changing the way I do things a little bit, so I have some gear I am interested in selling. All items are AS NEW. I will consider offers on the following: 1. Tokina 300mm ATX F2.8 SD (MF) with case, carry bag, original lens

Re: OT: Photoshop CS

2004-05-17 Thread Paul Stenquist
So don't buy PhotoShop. Do your RAW conversions with the crappy Pentax software. It won't hog memory, but your results will suck. But if you have nothing better to compare them to, you probably won't care. On May 16, 2004, at 9:19 PM, Shawn K. wrote: I'm going to be pissed, and in response to

Re: transporting my kit...

2004-05-17 Thread Leon Altoff
On Sun, 16 May 2004 22:14:50 +0200, Jostein wrote: All the photo gear and laptop goes in the carry-on, which will certainly weigh in at well above the mark. But to this day I have never seen anyone actually checking the weight of a carry-on. And I'm definately not going to encourage then...:-) I

RE: transporting my kit...

2004-05-17 Thread Shaun Canning
I know how you feel Leon. We just joined the Qantas Club (only because I got a 60% corporate discount), mainly for extra baggage (and free beer!) The priority baggage is kinda neat too, first bags off the plane, so you don't have to wait around for hours at the carousels. We really only joined

Re: Inkjet recommendations (WAS: Re: Pentax High End DSLR)

2004-05-17 Thread Frantisek Vlcek
DM I'm not too worried about this as the results I've had have been quite DM good despite some gamut clipping (particularly blues and yellows) as my DM source images exceed the limits of sRGB. If I was looking for fine-art There is this webpage which has diagram of the gamut of Frontier and

OT: PayPal question

2004-05-17 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! I need to transfer a small sum of money, something like $30 to the person who does not have PayPal account. However, according to PayPal anyone with e-mail address can receive money. How is that done? Anyone has first hand experience with receiving money through PayPal without having

Re: Survey: Shoot Alone or in Groups?

2004-05-17 Thread Boros Attila
Hello Frank, Well, I'm just a lone wolf, I always shoot alone. I like to take my time, but I would feel uncomfortable seeing all the others waiting for me to fire that damned shutter at once. In those moments I'm very concentrated, you may shoot a cannon behind me, and I likely wouldn't notice...

Re: Anyone still using WIndows ME?

2004-05-17 Thread Mark Roberts
Frantisek Vlcek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Win ME is super-slow, super-buggy, super-unstable; super-crappy. MR That's pretty much what I've heard. The way I heard it, it's quite a hybrid. With many things inherited still from good old Dos and subsequent hybrids like W95/W98, while some things

Re: OT: PayPal question

2004-05-17 Thread Mark Roberts
Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I need to transfer a small sum of money, something like $30 to the person who does not have PayPal account. However, according to PayPal anyone with e-mail address can receive money. How is that done? Pay Pal sends the recipient an email saying they can

Re: Anyone still using WIndows ME?

2004-05-17 Thread brooksdj
Hi Mark. I have ME on my onsite computers.They came that way from the photog that sold me his stuff.So far only one problem since 2001, July.I run PS 6, AcDc,Corel 7,but no internet. The problem seemed to fix itself after a day of being shut off,so i'm not sure what happened there. Not sure if

2 Lenses, et. al.

2004-05-17 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
It was a good shopping weekend. Online, a Ricoh 55/1.2 for $50. So I grabbed it. Also, @ Dayton this weekend I got to see the infamous Canon 50/0.95 lens. It's an impressive piece of glass. Even included a c mount adapter. (But more expensive than my tastes would allow for.) Also, got

Re: Anyone still using WIndows ME?

2004-05-17 Thread Antonio Aparicio
What windows software isnt? Its amazing that a company with so so so much money at its disposal continues to put out such shoddy substandard products. Antonio On 17 May 2004, at 13:50, Mark Roberts wrote: Win ME is super-slow, super-buggy, super-unstable; super-crappy

Re: Anyone still using WIndows ME?

