On:
http://www.pentaxcanada.com/
Both english french !!
Michel
This one time, at band camp, J. C. O'Connell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
me too, hundreds of them with attachments to make
things worse. I doubt that they are legit and
didnt try running any of the fixes.
JCO
Has anyone else been inundated by e-mail purportedly from Microsoft? I
have had 12
Has anyone else been inundated by e-mail purportedly from Microsoft?
It's not spam and it's not actually from Microsoft. It's
the latest mail-worm that's going around. I think the
various infected machines have been mailing each other
counterclockwise around the net and that's the real
I think I coined a new computer phrase via a typo.
when you get a virus email w/ attachment it's not
an attachment, it's an attacKment...
JCO
J.C. O'Connell mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://jcoconnell.com
Has anyone else been inundated by e-mail purportedly from Microsoft? I
have had 12 today, all different. Mozilla Thunderbird is doing a nice
job of filtering them. I am liking this software better and better.
--
graywolf
http://graywolfphoto.com
Not sure about the Microsoft part, but for
Anyone think of any other Moon Songs that could be photographed?
Blue Moon (think that is a *real* oldie)
Shine On Harvest Moon
Moonlight Becomes Her (Hmmm, maybe not a song title.)
Moon Over Miami
Sheesh, they are all oldies.
Marnie aka Doe
JCO wrote:
I think I coined a new computer phrase via a typo.
when you get a virus email w/ attachment it's not
an attachment, it's an attacKment...
Into the quote-of-the-day file with you then.
(Posted daily around 5:25 AM to http://www.livejournal.com/users/dglenn)
Hi all,
Richard Ullakko some time ago suggested to look at this lens. Richard, do
you have it? Can you tell me why you think it is so good? I've found one for
$299,-. Would that be reasonable? Any idea how this Tamron compares quaility
wise to a Tokina 28-85 3.5/4.5 ATX?
Anyone else know this
Yes, I was aware of that attack. These all have different titles. Come
to think of it none have attachments. Thunderbird and AVQ seem to be
stripping them off. Just checked my anti-virus log it shows no viruses
found. Seems like the combination of AVQ, Spybot, and Thunderbird is
working really
I looked through my manual and did not see where it says that. Can you
give me a page reference?
David Mann wrote:
According to the manual It will scan up to 187mm (7 3/8)
in a single pass.
--
graywolf
http://graywolfphoto.com
På lørdag, 20. september 2003, kl. 23:20, skrev William Robb:
- Original Message -
From: Dag T
Subject: Re: My own little *ist D review (fwd)
Any WP version of ´95 may read (almost)
any text written in its latest versions. Hows that for compatibility?
My wife was using WP 6 at work. I
So I pulled the winder off, whacked it around a bit, looked inside,
then popped it back on the camera. Tried the wind lever on the camera,
heard something click in the winder and lo and behold, it works again.
Who knows why, but I'm not messing with it again.
It's possible to get the
On 21/9/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:
Damn. And on my G4 Apple, I'm using an Epson scanner, an Epson printer,
an ACOM firewire drive, a couple of IBM SCSI drives, and four PCI cards
from several manufacturers. Now you tell me that Apple doesn't support
anything but Apple hardware? Maybe
This one time, at band camp, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Anyone think of any other Moon Songs that could be photographed?
Blue Moon (think that is a *real* oldie)
A blue moon occurs as the second full moon in a calendar month
pointless trivia
Kevin
--
__
Yep, I remember those. I even tried one - but IIRC the lens was not that good.
All the best!
Raimo
Personal photography homepage at http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho
-Alkuperäinen viesti-
Lähettäjä: Bob S [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Vastaanottaja: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Päivä: 21.
I had the same experience when I put took out an old HP and replaced it with
an AOpen 52X burner two weeks ago. No trouble at all. I use it with Nero and
it takes longer to set up the 'lead in' and 'out' than it takes to burn the
backups.
But there is a disadvantage; those drives get rather hot
På søndag, 21. september 2003, kl. 08:12, skrev D. Glenn Arthur Jr.:
Has anyone else been inundated by e-mail purportedly from Microsoft?
