. I am afraid Old Murph will hear,
-graywolf
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Sometimes things go well, sometimes thing go badly. Sometimes I deal
with it well, sometimes I don't. It makes for humorous stories. Such is
life.
Feroze wrote:
Damm, it just never gets easier for you.sorry
feroze
graywolf wrote:
Well, I may have gotten a new set of wrenches for my
you say? Just pull off the skid plate? Well, I would,
but it takes a 13mm wrench...
So I will have to make a trip to the store tomorrow for another wrench,
and while I am at it I will get some new bolts and nuts too.
-graywolf
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What fun, I ask to see a birth certificate before I ogle women on the
street these days.
William Robb wrote:
- Original Message -
From: Daniel J. Matyola
Subject: OT: How a Photo Can Ruin Your Life
The big box stores require adequate stock be available before they buy.
You run into a bit of a problem when the manufacturer makes 5000 a month
and you have 10,000 stores to put them in. The local Wal-Mart did have
some istD-L's for a bit about a year back however. And they quite often
had
Besides, Mark is wrong, some of us will not eat vegetables. After all
that is what livestock are for, to turn vegetables into food.
Tom C wrote:
Mark Roberts wrote:
Man between the Smoked Chicken thread and the Ground Squirrel
thread this is enough to make a vegetarian nauseous!
You
). :-)
Tom C.
From: graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net
To: PDML PDML@pdml.net
Subject: OT --A shocking story
Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 16:00:39 -0400
Well, I need to change the shocks on my S-10 Blazer. So I bought the
shocks and put the trunk up on jack
be no problem. First, I could lift it
up by the winch I can not afford to buy. Second, I would have taken it
to the Chevy dealer in the first place. I am getting too old for this
kind of crap.
Cotty wrote:
On 11/5/07, graywolf, discombobulated, unleashed:
Anyway to make a long story short, I lost
Wow, right trough the rim! Beer will not compensate, for that you need a
fifth of Irish Whiskey.
frank theriault wrote:
Since Greywolf told us his Shocking Story, let me tell you about how,
on my way home the other night, I got screwed:
http://gmapuploader.com/iframe.php?mapId=K7BVk3WWqE
OK, send me the Irish.
frank theriault wrote:
On 5/11/07, graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Wow, right trough the rim! Beer will not compensate, for that you need a
fifth of Irish Whiskey.
Actually, it's likely not such a big deal to fix. As you're likely
aware, the inside of the rim
Well, a quart a month on an old car can be good, or it can be bad. How
many miles a month do you drive?
Things to look for:
Smoke when you first start up, indicates leaky valve guides.
Oil in the coolant, indicates a blown head gasket. Better get this one
fixed quick or you will wind up
That is a quart in 800 miles, I would say you definitely have a leak
somewhere. As a comparison, my '94 Blazer with 140K miles goes trough a
1/2 quart in 5000 miles. Since I run synthetic oil it seeps out where
regular oil would not. No drips, but it leaks a bit in several places.
Bob Shell
Big bucks in the salvage business.
William Robb wrote:
On 5/11/07, Brendan MacRae [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
''I find no reason to be under the wing of
a huge capital.''
Read: We won't lie down and be swallowed up and busted
apart by another company who
You will see no difference in a full frame 8x10 print grin. Of course
if you routinely crop your images or do large prints...
Brendan MacRae wrote:
--- John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Wed, May 09, 2007 at 08:08:30PM -0700, Brendan
MacRae wrote:
--- John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Come on, Paul, you know that if you buy a Hassy H1 your web images will
be better than mine. HA HA HA HA...
Paul Stenquist wrote:
On May 10, 2007, at 3:01 AM, Brendan MacRae wrote:
I talk to him all the time and he's really craving the
quality that he's seeing from guys on his Canon
BUT! Larger pixels are desirable in themselves, as long as your density
is high enough to give the resolution you need. Which is better a 100hp
V8, or a 200hp 4-banger?
Mark Roberts wrote:
Digital Image Studio wrote:
But they just can't go on increasing the density of APS sized sensor
ad
like a camera club than not, but is a bit more open minded.
-graywolf
Tom C wrote:
They've learned to largely relegate their emotions, prejudices, and
personal attachments to the back seat when deciding which images are
worthy of display and may enjoy potential success.
