RE: iPhone 5--sheesh!

2012-09-30 Thread John Coyle
I've recently acquired an HTC One Android and find that the sound has a very limited range - moving it even a centimetre or so away from my ear means I can't hear the caller too well - admittedly I have limited range in that ear! However, once it's in the right place the sound is clear and

A cautionary tale about using someone else's photos

2012-09-30 Thread Larry Colen
A blogger learns the hard way: http://www.roniloren.com/blog/2012/7/20/bloggers-beware-you-can-get-sued-for-using-pics-on-your-blog.html -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: Insect photography video

2012-09-30 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 29/9/12, Bruce Walker, discombobulated, unleashed: I love his homemade macro softbox with what appears to be optical quality duct tape. LOL! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ --

Re: Belgrade Raw Proudly Presents a New Website

2012-09-30 Thread Ralf R. Radermacher
Luka Knezevic-Strika lukastr...@gmail.com wrote: hey, i really think this might be interesting. lots of photos, some of them pentax-shot - http://www.belgraderaw.com - a site of a photographic collective from belgrade to which i belong ...people, places and events that, in our belief,

Re: A cautionary tale about using someone else's photos

2012-09-30 Thread Bruce Walker
Thanks for that, Larry. On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 3:08 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: A blogger learns the hard way: http://www.roniloren.com/blog/2012/7/20/bloggers-beware-you-can-get-sued-for-using-pics-on-your-blog.html -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est --

Re: A cautionary tale about using someone else's photos

2012-09-30 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Larry Colen l...@red4est.com: A blogger learns the hard way: http://www.roniloren.com/blog/2012/7/20/bloggers-beware-you-can-get-sued-for-using-pics-on-your-blog.html Thanks for posting - and quite timely too! Just two days ago I discovered one of my photos being used in this blog

RE: A cautionary tale about using someone else's photos

2012-09-30 Thread Bob W
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Larry Colen A blogger learns the hard way: http://www.roniloren.com/blog/2012/7/20/bloggers-beware-you-can-get- sued-for-using-pics-on-your-blog.html inline linking is a legal way to show pictures from another

Re: DA* 60-250 to C.R.I.S.

2012-09-30 Thread Paul Stenquist
I really like the SDM lenses, although I wish they were more reliable. My DA* 60-250 dis over 20,000 frames before it failed. Of course it should never fail at that price, but it has served me well and helped earn a good amount of money. Paul On Sep 29, 2012, at 11:45 PM, Bipin Gupta

Re: DA* 60-250 to C.R.I.S.

2012-09-30 Thread Mark Roberts
William Robb wrote: It is a lens I use rarely, I've heard that this is harder on the SDM lenses than daily use. I'm suspicious of the more likely to fail if not used regularly idea. I bought one of the first 16-50/2.8 SDM lenses when it first came out and it's been fine despite often going

Re: PESO - Hot Dogs for Jesus

2012-09-30 Thread Mark Roberts
Hot dogs for Jesus? I don't think he'll accept, being Jewish and all ;-) (Mark the vegetarian... who knows perfectly well that there are some hot dogs made without pork.) -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: DA* 60-250 to C.R.I.S.

2012-09-30 Thread Paul Stenquist
True. I've gone months without using the DA* 50-135, and it's still fine. I have three SDM lenses, and the 60-250 failure is my first. Not terrible. On Sep 30, 2012, at 7:51 AM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: William Robb wrote: It is a lens I use rarely, I've heard that

Re: Student Cameras Still Film?

2012-09-30 Thread Toralf Lund
On 9/29/12 4:58, David Parsons wrote: If you want a basic film camera, why don't you just use a basic film camera. Pentax is NEVER going to release a camera that has fewer features than previous models. It doesn't make any kind of economic sense to spend time and money to develop and release

Re: PESO - Unknown Bird

2012-09-30 Thread George Sinos
Thanks everyone. About 15 miles from the park is a place called the Heron Haven Nature Center. I'm going to have to go check it out. Several of the local photographers spend time shooting there. gs George Sinos gsi...@gmail.com www.georgesphotos.net plus.georgesinos.com

Re: PESO: A Night at the Carnival

2012-09-30 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks, Ann. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 12:51 AM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: Was relieved to see the subject - worried it might have been a crowd scene :) Good job , Dan ann On 9/30/2012 00:23, Daniel J. Matyola

RE: PESO: Self portrait with buttons

2012-09-30 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
That's kinda cool. Cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Tim Bray tb...@textuality.com Sent: September 29, 2012 9/29/12 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: PESO: Self portrait

Re: PESO: A Night at the Carnival

2012-09-30 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Yes, that's better. Terrific shot! cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com Sent: September 30, 2012 9/30/12 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net, P. J.

