I print photos on an Epson 2400. The color (and option to print neutral B&W) and paper/size options afforded to me far surpasses what Walmart can provide. Granted I don't print snapshots on my Epson but I just wanted to respond the sweeping statement against ink jets of the OP.
Also, I use 3rd party refillable carts (which are now "illegal" due to recent court ruling) and have been very happy with the cost performance.
According to the economist Dr. Steven Levitt (prof at University of Chicago) cars and airplanes are about equal in safety when viewed on a per hour basis (quote from his book):
"If you are taking a trip and have the choice of driving or flying, you might wish to consider the per-hour death rate of driving versus flying. It is true that many more people die in the United States each year in motor vehicle accidents (roughly forty thousand) than in airplane crashes (fewer than one thousand). But it's also true that most people spend a lot more time in cars than in airplanes. (More people die even in boating accidents each year than in airplane crashes; as we saw with swimming pools versus guns, water is a lot more dangerous than most people think.) The per-hour death rate of driving versus flying, however, is about equal. The two contraptions are equally likely (or, in truth, unlikely) to lead to death."
(From "Freakonomics," by Dr. Steven Levitt, HarperCollins, 2005)
Television advertisers will return to product placement, billboards and bus advertisements. DVR's are becoming so prevalent that the TV ad is dead. I ran tens of thousands of dollars over advertising in TV and radio over the years and this year my ads cost almost $2000 per customer gained (versus $20 just a few years ago). My newspaper ads are never read any longer.
The TV ad is dead? Not even close. While undoubtedly television advertising will undergo change as DVRs become even more prevalent, the 30sec ad is a long, long way from being dead. Cable TV ad spending is up over 15% for the first 6 months of 2005 over the same time in 2004 and network TV up almost 5% and this spending represents $8B and $11.6B respectively. This comes at a time when advertisers are looking at trying to optimize every dollar they spend whether it be newspaper ads (local paper adverising up 1.7% over Q1/Q2 2003, magazine ads (consumer magazine ad spending up 9.1% over 2004) or the Internet (up 9.4%). Cleary TV is doing something for them or they would get out.
I notice that everyone talks about the cost benefit trade off of sending digital images out to a printshop versus printing at home (inkjet vs C-print, cost per print, etc) but all these comments seem to be focused on color prints. While I'm sure those of us who print almost exclusively in black and white are a minority, I will say that Epson inkjets (2200 and now 2400 as well as the more expensive 4800 and up) are phenomenal at producing both neutral or toned b&w prints on a huge range of matte (or glossy) archival paper stocks. These prints will last up to 100 years with Epson inks or with some specialty b&w ink systems.
Though I still shoot mainly film (4x5, medium format and 35mm) I have now stopped chemical printing in the darkroom and print exclusively on inkjet.
Just another point of view on photo printing at home.
If you REALLY want to print out prints at home, then use a home dye-sub. Sony, Kodak, and Olympus make fine dye-sub printers. The prints only cost a little more than inkjet, and they are waterproof, UV resistant, and far higher quality (no dithering).
My inkjet experience is completely different and I feel I get exceptional quality and control over my photo priting.
Epson Ultra Chrome inks have been extensively tested for their archival properties (when used with archival papers). Besides, the vast majority of the dye-subs in consumer price points don't print anything bigger than 4x6s. If that is all you ever want, then just send them to Ofoto/SnapFish etc @ $.49 or less per print. If you want to print 8x10 in dye-sub you will pay several hundred dollars. For about the same price you could have a higher end 8-color Epson archival ink printer that prints up to 13" wide on a huge variety of papers.
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Hmmmm...Teraserver seems to be a bit out of date. Twin towers are still there in NYC.
This seems like such nonsense..what is the point of videotaping or photographing the cameras? How does videotaping a camera that is videotaping you deliver on the following quote from the article? "What I argue is that if I'm going to be held accountable for my actions that I should be allowed to record... my actions," Mann said. "Especially if somebody else is keeping a record of my actions.???
Now actually taping your ACTIONS makes perfect sense if you are going to be doing something that is potentially dangerous or you expect to have a brush with the law. The New York Times just had an article on how a bunch of "amateur" video tapes of the Republican Convention protests have shown that the NYPD have either doctored evidence or simply lied about what protesters did when they were arrested.
Among other incidents, the amateur video shows defendents who were charged with resisting arrest in no way putting up a fight when arrested.
This is just one more point in the long long slide downward of/. editorial. This "survey" with it's pathetic (and just plain incorrect) headline is easily the most annoying thing I've seen posted here in a while. I'll take the duped stories over these dubious stories anyday.
Seriously. Since when does taking the kosher option on a plane make you a potential terrorist? There must be such a large number of people who do that compared to the number of terrorists that going through that list really wouldn't reduce the complexity of the problem.
I seriously doubt there is/was a one-to-one correspondence between "ordered kosher meal" and being put directly on a presumed terrorist list. I imagine that there is an algorithm of sorts that says: kosher meal + one way ticket + no luggage + cash purchase + late booking + etc etc that drives the system. All or some of these things raise flags for humans to then check out.
The Japanese, especially the young ones, have huge disposable incomes, as a result of a culture where it's normal to share a tiny apartment in the city with other families.
Not to nitpick a post that I otherwise agree with, but Japanese families do not share apartments (if I read the above to mean "multiple families sharing an apartment"). Many young people do still live with their parents and hence the large disposable incomes.
