Self-absorbed harpies! ROFL! Wish I had the points to mod that up. It is SO true.
As for the #10 thread, I posted my comments above, which summarized are: pro photogs will have to demonstrate value for the money, and while that may not go over well in a field where product and art are merged, it's a growing fact of life in that market as comsumers search for less-costly alternatives.
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Having been in the wedding party at 3 weddings this year, and been asked to take 'extra' pics at another, I must chime in to say that there seems to be a disconnect between what the pro photogs are offering and the customers are looking for. Nobody from the above events were happy with their pro photos, and kept just the proofs while filling out their wedding albums with 'amateur' photos from other people. Now out of the proofs I saw, only one set merited a thumbs-down as far as quality, so the problem must be perceived value (and in a world of have-it-now digital equipment, that's bound to happen more often).
For what it's worth, every pro I talked to said they're going digital. But that remains to be seen.
And the same defense that the 50% of people who liked "A.I." offered up... the detractors didn't "get" the movie. (I couldn't stand that movie, but that's offtopic.) In either case, the insufficient intellect defense merits a big fat "whatever".
It's entertainment, a story, and this is a chapter of it. Ever read a book and not like the ending? Same thing, only with excessive bullet-dodging backflips thrown in.
My tickets are waiting for me, and I'll see it tonight, come hell or high water. Might even like it;)
Yeah I was a CNE once... and have forgotten nearly all of it. That message would have been in Netware 3, if I recall correctly. Not the greatest OS but it certainly had a personality.
Most people in the Columbus area don't want to take their time back... this is a town full of grinds, and vacation time is a foreign concept. When I quit my high-oncall-time job a few years ago because I didn't like it, people around here acted like I was some sort of alien.
Different places have different work environments, YMMV to the max.
p.s. beach? Who gives a sh*t about beaches when you have the fat cows that live around here? I wouldn't *want* to drive past a beach around here....
Huh? If anything, the US Federal Reserve (with Greenie at its helm) has flooded the economy with excess liquidity (i.e. cash) over the past 7 years, and one Fed governor said last year that there was no real threat of deflation because they would "just print more money". Straight from the horse's mouth. And they will be forced to continue this pattern, to bail the American consumer out of their massive accumulation of debt (via McMansions and Hummer H-2's), an accumulation that, when compared to GDP, is unrivaled in history.
The Fed did not slow down the economy, rather it gave the economy more than enough rope with which to hang itself.
Actually, the inventor of the Elliott Waves that Prechter is so fond of using was from the earlier part of the 20th century... Asimov's psychohistory was cyclical in nature and may have borrowed from it.
Another similar book by Prechter is Conquer the Crash, which depicts the awful results of being at the wrong point in an exceptionally long economic cycle ('supercycle'). Have read it, not bad, bit gloomy, but would be an eye opener for those who think our economy is going to take right off again.
1% anal retentives who notice that the first 3 items don't add up to 100%.
I adhere to the notion that the 1/3 in the middle doesn't post in these threads. As for my work experience, I've had one job where signing in and out was the norm, and that was a bargaining unit ("union") hourly position. As AC notes, there are valid reasons for fixed time slots in the workday (want your fireman showing up late for work?), but if they're calling it flextime, your management's Bullshit Bingo card is now filled out.
Or, for those who really want it done right, the day rate for a commercial ad photog is around $1500-$2000, depending on market size.
But it's not the host company that's putting these websites together anyway, it's more likely an independent web design or advertising firm with an overworked graphic artist that says "well, if I'm gonna do ANOTHER one of these boring tech pages, I can at least put that cute non-geek picture on it".
Sounds just like the state agency I used to work for... hell hath no fury like the office hags in the Finance Department!
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Nuts. Somebody beat me to the 'cities in the ocean' post... when I think of outlandish 'past-future' ideas, I'm reminded of the greatly out-of-date exhibit I saw at EPCOT years ago, which included a happy neo-50's family living undersea. That's one of those things that just won't happen until we run out of habitable land, and that isn't happening anytime soon.
