It was no myth: I have seen mine launch into space, but I needed to level the cool older parts of the city, flatten the hills, and make nearly the entire map arcos.
Now, who has seen Guile pull out the handcuffs? That is a rumor I want to see substantiated.
Your post seems emotionally charged. Why? I suggest using the scientific method before spouting off "facts". Try making some prints from a small sensor digital camera and then make some prints from a large sensor digital camera, or at least compare prints that others have made with their cameras. This is what I have done and for me, my higher end Panasonic (FZ20) had way too much noise (the Panasonic was a experiment to see if I would like digital). Yes, I know most photo processors work with the lossy JPG format. I went and got myself a Canon 5D. The improvement is staggering and it is worth it for me.
I realize that the cost and size of many digital SLRs are not for everyone, but the noise levels are clearly much different, both to me and others I know who have compared.
Interesting take. I always figured that if someone was going to misunderstand the term, they would think of the small, due to Quantum Mechanics/Field Theory. If it was due to the large leap in physics, why not start saying large changes are not only quantum but "Superstring". "Superstring Leaps in RPGs" makes as much sense to me as "Quantum Leaps..." Having a BS and MS in Physics makes me overly sensitive, to be sure.
Am I the only one that can't stand it when people use "quantum" to mean big when in fact it implies discrete (since it refers to indivisible things)?
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Nice reference. My favorite about the car:
"Uh, uh, papers, um, just papers, uh, you know, uh, my papers, business papers."
"And what do you do, sir?"
"I'm unemployed."
It was no myth: I have seen mine launch into space, but I needed to level the cool older parts of the city, flatten the hills, and make nearly the entire map arcos.
Now, who has seen Guile pull out the handcuffs? That is a rumor I want to see substantiated.
Your post seems emotionally charged. Why? I suggest using the scientific method before spouting off "facts". Try making some prints from a small sensor digital camera and then make some prints from a large sensor digital camera, or at least compare prints that others have made with their cameras. This is what I have done and for me, my higher end Panasonic (FZ20) had way too much noise (the Panasonic was a experiment to see if I would like digital). Yes, I know most photo processors work with the lossy JPG format. I went and got myself a Canon 5D. The improvement is staggering and it is worth it for me. I realize that the cost and size of many digital SLRs are not for everyone, but the noise levels are clearly much different, both to me and others I know who have compared.
Interesting take. I always figured that if someone was going to misunderstand the term, they would think of the small, due to Quantum Mechanics/Field Theory. If it was due to the large leap in physics, why not start saying large changes are not only quantum but "Superstring". "Superstring Leaps in RPGs" makes as much sense to me as "Quantum Leaps..." Having a BS and MS in Physics makes me overly sensitive, to be sure.
Jeez. It makes me clench up my fist every time.
Only Chuck Norris could "choke the internet".
NASA Worldwind. I think it is amazing and far superior to Google Earth. The only app keeping my fast machine running Windows.