Traditionally, wedding and portrait photographers sell you prints but the images are copyright to the photographer. Their business depends heavily on reprints. Now we have a trend where commercial photographers are trying to slip into that business niche with terms like "photojournalist wedding phtography". The trouble is that in *their* industry they typically sell the images - not the prints. They don't "get" the business they are encroaching upon and as such have wedding and portrait photographers pretty pissed. This fits in with the Walmart story in that it has pressured the traditional photogs to take a pro-active stand to keep their business market from eroding further by making the printers gun-shy of printing someone elses work. The PPA has been discussing these issues as of late... regards,
After reading the other comments on here I weighed my 2 centavos. My experience is that the smaller rebates pass by, the larger ones are "challenged" in some way. I was forced to call the rebate center processing my $150 Comcast rebate and was told that I would have to "resubmit" as there was "some problem". I informed the lackey on the other end that I had full photocopies of everything I sent in and was going to send it to the PostMaster General along with a formal complaint of mail fraud. It took 2 minutes for him to get authorization to cut my check. 1st - why did I have to call them and not the other way around if there was a problem? 2nd - There is no way anyone can convince me this wasn't deliberate. Seeing how I had to send in the original receipts and such the scam was almost complete in that I would *not* be able to resubmit under the rules. Except for anal people like me that wear tin-hats and document everything they would have gotten away with it. Bahhhh - rebates. regards,
1st off - Mensa does NOT use just one test. When I was tested they used two - one targeted for the US population and the other for Great Britain. This is to balance out cultural biases in the tests. It is my understanding they do this for all regions. 2nd - Mensa's intent was not to give a bunch of arrogant so-and-so's a "home". It is a social group for similarly gifted people to get together. So WTF is wrong with that? Might as well direct the same comments to people that "belong" to/.! Instead of IQ tests we have moderators who weight and sift the Trolls and FlameBait from the Interesting and Funny. Too bad we can't do that up front instead of being afflicted on a constant basis. What really annoys me is the way people immediately slap an "elitist" tag on Mensans and feel free to heap ridicule and abuse upon their heads without knowing one thing about them - what they do, what they think, who they are. So tell me - would you direct these comments at Buckminster Fuller, or Isaac Asimov? Both were noted Mensans. They saw a benefit to the society and believed it was worth their time. Regards, BubbaJonBoy
"It should read "uploaders" because copyright prohibits unauthorized distribution." Ahhh - but while you are downloading you are also providing as that is how P2P works. So you're doing both simultaneaously. This is distributing. regards, BubbaJon
I still have my Altair in the closet. My CP/M 8" master however met with tragedy many moons ago... I also built a system from a Ferguson BigBoard(tm). Built it right into a desk attached to an ADM-3A terminal...
It goes deeper than that. Do you realize that MS-DOS has iNode data structures defined internally? Not that they are used for anything but it makes you wonder how many places MS-DOS pilfered from...
"Problem" Definition: HDTV getting on the net. Reality Check: Most people are not techno savvy enough to get around the flag... most. Those that are savvy will find a way around it and then put even more content on the P2P networks. One reason will be just to give The Man the finger. But also there will be an even bigger demand for the content now that Joe Schmoe can't record it from the privacy of his living room for his personal use. To the media fatcats - the genie is out of the friggin bottle and we *will* get our wishes... Regards
I consider myself a tree-hugger. That said, the whole ozone thing is a scam by scientists who see bad news as a way to obtain research grants and funding and - dare I say - notoriety masquerading as prestige. Consider: 1) 90% of industrialization and associated emissions is in the northern hemisphere 2) The coriolis effect keeps the earth's northern and southern airstreams seperate (very little mixing)
So why is the ozone hole over Antarctica? Why not the North Pole seeing as this is the hemisphere supposedly cursed by industry? Use Occams' Razor - it ain't our fault... Regards...
So I own a stop and shop type store, I put a hidden reader under the counter and rack up bogus sales for piddly consumables on any accomodating VISA that wanders by. A lot of people place their wallets and purses down as they fish out their money or credit cards. As long as the sale is under $25 I require no signature, the person being charged vaguely remembers being there and does not challenge the charges. Wow! I need a small business loan so I can jump on this opportunity!