2004-05-17 Thread Henri Toivonen
Antonio Aparicio wrote: What windows software isnt? Its amazing that a company with so so so much money at its disposal continues to put out such shoddy substandard products. Well, it's much worse than say, Win Xp. Substandard? Maybe that's the wrong word for it. Windows IS the standard for

Re: Expressions of Interest

2004-05-17 Thread John Mustarde
On Mon, 17 May 2004 17:25:37 +0800, you wrote: Hi Gang, I am thinking about lightening the load in my camera bag, and changing the way I do things a little bit, so I have some gear I am interested in selling. All items are AS NEW. I will consider offers on the following: 1. Tokina 300mm ATX

Re: OT: PayPal question

2004-05-17 Thread Frantisek Vlcek
Hi Boris, Russian Federation is not on the list of countries approved by Paypal. Therefore, no paypal there. You yourself can't use paypal, judging from your .ru email. So why do you ask ;-) It seems you are both in the same country? Definitely, even with Putinization of the life in RF, there

RE: transporting my kit...

2004-05-17 Thread Leon Altoff
On Mon, 17 May 2004 18:37:11 +0800, Shaun Canning wrote: I know how you feel Leon. We just joined the Qantas Club (only because I got a 60% corporate discount), mainly for extra baggage (and free beer!) The priority baggage is kinda neat too, first bags off the plane, so you don't have to wait

18-35 vs 20-35 questions

2004-05-17 Thread Chaso DeChaso
I am considering purchasing either the FAJ 18-35 or the FA 20-35. Does anyone have any comments on how much worse the FAJ is optically and mechanically, or how much wider 18 is than 20? Also... I have a PZ-1p, ZX-50, and K1000; I know I can use the FAJ on the PZ-1p and not on the K1000 - but

Any no-mail option available for PDML?

2004-05-17 Thread Chaso DeChaso
Is there still a no-mail option for this list? Thanks, Chaso = Chaso DeChaso Less is more cheap - Osvaldo Valdes, Architect __ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! - Internet access at a great low price. http://promo.yahoo.com/sbc/

Re: PAW - That Darn Ball!

2004-05-17 Thread Boros Attila
Hello Shel, I like this a lot. The expression on his face is priceless. I was nowhere back in 1969, but it still reminds me of my childhood. You made me smile:) A boy with a ball is timeless I think. We played football wherever we could; in the street, parks, yards, etc. Oh, just as I write it I

Pentax film future?

2004-05-17 Thread Chaso DeChaso
I've been off the list for a while. Is there any news on any future Pentax film cameras? Is Paal still on the list? Chaso = Chaso DeChaso Less is more cheap - Osvaldo Valdes, Architect __ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! - Internet

RE: transporting my kit...

2004-05-17 Thread Shaun Canning
Yep, It's worth every cent I reckon... Cheers Shaun Dr. Shaun Canning Cultural Heritage Services Lawrence Way, Karratha, Western Australia, 6714 0414-967644 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.heritageservices.com.au -Original Message- From: Leon Altoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

Re: Agfa: news straight from the source (fwd)

2004-05-17 Thread Chaso DeChaso
Nice! But I would petition that Olympus and Konica users get something less than $3 - something closer to the Pentax rate. This could be offset by increasing the Canon rate to $15. GRIN. Pentax film $0.01, Nikon film $5.00, Canon film $10.00. For all other cameras $3.00. [graywolf] Let's pull

Re: Survey: Shoot Alone or in Groups?

2004-05-17 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
I like to shoot alone. It gives me more time to concentrate on getting the results I want and not worry about keeping up or getting too far ahead. Noise is for me less the issue than time and schedules. The expectation of how much should be covered in one day varies greatly in any group. I find

Re: Anyone still using WIndows ME?

2004-05-17 Thread graywolf
Not when you realize their main interest is selling support contracts to corporations. -- Antonio Aparicio wrote: What windows software isnt? Its amazing that a company with so so so much money at its disposal continues to put out such shoddy substandard products. Antonio On 17 May 2004, at

Re: transporting my kit...

2004-05-17 Thread Bruce Dayton
Hello Shaun, I'm curious about this - considering getting a Pelican case myself. Wouldn't the rough handling (such as a toss of the case onto a conveyer belt) still be hard on the equipment? I realize this is better than no protection, but is the foam that good that the camera gear feels no

Re: PAW - There heeere..

