I hate to break it to you but the FULL AUTO ZOMG setting will make your pictures look just as horrible as a cell phone.
Full auto is no substitute for knowing how to take photo and the OP is right for wanting a smaller compact camera that is actually designed to do the work for them.
Let me also dissuade you from the notion that there is money to be made for someone who has just picked up a 5D MkII and intends on holding down the shutter button until the money starts rolling in. Professional photographers have a name for people like that, and the nicest one is sucker. Simply having an expensive camera won't make you a good photographer. You may turn out shots that get you endless ego fellatio on facebook or flickr, but that doesn't make you money. What makes you money in photography is an excellent grasp of the technical aspects of the craft, and a good solid grounding in the foundation of visual arts. Color theory, composition, and lighting and shadow are the places to start, then its practice practice practice until you can consistently turn out well composed shots with good lighting and balanced colors. All the while, you're constantly working the business end, looking for opportunities, networking in many different industries, advertising, selling yourself, maintaining relationships with old clients, pounding the pavement for new clients, and making sure more dollars roll in than out. Once you get to that level, you're going to see why professionals cringe and roll their eyes when they read posts like yours.
If the OP reads this, and you want to burn DSLR money, look in to the Fuji X100. It has classic camera styling with amazing optics, an excellent sensor, and a very unique processing pipeline that will give your photos a very memorable look. The price is nearly $1000, but there is a reason a lot of pro photographers use this as their walk around.
Please point out where that gives the President unilateral power to appoint people to office without the consent of the Senate, and while the Senate is still in session?
OK!
The President shall have Power to fill up all Vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the Senate, by granting Commissions which shall expire at the End of their next Session.
and
he may, on extraordinary Occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them, and in Case of Disagreement between them, with Respect to the Time of Adjournment, he may adjourn them to such Time as he shall think proper;
You mean the Consumer Protection Bureau that Congress passed in to law in July of 2010? That one? The one that required a Presidential appointment to lead, but the House had been delaying on for years in hopes that they could nullify a law that a previous Congress had passed without actually, you know, repealing the law creating the bureau?
And bypassing Congress, like it says in the Constitution, Clause 3, Section 2, Article 2?
And Obama, the Senate Majority Leader during the Congressional sessions in 2007-2008? The same Congress that did recess and had Bush make the recess appointment of Jon Bolton as U.N. Ambassador?
Oh, except that Obama was never majority leader of either house of Congress and had no discretion on the calling of pro-forma sessions. Oopsy-diddle! My bad!
I was working for Nokia when they first came out with the solar battery charger on the back of the handset. At the time, the 2120 and 2160 models could accept those batteries, and the cells had no problem with the power requirements. Unlimited stand-by time while in the sun and something like 20 hours of talk time, in 1996, was astounding.
Of course, the 21xx series of phones isn't exactly what you'd call high-end these days. I still have one and when I'm not marveling at it's 8 lines of text on the massive 2 inch LCD screen, I'm amazed by it's nearly microscopic 1.5 inch width and ability to connect to CDMA AND AMPS cellular systems.
The plastic pull-out whip antenna is just that extra bit of bling that pushes this phone over the edge of cool.
It could be that Scott Adams is just a dickhead who's coasting along on the singular achievement of pointing out what everyone already knows, but doing it with a dog wearing glasses.
I'd like to see what happens. Will one troupe make threat displays against the other troupe, or are they aware that there isn't any real territorial dispute because of the lack of pheromone triggers in the air?
Ooooh, and I wonder if I can get a grant to buy a few pressure-adapted sealed tablets with a floating antennas so I can get some squid-to-squid Skyping going.
Fun Tip! Next time anyone goes to a zoo or aquarium that has an octopus or especially a cuttlefish tank, take a small mirror. Hold it up so the cuttlefish can see itself and watch the fun!
One thing that always gets me about these announcements is the intentional hand-wave regarding the ability of life to spring up in environments that are different than ours. We aren't the only game in town, statistically speaking, and "life" is such an amazingly broad term that simple definitions of it include simple self-replicating systems.
Personally, I don't think we're the only life in the Universe. There is such a wide variety of chemicals that have come together in some very interesting ways here on Earth that it stands to reason that it has probably happened elsewhere.
Penaeus vannamei? I read a study about those and Penaeus japonicus where the older genetic studies yielded a higher chromosome count than the newer studies. Do you know if that was from a poor sample size or just a poor understanding of genetics?
