Well, we all know asians are good with computers, blacks steal them but don't know how to use them, and mexicans are too damned lazy to do anything with the ones they buy with the money they earn from working the jobs americans won't.
How was that?
That was horribly offensive. As a white I feel very excluded.
Anglos are too busy using them to commit white collar crimes.
Not just for people out of the city. The backpack for my XPS Gen 2 lapt^H^H^H^Hdesktop replacement weighs 15-20 pounds fully loaded. The laptop is 8.6 lbs to start. Add backup battery, external harddrive, power bricks for harddrive and laptop, and you're looking at some serious weight. If I could set this up to charge the spare batt while I'm walking to work or around campus, it might save me from having to hunt down an outlet and futz around with the power bricks if I don't need the external drive. I, for one, welcome the power generating monkeys on our back overlords!
It would be one thing if Fudruckers was linking to his main site, either in the orriginal window, or in a new window. As I understand, they simply linked to the content on his webserver and displayed it embedded in their site or opened the game on its own. So his bandwith was consumed and he got no exposure for the rest of his site or any advertizing revenue he might have generated.
Slashdot, on the other hand, links to the website or article itself. The creaters of the site get all the recognition and exposure that they deserve, so there's no real loss on their part.
If Fudruckers had linked directly to a page on his site, providing all the exposure that he deserved, then his actions would be juvenile and crude. Removing his content and replacing it with a message stating that he couldn't afford the bandwidth would have been the more mature route to take in either case, but I can forgive his actions in this instance.
There's no company out there that is going to support third-party products... that one is just dumb.
True, to an extent. Some companies, however, do support third-party hardware. For a fee. And they make quite the tidy profit from that, too. Most people (joe sixpack, not ubergeeks like us) are quite willing to pay between $50 and $200 to a company to get a computer problem fixed. Just look at Dell's new Helpdesk support, or GeekSquad. People pay for that level of service, and it is quite readily available.
I agree, though, no manufacturer in thier right mind will provide this level of service for free on a system that only cost $300. They used to be able to (Dell used to support pretty much anything, as long as it was hooked to a Dell computer, but that was when they could make profit on the system itself.) These days the profit margin is in the add-ons, not the system.
True, to a point. However remote, it is possible that Cisco could be caught under the anti-boycott law.
The anti-boycot law was enacted to prevent companies from refusing to trade with Israeli government or citizens based on religious or political reasons. I am not framiliar with the specifics of it, but I don't doubt that a good lawyer could twist it to apply to Cisco refusing to deal with the Chinese government for what ammounts to reasons of their nationality.
Personally I support shareholders taking action like this, I'm just playing devil's advocate to keep the ideas flowing.
I cede the point. I havn't looked at the photo-essay since just after it originally broke big.
I agree, it would be a pain in the ass to haul a Manfrotto around if I was riding a crotch rocket. For some reason I had a mental image of her riding something akin to a goldwing, which would make it a heckuva lot easier to tote gear around.
You may not be much of a photographer, so I'll let you off lightly. However, there are such devices as tripods and a self-timers on cameras. Makes it quite easy to take self portraits.
Thanks for the clarification jridley, quite informative (now, if only I could moderate replies in a thread I posted in...)
That explanation of the lens makes the Digital Rebel that much nicer in my books. Next time I'm at work, I'll take a close look and see if I can tell the differenece between the lens mount on the stock lens and a stock lens on the Rebel-Ti.
True that the Canon lenses designed for the 35mm EOS line are all interoperable, and I admit, Canon has some of the best glass on the market (50mm f2.8, dr00l!), however, they have once agian pulled the backwards compatibility plug with their Digital series. I'm not positive about the rest of their lenses, but the glass that comes on the Digital Rebel is not compatible with their 35mm EOS series. The lenses designed for 35mm will work on the digitals, but not vice versa.
I haven't yet been able to get a reasonable reply from our Canon rep as to why this is so. The default lens on the Digital Rebel is 18-55 mm, but the Digital Rebel has a 1.5x magnification factor, so it looks like about 28-80mm. As far as I can tell, they just want to keep people from using the 18-55 on their 35mm instead of a more expensive 18mm, but that's just hearsay and FUD.
I've seen the new digital *ist, and unfortunately, I'm not much of a fan. To me, it feels like a Canon Rebel TI clone, but manufactured to significantly looser specifications. I can't say anything about image quality, as I haven't worked with one in the field, but I played with one in a competitor's store and all the buttons and knobs felt loose.