I call that critical
Yes, and not too long ago it was thought by the majority on this list
that digital was too expensive and no one would ever buy a DSLR.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Pentax To Sell Tokyo HQ, Quit Low-Profit Ops To Lift Corp Value
TOKYO (Nikkei)--Pentax Corp. plans to sell its Tokyo headquarters
Actually, I just had my Diet Smith Enterprises Mark X Space Coupe
retrofitted with a deep space hyperdrive.
Cotty wrote:
On 9/5/07, Jack Davis, discombobulated, unleashed:
After warp 5, Scotty will report; she's tearing herself apart
Captain!!
Actually Federation starships don't use
- Original Message -
From: graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Looking at Pictures
Depends a lot on your purpose. A commercial photographer can over
edit
and lose sales because someone may have liked those photos. A fine
art
photographer needs to be more selective. A camera
Yes, and pseudphidrine is, supposedly, used in the manufacture of crack.
Hence in North Carolina, at least, it is a semi-controlled substance.
You do not need a prescription, but it is kept behind the Rx counter and
you are only allowed to buy 3 packs a year (I see nothing keeping you
from
Well, I wasn't there, but that is the story I have heard. Of course not
all drugs were banned right then. A few had local laws against them
before then, and many have been added by the feds since.
-graywolf
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 5/8/2007 6:54:00 A.M. Pacific Daylight
Or you and your evil twin. Only that would not work, he would drop you
and laugh. Or if you let him stand on your shoulders he would kick you
in the eye. Just give up they ider et wa nat werk.
Cotty wrote:
On 6/5/07, P. J. Alling, discombobulated, unleashed:
if there were two of you, most
It is sort of like the neutrasweet test they did. Came out the dosage in
the rats was the equivalent of a human drinking 200 bottles of diet soda
a day. Almost anything is poisonous in large enough quantities, even water.
P. J. Alling wrote:
The way the FDA tests for carcinogenic compounds is
.
-graywolf
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Well, got to give list a miss for a while, just pop in and out next few
days. Busy.
But in quite a few photographic spots lately I've longed to be just 2-4
inches taller. And I am a tall gall. So I thought of grabbing my step stool
(i
have a little
Do a search for freighter frame backpack. You will find several with
and without detachable bags
Scott Loveless wrote:
If you're wanting to get away from the road a
bit you might look into a bare pack frame. Campmor used to carry one,
but they don't seem to anymore. This is the first
what to expect of me.
-graywolf
Bob W wrote:
Road riding does scare me due to the traffic
I find riding on roads much more enjoyable than riding in bike lanes
or on canal towpaths or suchlike. At least on the road you can go
fast, don't have to keep stopping, and pedestrians aren't
them up.
-graywolf
Mark Cassino wrote:
I've got a real 'get it done' mindset on moving my digital photos from
DVD's and CD's to external hard drives. Unfortunately, my math seems to
have been off on how many of these external drives I'd need...
Aside from the real vs nominal storage
I have done away with the recycle bin entirely. Even if I am dumb enough
to delete something critical, I am tough enough to suffer the consequences.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 5/5/2007 4:10:25 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Other notes within the
slides into the other. Plus, it has steps on both sides. I can shoot
from one side and have an assistant flag the lens from the other
side. It is heavy, but it's a super tool.
Paul
On May 5, 2007, at 11:22 AM, graywolf wrote:
A short, 4 foot, aluminum step ladder is often handy to have
The interesting thing that a lot of drivers do not seem to realize is
that in a lot of jurisdictions it is illegal for an adult to ride a
bicycle on the sidewalk.
What bugs me is cops never seem to enforce the rules of the road. People
not obeying them when there is other traffic about are
Unreasonably! If it is not safe to not take up a lane, then they should.
A bicycle is nothing more, nor less, than a slow moving vehicle, and
should be treated the same by other drivers and the cops.
David Savage wrote:
On 5/6/07, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 5/6/07, Adam Maas
They should be ticketed for reckless driving, just as you should if you
did the same with your car.
David Savage wrote:
On 5/6/07, Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
David Savage wrote:
On 5/5/07, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
As a general rule bike lanes, especially those
that are
Be careful, the tool box I have is none too stable, even though they
advertised it as being usable as step stool.