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Has anyone in the Nothern hemisphere noticed that it's been very hazy and slightly cooler this summer?
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Huh? Slightly cooler? Tell that to the 10,000+ people in France who their gov't says have croaked due to the record heat wave there. If you're going to cut and paste conspira-spam, at least check it for the more obvious flaws first.
Lost in the comparison between film and digital is the issue of dynamic range... I have been told by photographers that, at best, digital is close to where slide film is at (~5 stops) while print film's dynamic range is 6-7 stops. Resolution won't matter much if you're losing detail in the highlights and shadows.
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Your post had me curious about what FirstEnergy did to get dinged... all I can find while surfing Google and then my old favorite website, Ohio EPA (I used to work there), is a note that they made modifications to a plant that were substantial enough to merit a 'new source review' (i.e. more paperwork). They also just got a variance (permission without a permit) to construct a storage site for all the sulfates that the scrubbers will generate (hey, it all goes somewhere, whether people see it or not).
Expect environmental regs to be cited as an obstacle to new expansion of generation and transmission capabilities as this issue goes forward.
Sit outside any Wal-Mart and observe the fact that cattle-like humans already exist...
As for rabbits... couldn't they have picked a cooler species to intermix with? Wolves, cheetahs (fast sprinters for the Olympics!), bears... hmph.
Definitely not primates though... anyone seeing 28 Days Later should put the kibosh on that one.
Speaking of Asimov, he and Robert Silverberg wrote a story about what happens when a civilization that has only known daylight (through multiple suns), suddenly is pitched into darkness. Here's one pointer to the book. It's called Nightfall.
Watch it again, and again, until the jokes wear thin. Imagine going to work at INItech, and dreading the inevitable future of becoming a Lumbergh or one of the two Bobs, or just being laid off for no good reason.
Carefully ponder the notion that it doesn't get much better than what you've just seen.
I've been on Sprint for about 4 years now... not sure why, I barely use the damn thing anymore. But one odd problem pops up; when my dad calls me from his cordless phone at home (one of those 2GHz thingies), the noice-cancelling on each phone seems to be out of sync with the other, and I get nothing but talk-(drop)-talk-(drop)-talk....
any ideas on that one?
Other cell-phone fun... I bought one partially for emergency use while I'm traveling, but good luck getting a signal if you drive to most western US National Parks (esp. Mt. Rushmore and the Badlands)... even analog goes away out there.
Preserving the hardware is crucial, but the integrity of the recording media is also a factor. The #1 problem with reading old 9-track tapes: hoping that the magnetic oxide doesn't fall off the substrate while you're reading it. Much like ancient paper manuscripts that crumble upon inspection, except that it doesn't take nearly as long for tapes to go bad. And a LOT of raw data is on tapes. It may be too soon to tell whether the newer media hold up better over time, but eventually the same thing will happen to them too.
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Only if one aspires to be common, ignorant and lowbrow. Know anybody like that in Washington? ;)
As for the #10 thread, I posted my comments above, which summarized are: pro photogs will have to demonstrate value for the money, and while that may not go over well in a field where product and art are merged, it's a growing fact of life in that market as comsumers search for less-costly alternatives.
And if that guy thinks that the photos are just mediocre, then perhaps he should give his camera to an amature, and see what kind of photos they manage to produce. ===
Having been in the wedding party at 3 weddings this year, and been asked to take 'extra' pics at another, I must chime in to say that there seems to be a disconnect between what the pro photogs are offering and the customers are looking for. Nobody from the above events were happy with their pro photos, and kept just the proofs while filling out their wedding albums with 'amateur' photos from other people. Now out of the proofs I saw, only one set merited a thumbs-down as far as quality, so the problem must be perceived value (and in a world of have-it-now digital equipment, that's bound to happen more often).
For what it's worth, every pro I talked to said they're going digital. But that remains to be seen.
It's entertainment, a story, and this is a chapter of it. Ever read a book and not like the ending? Same thing, only with excessive bullet-dodging backflips thrown in.
