Re: Photo Hosting

2008-09-11 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I have a photo.net account but have never liked their picture display layout. Mostly I use the webservers included with the me.com package for casual picture display ... i either post single photos or small galleries in HTML ... or I use flickr.com because of the community of users to

Re: OT: VueScan color profiles?

2008-09-11 Thread Antti-Pekka Virjonen
Yesterday I wrote: --- Now to the question. I calibrate my monitor with Spyder3Elite. What monitor profile should I set in VueScan? If I use the default sRGB as VueScan monitor profile, I seem to get matching colors with the scanned image open in Photoshop and the image in prescan or scan window

Re: PUG update

2008-09-11 Thread mike wilson
From: Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2008/09/10 Wed PM 07:33:49 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: PUG update Sorry, folks. It's still not up. My little procedure has left me with a hematoma that's putting some rather uncomfortable pressure on parts

Re: virtual reality panoramas

2008-09-11 Thread AlunFoto
Great explanation, David! Thanks. I will archive that one too. :-) One question, though. Have you any idea how much the nodal point change with zoom setting? best, Jostein 2008/9/11 David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I've only done 1 full 360 spherical pano:

Re: virtual reality panoramas

2008-09-11 Thread David Savage
Well that's a pretty sweet deal. 2008/9/11 Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I can't use a fisheye. The company that produces these virtual tours has very specific guidelines. I have to shoot vertical with a 17mm rectilinear lens and 30% overlap. (I'll use the DA* 16-50 or the DA 12-24.)

OT: PC (Windows) question

2008-09-11 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! I think it is time I asked my own Windoze question after quite so many threads by various authors ;-). Here is the deal. Suppose I wrote a piece of software that consists of an executable and several DLLs. All of them are eventually loaded to the PC memory during program execution. The

PESO: Sára (it's Sarah in hungarian)

2008-09-11 Thread timber
She's the dog of one of my co-worker and she's almost part of the office now :) http://www.flickr.com/photos/timbah/2848214472/ Cheers, .t Ps.: She likes cookies very much :) that's how the pictures were made :) I was putting a cookie next to the lens and she got seduced by it :P -- PDML

Re: OT: PC (Windows) question

2008-09-11 Thread Thibouille
I do not know anything like that but would be interesting to grab. I will transfer the question to a place where they might have a satisfying answer. However, why should the proggy continue to run? Can't you kill it before running the newer version? -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille

Re: OT: PC (Windows) question

2008-09-11 Thread P. J. Alling
I've never heard of a program that does that automatically. I think that you could write your own loader launcher that works as a service, keeping track of the program's process ID and checks for updates when the process finishes, but I don;t know of any that are commercially available.

Re: OT: PC (Windows) question

2008-09-11 Thread David Savage
ctrl+alt+del 2008/9/11 Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi! I think it is time I asked my own Windoze question after quite so many threads by various authors ;-). Here is the deal. Suppose I wrote a piece of software that consists of an executable and several DLLs. All of them are

Re: PESO: Sára (it's Sarah in hungarian)

2008-09-11 Thread David Savage
Hehehe cute pooch. 2008/9/11 [EMAIL PROTECTED]: She's the dog of one of my co-worker and she's almost part of the office now :) http://www.flickr.com/photos/timbah/2848214472/ Cheers, .t Ps.: She likes cookies very much :) that's how the pictures were made :) I was putting a cookie next

Re: PESO: Sára (it's Sarah in hunga rian)

2008-09-11 Thread Carlos Royo
[EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: She's the dog of one of my co-worker and she's almost part of the office now :) http://www.flickr.com/photos/timbah/2848214472/ She seems to be a good girl. Thanks for showing. Carlos -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Photo Hosting

2008-09-11 Thread Jerome
Godfrey wrote: I have a photo.net account but have never liked their picture display layout. I'll have to second that... but of course either way you slice it, it's just a personal preference so take it with a grain of salt. The choice of a host also depends on your needs. For a client-based

