I've done this. It sucks. If you don't have a focusing rail on your tripod, its impossible to use. Depth of field is about.5mm if you stop as far down as you can go. I have a shot of a penny that was parallel to the sensor where Lincoln's eyes are sharp, but his nose isn't.
Frankly, reversing a lens on the front of another is only useful if you need extreme amounts of magnification and don't care as much about picture quality. On the plus though, it is really cheap to do. Hell, probably cheaper than buying a can a pringles and those caps that we all just have "laying around".
I much prefer using proper extension tubes or a true macro lens. Just because you made something small look big doesn't mean it looks good too.
You wouldn't happen to be in the Evansville, Indiana region, would you? They're moving to a new system even less able to shoot through my treeline and need to put up a mast that I have been thinking about mounting lasers on to protect me from the bad people.
A thirty foot mast on top of my (three story, counting attic) house just looks silly. If someone could figure out how to blast through these damn locust trees with a dish mounted at ground level, that'd be gravy.
I don't think they could go any higher, either. 250 feet is pretty "up there."
See that guy over there with the laptop, staring at you? He doesn't have a Pringles can becuase he's hungry.
I'm pretty sure that with sensitive home-built recievers, you could grab data more than 30 feet away. I really don't want a wireless device that holds my data.
I would much rather have a $15 docking station. Otherwise they may find out that I've only gotten to level 4 of Ksokoban!
As Japan, China, and South Korea all have different written languages (I don't know by how much they differ tho), it seems they would have to settle on one particular language.
And for the life of me I cannot think of a programming language that is actually written in a Far Eastern language at all. If there is one, I would like to know how it compares to C, java, etc.
Marketing a chip that has a product defect doesn't sound so great to me, even if the chip performs flawlessly with a broken core or two.
IBM: "Well, all our chips are made with 4 cores, but some of them get made broken, so we sell those for less as if they were only made with the number of cores that work"
Customer: "I wonder what Sun and Intel are up to these days."
For my needs, XP is quite fine, and 2000 is about the same level, hardware support aside (Not that big a problem anyway).
I just hope they don't start doing with Windows what they've done with Office for some time: change formats so everyone has to upgrade to be compatible with the "early adopters".
But I can see it now. 8-14 months after Longhorn hits the shelves, I'll probably be using it to make it easier to work with everyone else. Curses!
The great thing about today's machines is that you don't have to know how they work to use them. But I remember a story where some scientists were able to factor 15 into 3 and 5 using a (7 qubit? Can't remember) quantum machine that looked rather complicated.
I know one day quantum computers will shrink, and even my watch may be powered by a tiny quantum chip, or green goo, whatever it is.
My main concern is that by the time standard semiconductors reach their limit the quantum machines are still in the stages comparable to the usability of a PDP 7.
Sorry, but I've always imagined anything with the word "quantum" in it to be way in the future as for getting Real Work(tm) done. I for one welcome the day when I can buy a beige box that runs on the secrets of the universe.
I know nothing about quantum computing except that it looks really hard, and I'm betting a lot of other people are in a similar situation.
When traditional silicon (or other semiconductor) components have gotten as small and fast as feasibly possible, will quantum computers be anywhere near as usable as the desktops of today are? Meaning, will I be able to use a fast computer without a PhD?
Red Hat has no use for the Unix IP, seeing as Linux was basically written from scratch (SCO allegations aside). Apple might want it for advertising material, so they can say that OS X is pure UNIX goodness. The Unix trademark, imo, is just a strong name, and would help them ship units.
Microsoft wants the world, so they probably want the Unix IP too. Antitrust fears would probably keep them from getting it, besides the fact that they bash *nix at every opportunity. A bad PR move, to boot.
Frankly, I hope Sun gets the IP when this is all said and done with. They would benefit the most, as they are a Unix-only vendor, and I like the company regardless.
I took a 2 minute test and drove around the block a few times with a fat guy in the car with me. Didn't seem so hard to me. Perhaps you have had different circumstances?
I found the reaction of CEO #1 to the question of bigger companies getting bigger and small companies getting smaller rather odd.
CEO #1:...wasn't IBM the biggest computer company 20 years ago? We believe a company with creative mindset and innovation tradition can always find a way to differentiate products.
IBM may have taken a backseat to more visible companies like Microsoft, Intel, AMD, Apple, etc, but I wouldn't say they've gotten smaller. In my mind, IBM is the 900 pound gorilla that you shouldn't mess with (SCO, anyone?). Perhaps I am just ill-informed, but I would say that IBM is a *major* industry heavyweight. It hasn't been so long that IBM is not the competition, they are the environment
It also says AIX will run on it. I wonder if IBM will concentrate more on AIX than Linux. But seeing as this is coming from IBM, who usually don't turn out flakey products, especially quad way servers, I'd say they'll do a pretty good job of making the prefered OS for this beast run pretty well.
While this is highly OT, I can see why some people call this a sucky country. I have found myself saying this country is going down the toilet.
However, I've never lived in another country for more than two weeks. And that was Canada. I'm sure if I went to a much poorer country for a while, I would be begging to return to the US, Microsoft/SCO and all.
