To quote, "The researchers emphasized that their $2.4-million US study could not address whether God exists or answers prayers made on another's behalf. The study could look only for an effect from the specific prayers offered as part of the research, they said." And adding insult to injury, "The study 'did not move us forward or backward' in understanding the effects of prayer" and Dr. Herbert Benson of Harvard Medical School, a co-investigator said, "We cannot come to a conclusion, except to say that by this study design, with its limitations, this is what we found."
Not only do I see this as a complete and utter waste of money (try and prove your religion through science when religion is purely faith based in its foundations, with no connection to science whatsoever -Scientology excluded- and you'll quickly find out that you have nothing meaningful to prove, except that you really should have used that money for a better purpose), it's also an insult to the scientific community in general as this was (I'm saying this from what I have heard reported on MSNBC, etc. last week when this story broke) the most expensive reasearch study of its kind to date.
Let's spend $2.4 Million to study the effects of placing flowers in the hospital rooms of these heart patients and figure out if they help the patient recover in any way, or do they merely make the patient wonder if these flowers might just transfer over to their funeral, and that they'd be none the wiser. Get real.
The differences between the Rebel and 10D weren't all that great to begin with..... Mostly button customizations and whatnot.
Are you joking? Image quality, focusing abilities, speed, manual control and body construction are just a few things that are different. This hack, old news for anyone in the photography circle, enables a few nice features to the 300D, but really doesn't improve it very much. Noise levels still remain higher than that of the 10D, 2.5fps 4 shot burst is still much slower than the 3fps 10(?) shot burst of the 10D. I could go on and on and on about how much the 300D lacks in comparison with the 10D.
Granted, Canon just priced to Rebel low to grab up market share in the prosumer sector (and encourage loyalty to its lenses, especially since a lot of the old third-party compatibles won't work with the Rebel), but it's still not bad.
Excuse my bluntness, but DUH! It's buisness. It's not like Canon was planning on charging $1500 for a plastic piece to play alongside the already popular 10D. They realized that there was a lack of any semi-affordable DSLR on the market and sprang to action, even releasing the camera months sooner than anyone expected them to in order to take advantage of the basically bare market for such a camera.
You do have a good point with the lenses, as it is a huge part in camera sales, even bigger than the bodies themselves.
As far as the impact this hack has on Canon's sales...it's negligible. I see people asking for opinions on how good the hack works, and if it really makes it that much better all the time over at DPReview. Responses are pretty much the same. "It works; I like it and won't go back; It's still no 10D, but it's cheaper." People will buy this camera because its affordable to them, not because they can tweak it a bit to mimic it's much beefier brother.
If you're in the market for a nice cheap DSLR, its definately a good choice. I own one, and am glad I bought it. Would I prefer a 10D, 1D, 1DMkII? Hell yes! But I don't have that kind of money, and for what I do with it right now, it works for me, and it works for those other people just like me who bought it and love it. Regarding me earlier statements on image quality, the 300D makes great shots (check out the 300D forum over at DPReview, even when compared to the 10D, and noise is still very low. The hack won't make your images any better, or turn your 300D into a 10D. The only thing that can make your images better is the person behind the camera, it's not a magic trick.
I just read this article, and I'm glad I saw it. While at work today (liquor store), I was shaking up a bottle of creme de cacao and noticing that some of the bubbles were hanging around for some time, and a few actually were large enough to see easily, and they sank to the bottom. I was kinda weirded out by this when I say it. So reading this article really put some sense to it. Though I don't know why it happened with this particular substance.
I see no forseeable danger in this at all. Just keep a big letter 'M' on the side of the train for emergency braking, along with an oversized steel donut.
I must say, after looking through these pics, I have to conclude that Kansas is the most boring state...EVER! Each picture looks exactly the same, except for new clouds. Though it only beats out Nevada my a small margin, I'm just a bigger fan of the desert scene. Colorado is by far the coolest state...