2004-05-17 Thread Christian
I didn't even catch that from Bruce. Got your joke, however, Shel... ;-) Christian - Original Message - From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Christian Skofteland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2004 11:15 PM Subject: Re: PAW - There heeere.. Hey

RE: Revised link to Paw:My offering this week

2004-05-17 Thread brooksdj
Thanks for the feedback Frank. When i was reviewing the shots,as soon as i came to this one,i knew it was a keeper,in my mind anyway.gand felt like sharing. Believe it or not she was almost in panic mode,but she hides it well. The horse was a complete arse in warm up and she was just hoping it

RE: GFM Question

2004-05-17 Thread tom
-Original Message- From: Doug Franklin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sun, 16 May 2004 11:13:26 -0400, tom wrote: Also, these pizzas are half-baked. The pizza restaurant we get them from cooks them halfway, so when we bake them they'll more or less be fresh. Where is

Re: OT: Help! with Stuffit

2004-05-17 Thread Cotty
On 16/5/04, FRA, discombobulated, offered: Dear Mac Win friends, can you help me with StuffIt please? The dumb bastards at Alladinsoft, who created this piece of sh*t, require me to download the whole trial version (10MB) of StuffIt just to get the little Expander. All I want is to open some

Re: 18-35 vs 20-35 questions

2004-05-17 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Mon, 17 May 2004, Chaso DeChaso wrote: Also... I have a PZ-1p, ZX-50, and K1000; I know I can use the FAJ on the PZ-1p and not on the K1000 - but what about on the ZX-50? (I assume I can use the FA on all three with full functionality except of course for the lack of AF on the K1000.)

Re: OT: PayPal question

2004-05-17 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Boris lives in Israel ... Shel Belinkoff [Original Message] From: Frantisek Vlcek [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 5/17/2004 5:56:52 AM Subject: Re: OT: PayPal question Hi Boris, Russian Federation is not on the list of countries approved by Paypal.

Re: Anyone still using WIndows ME?

2004-05-17 Thread Peter J. Alling
Don't kid yourself, OS-X is based on a Unix version that's that's a hackers wet dream and a developers nightmare. Cotty wrote: On 17/5/04, HENRI, discombobulated, offered: Substandard? Maybe that's the wrong word for it. Windows IS the standard for operating systems. However crappy it may

RE: transporting my kit...

2004-05-17 Thread David Miers
Mine also accepts a decent sturdy padlock, not one of those pissy little suitcase padlocks that a three year old could bite off. I heard something about you shouldn't lock your luggage any more since it may have to be opened for inspection??? Dave

Re: OT: PayPal question

2004-05-17 Thread ernreed2
Cotty wrote to Boris: If I were you I would bung 30 bucks in an envelope and go for it. I was going to suggest the very same thing. Just to let you know that at least two of us think so. :-) (snip Cotty's detailed description of sending lots of money) ERN

Re: Anyone still using WIndows ME?

2004-05-17 Thread Antonio Aparicio
Hi Peter, I dont want to get into a flame situation here, but I do not think that I have ever heard of OSX being either hacked nor a problem for developers. Can you support you statement with an example? Certainly I do not think any OS is totally imune from a determined hack, but all the

Re: OT: PayPal question

2004-05-17 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Counterfeiting, smuggling, espionage, you name it. Cotty's your man ;-) Your idea is cool. But I've found a person, you can think of them as of an agent, who'd pass the money directly... g Boris

RE: Anyone still using WIndows ME?

2004-05-17 Thread Amita Guha
Much worse than Xp - thats an interesting way of putting it! Bug ridden POS. Xp is not much better - in fact as far as virus, spyware and the like are concerned it is 1,000 times worse! They should have named it VXp for Virus Experience! Gosh, I've been running XP for almost a

Re: Anyone still using WIndows ME?

2004-05-17 Thread Henri Toivonen
Amita Guha wrote: I've been running XP for almost a year and a half, I've never had a virus, never had any problems at all. Ditto. I'm finding XP to be quite stable. I run 2 firewalls and keep my antivirus software up to date, take the usual precautions, and I'm fine. I have a router

RE: transporting my kit...

2004-05-17 Thread Jan van Wijk
On Mon, 17 May 2004 21:54:45 +0800, Shaun Canning wrote: If you make sure that when you 'pluck out' the foam inserts you keep the space for each item on the small and snug size, the items in the case don't move at all. Umm, actually you should hope they DO move inside the case, otherwise you

RE: Anyone still using WIndows ME?