I know that most octopus species have 20 or so pairs, and the same with squid, except for a few outriders in what used to be loligo but I can't remember the new taxa, anyway, they are rocking in the neighborhood of 50 pairs while the incredibly adorable E. scolopes has 12.
I stick with molluska and specifically cephalopoda behavior because it is a great excuse to go diving just all the time, and I think that if I had to watch a single group of complex molecules do their thing all day, I'd go crazy. That and I despise PCR.
The rate of insect evolution doesn't surprise me at all. So, hey there fellow biologist buddy! Did you ever work with D. melanogaster? If so, then you'd know how quickly those little bastards can adapt to live with some amazing toxicity, genetic damage, and just plain ridiculousness that some company wants tested.
That's the part about this that really bothers me. In keeping with the finest in large corporate traditions the foods that will earn you the most Healthy Living points will be those you purchase from the company, who now has an interest in providing you with the highest volume at the lowest cost.
Africa? Cool! Say hello to the hard eyed men toting AK-47s who have been slaughtering their own with machetes and raping little girls to get rid of their genital scorching STDs. I hear it is a real Libertarian wonderland over here. No government control, few if any taxes. Yep, a man can really keep all that he earns over there in Africa.
The plan works just fine without government intervention. All the FDA is doing is providing guidelines, as they are chartered. In the end, it will be IBM that is forcing their employees to have a certain lifestyle they find acceptable. It will be IBM withholding money from the paycheck because you had a couple of Snickers bars last month. It will be IBM management hauling you in to their offices, looking you up and down with a disapproving look and telling you that while you're a great worker you're a disgusting fat shit and they are tired of spending that extra nickel every year that the health insurance demands because your body doesn't fit the numbers on the chart.
So no, the government really isn't the boogie man in this particular instance.
The funny bit here is that the large insurance companies went to the large employers like IBM and got them on the bandwagon against a competing government sponsored, privately administered and managed health care product. Why? Because the government would do it cheaper and not require all of the lifestyle non-sense.
The irony, or the thing we now accept as irony, even though that isn't the actual definition of the word.
1.) Don't confuse federal taxes for state and local taxes. 2.) Have you checked your tax rate lately? I bet you'll be pleasantly surprised to find that it is lower than it has been in quite a few decades.
At what point is anyone demanding you give your money to them? Your taxes go to paying for goods and services that are, for the most part, publicly available. The military doesn't stop Soviet tanks from rolling over your house but allow them to roll over mine because you're in a higher tax bracket. The CDC doesn't spend more researching cures for diseases that I have because I take fewer deductions.
All of this money goes to services for ALL of us, not just some of us. If you lost your job and became destitute, YOU TOO could apply for social assistance. If you go to the airport YOU TOO get to board an aircraft that travels down a runway and gets directed by air traffic controllers through safe airspace all paid for by me, you, and everyone else in this country.
Taxes aren't theft, they are part of our social contract. Hell, even posting on/. over the internet has been made possible by the tax dollars of our parents going to fund DARPA projects.
If you think this social contract amounts to stealing, then by all means, move somewhere else that is more suited to your personal desires.
I can refute that pretty well. With good, soft, even lighting, a flattering pose, and attention paid to the facial shape and blemishes of the model, a good photographer can make just about anyone "pretty." Add in some professional make-up and hair work, and you're well on your way to making someone look far different than they do in real life.
Volatile Organic Compounds are a huge problem in any sealed environment. Not only are there human health effects, but the effects on some delicate instruments and machinery can be quite severe. This is why there is a very tight list of approved materials that can be used for construction in human-rated space equipment.
That whole "new-car smell" is pretty toxic when that's all you're breathing.
I know what landing, hangar, service, and occasional tie-down fees are for smaller jets. I can only imagine what they would be for something like a private 737.
That 33 million probably ends up being much cheaper in the long-run than parking those giants at any normal FBO.
Admittedly, I haven't worked on a Centricity system in a number of years. I'm glad they've gotten around some of the bigger headaches. When we brought up things like DHCP and LDAP to the R&D folks and the division heads, they looked at us as if we were speaking a different language.
I remember hearing from a Mike "What is the advantage of having an IP address assigned without you knowing what it is? How are you going to refer to the device without know it's IP?"
I wonder if they are going to try and go after the same market share or do something on a lower price point. Any time I see GE Medical, I automatically think Centricity, even though the core of that business is the modalities.
And in the US health care resource allocations are determined by corporate drones who get bonuses for saving the company money i.e. denying treatments when they cost the insurance company.