Re: PESO - Hot Dogs for Jesus

2012-09-30 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
My point was not that Jesus would have eaten hot dogs. Being triple O (Omniscient, Omnipotent and Omnibenevolent) he would have known that hot dogs aren't good for a human body (and he was god and human all in one - like Certs). Even veggie dogs with soy in them (North American soy is one of

Re: PESO - Unknown Bird

2012-09-30 Thread Walt
Great shot, George! What lens were you using? I've never been able to get anywhere near that close to one with my 300mm zoom. -- Walt On 9/30/2012 8:25 AM, George Sinos wrote: Thanks everyone. About 15 miles from the park is a place called the Heron Haven Nature Center. I'm going to have

Re: PESO - Hot Dogs for Jesus

2012-09-30 Thread Walt
Maybe they were Hebrew National. http://www.hebrewnational.com/ On 9/30/2012 6:54 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: Hot dogs for Jesus? I don't think he'll accept, being Jewish and all ;-) (Mark the vegetarian... who knows perfectly well that there are some hot dogs made without pork.) -- PDML

Re: PESO - Unknown Bird

2012-09-30 Thread George Sinos
That was at 300mm and cropped just a tiny bit to make the vertical straight. I was pretty close. Probably no more than 10 or 15 yards away. I think the birds at the duck pond get used to people. People fish there every day. There is a walking path around the pond. Kids bring old bread to feed

Re: A cautionary tale about using someone else's photos

2012-09-30 Thread Larry Colen
On Sep 30, 2012, at 7:58 AM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: I hate to be crude, but how fucking stupid is she?? Find what you're good at and go with it. She really didn't know she was stealing? Probably not. Most people don't think of it as stealing when the original person hasn't

Re: photos from ostrava

2012-09-30 Thread Paul Stenquist
Superb! Many great pics here. Thanks for sharing. Paul On Sep 30, 2012, at 9:21 AM, Emil emyl...@gmail.com wrote: hi all last weekend we visited the Nato-days held in Ostrava Airport in Czech Republic here is some photo from there:

Re: PESO - Unknown Bird

2012-09-30 Thread Paul Stenquist
Excellent! On Sep 30, 2012, at 10:56 AM, Walt ldott...@gmail.com wrote: Great shot, George! What lens were you using? I've never been able to get anywhere near that close to one with my 300mm zoom. -- Walt On 9/30/2012 8:25 AM, George Sinos wrote: Thanks everyone. About 15 miles

Re: photos from ostrava

2012-09-30 Thread Jack Davis
All very well shot and rendered, Emil. Jack Davis http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/jackdavis http://www.photolightimages.com/ From: Emil emyl...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2012 6:21 AM Subject:

RE: PESO - Unknown Bird

2012-09-30 Thread John Sessoms
From: George Sinos Anyone know what kind of bird this is? It showed up at the duck pond in a local city park recently. It's been hanging out with the ducks and geese. I know there is a big flock of Sandhill Cranes in the Safari Park about 25 or 30 miles south of town, maybe it's one of

RE: iPhone 5--sheesh!

2012-09-30 Thread John Sessoms
Legacy systems. Hard to find quality audio if you're starting from scratch today. Not impossible if you know what you're doing, but who does? From: J.C. O'Connell not in my household, I have two high quality stereo systems... - J.C.O'Connell hifis...@gate.net -

RE: Student Cameras Still Film? the Old Cable Release

2012-09-30 Thread John Sessoms
From: Bipin Gupta Hello John, your idea is perfectly feasible - having the film era screw on cable release pushing a simple dual contact electrical switch wired to a Japanese 2.5 mm stereo pin which the Pentax uses for the very expensive DSLR cable release. If you google you will come up with

RE: PESO - Hot Dogs for Jesus

2012-09-30 Thread Bob W
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of knarftheria...@gmail.com My point was not that Jesus would have eaten hot dogs. Being triple O (Omniscient, Omnipotent and Omnibenevolent) he would have known that hot dogs aren't good for a human body (and he was god

RE: A cautionary tale about using someone else's photos

2012-09-30 Thread John Sessoms
From: Bob W Strangely enough, some people who complain about 'bandwidth theft' advise that instead of inline linking to a picture on the host, they should copy it to their own server and link to that. That would appear to be encouraging an actual breach of copyright, and evidence that the