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I print photos on an Epson 2400. The color (and option to print neutral B&W) and paper/size options afforded to me far surpasses what Walmart can provide. Granted I don't print snapshots on my Epson but I just wanted to respond the sweeping statement against ink jets of the OP.
Also, I use 3rd party refillable carts (which are now "illegal" due to recent court ruling) and have been very happy with the cost performance.
+5 Informative? Really?
I guess they threw the book at her.
I forget, is Zune the door keeper or the key master?
yes, the ocean's ecology desperately needs a means to spot large schools of fish in mid-ocean...
"If you are taking a trip and have the choice of driving or flying, you might wish to consider the per-hour death rate of driving versus flying. It is true that many more people die in the United States each year in motor vehicle accidents (roughly forty thousand) than in airplane crashes (fewer than one thousand). But it's also true that most people spend a lot more time in cars than in airplanes. (More people die even in boating accidents each year than in airplane crashes; as we saw with swimming pools versus guns, water is a lot more dangerous than most people think.) The per-hour death rate of driving versus flying, however, is about equal. The two contraptions are equally likely (or, in truth, unlikely) to lead to death."
(From "Freakonomics," by Dr. Steven Levitt, HarperCollins, 2005)
and of course.... "Who Let the Dogs Out?"
The TV ad is dead? Not even close. While undoubtedly television advertising will undergo change as DVRs become even more prevalent, the 30sec ad is a long, long way from being dead. Cable TV ad spending is up over 15% for the first 6 months of 2005 over the same time in 2004 and network TV up almost 5% and this spending represents $8B and $11.6B respectively. This comes at a time when advertisers are looking at trying to optimize every dollar they spend whether it be newspaper ads (local paper adverising up 1.7% over Q1/Q2 2003, magazine ads (consumer magazine ad spending up 9.1% over 2004) or the Internet (up 9.4%). Cleary TV is doing something for them or they would get out.
doh. I'm revoking my posting priveleges.
It's a quote from the movie "Fight Club." Ed Norton's character plays a recall coordinator for a "major" car company.
to spread the love of Neil Diamond to all and sundry across the internet. I had so hoped to illegally share that ND CD... damn you Sony!
I notice that everyone talks about the cost benefit trade off of sending digital images out to a printshop versus printing at home (inkjet vs C-print, cost per print, etc) but all these comments seem to be focused on color prints. While I'm sure those of us who print almost exclusively in black and white are a minority, I will say that Epson inkjets (2200 and now 2400 as well as the more expensive 4800 and up) are phenomenal at producing both neutral or toned b&w prints on a huge range of matte (or glossy) archival paper stocks. These prints will last up to 100 years with Epson inks or with some specialty b&w ink systems.
Though I still shoot mainly film (4x5, medium format and 35mm) I have now stopped chemical printing in the darkroom and print exclusively on inkjet.
Just another point of view on photo printing at home.
You mean the PTJ is symbols per second (Sps).
According to today's NYT, Time Warner says that AOL is their future. So the MS buying AOL scenario seems less likely. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/22/business/media/2 2warner.html
My inkjet experience is completely different and I feel I get exceptional quality and control over my photo priting.
Epson Ultra Chrome inks have been extensively tested for their archival properties (when used with archival papers). Besides, the vast majority of the dye-subs in consumer price points don't print anything bigger than 4x6s. If that is all you ever want, then just send them to Ofoto/SnapFish etc @ $.49 or less per print. If you want to print 8x10 in dye-sub you will pay several hundred dollars. For about the same price you could have a higher end 8-color Epson archival ink printer that prints up to 13" wide on a huge variety of papers.
Hmmmm...Teraserver seems to be a bit out of date. Twin towers are still there in NYC.
This seems like such nonsense..what is the point of videotaping or photographing the cameras? How does videotaping a camera that is videotaping you deliver on the following quote from the article? ... my actions," Mann said. "Especially if somebody else is keeping a record of my actions.???
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"What I argue is that if I'm going to be held accountable for my actions that I should be allowed to record
Now actually taping your ACTIONS makes perfect sense if you are going to be doing something that is potentially dangerous or you expect to have a brush with the law. The New York Times just had an article on how a bunch of "amateur" video tapes of the Republican Convention protests have shown that the NYPD have either doctored evidence or simply lied about what protesters did when they were arrested.
Among other incidents, the amateur video shows defendents who were charged with resisting arrest in no way putting up a fight when arrested.
link to article http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/12/nyregion/12vide
Imagine a Beowolf Cluster of bicycles!
became famous for slowing down light, which normally travels at 186,000 miles per second, to less than the speed of a bicycle.
ah yes, the Speed of a Bicycle (SoaB) metric for slow light.
This is just one more point in the long long slide downward of /. editorial. This "survey" with it's pathetic (and just plain incorrect) headline is easily the most annoying thing I've seen posted here in a while. I'll take the duped stories over these dubious stories anyday.
You are misreading it. Tucows is the registrar for the domain jumpdomain.com, not the owner.
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I seriously doubt there is/was a one-to-one correspondence between "ordered kosher meal" and being put directly on a presumed terrorist list. I imagine that there is an algorithm of sorts that says: kosher meal + one way ticket + no luggage + cash purchase + late booking + etc etc that drives the system. All or some of these things raise flags for humans to then check out.
Not to nitpick a post that I otherwise agree with, but Japanese families do not share apartments (if I read the above to mean "multiple families sharing an apartment"). Many young people do still live with their parents and hence the large disposable incomes.
How about his morning commute doesn't involve a car?