Re: PESO: Sára (it's Sarah in hungarian)

2008-09-11 Thread Paul Stenquist
Nice doggy portrait. Well done. Paul On Sep 11, 2008, at 6:19 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: She's the dog of one of my co-worker and she's almost part of the office now :) http://www.flickr.com/photos/timbah/2848214472/ Cheers, .t Ps.: She likes cookies very much :) that's how the

Re: OT: PC (Windows) question

2008-09-11 Thread Doug Franklin
Boris Liberman wrote: Here is the deal. Suppose I wrote a piece of software that consists of an executable and several DLLs. All of them are eventually loaded to the PC memory during program execution. The program execution can last for the very long time, though there're going to be short

Re: PUG update

2008-09-11 Thread frank theriault
On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 6:33 PM, Bob Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wow Cory, You conjured visions of the angry villagers leading a torchlight march on Scott's. Memories of Young Frankenstein (that's FRONK-en-steen!)... LMAO! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri

K200D Review

2008-09-11 Thread Doug Franklin
Wow, someone over at The Register must be a Pentax-o-phile. They've had reviews of several of the previous Pentax releases, and how they've got one of the K200D. The verdict is that they generally like the camera but feel its too big and over-featured for the target market. Of course, that

Re: OT: VueScan color profiles?

2008-09-11 Thread AlunFoto
Good news! I heard the problem zooming past the capabilities of my brain cell yesterday... :-) Jostein 2008/9/11 Antti-Pekka Virjonen [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Yesterday I wrote: --- Now to the question. I calibrate my monitor with Spyder3Elite. What monitor profile should I set in VueScan? If I

The PDML Bike Curse Continues

2008-09-11 Thread frank theriault
Not me, but I wish it was. Yesterday my eldest (she's 26) was riding home from school (she just started an intense ASL Interpreter course at a local college) when her back wheel got caught in a streetcar track. She went down, landed awkwardly on her leg and fractured her tibia (shin bone) just

PESO - The True American Sports Car

2008-09-11 Thread frank theriault
Yesterday's Lambo was well-received, so here's another beauty. About a block away from the Italian I saw a stunning old Corvette Sting Ray. Sadly it did ~not~ have the split backlight, but it was still lovely: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2008/09/true-american-sports-car.html cheers,

Re: PESO: Sára (it's Sarah in hungarian)

2008-09-11 Thread frank theriault
On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 8:10 AM, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nice doggy portrait. Well done. Agreed! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: The PDML Bike Curse Continues

2008-09-11 Thread David J Brooks
Sorry to hear that Frank. Not much padding in that area. Liz's broken wrist went from 4 week to now 9 weeks, so i think it depends on how we heal for a time line. Liz and i don't bounce like we used to, so maybe the eldest will heal fast. Our orthos work weekends now, so that is helping to speed

Re: The PDML Bike Curse Continues

2008-09-11 Thread David Savage
2008/9/11 frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Not me, but I wish it was. Yesterday my eldest (she's 26) was riding home from school (she just started an intense ASL Interpreter course at a local college) when her back wheel got caught in a streetcar track. She went down, landed awkwardly on

Re: virtual reality panoramas

2008-09-11 Thread David Savage
2008/9/11 AlunFoto [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Great explanation, David! Thanks. I will archive that one too. :-) You're welcome ;-) One question, though. Have you any idea how much the nodal point change with zoom setting? To be honest I can't remember. When my computer crashed last year I lost my

Re: PUG update

2008-09-11 Thread Scott Loveless
frank theriault wrote: On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 6:33 PM, Bob Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wow Cory, You conjured visions of the angry villagers leading a torchlight march on Scott's. Memories of Young Frankenstein (that's FRONK-en-steen!)... LMAO! Ha! For some reason, should my

