Only on/. would a bunch of computer nerds be complaining about a big OEM installing a Linux variant on their PCs. Goes to show you. Some people can't be made happy, no matter what you do.
"When Galileo looked into his telescope he immediately saw a much simpler and more predictive model. Of course Galileo had no more direct evidence than his forebearers"
He was in the first generation that had telescopes. The premodern geocentric model fit the data that the ancients had with the math that they had. 1500 years later Galileo, Kepler and Brahe produced better observations and used more complicated math to produce the geocentric model.
BTW: On the FP, the times article was written by one of their mommy bloggers, not by a person who even does regular science reporting.
I think you need to be more emphatic. Photography can be an art. A camera can be an artists tool like a painters brush or a sculptor's chisel.
The cameras widely used by amateur photographers, even the most expensive class of DSLRs like the Nikon D3 and the Canon EOS-1Ds ($7K sticker, without a lens) have limitations created by the rigid geometry of the camera body, and the limited size of components.
Large Format View Cameras simply do not have many of those limitations. The ability of the photographer to change the orientations of the film plane and the lens board and to use an extraordinary range of lenses, allow professionals (and some dedicated amateurs) to make images that cannot be made by smaller less flexible cameras. Random mentioned architectural and landscape photography, but there are many other uses such as close ups of food for advertising.
This is not to say that view cameras are a universal panacea. You would not photograph a sporting event with one. It is to say that they are very useful tools for their purposes in skillful hands.
Large Format View Cameras do not use focal plane shutters like DSLRs. They use blade type shutters mounted in the lenses. The real use for high sensitivity will be to allow for smaller apertures and greater depth of field.
I am terribly sorry for you loss. It is one that can never be recompensed.
Ambulance bills are issued so that health insurers will pay for this vital service and to discourage people who really do not need a ride in ambulance.
I understand, and can sympathize with your distress at seeing a bill in that context, but I think, that on further reflection, it is the correct thing to do. However, it would be heartless for the ambulance service to pursue the matter with you further than filling an insurance claim.
The US has a great rail system and we need to make sure that we do not ruin it by doing what Europeans have done.
"Europe's dependence on trucks stems from the failure of its vaunted passenger-rail network to provide a cheap, efficient alternative for cargo. Between 1995 and 2005, the percentage of European goods shipped by truck rose to 73% from 68%, while rail's share fell to 17% from 20%. The rest goes by canal or, in the case of oil and gas, pipelines. In the U.S. in 2005, 42% of freight was moved by train and 33% by truck."
The US has optimized its rail system for freight, not passengers, and that is a good thing. Distances between population centers in the US are larger than in Europe, Americans will tend to prefer air travel for long distance intercity travel.
The Michael Eisner -- Disney Company -- Michael Ovitz saga Here, was more egregious than this. The court held that the directors were within their rights to let Ovitz yank the rip-cord on his golden parachute. I don't see why this case would be different.
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Only on /. would a bunch of computer nerds be complaining about a big OEM installing a Linux variant on their PCs. Goes to show you. Some people can't be made happy, no matter what you do.
"When Galileo looked into his telescope he immediately saw a much simpler and more predictive model. Of course Galileo had no more direct evidence than his forebearers"
He was in the first generation that had telescopes. The premodern geocentric model fit the data that the ancients had with the math that they had. 1500 years later Galileo, Kepler and Brahe produced better observations and used more complicated math to produce the geocentric model.
BTW: On the FP, the times article was written by one of their mommy bloggers, not by a person who even does regular science reporting.
Is this a problem for John J. Luser? I doubt it.
40 years ago, John Lennon said that the Beatles were bigger than Jesus.
OTOH, I have never cursed the Pope by name, but I have often cursed Bill Gates while recovering from a crash or a lock-up.
There is going to be a windfall for makers of Spock Ears.
My neighbor had one. It was no more noisy than an ordinary automobile, albeit higher pitched.
What you said is true enough when you are talking about cities, but if you read the article above you would have seen that it began with the words:
"Firefighters in rural Tennessee"
Mod it up!
I think you need to be more emphatic. Photography can be an art. A camera can be an artists tool like a painters brush or a sculptor's chisel.
The cameras widely used by amateur photographers, even the most expensive class of DSLRs like the Nikon D3 and the Canon EOS-1Ds ($7K sticker, without a lens) have limitations created by the rigid geometry of the camera body, and the limited size of components.
Large Format View Cameras simply do not have many of those limitations. The ability of the photographer to change the orientations of the film plane and the lens board and to use an extraordinary range of lenses, allow professionals (and some dedicated amateurs) to make images that cannot be made by smaller less flexible cameras. Random mentioned architectural and landscape photography, but there are many other uses such as close ups of food for advertising.
This is not to say that view cameras are a universal panacea. You would not photograph a sporting event with one. It is to say that they are very useful tools for their purposes in skillful hands.
Large Format View Cameras do not use focal plane shutters like DSLRs. They use blade type shutters mounted in the lenses. The real use for high sensitivity will be to allow for smaller apertures and greater depth of field.
The first 20 or so responses from Google when you search wubi are for an Ubuntu program.
"This document, the first of its kind, clearly presents both the basics and intricacies of the Wubi input method for the benefit of speakers of English."
More than you really wanted to know.
I am terribly sorry for you loss. It is one that can never be recompensed.
Ambulance bills are issued so that health insurers will pay for this vital service and to discourage people who really do not need a ride in ambulance.
I understand, and can sympathize with your distress at seeing a bill in that context, but I think, that on further reflection, it is the correct thing to do. However, it would be heartless for the ambulance service to pursue the matter with you further than filling an insurance claim.
The US has a great rail system and we need to make sure that we do not ruin it by doing what Europeans have done.
"Europe's dependence on trucks stems from the failure of its vaunted passenger-rail network to provide a cheap, efficient alternative for cargo. Between 1995 and 2005, the percentage of European goods shipped by truck rose to 73% from 68%, while rail's share fell to 17% from 20%. The rest goes by canal or, in the case of oil and gas, pipelines. In the U.S. in 2005, 42% of freight was moved by train and 33% by truck."
"EU Looks to Cargo Trains To Ease Load on Trucking" by John W. Miller, in The Wall Street Journal on June 5, 2007 at p. A6
The US has optimized its rail system for freight, not passengers, and that is a good thing. Distances between population centers in the US are larger than in Europe, Americans will tend to prefer air travel for long distance intercity travel.
The Michael Eisner -- Disney Company -- Michael Ovitz saga Here, was more egregious than this. The court held that the directors were within their rights to let Ovitz yank the rip-cord on his golden parachute. I don't see why this case would be different.
Qoh.12 [12] ... Of making many books there is no end,
Me neither. The only thing that bothers me is that it doesn't write new mail in the tabs.
Eppur si muove.
I thing that $#*! is perfectly acceptable in polite society, %&@# on the other hand.
May his memory be for a blessing.
Dude: Word.
30 years next Tuesday. No sign of a pardon from the Governor.
The cure for persistent sexual arousal syndrome in women is:
Wedding cake.
168 hours would seem to be kind of a hard upper limit.
As a general rule it never possible to be too cynical.
"Care to give me a pointer to that Supreme Court decision?"
RTP