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I hate to break it to you but the FULL AUTO ZOMG setting will make your pictures look just as horrible as a cell phone.
Full auto is no substitute for knowing how to take photo and the OP is right for wanting a smaller compact camera that is actually designed to do the work for them.
Let me also dissuade you from the notion that there is money to be made for someone who has just picked up a 5D MkII and intends on holding down the shutter button until the money starts rolling in. Professional photographers have a name for people like that, and the nicest one is sucker. Simply having an expensive camera won't make you a good photographer. You may turn out shots that get you endless ego fellatio on facebook or flickr, but that doesn't make you money. What makes you money in photography is an excellent grasp of the technical aspects of the craft, and a good solid grounding in the foundation of visual arts. Color theory, composition, and lighting and shadow are the places to start, then its practice practice practice until you can consistently turn out well composed shots with good lighting and balanced colors. All the while, you're constantly working the business end, looking for opportunities, networking in many different industries, advertising, selling yourself, maintaining relationships with old clients, pounding the pavement for new clients, and making sure more dollars roll in than out. Once you get to that level, you're going to see why professionals cringe and roll their eyes when they read posts like yours.
If the OP reads this, and you want to burn DSLR money, look in to the Fuji X100. It has classic camera styling with amazing optics, an excellent sensor, and a very unique processing pipeline that will give your photos a very memorable look. The price is nearly $1000, but there is a reason a lot of pro photographers use this as their walk around.
Please point out where that gives the President unilateral power to appoint people to office without the consent of the Senate, and while the Senate is still in session?
OK!
and
That this news put Mr. Santorum's followers in quite a froth.
You mean the Consumer Protection Bureau that Congress passed in to law in July of 2010? That one? The one that required a Presidential appointment to lead, but the House had been delaying on for years in hopes that they could nullify a law that a previous Congress had passed without actually, you know, repealing the law creating the bureau?
And bypassing Congress, like it says in the Constitution, Clause 3, Section 2, Article 2?
And Obama, the Senate Majority Leader during the Congressional sessions in 2007-2008? The same Congress that did recess and had Bush make the recess appointment of Jon Bolton as U.N. Ambassador?
Oh, except that Obama was never majority leader of either house of Congress and had no discretion on the calling of pro-forma sessions. Oopsy-diddle! My bad!
I was working for Nokia when they first came out with the solar battery charger on the back of the handset. At the time, the 2120 and 2160 models could accept those batteries, and the cells had no problem with the power requirements. Unlimited stand-by time while in the sun and something like 20 hours of talk time, in 1996, was astounding.
Of course, the 21xx series of phones isn't exactly what you'd call high-end these days. I still have one and when I'm not marveling at it's 8 lines of text on the massive 2 inch LCD screen, I'm amazed by it's nearly microscopic 1.5 inch width and ability to connect to CDMA AND AMPS cellular systems.
The plastic pull-out whip antenna is just that extra bit of bling that pushes this phone over the edge of cool.
It could be that Scott Adams is just a dickhead who's coasting along on the singular achievement of pointing out what everyone already knows, but doing it with a dog wearing glasses.
I'd like to see what happens. Will one troupe make threat displays against the other troupe, or are they aware that there isn't any real territorial dispute because of the lack of pheromone triggers in the air?
Ooooh, and I wonder if I can get a grant to buy a few pressure-adapted sealed tablets with a floating antennas so I can get some squid-to-squid Skyping going.
Fun Tip! Next time anyone goes to a zoo or aquarium that has an octopus or especially a cuttlefish tank, take a small mirror. Hold it up so the cuttlefish can see itself and watch the fun!
One thing that always gets me about these announcements is the intentional hand-wave regarding the ability of life to spring up in environments that are different than ours. We aren't the only game in town, statistically speaking, and "life" is such an amazingly broad term that simple definitions of it include simple self-replicating systems.
Personally, I don't think we're the only life in the Universe. There is such a wide variety of chemicals that have come together in some very interesting ways here on Earth that it stands to reason that it has probably happened elsewhere.
Would we recognize it though? Probably not.
Penaeus vannamei? I read a study about those and Penaeus japonicus where the older genetic studies yielded a higher chromosome count than the newer studies. Do you know if that was from a poor sample size or just a poor understanding of genetics?
I know that most octopus species have 20 or so pairs, and the same with squid, except for a few outriders in what used to be loligo but I can't remember the new taxa, anyway, they are rocking in the neighborhood of 50 pairs while the incredibly adorable E. scolopes has 12.