Re: The PDML Bike Curse Continues

2008-09-11 Thread Paul Stenquist
Sorry to hear that, Frank. I hope she's better soon. Paul On Sep 11, 2008, at 9:18 AM, frank theriault wrote: Not me, but I wish it was. Yesterday my eldest (she's 26) was riding home from school (she just started an intense ASL Interpreter course at a local college) when her back wheel got

Re: PESO - The True American Sports Car

2008-09-11 Thread Paul Stenquist
Nice composition. Great reflections on this one. Paul On Sep 11, 2008, at 9:24 AM, frank theriault wrote: Yesterday's Lambo was well-received, so here's another beauty. About a block away from the Italian I saw a stunning old Corvette Sting Ray. Sadly it did ~not~ have the split backlight,

Re: PUG update

2008-09-11 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Take care of yourselves first Scott. I hope you both recover quickly. The PUG can wait. Dan M On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 9:20 AM, Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: frank theriault wrote: On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 6:33 PM, Bob Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wow Cory, You conjured

Re: The PDML Bike Curse Continues

2008-09-11 Thread AlunFoto
Sorry to hear, Frank. Hope she mends, both properly and quickly. Jostein 2008/9/11 frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Not me, but I wish it was. Yesterday my eldest (she's 26) was riding home from school (she just started an intense ASL Interpreter course at a local college) when her back

Re: PESO - The True American Sports Car

2008-09-11 Thread Jack Davis
Well chosen, intriguing portion of a true American icon. Nice work...again, Frank. Jack --- On Thu, 9/11/08, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PESO - The True American Sports Car To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net Date:

Re: The PDML Bike Curse Continues

2008-09-11 Thread Christine Aguila
Frank: Send my very best to your daughter. I wish her a speedy recovery. Christine - Original Message - From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 8:18 AM Subject: The PDML Bike Curse Continues Not me, but

Infrared K20D (anyone)?

2008-09-11 Thread Roman Melihhov
Is it possible to use Pentax K20D for IR photography without replacement of the sensor filter glass. Thank you for your info. -- K20D, DA10-17mm, DA16-45mm, FA50mm_f1.4, DA50-200mm, Dörr DStudio strobes roman.blakout.net http://roman.blakout.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Infrared K20D (anyone)?

2008-09-11 Thread timber
Is it possible to use Pentax K20D for IR photography without replacement of the sensor filter glass. Thank you for your info. Possible, with extreme long shutter speeds even at f2.8. It has like -20 EV reduction. And the Live View is useless with IR sensors on. I think if you want to go IR

Re: Infrared K20D (anyone)?

2008-09-11 Thread japilado
I've seen lots of Nikons and Canon dslrs on eBay that have been modified for just IR only. Rarely see Pentax dslrs. Jim A. Is it possible to use Pentax K20D for IR photography without replacement of the sensor filter glass. Thank you for your info. -- K20D, DA10-17mm, DA16-45mm,

Re: PUG update

2008-09-11 Thread mike wilson
From: Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2008/09/11 Thu PM 01:20:53 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: PUG update frank theriault wrote: On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 6:33 PM, Bob Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wow Cory, You conjured visions of the angry

Re: Infrared K20D (anyone)?

2008-09-11 Thread Ralf R. Radermacher
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've seen lots of Nikons and Canon dslrs on eBay that have been modified for just IR only. Rarely see Pentax dslrs. The *IstDS used to have quite decent IR performance without any modification. I've been able to take IR photos at wavelengths far exceeding the

Re: Infrared K20D (anyone)?

2008-09-11 Thread timber
I've seen lots of Nikons and Canon dslrs on eBay that have been modified for just IR only. Rarely see Pentax dslrs. Jim A. The same applies for the unmodified cameras :) Tons of ***ons and just a few Pentax. Probably because Pentax users love their cameras and they keep them instead of

Re: The PDML Bike Curse Continues

2008-09-11 Thread Bob Sullivan
Frank, As Christine says - my best wishes to her for a speedy recovery. I suppose this screws up the intensive coursework. :-( Regards, Bob S. On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 8:29 AM, Christine Aguila [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Frank: Send my very best to your daughter. I wish her a speedy recovery.