John Francis wrote:
On Sat, May 05, 2007 at 08:38:09AM +0100, Bob W wrote:
The traditional solution for the photographer on the go is the
aluminium case. Its 3 main purposes are
So? I have been using vacuum filled bucky balls in my hubs for years.
mike wilson wrote:
You need to read the URL backwards.
graywolf wrote:
For only a few hundred bucks you can save almost an ounce on your ride.
For those who do not know, you can buy a bag of a hundred solid balls
Yes, Bill's right about that. One thing you can do is spray an little in
a plastic lid, like from a small can of coffee, and then lightly apply
just to the problem area with a Q-Tip or something. So it does not just
go everywhere. Do check with the client before spraying willy-nilly.
The light
Yeah, but once it is set up it is just a one click affair. BTW,
windows/actions and automate/batch are two different things, but work
together to process a whole bunch of files automatically.
Setting up is as simple as opening the actions window, clicking on
record, then doing the thing
Square one for those guys is square 96 for me. But I can lose most of 6
months work by dropping out for a month. Which I keep doing do to health
problems, so at best I am maintaining the status quo. But I guess that
is better than getting fatter.
AlexG wrote:
Well, that's not necessarily
About the only thing I can tell you is get a bigger cube than you think
you will need...
Actually to answer your question the things work pretty well with flash.
You do know you need to get it off the camera, right? Just set it up to
point at the top panel. Some kind of boom mount would be
Studio types us what is called dulling spray. Here is a link:
http://www.calumetphoto.com/item/BR1115/
Feroze wrote:
Hi Don,
Shiny gold and silver are even harder :) My main problems at the moment
are eliminating the reflections of the light stands, the camera, me on
very shiny gold
Yes that looks like a bike. An to prove Frank is a real cyclist, note
the cup of coffee on the saddle grin.
frank theriault wrote:
On 5/2/07, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I like the way a little box that says Help drops down on the Frank
picture if you hover the cursor over it.
back in the early ninties).
By the way I used to have a bike like that, Cotty. Only mine had a 100cc
engine grin.
-graywolf
Cotty wrote:
Thanks to all who replied about squealing brakes. I've cleaned up the
rims and shoes, towed them in and it's a lot better! I have a couple of
sets of Kool
For only a few hundred bucks you can save almost an ounce on your ride.
For those who do not know, you can buy a bag of a hundred solid balls
for less than those cost each.
mike wilson wrote:
From: Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2007/05/02 Wed PM 09:46:06 GMT
To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'
Maybe you had just bought the next to the last one?
David J Brooks wrote:
When i saw it on Amazon dot ca, it said two left,but wheni placed my
order, it said one left.
Not sure what was going on there.
Dave
On 5/3/07, Maris V. Lidaka Sr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
And I ordered Monday
there should be something for this digital age out there.
-graywolf
Feroze wrote:
That has to be the coolest thing I've seen so far for products, thanks.
What other pearls of wisdom can you pass on
graywolf wrote:
Studio types us what is called dulling spray. Here is a link:
http
so farits
going to be an expensive month
Feroze
graywolf wrote:
Thanks, your reply makes me feel good, because I do not feel like I have
much to offer since this became a digital list.
Probably the best thing I can tell you is get Calumet's full catalog it
has all kinds
LOL!
Tha was funny, Frank. (However, I would like to point out that all that
is cultural rather than a natural part of giving birth.)
frank theriault wrote:
On 5/1/07, Tim Øsleby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
There is something called fatherhood too, Tom ;-)
After birth it is basically the same
Well if you watch TV instead of reading. As for no one reading, how do
all those book stores stay in business. However, I will agree that there
are a lot of so called technical books that kind of give you
ionformation that way, and without the sound bites.
Bruce Dayton wrote:
Didn't this
Since the first google entry that comes up answers your question
Fernando Terrazzino wrote:
Just curious,
Anyone knows where the term chimping (as in checking the lcd of your
camera) comes from? or who was the first to coin that term? Is it
related to our fellow primates?
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It is interesting that everyone has a different idea of who
photographers are. To you, Dave, they are the mass of snapshooters. To
Mike they seem to be the average camera club Joes, and to Mark they are
the art elite. I would submit that the perceptual cultural level of each
of those groups
A) replace them with something better. The $10 option
B) bend the caliper so the leading edge hits about 1/32 inch ahead of
the trailing. The 2 penny option.