Re: A cautionary tale about using someone else's photos

2012-09-30 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 30/9/12, Brian Walters, discombobulated, unleashed: Just two days ago I discovered one of my photos being used in this blog post: http://berkeleygardencoach.com/2011/12/31/the-proteaceae-family/ If that was mine I'd be giving Heidi a call on her phone and advising that my lawyers would be

Re: A cautionary tale about using someone else's photos

2012-09-30 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 30/9/12, knarftheria...@gmail.com, discombobulated, unleashed: I hate to be crude, but how fucking stupid is she?? She really didn't know she was stealing? Asshole. (I'm in a bit of a pissy mood today and she pushed me over the edge) Frank, if she was sat on the next table to you and me in

RE: PESO: Taboo !

2012-09-30 Thread Bob W
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Daniel J. Matyola http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16489344 Taboo is a Tahitian word. This is the Hawai'ian equivilant. that candy floss (cotton candy) looks like it could do some damage. B -- PDML

Re: PESO - Unknown Bird

2012-09-30 Thread John Sessoms
From: George Sinos That was at 300mm and cropped just a tiny bit to make the vertical straight. I was pretty close. Probably no more than 10 or 15 yards away. I think the birds at the duck pond get used to people. People fish there every day. There is a walking path around the pond. Kids

Re: PESO - Unknown Bird

2012-09-30 Thread Bob Sullivan
The Great Blue Herrons are a signal bird, leaving if anything possibly threatening shows up. Regards, Bob S. On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 11:56 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: From: George Sinos That was at 300mm and cropped just a tiny bit to make the vertical straight. I was

Re: PESO - Hot Dogs for Jesus

2012-09-30 Thread Mark Roberts
knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: It was intended as humour. Did you think *I* was being serious? :-) -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML,

Re: OT Enablement

2012-09-30 Thread Boris Liberman
I should second that. I've got electronic viewfinder for my Ricoh GXR and although it's not showing correct colors, the rest is really nice. It has additional property of having no ill effects on camera batteries whereas manual focusing (with peaking assist) is easy. On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 4:02

Re: DA* 60-250 to C.R.I.S.

2012-09-30 Thread Bruce Walker
I don't subscribe to the use it or lose it theory. However, I also have three SDM lenses and I've had two motor failures, both in the 50-135. The first was under warranty still, the 2nd is two years later and I'll have to pay to fix it. I regard it as pretty terrible. The same type of failure

Re: DA* 60-250 to C.R.I.S.

2012-09-30 Thread Bulent Celasun
Another 50-135 with failed SDM here :( It failed just after the warranty period. Was practically unused then. It still is! The SDM failed again; this time after a heavy fall, however... Bulent - http://patoloji.gen.tr

PESO - My castle

2012-09-30 Thread Tim Øsleby
I've just moved out of town. http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/2012/09/my-castle.html -- MaritimTim My private photo blog: http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/ My photo class blog: http://z-fotokurs.blogspot.com/ To err is

Re: PESO - My castle

2012-09-30 Thread Tim Bray
You can type MaritimTim’s address into Google maps and see his neighborhood. Tim, my family name is actually “Bratrud”, became Bray due to a clerical error early last century. My ancestors came over around 1900 from a valley I’ve visited, don’t recall exactly where, but about an hour north of

PESO: Hibiscus

2012-09-30 Thread Paul Stenquist
The tropical hibiscus tree on my deck and a single bloom. I've had it for four years now. It spends the winters indoors of course, and I prune it hard every spring. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16493132size=lg http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16493133size=lg -- PDML

Hopefully ...

2012-09-30 Thread John Sessoms
Just made my October PUG submission. Hopefully I squeaked in in under the deadline. -- 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 above and follow the directions.

Re: PESO - My castle

2012-09-30 Thread Tim Øsleby
Hei. Thats very cool. Other Tim comes from my neighbourhood. An hour north of Bergen means about four hours south from here. I googled Bratrud, but got no significant hits. -- MaritimTim My private photo blog: http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/ My photo class blog: http://z-fotokurs.blogspot.com/

Re: PESO - My castle

2012-09-30 Thread Paul Stenquist
Beautiful. A lovely setting and well composed photo. Paul On Sep 30, 2012, at 3:21 PM, Tim Øsleby maritim...@gmail.com wrote: I've just moved out of town. http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/2012/09/my-castle.html -- MaritimTim My private photo blog: http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/ My

