He discusses in detail the problems encountered when attempting to communicate across millenia.
Things like: most media don't survive, languages rarely last 1000 years intact, and so forth. Even if you could preserve the medium ( a disk, or whatever ), another problem is, of course, how to read the darned thing.
The book also mentions the *inadvertent* communications that occur across millennia. Like the contents of prehistoric garbage heaps and so forth.
I've just finished my first all-digital shoot and really like the results. When I compare my costs with those of my last analog shoot, it's no contest.
My last analog shoot had $ 15-20 in film costs, $35 in process and contact sheet costs, then $ 450.00 in 8x10 custom color and B&W prints ( ~ 20 ).
My latest studio session, all digital, is here. I was floored by the ability to review shots quickly on my laptop and discard the less-than-perfect ones.
These shots were taken in the Nikon 950's "Normal" mode and have been scaled down for the web. They wind up as 250-300K JPEGs. Nikon's "Fine" mode would produce images about 6-8 MB in size (TIFFs). The Nikon CoolPix 9xx series offer a smokin' macro mode that biologists, naturalists and physicians have jumped on.
Essentially, it comes down to what you need. For family snapshots, get an easy-to-use cam like the Mavica or other point-and-shoot. If you're a serious amateur, get something that offers camera controls like: "shutter" speed, ISO, aperture, flash, manual focus, image quality, etc.
If you're a pro, get a Nikon D1 .
As others have mentioned, Digital Photography Review is a terrific resource if you're researching digicams. Lots of pros and serious amateurs post experiences, measured performance and images that'll assist in a decision about "which camera?".
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There *is* a standard for distributed authentication.
So, why not use Hesiod ?
Maybe it needs updating for today's environment, but it worked great a few years ago within
a corporate domain I'm familiar with.
shall
He discusses in detail the problems encountered when attempting to communicate across millenia.
Things like: most media don't survive, languages rarely last 1000 years intact, and so forth.
Even if you could preserve the medium ( a disk, or
whatever ), another problem is, of course, how to read the darned thing.
The book also mentions the *inadvertent* communications that occur across millennia. Like the contents of prehistoric garbage heaps and so forth.
It's an interesting problem.
shall
I've just finished my first all-digital shoot and really like the results. When I compare my costs with those of my last analog shoot, it's no contest.
My last analog shoot had $ 15-20 in film costs, $35 in process and contact sheet costs, then $ 450.00 in 8x10 custom color and B&W prints ( ~ 20 ).
My latest studio session, all digital, is here. I was floored by the ability to review shots quickly on my laptop and discard the less-than-perfect ones.
These shots were taken in the Nikon 950's "Normal" mode and have been scaled down for the web. They wind up as 250-300K JPEGs. Nikon's "Fine" mode would produce images about 6-8 MB in size (TIFFs).
The Nikon CoolPix 9xx series offer a smokin' macro mode that biologists, naturalists and physicians have jumped on.
Essentially, it comes down to what you need. For family snapshots, get an easy-to-use cam like the Mavica or other point-and-shoot. If you're a serious amateur, get something that offers camera controls like: "shutter" speed, ISO, aperture, flash, manual focus, image quality, etc.
If you're a pro, get a Nikon D1 .
As others have mentioned, Digital Photography Review is a terrific resource if you're researching digicams. Lots of pros and serious amateurs post experiences, measured performance and images that'll assist in a decision about "which camera?".
Cheers,
shall
Luckily, their reach is limited by their political jurisdiction....and internet sites can move in the twinkling of an eye.
Can't you see it ?
"Gee , we have to move to Aruba, they're going to start taxing us here."
So, why in the world haven't we begun to figure this out in the high-tech job area ?
In my experience, the headhunters don't do any intelligent resume evaluation. They just do "acronym matching."
They are unable to understand concepts like
"some exposure to technology X," "expert at technology Y."
They are reduced to comparing lists of keywords
and can really mis-represent you if you're not
careful !
Let's figure out a way to convince more companies to "go direct."
Middlemen just add cost and complexity to every
transaction...and in this case, little value.
shall