I'm a firm fan of pentax in the 35mm market, but it seems that Canon has the edge when it comes to digital SLRs at the moment. I've had a chance to play around with a Digital Rebel, and it seems to be a very good deal for the money. It's features and such feel like a combination of the Rebel K2 and the Rebel 2000. AFAIK, there's no depth of field preview (could be wrong on that count tho), and it doesn't come with a memory card, but if you're going to be dropping $1549 CDN on it, you'll probably have the extra $500 for a little bit of CF to go with it;-)
It's my belief that film is still the better medium when it comes to 35mm style SLR cameras, because it's cheaper to get into, and negatives are going to have a longer shelf-life than digital images. Short of your house burning down, a well processed B&W negative will outlive you.
The lens would have been wide open at your largest aperature by default, so yes, you would have seen a very shallow depth of field. However, it also would have appeared the same when you used the smallest aperature on the lens, as the apearature doesn't close down until you press the shutter release.
The smaller the aperature (bigger f-stop number), the deeper the depth of field, and the more of the picture that is in focus. The depth of field preview stops the aperature down to the size it will be when you make the exposure, and lets you see just how deep the depth of field will be in the final exposure. This can be quite handy when you have something in the forground and something in the background that you want to be sharp and crispy.
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Well, we all know asians are good with computers, blacks steal them but don't know how to use them, and mexicans are too damned lazy to do anything with the ones they buy with the money they earn from working the jobs americans won't.
How was that?
That was horribly offensive. As a white I feel very excluded.
Anglos are too busy using them to commit white collar crimes.
There, how's that?
jZnat,
You might find http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929605 interesting. It just skims the surface, but kinda explains where that memory goes.
Kompressor
Ah, but a Troodon would likely outsmart it. :-D
Not just for people out of the city. The backpack for my XPS Gen 2 lapt^H^H^H^Hdesktop replacement weighs 15-20 pounds fully loaded. The laptop is 8.6 lbs to start. Add backup battery, external harddrive, power bricks for harddrive and laptop, and you're looking at some serious weight. If I could set this up to charge the spare batt while I'm walking to work or around campus, it might save me from having to hunt down an outlet and futz around with the power bricks if I don't need the external drive.
I, for one, welcome the power generating monkeys on our back overlords!
It would be one thing if Fudruckers was linking to his main site, either in the orriginal window, or in a new window. As I understand, they simply linked to the content on his webserver and displayed it embedded in their site or opened the game on its own. So his bandwith was consumed and he got no exposure for the rest of his site or any advertizing revenue he might have generated.
Slashdot, on the other hand, links to the website or article itself. The creaters of the site get all the recognition and exposure that they deserve, so there's no real loss on their part.
If Fudruckers had linked directly to a page on his site, providing all the exposure that he deserved, then his actions would be juvenile and crude. Removing his content and replacing it with a message stating that he couldn't afford the bandwidth would have been the more mature route to take in either case, but I can forgive his actions in this instance.
I'll second that one! Butter the runway, roll out the slip 'n slide, and bring 'er down!
True, to an extent. Some companies, however, do support third-party hardware. For a fee. And they make quite the tidy profit from that, too. Most people (joe sixpack, not ubergeeks like us) are quite willing to pay between $50 and $200 to a company to get a computer problem fixed. Just look at Dell's new Helpdesk support, or GeekSquad. People pay for that level of service, and it is quite readily available.
I agree, though, no manufacturer in thier right mind will provide this level of service for free on a system that only cost $300. They used to be able to (Dell used to support pretty much anything, as long as it was hooked to a Dell computer, but that was when they could make profit on the system itself.) These days the profit margin is in the add-ons, not the system.
Disclaimer: I do work for Dell.
The anti-boycot law was enacted to prevent companies from refusing to trade with Israeli government or citizens based on religious or political reasons. I am not framiliar with the specifics of it, but I don't doubt that a good lawyer could twist it to apply to Cisco refusing to deal with the Chinese government for what ammounts to reasons of their nationality.
Personally I support shareholders taking action like this, I'm just playing devil's advocate to keep the ideas flowing.
Makes up for the loss of salt & protein.
Six pints? At lunchtime?
STOP 0x03F49A3E: Your computer may or may not have crashed. Please open the box and check the cat.