C) get some ear plugs...
Cotty wrote:
Okay, this is a bike thread, and it's labelled OT, so I figure I can ask
for some help here. How
Hell, when I was young we had to go visit someone who had somekind of
instrument Two sticks as I recall, we all had to go over to his tree.
Bruce Dayton wrote:
I think this phenomenon is more with the younger set. Where I live,
most of the book stores have gone out of business - just
stupid. Well, I am in good company,
-graywolf grinning fiendishly
P. J. Alling wrote:
The Internet makes you stupid.
mike wilson wrote:
From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2007/04/29 Sun AM 07:52:17 GMT
To: pentax list PDML@pdml.net
Subject: Re: How to Clean a LCD Screen?
On 28/4/07, eric
than normal (1 meter for a 50mm). In other words it is a
macrophoto if you call it that.
-graywolf
Jens Bladt wrote:
I have photographed my Stanley measuring device with a
Pentax K10D and a Tamron SP 2.5/90mm lens - at closest possible focusing
distance; 0.39 m. Is this macro?
http
Actually it is a pretty good way of sorting your own photos. A quick run
through to kick out the junk (if you go slow you tend to start thinking
about how you felt taking the picture, and will not toss it). Then a
couple more passes to select the best, preferably after letting some
time pass
That may be the lousiest done infomercial I ever saw.
How you doing, Don? Long time no, read.
-graywolf
Don Sanderson wrote:
Some time ago there was a thread on A Better Bounce Card:
http://www.abetterbouncecard.com/
I tried this out a few days ago and they really do work well.
I still
Grass is a good sub for an 18% gray exposure card. It would not work for
color balance for obvious reasons. Of course with IR you are not
interested in color balance
-graywolf
David J Brooks wrote:
The grass was suggested from an IR website, and several others. It
seemed to work, but i'll
Colloquial usage does not apply to optical physics. Reading what someone
says does not mean it is true. Go do the experiments I suggested, then
it is your own knowledge you are going by.
-graywolf
Bob Blakely wrote:
Sir graywolf,
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source ap·er·ture
one thing also changes others.
-graywolf
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 4/29/2007 7:36:03 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
- Original Message -
From: graywolf
Subject: Re: M85mm f2.0 bokeh
Most folks do confuse f-stop with aperture, I
you have to keep a set of fresh cartridges on hand.
Anyway, you can google epson ink utility and find a bunch of such
programs.
-graywolf
Walter Hamler wrote:
David, if you ever find something on how to reset the counter please post
here. My 220 is doing the same thing, although I am still
http://www.ssclg.com/epsone.shtml
Walter Hamler wrote:
David, if you ever find something on how to reset the counter please post
here. My 220 is doing the same thing, although I am still able to print so
far. Eventually it will refuse, I guess.
In the meantime I do have the 1800 and it is
I wouldn't through it out.
William Robb wrote:
I promised Tom C that I would try to do a bokeh comparison between the
A85/1.4, M85/2, FA77 and DA70 lenses.
I had a few moments between supper and getting bombed, so here goes:
http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/temp/m852bokeh/852bokeh.html
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the formulas and calculate DOF using f-stop
and aperture diameter, go out and shot some photos and compare them with
your calculations. Then, like me, you will never make that mistake again.
-graywolf
William Robb wrote:
- Original Message -
From: Tom C
Subject: RE: M85mm f2.0 bokeh
Since the 70mm has a slightly smaller aperture opening at f/4.0 than the
85's, it should have a slightly greater DOF. However, since marked
f-stops are never very accurate, it probably is within the DOF spread of
the 85mm's.
-graywolf
William Robb wrote:
- Original Message -
From
job.
http://www.graywolfphoto.com/digital/_images/Misc/P3100350.jpg
-graywolf
Bob Shell wrote:
I use lens cleaning fluid and a paper towel.
Bob
On Apr 28, 2007, at 1:26 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
With my old monitor, I just spray it with Windex. The surface of a
LCD
screen
Yes they are, Paul. I think I paid eight bucks for mine at CompUSA.
Most, if not all, external USB hubs are powered. Just check that it
comes with a wall wart.
-graywolf
Paul Stenquist wrote:
Do you know where I'd find a powered hub? Are they expensive?
Paul
On Apr 28, 2007, at 8:50 AM
it.