2004-05-17 Thread Amita Guha
I have a router infront of the network, and thats it. No antivirus software, no firewalls. Nothing. And not a single problem for 2 years straight. Henri, you are obviously a man who likes to live dangerously! ;) Amita

Re: Anyone still using WIndows ME?

2004-05-17 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 5/17/2004 9:04:34 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have a router infront of the network, and thats it. No antivirus software, no firewalls. Nothing. And not a single problem for 2 years straight. /Henri - Not sure, but think it helps if

Re: Anyone still using WIndows ME?

2004-05-17 Thread mike wilson
Frantisek Vlcek wrote: Win ME is super-slow, super-buggy, super-unstable; super-crappy. MR That's pretty much what I've heard. The way I heard it, it's quite a hybrid. With many things inherited still from good old Dos and subsequent hybrids like W95/W98, while some things from the newer versions

Re: PAW - News by the wall

2004-05-17 Thread brooksdj
Ji. Was that intentional,the woman standing still ,next to the Rush sign.That was the first thing i noticed.That part alone makes it an interesting shot.g I like the lines of the wall,the stepping effect n the bottom and the slightly curving top. Dave News

Re: Survey: Shoot Alone or in Groups?

2004-05-17 Thread brooksdj
I've really never seen this discussed around here before. So, what do you think or prefer? Shoot alone or with groups? What's your preference, if you have one? thanks, frank Hi Frank. As you mentioned in the opening paragrah,other than when

Re: Anyone still using WIndows ME?

2004-05-17 Thread Christian
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Not sure, but think it helps if one doesn't use Outlook. Seems most viruses I have heard of come through that. Also helps to not open emails with attachments unless you know who they are from (which is just common sense).

Re: Anyone still using WIndows ME?

2004-05-17 Thread Antonio Aparicio
Try telling that to all the banks, governments and offices around the world (not to mention educational establishments) that have been hit, and hit hard. There have even been cash machines taken offline! Try tunning some sypware detection software on your machine - you may be surprised. I know

Re: Anyone still using WIndows ME?

2004-05-17 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 5/17/2004 9:53:53 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Not to be argumentative but... I've been using Outlook Express on various Windows platforms (still use ME on one of my systems and think it's great!) since '98 and have never had a virus. Never used a

Re: Anyone still using WIndows ME?

2004-05-17 Thread Antonio Aparicio
Globally, about 64% of companies were hit by at least one virus in the past 12 months, up from 53% the year before. In the United States, viruses stung 69% of companies. Those figures are about four times as high as the next highest category of security breaches: unauthorized network entry.

Re: Anyone still using WIndows ME?

2004-05-17 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 5/17/2004 10:07:53 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Try tunning some sypware detection software on your machine - you may be surprised. I know I was and I consider myself a very educated user with 15+ years experience. Antonio - Well, spyware

Re: transporting my kit...

2004-05-17 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 5/16/2004 3:23:20 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In most U.S. airports you relinquish control of the luggage and are not present when they inspect. In fact, in most instances you are not allowed to be present. So if they don't like the x-ray scan or have

Re: Anyone still using WIndows ME?

2004-05-17 Thread Antonio Aparicio
Thats right, viruses and spyware are different, but are both examples of the substandard quality evident in the Windows OS, which is where my contribution to this thread began. Antonio On 17 May 2004, at 19:17, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 5/17/2004 10:07:53 AM Pacific Standard

Re: Image stacker and *ist D

2004-05-17 Thread Frits Wüthrich
I would not switch it off, can you got to say 1 sec instead off 30 sec? Then you will have less interruption of the trails. So instead of 13 times 30 sec, you take 390 times 1 sec. Well, actually, as you take a lot of pictures, changes are that random noise of one picture is canceling out the

Re: Survey: Shoot Alone or in Groups?

2004-05-17 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 5/16/2004 5:27:04 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I've really never seen this discussed around here before. So, what do you think or prefer? Shoot alone or with groups? What's your preference, if you have one? thanks, frank -- Alone. I enjoyed

Re: Pentax film future?

2004-05-17 Thread Frits Wüthrich
On Monday 17 May 2004 15:11, Chaso DeChaso wrote: FJW I've been off the list for a while. Is there any news FJW on any future Pentax film cameras? Is Paal still on FJW the list? FJW FJW Chaso FJW FJW = FJW Chaso DeChaso Film future? What is that? -- Frits Wüthrich

Re: transporting my kit...