All relatively well-off countries have their problems. I can't say that the US's are that much greater than those in, say, Candada, the UK, France, Germany, or Austraila. Highly different cultures, all with their own problems, but they arn't really a "bastion of hope" that the US was during the times of high immigration.
Frankly, I'd like to live in the US more than anywhere. And if I had been born in any of the above mentioned countries, I'd probably say the same thing about that country.
And as for America becoming a police state, I kinda chuckle. Yeah, our privacy is being invaded more and more these days, and I want to stop it, but a police state that is not. A single uberpowerful agency/person is not in control. When Ashcroft, Rummy, the NSA, et al all sit down as a cohesive unit, then I'll panic. But as it stands they are just seperate men/agencies with their own intentions, good or ill.
At least, that's how I see it. Now, please go ahead and refute me.
My laptop is 233mhz with 64 megs. I'm on it now, and its not really that bad. I'm using Photoshop and Moz Firebird on XP Pro as of right now. Or at least, it looks like I am. VNC can be a wonderful tool. heh.
Also, the machine is running Slack 9 with Fluxbox. Long live Slack.
Yes, these things happened an then were covered up.
Yet you seem to know about them. How?
I'd also just like to say that the media does pretty much whatever the hell it wants. Ratings. If CNN breaks a story about Bush being an alien while Fox gets "word from on high" to cover it up, who gets the viewers?
Seeing as the trading floor is almost always being filmed for one thing or another, I'd say the chances of a coverup a pretty slim.
Also, if someone did hack into the trading system, what are they going to do? It would be damned hard to route money to places it wasn't intended. So that leaves take the system down altogether. Do you really think something of that magnitude could be covered up?
I was introduced into the wonderful Model M about a year and a half ago when I picked two up a flea market for $5 along with some old mice.
I'd been using both Model Ms on my main and secondary machines at home. But a few months ago I got a mini-keyboard made by BTC. Its like the Happy Hacking keyboard. Its got great tactile feedback, similar to the M but without the same sound. The added desk space is nice too.
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I've done this. It sucks. If you don't have a focusing rail on your tripod, its impossible to use. Depth of field is about .5mm if you stop as far down as you can go. I have a shot of a penny that was parallel to the sensor where Lincoln's eyes are sharp, but his nose isn't.
Frankly, reversing a lens on the front of another is only useful if you need extreme amounts of magnification and don't care as much about picture quality. On the plus though, it is really cheap to do. Hell, probably cheaper than buying a can a pringles and those caps that we all just have "laying around".
I much prefer using proper extension tubes or a true macro lens. Just because you made something small look big doesn't mean it looks good too.
You wouldn't happen to be in the Evansville, Indiana region, would you? They're moving to a new system even less able to shoot through my treeline and need to put up a mast that I have been thinking about mounting lasers on to protect me from the bad people.
A thirty foot mast on top of my (three story, counting attic) house just looks silly. If someone could figure out how to blast through these damn locust trees with a dish mounted at ground level, that'd be gravy.
I don't think they could go any higher, either. 250 feet is pretty "up there."
See that guy over there with the laptop, staring at you? He doesn't have a Pringles can becuase he's hungry.
I'm pretty sure that with sensitive home-built recievers, you could grab data more than 30 feet away. I really don't want a wireless device that holds my data.
I would much rather have a $15 docking station. Otherwise they may find out that I've only gotten to level 4 of Ksokoban!
As Japan, China, and South Korea all have different written languages (I don't know by how much they differ tho), it seems they would have to settle on one particular language.
And for the life of me I cannot think of a programming language that is actually written in a Far Eastern language at all. If there is one, I would like to know how it compares to C, java, etc.
Marketing a chip that has a product defect doesn't sound so great to me, even if the chip performs flawlessly with a broken core or two.
IBM: "Well, all our chips are made with 4 cores, but some of them get made broken, so we sell those for less as if they were only made with the number of cores that work"
Customer: "I wonder what Sun and Intel are up to these days."
When I used that, it sounded pretty good. One thing that can make it choke though:
fhqwhgads
For my needs, XP is quite fine, and 2000 is about the same level, hardware support aside (Not that big a problem anyway).
I just hope they don't start doing with Windows what they've done with Office for some time: change formats so everyone has to upgrade to be compatible with the "early adopters".
But I can see it now. 8-14 months after Longhorn hits the shelves, I'll probably be using it to make it easier to work with everyone else. Curses!
Good though, but it sounds too much like Xenix for my tastes.
The great thing about today's machines is that you don't have to know how they work to use them. But I remember a story where some scientists were able to factor 15 into 3 and 5 using a (7 qubit? Can't remember) quantum machine that looked rather complicated.
I know one day quantum computers will shrink, and even my watch may be powered by a tiny quantum chip, or green goo, whatever it is.
My main concern is that by the time standard semiconductors reach their limit the quantum machines are still in the stages comparable to the usability of a PDP 7.
Sorry, but I've always imagined anything with the word "quantum" in it to be way in the future as for getting Real Work(tm) done. I for one welcome the day when I can buy a beige box that runs on the secrets of the universe.