No, it's more like rolling around in a pile of MSG. Mmmm... MSG.
Although smuckers might be fun, I'll have to try it sometime...
Touche.
I cede the point. I havn't looked at the photo-essay since just after it originally broke big.
I agree, it would be a pain in the ass to haul a Manfrotto around if I was riding a crotch rocket. For some reason I had a mental image of her riding something akin to a goldwing, which would make it a heckuva lot easier to tote gear around.
You may not be much of a photographer, so I'll let you off lightly. However, there are such devices as tripods and a self-timers on cameras. Makes it quite easy to take self portraits.
Cheers,
Jordan R. Urie
Could be worse. I got OS/2 Warp. Plagued by hatred for my backstabbing brother? WHAaat?
A "Canuck" is the Canadian English word for someone from Canada. Similar to how an "American" is from the USA.
Trying to describe Slashdot, eh?
making someone a criminal for LOOKING AT THEIR OWN PROPERTY UNDER A MICROSCOPE
DMCA. Move along, you have no right to look at the conents of that chip.
Move to Canada. We don't have laws like that. (Yet...)
We're dealing with extended internet use here. Thanks to all the porn, it's something else that's "inflamed".
Ah, but, what if it's your second time with the same two people?
;-)
(Agree RE the base 3 numeric notation and 3 state logic though. Now, if someone were to invent 4 state logic, they could rule the CTAG
Argh! Mod me redundant, an AC got to this idea before I even read the post. Note to self: Next time, read all new replies before trying to be funny...
Since these robots get puzzled by a parking sign and get stuck in a loop, maybe that SkyNet issue isn't upon us..
No, it's just going to take a small code tweak, and the robots will start eliminating signage along with the evil humans.
Thanks for the clarification jridley, quite informative (now, if only I could moderate replies in a thread I posted in...)
That explanation of the lens makes the Digital Rebel that much nicer in my books. Next time I'm at work, I'll take a close look and see if I can tell the differenece between the lens mount on the stock lens and a stock lens on the Rebel-Ti.
True that the Canon lenses designed for the 35mm EOS line are all interoperable, and I admit, Canon has some of the best glass on the market (50mm f2.8, dr00l!), however, they have once agian pulled the backwards compatibility plug with their Digital series. I'm not positive about the rest of their lenses, but the glass that comes on the Digital Rebel is not compatible with their 35mm EOS series. The lenses designed for 35mm will work on the digitals, but not vice versa.
I haven't yet been able to get a reasonable reply from our Canon rep as to why this is so. The default lens on the Digital Rebel is 18-55 mm, but the Digital Rebel has a 1.5x magnification factor, so it looks like about 28-80mm. As far as I can tell, they just want to keep people from using the 18-55 on their 35mm instead of a more expensive 18mm, but that's just hearsay and FUD.
I've seen the new digital *ist, and unfortunately, I'm not much of a fan. To me, it feels like a Canon Rebel TI clone, but manufactured to significantly looser specifications. I can't say anything about image quality, as I haven't worked with one in the field, but I played with one in a competitor's store and all the buttons and knobs felt loose.
;-)
I'm a firm fan of pentax in the 35mm market, but it seems that Canon has the edge when it comes to digital SLRs at the moment. I've had a chance to play around with a Digital Rebel, and it seems to be a very good deal for the money. It's features and such feel like a combination of the Rebel K2 and the Rebel 2000. AFAIK, there's no depth of field preview (could be wrong on that count tho), and it doesn't come with a memory card, but if you're going to be dropping $1549 CDN on it, you'll probably have the extra $500 for a little bit of CF to go with it
It's my belief that film is still the better medium when it comes to 35mm style SLR cameras, because it's cheaper to get into, and negatives are going to have a longer shelf-life than digital images. Short of your house burning down, a well processed B&W negative will outlive you.
The lens would have been wide open at your largest aperature by default, so yes, you would have seen a very shallow depth of field. However, it also would have appeared the same when you used the smallest aperature on the lens, as the apearature doesn't close down until you press the shutter release.
The smaller the aperature (bigger f-stop number), the deeper the depth of field, and the more of the picture that is in focus. The depth of field preview stops the aperature down to the size it will be when you make the exposure, and lets you see just how deep the depth of field will be in the final exposure. This can be quite handy when you have something in the forground and something in the background that you want to be sharp and crispy.