2004-05-17 Thread Bruce Dayton
Marnie, Do a search for TSA approved locks - that will show you what you can use to lock suitcases without having the locks destroyed. I've been looking into a few myself. -- Best regards, Bruce Monday, May 17, 2004, 10:29:25 AM, you wrote: Eac In a message dated 5/16/2004 3:23:20 PM

Re: Anyone still using WIndows ME?

2004-05-17 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 5/17/2004 10:31:15 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Thats right, viruses and spyware are different, but are both examples of the substandard quality evident in the Windows OS, which is where my contribution to this thread began. Antonio --

Re: transporting my kit...

2004-05-17 Thread Bob W
Hi, I'm curious about this - considering getting a Pelican case myself. Wouldn't the rough handling (such as a toss of the case onto a conveyer belt) still be hard on the equipment? I realize this is better than no protection, but is the foam that good that the camera gear feels no impact?

Re: Survey: Shoot Alone or in Groups?

2004-05-17 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! I should say that I cannot answer this question g... I never actually shot in a company. Once or twice I've been invited to the studio where I shot with another guy. Once or twice I went for a walk with the friend and he or she had a camera. But this does not count, as it was more or less

Re: OT: PayPal question

2004-05-17 Thread graywolf
Or just stick cash inside a greeting card. That doesn't work well if the guy is likely to claim he never got the money though. -- Cotty wrote: On 17/5/04, BORIS, discombobulated, offered: I need to transfer a small sum of money, something like $30 to the person who does not have PayPal

Re: GFM Question

2004-05-17 Thread graywolf
Oh..! They have green olives. I love green olives on my pizza. For some reason they don't believe in green olives on pizza in North Carolina. Green olives, green peppers, and bacon. Yum, tangy tasting. -- tom wrote: -Original Message- From: Doug Franklin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On

Re: GFM Question

2004-05-17 Thread graywolf
I almost said there is no such thing as bad pizza, but then I remembered those cardboard tasting things Little Caesar's sold in the 70's. -- Steve Desjardins wrote: Speaker as an experienced consumer, the only problem with this pizza is that eventually we run out of it. ;-) Steven Desjardins

Re: Anyone still using WIndows ME?

2004-05-17 Thread John Francis
Thats right, viruses and spyware are different, but are both examples of the substandard quality evident in the Windows OS, which is where my contribution to this thread began. Antonio Do you think we could take the mindless Microsoft bashing somewhere else, please? The main reasons why

Re: Anyone still using WIndows ME?

2004-05-17 Thread graywolf
How can any open source operating system be hack proof, except in the sense that you do not need to hack it as you can just read the source? Luckily the so called hackers (being of the old school I do hate this misuse of that term as used by the media, but I guess there is nothing I can do

Re: Anyone still using WIndows ME?

2004-05-17 Thread Henri Toivonen
John Francis wrote: Thats right, viruses and spyware are different, but are both examples of the substandard quality evident in the Windows OS, which is where my contribution to this thread began. Antonio Do you think we could take the mindless Microsoft bashing somewhere else, please? The

Re: Anyone still using WIndows ME?

2004-05-17 Thread Antonio Aparicio
John, nobody is bashing anyone. Calm down. We are just discussing the merits of one OS over another. They are just tools/machines. Clearly virus and spyware are more prevalent on the Windows OS thatn elswhere PRECISELY because of the design of that OS. To date there have been Zero, thats right

Re: Anyone still using WIndows ME?

2004-05-17 Thread Antonio Aparicio
You clearly have no idea what open source is, nor how it is developed. Antonio On 17 May 2004, at 20:35, graywolf wrote: How can any open source operating system be hack proof, except in the sense that you do not need to hack it as you can just read the source? Luckily the so called hackers

Re: Anyone still using WIndows ME?

2004-05-17 Thread Bob W
Hi, The biggest weakness in the whole setup is the stupidity of users. Amen to that. amen to some of that, but I do not think it is predominantly user stupidity. Why is it that programmers always want to blame ordinary people and call them stupid? Here are my culprits, in descending order

Re: Anyone still using WIndows ME?