If your arguing points aren't correct - what does that say about your conclusion? Erroneous "facts": NOT! - Microsoft invented the GUI NOT! - Linus because...is on the biggest UNIX out there (Linux isn't Unix) NOT! - Tannenbaum's Minix, from which Linux was created - (what a ridiculous idea! and one I might add that has been disproved many times.) regards,
>> I wonder how many more of these field guides we would be able to scrounge... Christ on a crutch! Before/. there was Usenet. Look at the technical book newsgroup. I think everything the military ever printed has gone by - several times over just the last year! regards,
>> I think letting Firefox gain as much of the browser market as possible would, and is a very viable strategy for them. It ain't about how viable it is, how much money it would save, or about how good it would be for the public. It's about power and control. The same motivations for rape I might add... Regards, BubbaJon
So like Native Americans and blacks - will computers someday sue for reparations due to past injustices? Will a computer be able to file for disability if it is saddled with a lame OS? Microsoft watch out! regards,
Sorry bud - yer way behind on this one. Modern flatbed scanners that *target* the professional/prosumer market have gotten so good that many of the manufacturers are dropping their film scanners. A couple of models to look at are the Epson 4870 and the Microtek i900. The i900 in particular because it eliminates the glass from the film scanning process eliminating many sources of degradation. I do concede that there are occasions that a film scanner is required - just as I concede an airplane is required for transportation on occasion. But it is not required for the vast majority of tasks at hand. In fact it is detailed in the latest (and last) issue of PEI magazine, how Irvin Kershner (former student of Ansel Adams; director: Empire Strikes Back, Eyes of Laura Mars) has retired his dedicated film scanner in favor of the new Epson 4870. He is in the process of scanning film in preparation for his new exhibitition at various locations in Manhatten. Too bad Snopes doesn't handle these sorts of posts... Regards, BubbaJon
Well - then there are the recent studies (discussed here on/. and elsewhere) that the media we store our digital images on may only have a lifespan of 10 years or less. Entropy rules. Regards, BubbaJon
Yeah - too bad they went under - actually I see that Canon has bought their assets. Funny I was gonna write a reply about Candescent and spotted this message. I worked with a company that was engaged to help them develop their manufacturing process. Things seemed to be going great until Sony bought a controlling share then things ground to a halt. Coincidence? Who knows. It was a promising technology that used a flat panel with small electron emitters (think of a backplane of small pointed emitters for each pixel). We had prototype 17" screens that were gorgeous. The cool thing was the emitters were "self-cleaning" and so did not suffer from longe term dimming. A standard CRT uses a heated cathode which gets a "crust" on it with prolonged use reducing output with age. *sigh* the electronic equivalent of the 100 mpg carburetor. Regards,
LOL - I love all these posts warning that Canada isn't all we crack it up to be. Gawd forbid the arrogant Americans take a notion to come up there and spoil things...
Because the other 16 items on that albumn probably are shit. I think the whole download thing is good because it will get us out of the old studio model where they would drag out some piece of crap that the drummer wrote just to fill up the otherwise empty space. Or worse a bad cover of somebody else's hit song. Of course it also means that our listening preferences are directed by the media - oh...wait... it already is!
Good observation - I was gonna say pretty much the same thing. Crank the heat and I'm ready for a siesta - not a mezzoforte performance. IMHO offices are usually too warm because of the women in them. I have a standard joke that goes like this: women have two temperatures - "too hot or too cold". Yeah I know it's !PC but that's reality...
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Traditionally, wedding and portrait photographers sell you prints but the images are copyright to the photographer. Their business depends heavily on reprints. Now we have a trend where commercial photographers are trying to slip into that business niche with terms like "photojournalist wedding phtography". The trouble is that in *their* industry they typically sell the images - not the prints. They don't "get" the business they are encroaching upon and as such have wedding and portrait photographers pretty pissed.
