If I don't remember something, she thinks it's simply because it isn't important to me.
I have tried to explain the innermost workings of the male mind to her many times, but she just does not understand that we have a very small and flaky birthday/anniversary/shoe size database.
Tonight on 'Coast to Coast AM' they'll have their repeat space nut guest Hoagland talking about how it's clearly a fossilized brain. Or something equally absurd.
I read that "they" are trying to get analog content restricted to 480i. So, you watch your HD-DVD on your big TV over encrypted FireWire, but if you don't have the DRM'ed FireWire port you are restricted to a downsampled 480i version over component video, which, theoretically, won't destroy the world if it is ripped and shared.
Back in the 1980s, the movie industry propped up the video market by charging a fortune for movies. Most were priced in the $90-150 range, well out of the market for the common consumer.
Kids today don't know how good they have it with $15 new release DVDs.
The 80s was also the era when it made good sense to buy a laserdisc player. You could buy a movie on VHS for $100, or on laser for $30-50 (and get better quality too, and often extra scenes and such).
I like things better today. Anyone wanna buy some laserdiscs?
I love it when the PM has no actual authority... When all your PM can do is beg the developers to do their work... well, that's a great system. Been there, done that, got the T-shirt.
First of all, 10x zoom is a complete joke. I hope you didn't base your decision of that. It's meant for the uneducated consumer, who sees the 10x and thinks it's better than the 3x optical.
It's a 35-350mm range, in 35mm equivalent terms. What's a joke about that? It's not digital zoom, it's optical. That's a real feature. And it's got a lot more reach than the D70's kit lens.
Maybe *you* don't need more than 3x zoom, but after a few years of using a 3x camera, I know I do. It all depends on what you want to shoot.
A hobbyist wants a DSLR and is willing to buy accessories and learn to use it.
By this definition a hobbyist also has much deeper pockets! Enthusiasts do pay a premium, but you don't need to go DSLR necessarily.
I chose the Nikon CP 8800 (point-n-shoot) over the D70 or 20D because it's less than $800 (street) and has 10x zoom w/ IS. That is hundreds less than the D70.
Sure, the D70 is, in most technical respects, a better camera, but to take complete advantage of its strengths you need to spend another grip of money on lenses. And then you need to carry the lenses around with you in a big heavy bag, or compromise and mount one lens for a trip.
I know I am not the kind of guy who is interested in changing lenses all the time. I also know that I am not willing to spend a lot on new lenses, even if they are nice. Instead, I got a high-end point-n-shoot type camera, because it is cheaper and very flexible out of the box. I am willing to live with the lesser quality pictures. (though if you check the reviews and sample pics you will see it's still quite nice. good enough for this hobbyist, anyway.)
With the money I saved on the camera I was able to get some high-quality support equipment, too: Bogen-Manfrotto 3021 Pro tripod with a Kirk BH-3 ball head/quick release plate.
other good links:
KenRockwell.com -- lots of good info on Nikon DSLRs and lenses. Be warned though, this guy has a very heavy DSLR bias and thinks you are a chump for getting a "prosumer" camera. If you are a pro, you probably are. If you are a hobbyist, maybe not, depending on your needs and budget. (If you only have about $1000 to spend and you want 10x zoom, you ain't getting a DSLR.)
DPReview.com -- Good reviews. Active forums, though they are mostly full of 1) whining and 2) pictures of cats.
Butterfly Photo -- Good prices and a real manufacturer's warranty. Be warned, they WILL call to upsell you accessories before they finalize your web order, but if you don't want any they do ship the camera: it's not a NYC bait & switch.
I guess you could have summarized it as simply, "no duh."
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With a good PDA, you get better resolution than normal text...
I too am a huge fan of reading on the PDA but... even a super high res PDA screen isn't sharper than real print. Sharp ENOUGH, sure.
I'm DONE with paper, for the most part. uBook on my 640x480 Axim X50V is just sick, and even on my last iPaq (only 320x240) it was very usable.
What the world really needs is a cheap ebook.
- Screen at least 640x480, greyscale - Good backlight - CF or SD slot - A few fonts w/ bold, ital, underline - Software that digests open formats: Palm DOC, RTF, HTML, TXT
Basically, it would be uBook on a dedicated monochrome device for about $150. Kind of like the Cybook but slashed down to essentials.
ebooks won't really hit it big until they are cheap enough that you don't cry when you leave one on the bus.
Classic Star Trek predicted it long before Scott Adams.
The bulging-skull Talosians destroyed their society because they mastered the power of illusion. The Federation considered the technology so dangerous that Talos IV was off-limits. (Spock illegally took the crippled Capt. Pike there so he could have some semblance of a normal life, even if it was an illusion.)
The original posting doesn't say if an agency is involved or not.
If you will be working through an agency like Volt contracting is pretty easy.
I work AT Microsoft, but FOR Volt... But my only contact with Volt is pretty much the paychecks. MSFT pays Volt for a warm body, Volt pays me to be the body. (The drawback: contracts at MSFT are a max of 9 months. Period. And there is a 100-day break before you can have another contract at MSFT. So when my contract is up, I spend 100 days looking for a full-time job, and when I don't find one I crawl back to Volt and tell them I am available.)