2004-05-17 Thread Christian
- Original Message - From: Antonio Aparicio [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thats right, viruses and spyware are different, but are both examples of the substandard quality evident in the Windows OS, which is where my contribution to this thread began. Antonio You know, I've always stayed out of

Re: Anyone still using WIndows ME?

2004-05-17 Thread Henri Toivonen
Christian wrote: You know, I've always stayed out of these stupid OT OS bashing threads since I joined this list 4 years ago. For some dumb reason I feel like getting involved. Antonio, what's the alternative? Unix? I've been a Unix (Solaris/Linux) sys-admin for 6 years. Have I spent hours of

Re: Anyone still using WIndows ME?

2004-05-17 Thread graywolf
Check out AVG. http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_dwnl_free.php [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Marnie aka Doe :-) I used McAffe at first when it was new on this machine (under ME), then it expired. So I removed it. I don't like having software on my machine that insists I BUY an upgrade. -- graywolf

Re: Anyone still using WIndows ME?

2004-05-17 Thread William Kane
Antonio, I hate to correct you on this, but there have been 2 recent Mac OSX viruses/trojans. The first was a file that appeared to be a music file. When the media file was played through a program (such as iTunes) nothing bad happened, but when the file was double clicked on, it popped

Re: Anyone still using WIndows ME?

2004-05-17 Thread Antonio Aparicio
No it is not. That is the whole point of why I have argued that Microsoft Windows is substandard - it is riddled with holes and weaknesses that are the direct result of the way it was designed. Antonio Antonio On 17 May 2004, at 21:55, John Francis wrote: Sure. But, and I repeat, that's

Re: Anyone still using WIndows ME?

2004-05-17 Thread Antonio Aparicio
William, neither of the examples you mention are viruses. One is a piece of applescript (like a batch file) the other justa non harmfull file. Niether could self propagate. Antonio On 17 May 2004, at 21:28, William Kane wrote: Antonio, I hate to correct you on this, but there have been 2

Re: Anyone still using WIndows ME?

2004-05-17 Thread Antonio Aparicio
Or have debates in which everyone shares the same opinion, and where nobody really wants to say anything that is going to be different. Antonio On 17 May 2004, at 21:57, Christian wrote: Mark; The key on this list is to NEVER bring up the subject of computer operating systems. Christian -

RE: Anyone still using WIndows ME?

2004-05-17 Thread Amita Guha
I have a router infront of the network, and thats it. No antivirus software, no firewalls. Nothing. And not a single problem for 2 years straight. Henri, you are obviously a man who likes to live dangerously! ;) Well, his router serves as a hardware firewall :) If he has that and

Re: OT - help with autorun

2004-05-17 Thread John Dallman
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Timothy Sherburne) wrote: There is a bit of technical info on Autorun on the Apple website; it may be worth a try: Ta! --- John Dallman, [EMAIL PROTECTED], HTML mail is treated as probable spam.

Re: Anyone still using WIndows ME?

2004-05-17 Thread Christian
Dude, It's a frigging PHOTOGRAPHY, specifically PENTAX, frigging mailing list! No one should ever bring up computer OS questions for crap sake! Argue about Photoshop VS The Gimp for F*** sake. At least it's F***ing relevant. No one is saying you can't disagree, just lay off the F***ing OS

Re: Anyone still using WIndows ME?

2004-05-17 Thread Christian
Why? I have no interest in changing HW as well as OS at this point in my life. see my last line. Christian - Original Message - From: Antonio Aparicio [EMAIL PROTECTED] Christian, Try OSX. Antonio On 17 May 2004, at 21:07, Christian wrote: ALL OPERATING SYSTEMS SUCK

Re: Anyone still using WIndows ME?

2004-05-17 Thread Henri Toivonen
Amita Guha wrote: I have a router infront of the network, and thats it. No antivirus software, no firewalls. Nothing. And not a single problem for 2 years straight. Henri, you are obviously a man who likes to live dangerously! ;) Well, his router serves as a hardware firewall :) If

Re: OT: Help! with Stuffit

2004-05-17 Thread Jostein
Hi, Frantisek. Google is your friend. :-) Searching for unstuffit I found this page: http://uhaweb.hartford.edu/www/download_depot/download_depot-w95nt.html From this page there are links to the FTP-server which apparently have two versions available: ftp://newftp.hartford.edu/stuffit32_50.exe

Re: Anyone still using WIndows ME?