I can guarantee that it will remove decades old dried lubricants, as
that is mostly what I use it for. That is a 1970's tape deck in the
background.
-graywolf
drew wrote:
graywolf wrote:
I use Everclear from the liquor store, that way I do not have to worry
about running out of booze
What people do not consider is that crude is free. It is just sitting
there waiting to be pumped out of the ground. All other known fuel bases
cost a lot to produce. Well, geothermal, hydro, wind, and solar are
cheap bases too, but they are hard to carry around with you.
-graywolf
P. J
. Of course, most any hydrocarbon can be produced from crude
oil which is one of the reasons it is so popular grin.
Maris V. Lidaka Sr. wrote:
My local CVS sells 91% Isopropyl Alcohol for a dollar or two per pint.
Maris
Bob Shell wrote:
On Apr 28, 2007, at 2:33 PM, graywolf wrote
Sarcasm, Paul? Actually, it was intended for a web article on repairing
the tape recorder that I may actually someday finish. But is is pretty
much the kind of thing I use digital photography for, snapshots.
-graywolf
Paul Stenquist wrote:
Excellent pic, Tom. That's a keeper for me
, there
is no food in that stuff at all.)
-graywolf
David J Brooks wrote:
On 4/27/07, Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
David J Brooks wrote:
On 4/27/07, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Doug Brewer wrote:
I'll bring oreos and goldfish
and Dr. Pepper.
I was worried until you mentioned
I should have photographed the Raleigh when I got it last year. I can
not photograph it after restoration as I have not started yet. Too many
hobbies, not enough money...
-graywolf
Doug Brewer wrote:
As mentioned, I found an old Trek yesterday.
When I dropped it off at the shop
Well, our standards are laxer than ever, although we had them when
Europeans had none at all. Used to be the USDA certified meant
something, now it means nothing at all. Like most of the consumer
protectionism of decades past it has been diluted by industry lobbying
until it is a delusion for
feed lot is my model.
-graywolf
Mark Roberts wrote:
I'm not sure what you mean by that, but the only way of addressing the
problem is to prohibit and/or discourage the routine use of antibiotics
in animal feed. You can do so by banning its use within your own
country and prohibiting
kinds of good stuff in the area. One year Graywolf
brought a six-pack of Oxfordshire's Hobgoblin ale.
I'm planning to bring a case of Yuengling. The Pennsylvania Liquor
Control Nazis make it hard to get good beer around here. I do have a
couple bottles of St. James wine from Missouri
bars, Boone has beer gardens, other towns have church
socials (not the Ukrainian kind*).
-graywolf
Mark Roberts wrote:
Rick Womer wrote:
I'm flying into Charlotte, and plan to pick up some
=good=* beer on the way to GFM.
I like Endo pale ale from the Cottonwood Brewery (Ashville, NC
Missed shot today: College student riding a self-propelled beer cooler
down the road. Kind of looked like he had taken one of those fold-up
electric scooters, cut it in half and mounted both ends under a plastic
cooler.
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Breaking up companies is a big profit business for the major
stockholders, and the folks who arrange the breaking. As someone else
mentioned everyone else loses. Including you the consumer.
P. J. Alling wrote:
Sparx has been pushing Pentax's demise as an independent entity for some
time
.
There are companies out their who only have .01% of their market, but
are making out like bandits. There are companies who have a near
monopoly and are sinking fast. ROI is the important thing, not market share.
-graywolf
P. J. Alling wrote:
Funny, the market share of DSLRs is supposed
Yeah, who needs a camera, as long as he has words grin?
Brian Walters wrote:
Ah well, nicely described anyway..
Cheers
Brian
++
Brian Walters
Western Sydney Australia
Quoting graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Missed shot today: College student
and onions. Some sharp cheese, greens, tomato, pumpernickel
bread, darn I am getting hungry...
-graywolf
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
OK gang, this may be one of the strangest questions asked on the PDML in
quite a while, and might give the list a few chuckles. Apart from one
sandwich in 1957, I've
Ahh..., Mark? You said it was digital that put them out of business...
Mark Roberts wrote:
P. J. Alling wrote:
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
I tend doubt that - can you substantiate your claim. In talking with
people at a couple of labs here, they say the most popular subject
they get
are
controls for color and contrast. Used to be about 69 cents each.