Re: OT: VueScan color profiles?

2008-09-11 Thread Bob Sullivan
Jostein, I had the same thought. Maybe you should take a little time off? I generally need at least 2 brain cells working to function at all. If your down to one, it's time to rest and regenerate. :-) Regards, Bob S. On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 8:00 AM, AlunFoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good

Re: OT: PC (Windows) question

2008-09-11 Thread Boris Liberman
Well, let us say that this is one of the major hmmm parts of the problem statement. So, it has to keep running until the end and only then be updated. On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 1:29 PM, Thibouille [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I do not know anything like that but would be interesting to grab. I will

Re: PESO - Curvy Italian

2008-09-11 Thread frank theriault
On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 9:13 AM, Brian Walters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK, so I was expecting a different sort of Italian. This is nice too. I like the way the brand name is exactly lined up between the spokes (is that the right word?) of the wheel. The reflections in the paintwork are

Re: OT: PC (Windows) question

2008-09-11 Thread Boris Liberman
I see what you're saying, Doug. On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 3:31 PM, Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The only way I know of to do something like that is with the Microsoft Installer (MSI) file APIs. With them, you can register a file to be installed at the next boot, before most of the

Re: The PDML Bike Curse Continues

2008-09-11 Thread Subash
On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 09:18:27 -0400 frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not me, but I wish it was. Yesterday my eldest (she's 26) was riding home from school (she just started an intense ASL Interpreter course at a local college) when her back wheel got caught in a streetcar track. She

Re: PESO - Curvy Italian

2008-09-11 Thread frank theriault
On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 9:14 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: that's nice. the rendering is a bit lacking in snap, though, and might stand a bit more contrast. I thought it lacked a bit of punch, too, but I just couldn't get the contrast right without completely losing detail in

Re: PESO - Curvy Italian

2008-09-11 Thread David Savage
2008/9/11 Ken Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Being Frank I was expecting a bike. I had no idea you were Frank Frankly neither did I. Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly

Re: PESO - Curvy Italian

2008-09-11 Thread Paul Stenquist
If you use curves to increase midrange contrast, you can do it without altering the black point. Just create an S curve through the midrange. You can even pull the shadows a brighter while you're at it. Paul On Sep 11, 2008, at 11:52 AM, frank theriault wrote: On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 9:14

Re: The PDML Bike Curse Continues

2008-09-11 Thread Scott Loveless
frank theriault wrote: Not me, but I wish it was. Yesterday my eldest (she's 26) was riding home from school (she just started an intense ASL Interpreter course at a local college) when her back wheel got caught in a streetcar track. She went down, landed awkwardly on her leg and fractured

Re: OT: PC (Windows) question

2008-09-11 Thread John Francis
On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 06:47:43PM +0300, Boris Liberman wrote: However, I don't intend to *install* updates. All I need is to copy certain files from certain location(s) to the respective destination location(s)... The way to handle this on a Unix box would be to rename the old (open) file,

Re: PESO - The True American Sports Car

2008-09-11 Thread David J Brooks
Never a fan of the stingray, but, thatys a nice angle and conversion./ Reflections are nice to see. Dave On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 9:24 AM, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yesterday's Lambo was well-received, so here's another beauty. About a block away from the Italian I saw a stunning

Re: K200D Review

2008-09-11 Thread P. J. Alling
They also reviewed the K20D a couple of months ago... http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/06/13/review_pentax_k20d/ Doug Franklin wrote: Wow, someone over at The Register must be a Pentax-o-phile. They've had reviews of several of the previous Pentax releases, and how they've got one of the

Re: two PESOS - and a question about one ...