RE: PESO - Hot Dogs for Jesus

2012-09-30 Thread Bob W
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of knarftheria...@gmail.com I knew you weren't being serious because there were no hot dogs in Biblical Times. I doubt there was ketchup, mustard or relish, either. ;-) Aaron could rustle up a mean McManna just by

Re: Mileage on a K5 shutter

2012-09-30 Thread David J Brooks
On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 12:48 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: From: Mark Roberts Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com wrote: On Sep 26, 2012, at 17:21 , David J Brooks wrote: My D2H shutter blew up at around 4000 Having you on the list certainly makes us fanboys dance with

OT: For The Horse Lovers

2012-09-30 Thread Walter Hamler
http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Y5XJbSqwriM?rel=0 A friend owns two of the breed but they aren't for show. He just rides them. Walt -- 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: A Night at the Carnival

2012-09-30 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks, Frank. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 10:41 AM, knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, that's better. Terrific shot! cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. --

Re: PESO - Hot Dogs for Jesus

2012-09-30 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Bob W p...@web-options.com: From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of knarftheria...@gmail.com I knew you weren't being serious because there were no hot dogs in Biblical Times. I doubt there was ketchup, mustard or relish, either. ;-) and if

Re: PESO: Taboo !

2012-09-30 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I'm afraid I don't understand that comment, Bob. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 12:47 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: that candy floss (cotton candy) looks like it could do some damage. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Hopefully ...

2012-09-30 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com: Just made my October PUG submission. Hopefully I squeaked in in under the deadline. I'm pretty flexible deadline-wise... -- Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia

Re: Hopefully ...

2012-09-30 Thread Ann Sanfedele
good thing --- I'll be there soon :-) ann On 9/30/2012 17:28, Brian Walters wrote: Quoting John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com: Just made my October PUG submission. Hopefully I squeaked in in under the deadline. I'm pretty flexible deadline-wise... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Hopefully ...

2012-09-30 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com: good thing --- I'll be there soon :-) What? You're delivering your submission in person? Want me to pick you up at the airport? Cheers Brian + Brian Walters Australian Native Plants Society

Re: A cautionary tale about using someone else's photos

2012-09-30 Thread William Robb
On 30/09/2012 9:46 AM, Larry Colen wrote: On Sep 30, 2012, at 7:58 AM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: I hate to be crude, but how fucking stupid is she?? Find what you're good at and go with it. She really didn't know she was stealing? Probably not. Most people don't think of it as

Re: PESO - My castle

2012-09-30 Thread Tim Øsleby
Thanks. And yep. I'll probably show the view another day. -- MaritimTim My private photo blog: http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/ My photo class blog: http://z-fotokurs.blogspot.com/ To err is human to arr is pirate

Re: A cautionary tale about using someone else's photos

2012-09-30 Thread Mark Roberts
William Robb wrote: The whole copyright thing is somewhat out of control anyway. I can certainly understand if a person stands to make money off of a particular image, that they might be a little miffed with someone for lifting it, but for most of us, we put pictures on the web because we are

Re: PESO: Hibiscus

2012-09-30 Thread Bob Sullivan
Paul, Very nice multi-flora hibiscus. I enjoy seeing the tree form, especially when you follow up with the close-up blossom. The side view is just right. Great to see in a northern climate. Regards, Bob S. On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 2:34 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: The

RE: PESO - My castle

2012-09-30 Thread John Coyle
Looks like a great spot Tim: you must have already taken photos of the views! John Coyle Brisbane, Australia -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Tim Øsleby Sent: Monday, 1 October 2012 5:22 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: PESO - My castle

2012-09-30 Thread Bob Sullivan
Tim, Lovely photo, special setting. Excellent. Regards, Bob S. On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 2:21 PM, Tim Øsleby maritim...@gmail.com wrote: I've just moved out of town. http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/2012/09/my-castle.html -- MaritimTim My private photo blog: http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/

Re: PESO - Hot Dogs for Jesus

2012-09-30 Thread John Sessoms
Jesus told a parable about a mustard seed. From: knarftheriault I knew you weren't being serious because there were no hot dogs in Biblical Times. I doubt there was ketchup, mustard or relish, either. ;-) cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof.

Re: PESO - My castle

2012-09-30 Thread Tim Øsleby
Your right John. But so far, I've got nothing I'd like to share. -- MaritimTim My private photo blog: http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/ My photo class blog: http://z-fotokurs.blogspot.com/ To err is human to arr is

Re: About those $2000.00 full-frame cameras...