Now, if this prospective employer wants to write their own contract and pay you themselves, you have a lot more work to do... figuring out your own taxes... But if the money is good, do it; it's a job!
The full-time carrot might not be a cruel lie. Maybe.
You just make putting tape on the flash illegal and restrict web sites that talk about adhesive technology. Make the phone emit a piercing whistle whenever it takes a picture so the blind are protected too... and an odor for the deaf and blind peoples' benefit. We'll all be a lot better off with strobing, screeching, farting phones and I challenge anyone to prove otherwise.
BOOYAH, what you got to say NOW, mr. big brain?! You and your prohibited adhesives are gonna land in the slammer.
You are choosing to watch content whose creation and delivery is funded in large part by advertising revenues. What funds it if that model is completely broken?... How and when is it acceptable for products to be advertised?
This isn't about "how and when" it is OK to advertise, how and when it is OK for the consumer to choose to not view ads.
If Tivo is relegating traditional ads to the technology graveyard along with buggy whips, the industry's response should be to find some clever way to keep making money... not to get laws passed that protect their outdated asses.
How can you defend an industry that is trying to criminalize its own consumers?
(Maybe it should become illegal to have a car with over some specific amount of electrical energy stored on board--so that gasoline production is protected. There are billions of dollars that come from refining gasoline. Is there not that side to this story as well?)
If the failure of advertising funded television is on the horizon, let it fail, and let something else grow to take its place.
Media Player is a big project, can't those guys get the software they need? I work in the games org, we fight for SCRAPS over here... I'd be less surprise if someone used warez to do their job here, or in some other red-headed stepchild division.
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Star Trek's roots are in social criticism, raw idealism, and triumphalism about the human spirit.
Also, like, ray guns and pointy ears.
(triumphalism?)
I have switched entirely to web forums, text messaging and IRC while drivi
the fleet REALLY needs their Cylon detector!
If I don't remember something, she thinks it's simply because it isn't important to me.
I have tried to explain the innermost workings of the male mind to her many times, but she just does not understand that we have a very small and flaky birthday/anniversary/shoe size database.
Tonight on 'Coast to Coast AM' they'll have their repeat space nut guest Hoagland talking about how it's clearly a fossilized brain. Or something equally absurd.
I find the nuts entertaining but also maddening.
Or, JUST yse DVDShrink, which removes the FFWD protections too, and skip the FBI warnings with a button on the remote.
Running a backup job through 3 programs is a lot of work just to remove the warnings. As long as I can SKIP the warnings I am happy enough.
I read that "they" are trying to get analog content restricted to 480i. So, you watch your HD-DVD on your big TV over encrypted FireWire, but if you don't have the DRM'ed FireWire port you are restricted to a downsampled 480i version over component video, which, theoretically, won't destroy the world if it is ripped and shared.
Back in the 1980s, the movie industry propped up the video market by charging a fortune for movies. Most were priced in the $90-150 range, well out of the market for the common consumer.
Kids today don't know how good they have it with $15 new release DVDs.
The 80s was also the era when it made good sense to buy a laserdisc player. You could buy a movie on VHS for $100, or on laser for $30-50 (and get better quality too, and often extra scenes and such).
I like things better today. Anyone wanna buy some laserdiscs?
I love it when the PM has no actual authority... When all your PM can do is beg the developers to do their work... well, that's a great system. Been there, done that, got the T-shirt.
The integration between Apple applications and the system is simply amazing.
For some reason that is evil when it's Windows.
Now they've got frickin' sharks in Colorado?
what the hell "High Street" is?
Totally true, but there may still be mitigating factors for the "prosumer" camera, eg cost, movie mode, swivel LCD screen, etc.
It all depends on the shooter's needs.
First of all, 10x zoom is a complete joke. I hope you didn't base your decision of that. It's meant for the uneducated consumer, who sees the 10x and thinks it's better than the 3x optical.
It's a 35-350mm range, in 35mm equivalent terms. What's a joke about that? It's not digital zoom, it's optical. That's a real feature. And it's got a lot more reach than the D70's kit lens.
Maybe *you* don't need more than 3x zoom, but after a few years of using a 3x camera, I know I do. It all depends on what you want to shoot.
A hobbyist wants a DSLR and is willing to buy accessories and learn to use it.
By this definition a hobbyist also has much deeper pockets! Enthusiasts do pay a premium, but you don't need to go DSLR necessarily.
I chose the Nikon CP 8800 (point-n-shoot) over the D70 or 20D because it's less than $800 (street) and has 10x zoom w/ IS. That is hundreds less than the D70.
Sure, the D70 is, in most technical respects, a better camera, but to take complete advantage of its strengths you need to spend another grip of money on lenses. And then you need to carry the lenses around with you in a big heavy bag, or compromise and mount one lens for a trip.