2008-09-11 Thread George Sinos
I have noticed that when links containing the # symbol are embedded in some email programs, some browsers terminate the url at the # sign. After experimentation the the problem does not occur if you enclose the link within a pair of type brackets. I think some browser/email combinations my be

Re: The PDML Bike Curse Continues

2008-09-11 Thread P. J. Alling
frank theriault wrote: Not me, but I wish it was. Yesterday my eldest (she's 26) was riding home from school (she just started an intense ASL Interpreter course at a local college) when her back wheel got caught in a streetcar track. She went down, landed awkwardly on her leg and fractured

Re: PUG update

2008-09-11 Thread P. J. Alling
I'm thinking of opening a pitchfork and torch concession, were do you live again? Scott Loveless wrote: frank theriault wrote: On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 6:33 PM, Bob Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wow Cory, You conjured visions of the angry villagers leading a torchlight march on

OT No Classic cars shows for me this year.

2008-09-11 Thread David J Brooks
Most of the car shows in my area, are held on, yes you guessed it, my horse show days. The BIG show on main streetin mid September was cancelled, due to construction on site and on main street. However, there is going to be a make up show of sorts on Sunday September 21. Just the other day, i

Re: PESO: Sára (it's Sarah in hunga rian)

2008-09-11 Thread P. J. Alling
She looks like a sweet mooch... [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: She's the dog of one of my co-worker and she's almost part of the office now :) http://www.flickr.com/photos/timbah/2848214472/ Cheers, .t Ps.: She likes cookies very much :) that's how the pictures were made :) I was putting a

Re: PUG update

2008-09-11 Thread David J Brooks
On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 9:20 AM, Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: frank theriault wrote: On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 6:33 PM, Bob Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wow Cory, You conjured visions of the angry villagers leading a torchlight march on Scott's. Memories of Young Frankenstein

Re: PESO: Sára (it's Sarah in hungarian)

2008-09-11 Thread David J Brooks
Nice pose and lovely face. Dave 2008/9/11 [EMAIL PROTECTED]: She's the dog of one of my co-worker and she's almost part of the office now :) http://www.flickr.com/photos/timbah/2848214472/ Cheers, .t Ps.: She likes cookies very much :) that's how the pictures were made :) I was putting

Re: PESO: Don't Fence Me In

2008-09-11 Thread David J Brooks
Nice wood texture and angle on this one. Dave On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 4:51 PM, Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Glimpsed this today while on my way home from an errand. Wasn't far from home and my K10D, so was able to make it back while the sun was in a good location. Bedraggled roses

Re: PESO - The True American Sports Car

2008-09-11 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Sep 11, 2008, at 6:24 AM, frank theriault wrote: Yesterday's Lambo was well-received, so here's another beauty. About a block away from the Italian I saw a stunning old Corvette Sting Ray. Sadly it did ~not~ have the split backlight, but it was still lovely:

Re: The PDML Bike Curse Continues

2008-09-11 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
yuck. hope it all heals up quickly and well. The Count is growing. :-( G On Sep 11, 2008, at 6:18 AM, frank theriault wrote: Not me, but I wish it was. Yesterday my eldest (she's 26) was riding home from school (she just started an intense ASL Interpreter course at a local college) when

Re: PESO: Don't Fence Me In

2008-09-11 Thread Jack Davis
Thanks, Dave! Jack --- On Thu, 9/11/08, David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: PESO: Don't Fence Me In To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Thursday, September 11, 2008, 9:55 AM Nice wood texture and angle on this one.

Re: The PDML Bike Curse Continues

2008-09-11 Thread Cotty
On 11/9/08, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed: Luckily she's young and in pretty good shape, so her prognosis is good. It could have been worse to be sure, and she's taking it like a trooper, but she's not too comfortable right now. Wish her well please Frank. -- Cheers, Cotty

Re: Infrared K20D (anyone)?

2008-09-11 Thread Bob Blakely
The filter pattern for Pentax (and most cameras) creates one pixel from four sensors, usually: RG GB After thinking about this for some time, I believe that the following pattern would be better for many who would like to explore photography at wavelengths other than visible. I propose the

Re: Infrared K20D (anyone)?