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To quote, "The researchers emphasized that their $2.4-million US study could not address whether God exists or answers prayers made on another's behalf. The study could look only for an effect from the specific prayers offered as part of the research, they said." And adding insult to injury, "The study 'did not move us forward or backward' in understanding the effects of prayer" and Dr. Herbert Benson of Harvard Medical School, a co-investigator said, "We cannot come to a conclusion, except to say that by this study design, with its limitations, this is what we found."
Not only do I see this as a complete and utter waste of money (try and prove your religion through science when religion is purely faith based in its foundations, with no connection to science whatsoever -Scientology excluded- and you'll quickly find out that you have nothing meaningful to prove, except that you really should have used that money for a better purpose), it's also an insult to the scientific community in general as this was (I'm saying this from what I have heard reported on MSNBC, etc. last week when this story broke) the most expensive reasearch study of its kind to date.
Let's spend $2.4 Million to study the effects of placing flowers in the hospital rooms of these heart patients and figure out if they help the patient recover in any way, or do they merely make the patient wonder if these flowers might just transfer over to their funeral, and that they'd be none the wiser. Get real.
sure enough, tyep in "I hate" into the field and the first suggestion is "I hate bush"
gotta love google
The differences between the Rebel and 10D weren't all that great to begin with..... Mostly button customizations and whatnot.
Are you joking? Image quality, focusing abilities, speed, manual control and body construction are just a few things that are different. This hack, old news for anyone in the photography circle, enables a few nice features to the 300D, but really doesn't improve it very much. Noise levels still remain higher than that of the 10D, 2.5fps 4 shot burst is still much slower than the 3fps 10(?) shot burst of the 10D. I could go on and on and on about how much the 300D lacks in comparison with the 10D.
Granted, Canon just priced to Rebel low to grab up market share in the prosumer sector (and encourage loyalty to its lenses, especially since a lot of the old third-party compatibles won't work with the Rebel), but it's still not bad.
Excuse my bluntness, but DUH! It's buisness. It's not like Canon was planning on charging $1500 for a plastic piece to play alongside the already popular 10D. They realized that there was a lack of any semi-affordable DSLR on the market and sprang to action, even releasing the camera months sooner than anyone expected them to in order to take advantage of the basically bare market for such a camera.
You do have a good point with the lenses, as it is a huge part in camera sales, even bigger than the bodies themselves.
As far as the impact this hack has on Canon's sales...it's negligible. I see people asking for opinions on how good the hack works, and if it really makes it that much better all the time over at DPReview. Responses are pretty much the same. "It works; I like it and won't go back; It's still no 10D, but it's cheaper." People will buy this camera because its affordable to them, not because they can tweak it a bit to mimic it's much beefier brother.
If you're in the market for a nice cheap DSLR, its definately a good choice. I own one, and am glad I bought it. Would I prefer a 10D, 1D, 1DMkII? Hell yes! But I don't have that kind of money, and for what I do with it right now, it works for me, and it works for those other people just like me who bought it and love it. Regarding me earlier statements on image quality, the 300D makes great shots (check out the 300D forum over at DPReview, even when compared to the 10D, and noise is still very low. The hack won't make your images any better, or turn your 300D into a 10D. The only thing that can make your images better is the person behind the camera, it's not a magic trick.
I just read this article, and I'm glad I saw it. While at work today (liquor store), I was shaking up a bottle of creme de cacao and noticing that some of the bubbles were hanging around for some time, and a few actually were large enough to see easily, and they sank to the bottom. I was kinda weirded out by this when I say it. So reading this article really put some sense to it. Though I don't know why it happened with this particular substance.
Homer: "Bart, C'mere a minute."
Bart: "Why don't you c'mere a minute?"
Homer: "Oh yeah..."
Tecmo Super Bowl (NES). By far the best sports game, if not the best game in general. Anyone else agree?
I see no forseeable danger in this at all. Just keep a big letter 'M' on the side of the train for emergency braking, along with an oversized steel donut.
I must say, after looking through these pics, I have to conclude that Kansas is the most boring state...EVER! Each picture looks exactly the same, except for new clouds. Though it only beats out Nevada my a small margin, I'm just a bigger fan of the desert scene. Colorado is by far the coolest state...
Now I only wish they would invent something to block out all the flamebait posts(such as this). ;)