This fits in with the Walmart story in that it has pressured the traditional photogs to take a pro-active stand to keep their business market from eroding further by making the printers gun-shy of printing someone elses work.
The PPA has been discussing these issues as of late...
regards,
Go to school while unemployed here (USA) is viewed as not looking for a job.
So much for improving your chances of being productive...
After reading the other comments on here I weighed my 2 centavos. My experience is that the smaller rebates pass by, the larger ones are "challenged" in some way. I was forced to call the rebate center processing my $150 Comcast rebate and was told that I would have to "resubmit" as there was "some problem". I informed the lackey on the other end that I had full photocopies of everything I sent in and was going to send it to the PostMaster General along with a formal complaint of mail fraud. It took 2 minutes for him to get authorization to cut my check.
1st - why did I have to call them and not the other way around if there was a problem?
2nd - There is no way anyone can convince me this wasn't deliberate. Seeing how I had to send in the original receipts and such the scam was almost complete in that I would *not* be able to resubmit under the rules. Except for anal people like me that wear tin-hats and document everything they would have gotten away with it.
Bahhhh - rebates.
regards,
Methinks that power and prestige are missing from your equation. Money has been shown time and again to be a short term motivator.
Regards,
Jon
1st off - Mensa does NOT use just one test. When I was tested they used two - one targeted for the US population and the other for Great Britain. This is to balance out cultural biases in the tests. It is my understanding they do this for all regions. /.! Instead of IQ tests we have moderators who weight and sift the Trolls and FlameBait from the Interesting and Funny. Too bad we can't do that up front instead of being afflicted on a constant basis.
2nd - Mensa's intent was not to give a bunch of arrogant so-and-so's a "home". It is a social group for similarly gifted people to get together. So WTF is wrong with that? Might as well direct the same comments to people that "belong" to
What really annoys me is the way people immediately slap an "elitist" tag on Mensans and feel free to heap ridicule and abuse upon their heads without knowing one thing about them - what they do, what they think, who they are.
So tell me - would you direct these comments at Buckminster Fuller, or Isaac Asimov? Both were noted Mensans. They saw a benefit to the society and believed it was worth their time.
Regards,
BubbaJonBoy
"It should read "uploaders" because copyright prohibits unauthorized distribution."
Ahhh - but while you are downloading you are also providing as that is how P2P works. So you're doing both simultaneaously. This is distributing.
regards,
BubbaJon
Looks like a glorified Franklin Rex.
Big deal...
I still have my Altair in the closet. My CP/M 8" master however met with tragedy many moons ago...
I also built a system from a Ferguson BigBoard(tm).
Built it right into a desk attached to an ADM-3A terminal...
It goes deeper than that. Do you realize that MS-DOS has iNode data structures defined internally? Not that they are used for anything but it makes you wonder how many places MS-DOS pilfered from...
"Problem" Definition: HDTV getting on the net.
Reality Check: Most people are not techno savvy enough to get around the flag... most. Those that are savvy will find a way around it and then put even more content on the P2P networks. One reason will be just to give The Man the finger. But also there will be an even bigger demand for the content now that Joe Schmoe can't record it from the privacy of his living room for his personal use.
To the media fatcats - the genie is out of the friggin bottle and we *will* get our wishes...
Regards
I consider myself a tree-hugger. That said, the whole ozone thing is a scam by scientists who see bad news as a way to obtain research grants and funding and - dare I say - notoriety masquerading as prestige.
Consider:
1) 90% of industrialization and associated emissions is in the northern hemisphere
2) The coriolis effect keeps the earth's northern and southern airstreams seperate (very little mixing)
So why is the ozone hole over Antarctica? Why not the North Pole seeing as this is the hemisphere supposedly cursed by industry? Use Occams' Razor - it ain't our fault...
Regards...
So I own a stop and shop type store, I put a hidden reader under the counter and rack up bogus sales for piddly consumables on any accomodating VISA that wanders by. A lot of people place their wallets and purses down as they fish out their money or credit cards. As long as the sale is under $25 I require no signature, the person being charged vaguely remembers being there and does not challenge the charges. Wow! I need a small business loan so I can jump on this opportunity!