2008-09-11 Thread Mark Roberts
Bob Blakely wrote: The filter pattern for Pentax (and most cameras) creates one pixel from four sensors, usually: RG GB After thinking about this for some time, I believe that the following pattern would be better for many who would like to explore photography at wavelengths other

Re: PESO: Sára (it's Sarah in hunga rian)

2008-09-11 Thread Mme RD
Ps.: She likes cookies very much :) that's how the pictures were made :) I was putting a cookie next to the lens and she got seduced by it :P so that's why she looks like Einstein calculating his famous formula ! lol . lovely colours too ... dom -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

RE: two PESOS - and a question about one ...

2008-09-11 Thread Bob W
the # character tells the browser to position the web page at a particular place in the document indicated by the token following the #. Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of George Sinos Sent: 11 September 2008 17:45 To:

RE: The PDML Bike Curse Continues

2008-09-11 Thread Bob W
I feel responsible, being a PDML member. Obviously the PDML Bike Curse is communicable (or perhaps genetic)... I blame the parents. Wish her well from one of the accursed. I'm glad I only broke my wrist, not my leg. At least I could remain active and resume jogging and cycling fairly

Re: The PDML Bike Curse Continues

2008-09-11 Thread frank theriault
On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 12:17 PM, Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah, but was she riding a fixie? That makes all the difference. Seriously, though, I do hope she recovers quickly. snip Actually, Anne has this really cool Chinese bike. She recently bought it used, it's probably ten

OT: Vuescan Software

2008-09-11 Thread Walter Hamler
OK, I am not the brightest bulb in the pack. I just found out that there is such a thing as Vuescan. Does anyone out there use it and will it improve output from flatbed and film scanners? I have an old HP Photosmart S20 and an old Canon 660 flatbed. Both work fine but if the new software would

Re: Don't Fence Me In

2008-09-11 Thread Ken Waller
I can brighten/lighten the image variously or re-shoot it conveniently if necessary, but to be clear, I'd appreciate your defining the term better light. Jack - I wasn't thinking of post capture processing for improved light, although that may produce the desired result. What I was

Re: OT: VueScan color profiles?

2008-09-11 Thread AlunFoto
Bob, It feels like I'm down to one, but that it's growing like a slime mould. :-) Jostein 2008/9/11 Bob Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Jostein, I had the same thought. Maybe you should take a little time off? I generally need at least 2 brain cells working to function at all. If your down to

Re: Sára (it's Sarah in hungarian)

2008-09-11 Thread Ken Waller
Good looking animal. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PESO: Sára (it's Sarah in hungarian) She's the dog of one of my co-worker and she's almost part of the office now :)

Re: The PDML Bike Curse Continues

2008-09-11 Thread Walter Hamler
My son, 25, broke his wrist a little over a month ago and has had 2 of 6 pins removed so far. Hopefully tomorrow or the next week they will take out the two main ones and the other two smaller ones. Here is a youtube video of what they did to him, except his break was worse; lots more chips to

Re: OT: VueScan color profiles?

2008-09-11 Thread Ken Waller
Great. I wondered yesterday why you wouldn't use the newly generated monitor profile. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Antti-Pekka Virjonen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT: VueScan color profiles? Yesterday I wrote: --- Now to the

Re: The PDML Bike Curse Continues

2008-09-11 Thread Ken Waller
Sorry to hear knarF. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: The PDML Bike Curse Continues Not me, but I wish it was. Yesterday my eldest (she's 26) was riding home from school (she just started an

Re: OT: PC (Windows) question

2008-09-11 Thread Bob Sullivan
Boris, Long ago in a world before PC's (30+ years), I saw a 'baton' used with a shop floor computer system. Updating the programs was a problem as they were running live. It would screw up transactions, inventories, etc. if they were updated. A clever systems programming guy created a 'baton'