I know nothing about quantum computing except that it looks really hard, and I'm betting a lot of other people are in a similar situation. When traditional silicon (or other semiconductor) components have gotten as small and fast as feasibly possible, will quantum computers be anywhere near as usable as the desktops of today are? Meaning, will I be able to use a fast computer without a PhD?
Red Hat has no use for the Unix IP, seeing as Linux was basically written from scratch (SCO allegations aside). Apple might want it for advertising material, so they can say that OS X is pure UNIX goodness. The Unix trademark, imo, is just a strong name, and would help them ship units.
Microsoft wants the world, so they probably want the Unix IP too. Antitrust fears would probably keep them from getting it, besides the fact that they bash *nix at every opportunity. A bad PR move, to boot.
Frankly, I hope Sun gets the IP when this is all said and done with. They would benefit the most, as they are a Unix-only vendor, and I like the company regardless.
SunOS is the basis of Solaris. SunOS is the the OS, Solaris is that plus all the other goodies.
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Ok, so it would use an EEPROM? Like, my PC's BIOS chip, or whatnot? It wasn't too long ago that I upgraded my BIOS...
Photoshop and an EEPROM programmer... the fun would never end. And by fun, I mean impromptu rectal exams.
I took a 2 minute test and drove around the block a few times with a fat guy in the car with me. Didn't seem so hard to me. Perhaps you have had different circumstances?
I found the reaction of CEO #1 to the question of bigger companies getting bigger and small companies getting smaller rather odd.
...wasn't IBM the biggest computer company 20 years ago? We believe a company with creative mindset and innovation tradition can always find a way to differentiate products.
CEO #1:
IBM may have taken a backseat to more visible companies like Microsoft, Intel, AMD, Apple, etc, but I wouldn't say they've gotten smaller. In my mind, IBM is the 900 pound gorilla that you shouldn't mess with (SCO, anyone?). Perhaps I am just ill-informed, but I would say that IBM is a *major* industry heavyweight. It hasn't been so long that IBM is not the competition, they are the environment
It also says AIX will run on it. I wonder if IBM will concentrate more on AIX than Linux. But seeing as this is coming from IBM, who usually don't turn out flakey products, especially quad way servers, I'd say they'll do a pretty good job of making the prefered OS for this beast run pretty well.
Whenever I go to Best Buy, I take a quick stroll down the software isle. It felt kinda good to see Redhat, SuSE, and Mandrake next to XP.
And, (I swear this is true) I saw Debian Potato there once. I don't know who boxed it, but it was there.
While this is highly OT, I can see why some people call this a sucky country. I have found myself saying this country is going down the toilet.
However, I've never lived in another country for more than two weeks. And that was Canada. I'm sure if I went to a much poorer country for a while, I would be begging to return to the US, Microsoft/SCO and all.
All relatively well-off countries have their problems. I can't say that the US's are that much greater than those in, say, Candada, the UK, France, Germany, or Austraila. Highly different cultures, all with their own problems, but they arn't really a "bastion of hope" that the US was during the times of high immigration.
Frankly, I'd like to live in the US more than anywhere. And if I had been born in any of the above mentioned countries, I'd probably say the same thing about that country.
And as for America becoming a police state, I kinda chuckle. Yeah, our privacy is being invaded more and more these days, and I want to stop it, but a police state that is not. A single uberpowerful agency/person is not in control. When Ashcroft, Rummy, the NSA, et al all sit down as a cohesive unit, then I'll panic. But as it stands they are just seperate men/agencies with their own intentions, good or ill.
At least, that's how I see it. Now, please go ahead and refute me.
My laptop is 233mhz with 64 megs. I'm on it now, and its not really that bad. I'm using Photoshop and Moz Firebird on XP Pro as of right now. Or at least, it looks like I am. VNC can be a wonderful tool. heh. Also, the machine is running Slack 9 with Fluxbox. Long live Slack.
Being my mind doesn't work very well, does this mean that the soccer mom driving the canary yellow H2 monstrosity has an Altix 3000 in her den?
Next time I see an H2 with a 120lb woman driving, I'm following her home.
Netcraft on Reasoning.com's webserver. Apache 1.3.23 on Redhat.
Yes, these things happened an then were covered up.
Yet you seem to know about them. How?
I'd also just like to say that the media does pretty much whatever the hell it wants. Ratings. If CNN breaks a story about Bush being an alien while Fox gets "word from on high" to cover it up, who gets the viewers?
Seeing as the trading floor is almost always being filmed for one thing or another, I'd say the chances of a coverup a pretty slim.
Also, if someone did hack into the trading system, what are they going to do? It would be damned hard to route money to places it wasn't intended. So that leaves take the system down altogether. Do you really think something of that magnitude could be covered up?
I was introduced into the wonderful Model M about a year and a half ago when I picked two up a flea market for $5 along with some old mice.
I'd been using both Model Ms on my main and secondary machines at home. But a few months ago I got a mini-keyboard made by BTC. Its like the Happy Hacking keyboard. Its got great tactile feedback, similar to the M but without the same sound. The added desk space is nice too.