2012-09-30 Thread kwaller
My Spotmatic was purchased by a buddy in 1968 in Viet Nam for $89.00 USD = $589 in todays manoply money. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com Subject: About those $2000.00 full-frame

Re: PESO - Hot Dogs for Jesus

2012-09-30 Thread Tim Bray
Hm, so did the Buddha. Fulla lessons, those little guys are. -T On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 4:27 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: Jesus told a parable about a mustard seed. From: knarftheriault I knew you weren't being serious because there were no hot dogs in Biblical Times. I

Re: PESO - My castle

2012-09-30 Thread Bruce Walker
That's a magnificent view to wake up to every morning. Looks like the sort of place folks like me spend good money to vacation in. And you're there all the time. :-) Hope the move went smoothly for you. On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 3:21 PM, Tim Øsleby maritim...@gmail.com wrote: I've just moved out

RE: iPhone 5--sheesh!

2012-09-30 Thread J.C. O'Connell
there are still tons of new high end gear available. - J.C.O'Connell hifis...@gate.net - -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of John Sessoms Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2012 12:10 PM To: pdml@pdml.net

Re: iPhone 5--sheesh!

2012-09-30 Thread Bruce Walker
I think we've gone full circle from the 6 Transistor radios that teens listened to tinny, static-y mono AM rock'n'roll on. Now thanks to MP3's, highly compressed satellite feeds and the loudness wars, we have audio just a little better than the old 6 transistors, but still distorted all to hell.

PESO - Espresso to Go

2012-09-30 Thread frank theriault
Recently seen outside the Jet Fuel Cafe: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2012/09/espresso-to-go.html The Jet Fuel is a favourite meeting place before and after weekend rides. Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson --

Re: PESO - Espresso to Go

2012-09-30 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Looks great, Frank. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 8:40 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Recently seen outside the Jet Fuel Cafe: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2012/09/espresso-to-go.html The Jet Fuel is a

Stupid Hardware Question

2012-09-30 Thread William Robb
Hi: I have a Samsung 225BW monitor which has decided to go rogue on me. When I wake up my screens, it will flash on and then off again. If I cycle the power on and off a few times, it will light up and stay lit. Is this something that is repairable or should I just trash the thing? It's my

Re: Stupid Hardware Question

2012-09-30 Thread David Parsons
When you say flash, what do you mean? Does any kind of display flash garbled like, or just the backlight flash on and off, with nothing displayed on-screen? On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 9:26 PM, William Robb anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: Hi: I have a Samsung 225BW monitor which has decided to

Re: OT: Domain Names and/or email filters

2012-09-30 Thread steve harley
on 2012-09-28 11:58 John Sessoms wrote Stupid really. Why would I buy used domain names from him when I already owned them once and decided I didn't want to keep them? Just out of curiosity, anyone have thoughts on how long this will persist? not too long; they send them because some domains

Re: Dell phone support hell

2012-09-30 Thread steve harley
on 2012-09-28 13:57 Larry Colen wrote The short form is that once I finally got in touch with someone who could help, he was very helpful. I just had to go through about five other people, four of which transferred me to the wrong person, first. the concept here is that some significant

Re: OT - help for pop abusers

2012-09-30 Thread steve harley
on 2012-09-27 19:15 Bruce Walker wrote Tom Till admits that he is a recovering over-saturator ... http://www.outdoorphotographer.com/how-to/shooting/digital-pitfalls-a-cautionary-tale.html fascinating that someone could make a living off that crap; even the revised Totem image is unpleasant

Re: A cautionary tale about using someone else's photos

2012-09-30 Thread steve harley
on 2012-09-30 4:17 Brian Walters wrote Just two days ago I discovered one of my photos being used in this blog post: http://berkeleygardencoach.com/2011/12/31/the-proteaceae-family/ (the 4th photo is mine - it's been reproduced at low res but it's still mine and I suspect that the other photos

Re: PESO: Taboo !

2012-09-30 Thread David Mann
On Oct 1, 2012, at 3:09 AM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16489344 Taboo is a Tahitian word. This is the Hawai'ian equivilant. Interesting. The Maori word is quite similar, Tapu, and it's a pretty serious thing.

Re: iPhone 5--sheesh!

2012-09-30 Thread David Mann
On Oct 1, 2012, at 1:38 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Average consumer doesn't care though. As long as they can hear the latest Justin Bieber remix they're okay with it. Bingo. I often see teenagers walking along listening to music through their cellphone. Not with