I seem to recall that the OpenSSL toolkit has the tools necessary to create certificates. Or did I miss something about making and using certs?
Hmmmm
With so many n00bs out there you think subtle is going to come across? ;-)
Next time mark it up properly with
regards
If your arguing points aren't correct - what does that say about your conclusion? ...is on the biggest UNIX out there (Linux isn't Unix)
Erroneous "facts":
NOT! - Microsoft invented the GUI
NOT! - Linus because
NOT! - Tannenbaum's Minix, from which Linux was created - (what a ridiculous idea! and one I might add that has been disproved many times.)
regards,
>> I wonder how many more of these field guides we would be able to scrounge... /. there was Usenet. Look at the technical book newsgroup. I think everything the military ever printed has gone by - several times over just the last year!
Christ on a crutch!
Before
regards,
>> I think letting Firefox gain as much of the browser market as possible would, and is a very viable strategy for them.
It ain't about how viable it is, how much money it would save, or about how good it would be for the public. It's about power and control. The same motivations for rape I might add...
Regards,
BubbaJon
So like Native Americans and blacks - will computers someday sue for reparations due to past injustices?
Will a computer be able to file for disability if it is saddled with a lame OS?
Microsoft watch out!
regards,
Sorry bud - yer way behind on this one. Modern flatbed scanners that *target* the professional/prosumer market have gotten so good that many of the manufacturers are dropping their film scanners. A couple of models to look at are the Epson 4870 and the Microtek i900. The i900 in particular because it eliminates the glass from the film scanning process eliminating many sources of degradation.
I do concede that there are occasions that a film scanner is required - just as I concede an airplane is required for transportation on occasion. But it is not required for the vast majority of tasks at hand.
In fact it is detailed in the latest (and last) issue of PEI magazine, how Irvin Kershner (former student of Ansel Adams; director: Empire Strikes Back, Eyes of Laura Mars) has retired his dedicated film scanner in favor of the new Epson 4870. He is in the process of scanning film in preparation for his new exhibitition at various locations in Manhatten.
Too bad Snopes doesn't handle these sorts of posts...
Regards,
BubbaJon
Well - then there are the recent studies (discussed here on /. and elsewhere) that the media we store our digital images on may only have a lifespan of 10 years or less.
Entropy rules.
Regards, BubbaJon
"...why would the death of a baby (or fetus) that could save 100 people be considered immoral?"
It's because we have this concept of a human being being *more* than the sum of our parts. Maybe Soylent Green is your cup of tea?
regards, BubbaJon
Yeah - too bad they went under - actually I see that Canon has bought their assets. Funny I was gonna write a reply about Candescent and spotted this message.
I worked with a company that was engaged to help them develop their manufacturing process. Things seemed to be going great until Sony bought a controlling share then things ground to a halt.
Coincidence? Who knows. It was a promising technology that used a flat panel with small electron emitters (think of a backplane of small pointed emitters for each pixel). We had prototype 17" screens that were gorgeous. The cool thing was the emitters were "self-cleaning" and so did not suffer from longe term dimming. A standard CRT uses a heated cathode which gets a "crust" on it with prolonged use reducing output with age.
*sigh* the electronic equivalent of the 100 mpg carburetor.
Regards,
LOL - I love all these posts warning that Canada isn't all we crack it up to be. Gawd forbid the arrogant Americans take a notion to come up there and spoil things...
Because the other 16 items on that albumn probably are shit. I think the whole download thing is good because it will get us out of the old studio model where they would drag out some piece of crap that the drummer wrote just to fill up the otherwise empty space. Or worse a bad cover of somebody else's hit song. Of course it also means that our listening preferences are directed by the media - oh...wait... it already is!
Good observation - I was gonna say pretty much the same thing. Crank the heat and I'm ready for a siesta - not a mezzoforte performance.
IMHO offices are usually too warm because of the women in them. I have a standard joke that goes like this: women have two temperatures - "too hot or too cold". Yeah I know it's !PC but that's reality...