I stick with molluska and specifically cephalopoda behavior because it is a great excuse to go diving just all the time, and I think that if I had to watch a single group of complex molecules do their thing all day, I'd go crazy. That and I despise PCR.
The rate of insect evolution doesn't surprise me at all. So, hey there fellow biologist buddy! Did you ever work with D. melanogaster? If so, then you'd know how quickly those little bastards can adapt to live with some amazing toxicity, genetic damage, and just plain ridiculousness that some company wants tested.
Wasn't FIRST POST!?!?!?!
Does that mean we should all start posting RATS! instead?
That's the part about this that really bothers me. In keeping with the finest in large corporate traditions the foods that will earn you the most Healthy Living points will be those you purchase from the company, who now has an interest in providing you with the highest volume at the lowest cost.
That ain't veggis and fruits either.
Africa? Cool! Say hello to the hard eyed men toting AK-47s who have been slaughtering their own with machetes and raping little girls to get rid of their genital scorching STDs. I hear it is a real Libertarian wonderland over here. No government control, few if any taxes. Yep, a man can really keep all that he earns over there in Africa.
The plan works just fine without government intervention. All the FDA is doing is providing guidelines, as they are chartered. In the end, it will be IBM that is forcing their employees to have a certain lifestyle they find acceptable. It will be IBM withholding money from the paycheck because you had a couple of Snickers bars last month. It will be IBM management hauling you in to their offices, looking you up and down with a disapproving look and telling you that while you're a great worker you're a disgusting fat shit and they are tired of spending that extra nickel every year that the health insurance demands because your body doesn't fit the numbers on the chart.
So no, the government really isn't the boogie man in this particular instance.
The funny bit here is that the large insurance companies went to the large employers like IBM and got them on the bandwagon against a competing government sponsored, privately administered and managed health care product. Why? Because the government would do it cheaper and not require all of the lifestyle non-sense.
The irony, or the thing we now accept as irony, even though that isn't the actual definition of the word.
1.) Don't confuse federal taxes for state and local taxes.
2.) Have you checked your tax rate lately? I bet you'll be pleasantly surprised to find that it is lower than it has been in quite a few decades.
At what point is anyone demanding you give your money to them? Your taxes go to paying for goods and services that are, for the most part, publicly available. The military doesn't stop Soviet tanks from rolling over your house but allow them to roll over mine because you're in a higher tax bracket. The CDC doesn't spend more researching cures for diseases that I have because I take fewer deductions.
All of this money goes to services for ALL of us, not just some of us. If you lost your job and became destitute, YOU TOO could apply for social assistance. If you go to the airport YOU TOO get to board an aircraft that travels down a runway and gets directed by air traffic controllers through safe airspace all paid for by me, you, and everyone else in this country.
Taxes aren't theft, they are part of our social contract. Hell, even posting on /. over the internet has been made possible by the tax dollars of our parents going to fund DARPA projects.
If you think this social contract amounts to stealing, then by all means, move somewhere else that is more suited to your personal desires.
I'm no big fan of Gingrich, but wouldn't a registrar allow him to recover the name since he is a public figure?
I can refute that pretty well. With good, soft, even lighting, a flattering pose, and attention paid to the facial shape and blemishes of the model, a good photographer can make just about anyone "pretty." Add in some professional make-up and hair work, and you're well on your way to making someone look far different than they do in real life.
Volatile Organic Compounds are a huge problem in any sealed environment. Not only are there human health effects, but the effects on some delicate instruments and machinery can be quite severe. This is why there is a very tight list of approved materials that can be used for construction in human-rated space equipment.
That whole "new-car smell" is pretty toxic when that's all you're breathing.
I know what landing, hangar, service, and occasional tie-down fees are for smaller jets. I can only imagine what they would be for something like a private 737.
That 33 million probably ends up being much cheaper in the long-run than parking those giants at any normal FBO.
Admittedly, I haven't worked on a Centricity system in a number of years. I'm glad they've gotten around some of the bigger headaches. When we brought up things like DHCP and LDAP to the R&D folks and the division heads, they looked at us as if we were speaking a different language.
I remember hearing from a Mike "What is the advantage of having an IP address assigned without you knowing what it is? How are you going to refer to the device without know it's IP?"
I wonder if they are going to try and go after the same market share or do something on a lower price point. Any time I see GE Medical, I automatically think Centricity, even though the core of that business is the modalities.
And in the US health care resource allocations are determined by corporate drones who get bonuses for saving the company money i.e. denying treatments when they cost the insurance company.
I'll take a bureaucrat