I know I am not the kind of guy who is interested in changing lenses all the time. I also know that I am not willing to spend a lot on new lenses, even if they are nice. Instead, I got a high-end point-n-shoot type camera, because it is cheaper and very flexible out of the box. I am willing to live with the lesser quality pictures. (though if you check the reviews and sample pics you will see it's still quite nice. good enough for this hobbyist, anyway.)
With the money I saved on the camera I was able to get some high-quality support equipment, too: Bogen-Manfrotto 3021 Pro tripod with a Kirk BH-3 ball head/quick release plate.
other good links:
KenRockwell.com -- lots of good info on Nikon DSLRs and lenses. Be warned though, this guy has a very heavy DSLR bias and thinks you are a chump for getting a "prosumer" camera. If you are a pro, you probably are. If you are a hobbyist, maybe not, depending on your needs and budget. (If you only have about $1000 to spend and you want 10x zoom, you ain't getting a DSLR.)
DPReview.com -- Good reviews. Active forums, though they are mostly full of 1) whining and 2) pictures of cats.
Butterfly Photo -- Good prices and a real manufacturer's warranty. Be warned, they WILL call to upsell you accessories before they finalize your web order, but if you don't want any they do ship the camera: it's not a NYC bait & switch.
Thanks. Now I feel so old I want to shoot myself.
I guess you could have summarized it as simply, "no duh."
With a good PDA, you get better resolution than normal text...
I too am a huge fan of reading on the PDA but... even a super high res PDA screen isn't sharper than real print. Sharp ENOUGH, sure.
I'm DONE with paper, for the most part. uBook on my 640x480 Axim X50V is just sick, and even on my last iPaq (only 320x240) it was very usable.
What the world really needs is a cheap ebook.
- Screen at least 640x480, greyscale
- Good backlight
- CF or SD slot
- A few fonts w/ bold, ital, underline
- Software that digests open formats: Palm DOC, RTF, HTML, TXT
Basically, it would be uBook on a dedicated monochrome device for about $150. Kind of like the Cybook but slashed down to essentials.
ebooks won't really hit it big until they are cheap enough that you don't cry when you leave one on the bus.
Classic Star Trek predicted it long before Scott Adams.
The bulging-skull Talosians destroyed their society because they mastered the power of illusion. The Federation considered the technology so dangerous that Talos IV was off-limits. (Spock illegally took the crippled Capt. Pike there so he could have some semblance of a normal life, even if it was an illusion.)
Jebus, I am a geek for knowing that.
"It's not a lie if you believe it."
- George Costanza
"It takes two to lie... One to lie, and one to listen."
- Homer Simpson
The original posting doesn't say if an agency is involved or not.
:)
If you will be working through an agency like Volt contracting is pretty easy.
I work AT Microsoft, but FOR Volt... But my only contact with Volt is pretty much the paychecks. MSFT pays Volt for a warm body, Volt pays me to be the body. (The drawback: contracts at MSFT are a max of 9 months. Period. And there is a 100-day break before you can have another contract at MSFT. So when my contract is up, I spend 100 days looking for a full-time job, and when I don't find one I crawl back to Volt and tell them I am available.)
Now, if this prospective employer wants to write their own contract and pay you themselves, you have a lot more work to do... figuring out your own taxes... But if the money is good, do it; it's a job!
The full-time carrot might not be a cruel lie. Maybe.
But it probably is.
You just make putting tape on the flash illegal and restrict web sites that talk about adhesive technology. Make the phone emit a piercing whistle whenever it takes a picture so the blind are protected too... and an odor for the deaf and blind peoples' benefit. We'll all be a lot better off with strobing, screeching, farting phones and I challenge anyone to prove otherwise.
BOOYAH, what you got to say NOW, mr. big brain?! You and your prohibited adhesives are gonna land in the slammer.
You are choosing to watch content whose creation and delivery is funded in large part by advertising revenues. What funds it if that model is completely broken? ... How and when is it acceptable for products to be advertised?
This isn't about "how and when" it is OK to advertise, how and when it is OK for the consumer to choose to not view ads.
If Tivo is relegating traditional ads to the technology graveyard along with buggy whips, the industry's response should be to find some clever way to keep making money... not to get laws passed that protect their outdated asses.
How can you defend an industry that is trying to criminalize its own consumers?
(Maybe it should become illegal to have a car with over some specific amount of electrical energy stored on board--so that gasoline production is protected. There are billions of dollars that come from refining gasoline. Is there not that side to this story as well?)
If the failure of advertising funded television is on the horizon, let it fail, and let something else grow to take its place.
Media Player is a big project, can't those guys get the software they need? I work in the games org, we fight for SCRAPS over here... I'd be less surprise if someone used warez to do their job here, or in some other red-headed stepchild division.
I've news for you Steve. Most small customers don't bother with feedback as the perception is that it will be ignored.
I can assure you that this is true. I work at Microsoft, and part of my job is to ignore user feedback. Seriously.
It hurts sometimes, when someone writes in with a good idea or legitimate gripe, and in most cases there is just nothing I can do to get it attention.
Save your effort, don't bother writing. At least to the game studios.