I just do photography for fun, and I've probably got 3500 keeper photos from the past year or two. And I've probably taken 20,000 in that same timeframe.
Cameras are tools. The differences between all the higher end cameras is negligible. Check out Dpreview and do a side by side comparison of the 10D, the D100, the 1D MK ][, and the D2H. Most of the features are close enough. It's not the tool, it's the person using the tool.
Oh, and MP count doesn't really mean much of anything once you get over 4MP. It's all about the size of the sensor (less noise = Cleaner image). An 8MP P&S camera will still have a sensor half the size of a professional digicam.
I have a Powershot G3 and a Canon 10D. One of these is much nicer than the other, but it doesn't really change the quality of my pictures all that much.:)
I've had one of these for about a year and a half. They have OK range (About 15' or so unobstructed), but the battery life SUCKS. Mine frequently will lose a charge after about an hour of use, forcing me to have a wired serial as a backup. And yes, I've replaced the battery (Twice). I'd prefer if you could just slap in AAs, but it's got a cordless phone type rechargable battery. The advantages of being able to use it without placing it on a flat surface aren't worth the hassle. I've since bought a logitech wireless, and have to replace the batteries about once every six months. Much better.
I would think that if AT&T was truely interested in improving their profits, they'd introduce a 1.5 Down and 750 up, or static IPs, or any of the other things that you can get from a DSL company for the same price.
Quite frankly, having a 30 MB download complete in 20 seconds instead of 40 seconds isn't enough to make me double the price I'm paying. If they went to double the upstream price, that might be enough to make me dig deeper into my pockets.
Not trying to be a troll, but why did this make slashdot? Blogs aren't anything new. Novels aren't anything new. Using a blog to tell a story is about 5 minutes older than the first blog. Why is this more intereting than This [spam-scams] or This [Cyber athletes] or even This [Pure shock value].
I can see it now - An variable length invisible fence controlled via the internet. Just give someone's pacemaker an extra jolt whenever they're not home on time.
Women, are you concerned about your man? Do you think he might be off filandering with the secretary? Now you have an option! From Pace Industries, the Fidelity-Maker!
Actually, that could have good uses if we could hook up the people spreading the retoric.
"The internet will control everything! Traffic lights!" *bzzzz!!* "Err, Pacemakers?" *bzzzz!!* "OK, I'm lying!"
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Unfortunately, Microsoft does considerably more than provide paid holidays to execs to assist the adoption of their technology. I work for a company that got millions in M$ dollars (In regards to shared marketing, credits towards other products, consulting hours, etc) to push a certain new technologies. I'm intentionally not going into detail, but when MS does a push, they do a full court press - It's significantly more than just buttering up a single individual.
Since OGG doesn't have ~$50 billion in the bank to promote itself, it's up to us to tell companies that we want this technologies in our iPods, Rios, or player-du-jour. You can have the best piece of tech in the world, but if there's no consumer demand (Read: Money) behind it, it'll fail.
Not intended as a troll or flame, just stating facts as I see them.
$17K is an insane price. When I was in college and learning on Photoshop, you got a hefty student discount if you bought it through the campus store. You could get the identical version as regular release for something like 1/3 of the price. A little bit more managable, if you didn't have access to a university copy.
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I just do photography for fun, and I've probably got 3500 keeper photos from the past year or two. And I've probably taken 20,000 in that same timeframe.
Cameras are tools. The differences between all the higher end cameras is negligible. Check out Dpreview and do a side by side comparison of the 10D, the D100, the 1D MK ][, and the D2H. Most of the features are close enough. It's not the tool, it's the person using the tool.
:)
Oh, and MP count doesn't really mean much of anything once you get over 4MP. It's all about the size of the sensor (less noise = Cleaner image). An 8MP P&S camera will still have a sensor half the size of a professional digicam.
I have a Powershot G3 and a Canon 10D. One of these is much nicer than the other, but it doesn't really change the quality of my pictures all that much.
I've had one of these for about a year and a half. They have OK range (About 15' or so unobstructed), but the battery life SUCKS. Mine frequently will lose a charge after about an hour of use, forcing me to have a wired serial as a backup. And yes, I've replaced the battery (Twice). I'd prefer if you could just slap in AAs, but it's got a cordless phone type rechargable battery. The advantages of being able to use it without placing it on a flat surface aren't worth the hassle. I've since bought a logitech wireless, and have to replace the batteries about once every six months. Much better.
Disclaimer: I am not the happiest AT&T customer.
I would think that if AT&T was truely interested in improving their profits, they'd introduce a 1.5 Down and 750 up, or static IPs, or any of the other things that you can get from a DSL company for the same price.
Quite frankly, having a 30 MB download complete in 20 seconds instead of 40 seconds isn't enough to make me double the price I'm paying. If they went to double the upstream price, that might be enough to make me dig deeper into my pockets.
Not trying to be a troll, but why did this make slashdot? Blogs aren't anything new. Novels aren't anything new. Using a blog to tell a story is about 5 minutes older than the first blog. Why is this more intereting than This [spam-scams] or This [Cyber athletes] or even This [Pure shock value].
I can see it now - An variable length invisible fence controlled via the internet. Just give someone's pacemaker an extra jolt whenever they're not home on time.
Women, are you concerned about your man? Do you think he might be off filandering with the secretary? Now you have an option! From Pace Industries, the Fidelity-Maker!
Actually, that could have good uses if we could hook up the people spreading the retoric.
"The internet will control everything! Traffic lights!" *bzzzz!!* "Err, Pacemakers?" *bzzzz!!* "OK, I'm lying!"
Unfortunately, Microsoft does considerably more than provide paid holidays to execs to assist the adoption of their technology. I work for a company that got millions in M$ dollars (In regards to shared marketing, credits towards other products, consulting hours, etc) to push a certain new technologies. I'm intentionally not going into detail, but when MS does a push, they do a full court press - It's significantly more than just buttering up a single individual.
Since OGG doesn't have ~$50 billion in the bank to promote itself, it's up to us to tell companies that we want this technologies in our iPods, Rios, or player-du-jour. You can have the best piece of tech in the world, but if there's no consumer demand (Read: Money) behind it, it'll fail.
Not intended as a troll or flame, just stating facts as I see them.
$17K is an insane price. When I was in college and learning on Photoshop, you got a hefty student discount if you bought it through the campus store. You could get the identical version as regular release for something like 1/3 of the price. A little bit more managable, if you didn't have access to a university copy.