2004-05-17 Thread Antonio Aparicio
Christian, With the digital darkroom playing such a prominent role in the new workflow, dont you think that computer OS stability is at all relevant, not to mention other aspects of computer OS functionality? I for one would like to feel that computer OS issues are not taboo as fars as this

Re: Anyone still using WIndows ME?

2004-05-17 Thread graywolf
No, the key is to not read threads that upset you. Threads are not inflamatory, only people are. Those who do not want to ever be upset really need to look for another mailing list. The most interesting thing about this list, at least to me, is how controversial it can become before it

Re: Anyone still using WIndows ME?

2004-05-17 Thread Bob W
Hi, Why is it that programmers always want to blame ordinary people and call them stupid? Partly because they are. Ordinary people are not trained in computer security like they are trained in locking their home doors and cars, and avoiding hot stoves and falling down from ladders and stuff.

Re: Anyone still using WIndows ME?

2004-05-17 Thread graywolf
Well, there are certainly less chance of deliberate security holes. -- Anders Hultman wrote: graywolf: How can any open source operating system be hack proof, except in the sense that you do not need to hack it as you can just read the source? Having the source code is like having the blueprints

Re: Anyone still using WIndows ME?

2004-05-17 Thread alex wetmore
On Mon, 17 May 2004, Antonio Aparicio wrote: John, nobody is bashing anyone. Calm down. We are just discussing the merits of one OS over another. They are just tools/machines. Clearly virus and spyware are more prevalent on the Windows OS thatn elswhere PRECISELY because of the design of that

Re: Anyone still using WIndows ME?

2004-05-17 Thread graywolf
Interesting comment! I am running Thunderbird for the spam filtering and the fact I can see all my email accounts at the same time, but I find it buggy as hell. I have gotten to where I load my email, close Thunderbird so it save it to disk, then reopen it just so I will not lose my mail when

Re: Anyone still using WIndows ME?

2004-05-17 Thread Henri Toivonen
graywolf wrote: Interesting comment! I am running Thunderbird for the spam filtering and the fact I can see all my email accounts at the same time, but I find it buggy as hell. I have gotten to where I load my email, close Thunderbird so it save it to disk, then reopen it just so I will not

Re: Anyone still using WIndows ME?

2004-05-17 Thread Jostein
Hi Antonio, Don't think I've noticed your name before. Welcome to the PDML, and apologies if the greeting is late. The only problem with vulnerable OS'es is those untermensch programmers writing malicious code. Get rid of them, and you've solved the problem. Jostein - Original Message

Re: Anyone still using WIndows ME?

2004-05-17 Thread Cotty
Oh God, no, not again. Argh Hi Peter, I dont want to get into a flame situation here, but I do not think that I have ever heard of OSX being either hacked nor a problem for developers. Can you support you statement with an example? Certainly I

Re: Anyone still using WIndows ME?

2004-05-17 Thread Antonio Aparicio
Hi Jostein, Thanks for the welcome. Nice to meet you. I have been lurking for a few months and finally subscribed a week ago. Lively place! Antonio On 17 May 2004, at 23:12, Jostein wrote: Hi Antonio, Don't think I've noticed your name before. Welcome to the PDML, and apologies if the greeting

OT: There May Be Trouble Ahead...

2004-05-17 Thread Cotty
But while there's moonlight, and music and love and romance, Let's not discuss computers, and dance! Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|www.macads.co.uk/snaps _

Re: Antonio please stop it now!

2004-05-17 Thread Jostein
Antonio, You're supposed to stop typing your keyboard, and pause for thought. In fact, this is one of the least inflammable photo lists around today. We would _very_ much appreciate your contribution to keep it that way. Of course we all disagree with each other all the time. The clue is on

Re: Anyone still using WIndows ME?

2004-05-17 Thread graywolf
Myself and 19 other guys... - I just went through that. Port 25 was blocked by my firewall was their response (I do not have a firewall). Finally, I got someone who could think for himself. If the problem is our smtp server, you should be able to connect to another one, he said. Gave me the

Anyone using an Image Tank?

2004-05-17 Thread Mark Roberts
I'm now looking for storage for digital images in the field (other than carrying two dozen CF cards around) and the 20 gigabyte Image Tank looks like the most affordable option. Anybody using one or heard anything about it? -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

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