My tickets are waiting for me, and I'll see it tonight, come hell or high water. Might even like it ;)
Yeah I was a CNE once... and have forgotten nearly all of it. That message would have been in Netware 3, if I recall correctly. Not the greatest OS but it certainly had a personality.
Or will they rename kernel panics to the old 'Richard Kiel memorial abend'?
It's for the majority of geeks who know that there's a world outside of open source software.
Different places have different work environments, YMMV to the max.
p.s. beach? Who gives a sh*t about beaches when you have the fat cows that live around here? I wouldn't *want* to drive past a beach around here....
The Fed did not slow down the economy, rather it gave the economy more than enough rope with which to hang itself.
Another similar book by Prechter is Conquer the Crash, which depicts the awful results of being at the wrong point in an exceptionally long economic cycle ('supercycle'). Have read it, not bad, bit gloomy, but would be an eye opener for those who think our economy is going to take right off again.
(Hey, Leah Thompson's a bit older now, but I'd still quack for her. And I'd bet the duck is still available too.)
33% pro-labor
33% pro-business/entrepreneurial
33% in the middle
1% anal retentives who notice that the first 3 items don't add up to 100%.
I adhere to the notion that the 1/3 in the middle doesn't post in these threads. As for my work experience, I've had one job where signing in and out was the norm, and that was a bargaining unit ("union") hourly position. As AC notes, there are valid reasons for fixed time slots in the workday (want your fireman showing up late for work?), but if they're calling it flextime, your management's Bullshit Bingo card is now filled out.
But it's not the host company that's putting these websites together anyway, it's more likely an independent web design or advertising firm with an overworked graphic artist that says "well, if I'm gonna do ANOTHER one of these boring tech pages, I can at least put that cute non-geek picture on it".
Sounds just like the state agency I used to work for... hell hath no fury like the office hags in the Finance Department!
Nuts. Somebody beat me to the 'cities in the ocean' post... when I think of outlandish 'past-future' ideas, I'm reminded of the greatly out-of-date exhibit I saw at EPCOT years ago, which included a happy neo-50's family living undersea. That's one of those things that just won't happen until we run out of habitable land, and that isn't happening anytime soon.
Huh? Slightly cooler? Tell that to the 10,000+ people in France who their gov't says have croaked due to the record heat wave there. If you're going to cut and paste conspira-spam, at least check it for the more obvious flaws first.
Lost in the comparison between film and digital is the issue of dynamic range... I have been told by photographers that, at best, digital is close to where slide film is at (~5 stops) while print film's dynamic range is 6-7 stops. Resolution won't matter much if you're losing detail in the highlights and shadows.
Expect environmental regs to be cited as an obstacle to new expansion of generation and transmission capabilities as this issue goes forward.
or SCO's attorneys have decreed that Faraday's Law is invalid.
As for rabbits... couldn't they have picked a cooler species to intermix with? Wolves, cheetahs (fast sprinters for the Olympics!), bears... hmph. Definitely not primates though... anyone seeing 28 Days Later should put the kibosh on that one.
Speaking of Asimov, he and Robert Silverberg wrote a story about what happens when a civilization that has only known daylight (through multiple suns), suddenly is pitched into darkness. Here's one pointer to the book. It's called Nightfall.
That's about it. Have fun.
it's a short, dangerous step from Bob the Builder to one of these gals. Great mascot, bad for productivity.
Other cell-phone fun... I bought one partially for emergency use while I'm traveling, but good luck getting a signal if you drive to most western US National Parks (esp. Mt. Rushmore and the Badlands)... even analog goes away out there.
Preserving the hardware is crucial, but the integrity of the recording media is also a factor. The #1 problem with reading old 9-track tapes: hoping that the magnetic oxide doesn't fall off the substrate while you're reading it. Much like ancient paper manuscripts that crumble upon inspection, except that it doesn't take nearly as long for tapes to go bad. And a LOT of raw data is on tapes. It may be too soon to tell whether the newer media hold up better over time, but eventually the same thing will happen to them too.