Re: The PDML Bike Curse Continues

2008-09-11 Thread Bob Sullivan
Walt, That's some video! Hope all goes well for your son. Regards, Bob S. On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 1:57 PM, Walter Hamler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My son, 25, broke his wrist a little over a month ago and has had 2 of 6 pins removed so far. Hopefully tomorrow or the next week they will take

Re: The PDML Bike Curse Continues

2008-09-11 Thread ann sanfedele
P. J. Alling wrote: frank theriault wrote: Not me, but I wish it was. She's heard different stories as to the timeframe for convalescing, anywhere from 6 weeks to 3 months. ooow! I feel responsible, being a PDML member. Obviously the PDML Bike Curse is communicable (or perhaps

Re: PESO: Sára (it's Sarah in hunga rian)

2008-09-11 Thread ann sanfedele
P. J. Alling wrote: She looks like a sweet mooch... [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: She's the dog of one of my co-worker and she's almost part of the office now :) http://www.flickr.com/photos/timbah/2848214472/ Cheers, .t GIven her name, I expected to see a pit bull ann ducks for cover

Re: OT: Vuescan Software

2008-09-11 Thread Toralf Lund
Walter Hamler wrote: OK, I am not the brightest bulb in the pack. I just found out that there is such a thing as Vuescan. Does anyone out there use it and will it improve output from flatbed and film scanners? I have an old HP Photosmart S20 and an old Canon 660 flatbed. Both work fine but if

Re: OT: Vuescan Software

2008-09-11 Thread Jerome
OK, I am not the brightest bulb in the pack. I just found out that there is such a thing as Vuescan. Does anyone out there use it and will it improve output from flatbed and film scanners? I have an old HP Photosmart S20 and an old Canon 660 flatbed. Both work fine but if the new software

Re: PESO - The True American Sports Car

2008-09-11 Thread frank theriault
On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 12:42 PM, David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Never a fan of the stingray, but, thatys a nice angle and conversion./ Reflections are nice to see. Dave The Stingray was my mostest favourite of the 'Vettes. With sidepipes and a hoodscoop, please. ;-) Here's a very

Re: PESO - The True American Sports Car

2008-09-11 Thread frank theriault
On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 1:06 PM, Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: frank theriault wrote: Yesterday's Lambo was well-received, so here's another beauty. About a block away from the Italian I saw a stunning old Corvette Sting Ray. Sadly it did ~not~ have the split backlight, but it was

Re: Don't Fence Me In

2008-09-11 Thread Jack Davis
Ken, thanks for the explanation. I get all those photo factors you mentioned and generally apply them if possible. I honestly don't care for golden or sweet light when shooting something such as weathered wood. Instead, I prefer the stark life leaching effect offered by mid day sun. In fact,

Re: PESO 2008 - 139 - GDG

2008-09-11 Thread frank theriault
On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 1:14 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: An apartment's entrance door in Peel. http://homepage.mac.com/godders/139-entrance.jpg Entrance Door - Isle of Man 2008 Panasonic L1 + Olympus ZD 11-22mm f/2.8-3.5 ISO 400 @ f/5.6 @ 1/100 sec, fl=14mm Comments and

Re: PESO 2008 - 138 - GDG

2008-09-11 Thread frank theriault
On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 6:28 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Downtown Douglas, yesterday afternoon ... http://homepage.mac.com/godders/138-intersection.jpg Bird Intersection - Isle of Man 2008 Panasonic L1 + Olympus ZD 25mm f/2.8 ISO 100 @ f/5 @ 1/100 sec Comments and critique

RE: Vuescan Software

2008-09-11 Thread Bob W
Yes. Don't know. It is generally reckoned to be the best scanning software for the likes of us. You should be able to try the trial version before deciding whether or not to pay for it. It doesn't cost much anyway. Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: The PDML Bike Curse Continues