-graywolf
Mark Roberts wrote:
Mark Cassino wrote:
Mark Roberts wrote:
The thought of that makes me shudder...
But... digital makes thing so easy! Everyone says so! It must be
true.
Hey just think about me backing up
You are an idiot, Bill.
What I said and you know damn well what I meant, is that saying you have
been doing something for x years means nothing, there are many who learn
everything they know about it the first two weeks on the job and never
learn another thing after that. But the are the first
Ok, just for the hell of it. The general opinion here is that digital is
better than film, so how about everyone posting a photo that they took
with digital that they feel they could not, or would not, have done with
film.
-graywolf
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it right, but
could not tell me how to do it right.) Someone who learned it last week
can probably help him more.
-graywolf
William Robb wrote:
Experience isn't what you know, it is how you do things.
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customers can.
-graywolf
Kenneth Waller wrote:
So what's your method for culling the crap?
Be absolutely ruthless in your editing/sorting. If you have several similar
images, only retain one. Try to position yourself as some one invited to see
the images how you would respond to all you
of it!
-graywolf
Doug Brewer wrote:
No, Tom. The general opinion here is that digital is different from film.
graywolf wrote:
Ok, just for the hell of it. The general opinion here is that digital is
better than film, so how about everyone posting a photo that they took
with digital
More than some, less than others GRIN!
Scott Loveless wrote:
-- Original message --
From: graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED]
But I do not want to improve my photography. The photos that have made
me money are usually the lousy ones (in my opinion) if I had tossed
is taking pics of something
one can do a
quick do over on)
and quickly get my ebay stuff photo'ed and on line.
the lightness of the camera - my LX feels like I'm carrying workout
weights when I lift it now.
and the speed with which I can see results
ann
On 4/23/07, graywolf
.
-graywolf
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
I tend doubt that - can you substantiate your claim. In talking with
people at a couple of labs here, they say the most popular subject they get
are babies and - believe it or not - cats.
Shel
[Original Message]
From: Jens Bladt [EMAIL PROTECTED
,
isn't it?
-graywolf
Mark Cassino wrote:
One of the things that was kicked around with the advent of digital was
the need to move data from one storage medium to another as they
become obsolete.
A couple of days ago ago I decided to move the data off 69 CD's, which
held the best of my
.
-graywolf
AlexG wrote:
Presumably so they aren't spinning for nothing, assuming they won't
power down on thier own.
MTBF for hard disks is reported to be greatly exagerated
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since I have everything but the drives and I can now get 73gig
surplus drives for very little money (they only kind of money the
government allows me to have these days).
-graywolf
Bob Sullivan wrote:
Graywolf,
We'll use RAID on servers where we have big files stored and where we
want to read
Also early istD's had that kind problem. IIRC the fix was to upgrade the
firmware. Latest firmware should be on Pentax's website.
-graywolf
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
Regardless, put in a set of known, good, fresh batteries. It's the least
expensive and easiest way to start the diagnosis process
it, after it dies down only the
dedicated do it. For crying out loud, they still sell hula-hoops.
Whoops, sorry, as usual, I seem to have to analyze everything to death,
--graywolf
Cotty wrote:
On 20/4/07, graywolf, discombobulated, unleashed:
I can not imagine why anyone would want to do a blog
back:
Dear Sir or Madam:
Re: Your Letter of the 21st instance.
...
-graywolf
Bob W wrote:
Well, there's a lot of bad writing out there, a lot of good writing,
and an awful lot of Good Writing (TM).
The Good Writing (TM) is the worst of the lot. This is where people
have something
Space Blanket to see what I am talking about.
However, what you asked about is called a picnic blanket, I think. I
see them at Wal-Mart every now and again. Looks like a small nylon
fleece lap blanket with a shoulder strap added.
-graywolf
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have some pics in mind
The only thing dumber than JCO's posts are those that argue with him.
Why not go and bang your head against a brick wall? At least you will
get some results from that. Actually, you will get the same results, a
headache, but at least the rest of us won't.
-graywolf
Tom C wrote:
Back online
OK, so you are a bloody blogger.
Cotty wrote:
On 20/4/07, graywolf, discombobulated, unleashed:
The difference between my journal and your monthly update is we know how
to write a bit of html. Blogs got started when someone developed a web
logging (weblog, blog is the short-form) program
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