2008-09-11 Thread Bob W
That's the operation I had last year. Had another operation in May this year to remove the plate. Grizzly stuff, isn't it? Bob My son, 25, broke his wrist a little over a month ago and has had 2 of 6 pins removed so far. Hopefully tomorrow or the next week they will take out the two main

Re: PESO - The True American Sports Car

2008-09-11 Thread David J Brooks
On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 4:03 PM, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 12:42 PM, David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Never a fan of the stingray, but, thatys a nice angle and conversion./ Reflections are nice to see. Dave The Stingray was my mostest favourite

Re: The PDML Bike Curse Continues

2008-09-11 Thread David J Brooks
On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 4:38 PM, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's the operation I had last year. Had another operation in May this year to remove the plate. Grizzly stuff, isn't it? Bob Liz had 5 pins put into her wrist, but it was done with out cutting, sort of an orthoscopy type of

Re: OT: Vuescan Software

2008-09-11 Thread P. J. Alling
I use it with my Acer Film scanner, much more control than the original drivers, and much better output, when I do everything right. Walter Hamler wrote: OK, I am not the brightest bulb in the pack. I just found out that there is such a thing as Vuescan. Does anyone out there use it and will

RE: PC (Windows) question

2008-09-11 Thread Bob W
A simple solution would be to stop running Boris.exe directly, and create a script to run Boris.exe. When Boris.exe finishes get the script to copy the new files, if they exist. For example: Begin run boris.exe if exists( pending/boris.exe ) then copy(

Re: The PDML Bike Curse Continues

2008-09-11 Thread Brian Walters
Frank Please add by best wishes to all of the others. I'm going to have to re-consider my PDML membership. When I broke my wrist a couple of years ago (falling down while mowing the lawn), I just put it down to bad luck and maybe a couple of glasses of good red with lunch. I now realise (given

Re: The PDML Bike Curse Continues

2008-09-11 Thread Walter Hamler
The surgeon told us that the plate would have to stay. He said it was the worst break in that area of the wrist that he had ever seen and he is not a young man. BTW, it was on a mountain bike at a course that is technical in their vernacular! Walt On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 4:38 PM, Bob W [EMAIL

RE: The PDML Bike Curse Continues

2008-09-11 Thread Bob W
It's normal to keep the plate in unless it causes problems afterwards. They told me mine would have to remain in, but in the event it gave quite a lot of trouble because one of the screws worked itself halfway out and was bulging into my flesh. Incidentally, they also told me mine was the worst

Re: OT: Vuescan Software

2008-09-11 Thread David J Brooks
LOL. I bought into Vuescan and Vueprint a number of years back. I used Vueprint as my slide show when i was still carting computers to shows. Vuescan worked well with my Epson 2450. I could work with it much easier than Silver what ever it was.:-) Dave On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 2:52 PM, Walter

Peso Neglect

2008-09-11 Thread David J Brooks
I have two tours i do on my bike rides. One downtown Stouffville and the other out past our old homestead. My intent was to bike to the pond, but every thing was undercover, so i went on the latter route. Shot this last weekend, an overcast rain off and on day.

Re: PESO 2008 - 138 - GDG

2008-09-11 Thread David J Brooks
What Frank said. Dave On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 4:27 PM, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 6:28 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Downtown Douglas, yesterday afternoon ... http://homepage.mac.com/godders/138-intersection.jpg Bird Intersection - Isle

Re: PESO 2008 - 139 - GDG

2008-09-11 Thread David J Brooks
I like the contrast of the shot, but to me, everything seems to be floating in the shot. That makes it for me. Dave On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 1:14 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: An apartment's entrance door in Peel. http://homepage.mac.com/godders/139-entrance.jpg Entrance Door

Re: The PDML Bike Curse Continues

2008-09-11 Thread Rick Womer
Ouch! I hate trolley (tram) tracks--I was thrown by them once, and ever since have taken great care to cross them at a very acute angle. Hope your daughter recovers quickly and smoothly! Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Thu, 9/11/08, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From:

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