It's not spam and it's not actually from Microsoft. It's
the latest mail-worm that's going around. I think the
various infected machines have been mailing
Hi Paul,
Fact is, Apple's software stability is the result of what used to be
Apple's insistence that software coders follow Apple's coding methods (I
don't know what else to call them) and to do it by the numbers.
In other words, do it exactly according to Apple's cookbook -- their
rules and
I usually get over 300/day!
Having a Mac, I don't worry about being infected, but the volume of
email is almost overwhelming.
I use Netscape Communicator 4.79, and while the filters are okay, not
all of them end up in the trash folder, but in my inbox.
I know Mozilla is taking over from the
Huh? Gimme a break!
Regards,
Bob...
Do not suppose that abuses are eliminated by destroying
the object which is abused. Men can go wrong with wine
and women. Shall we then prohibit and abolish women?
-Martin Luther
From: Herb Chong [EMAIL
the TCs have definately taken a toll. My 1000mm
tak shot was way sharper...
JCO
J.C. O'Connell mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://jcoconnell.com
Its like everything else in this world.
When items first come out they are built
best but expensive. after about 10 years
of cost reduction and price competition
the product ends up woefully inadequate
quality wise and the worse part is you
cant buy a better one at more money even
if you want
it has an L bracket to take pictures in portrait mode, a click stop base to
evenly space the shots based on your lens focal length, and a leveling base
to get the horizon level without adjusting the tripod's legs.
Herb
- Original Message -
From: Lon Williamson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To:
Mark, thanks for the inspiration. I'm now going to put my 2x
teleconverter on my 400mm next time the moon is out. g
One of my few attempts at shooting the moon - using a 500mm
Takumar, 2x
converter and 1.4x converter for a total of 1400mm. The converters
took abite out of the sharpness,
Chris Stoddart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Anyone think of any other Moon Songs that could be photographed?
Moonlight Shadow (Mike Oldfield)
Moon at the Window (Joni Mitchell)
(I posted this earlier but it didn't seem to make it through)
--
Mark Roberts
Photography and writing
you don't know the history of the term once in a blue moon. it was
literally a blue moon and happens on exceptionally clear clean nights in the
winter in northern Europe. it used to be about every 30 or 40 years at any
given location. it basically can't happen anymore.
Herb
- Original
Anyone remember the tv show Moonlighting? It had a theme song by Al
Jarreau. g
Blue Moon (think that is a *real* oldie)
Shine On Harvest Moon
Moonlight Becomes Her (Hmmm, maybe not a song title.)
Moon Over Miami
Bob Blakely [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Herb Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED]
that is the new definition ever since the atmosphere has gotten polluted
enough not to see a real blue moon.
From: Kevin Waterson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
A blue moon occurs as the second full moon in a calendar month
The Allegany Mountains are the westernmost range of the Appalachians.
The Blue Ridge Mountains are the Easternmost. Now for a quiz. Who can
name all the ranges in the Appalachian Mountains. Not individual
mountains just the ranges.
I'll try:
Catskills
Berkshires
Adirondaks
White Mountains
blue moon is a second full moon in a calendar month.
It still happens and has nothing to do with color...
JCO
J.C. O'Connell mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://jcoconnell.com
Moonlight Serenade, Moonlight in Vermont, Moon Over Miami
Bill
-Original Message-
From: Mark Roberts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2003 11:10 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: my first moon shot
Chris Stoddart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Anyone think of any
Test
Cite!
Cult (essentially pseudo pagan) reference...
http://www2u.biglobe.ne.jp/~BLUEMAGI/blue-moon-history.html
Pseudo scientific reference.
http://www.angelfire.com/realm2/amethystbt/moonbluemoon.html
Real scientific reference (cut and paste).
C:\Documents and Settings\Robert
If you eat breakfast at Denny's Restaurants, that would be Moons Over My
Hammy
Regards,
Bob...
Do not suppose that abuses are eliminated by destroying
the object which is abused. Men can go wrong with wine
and women. Shall we then prohibit and
Hi,
Sunday, September 21, 2003, 4:12:52 PM, you wrote:
Bob Blakely [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Herb Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED]
that is the new definition ever since the atmosphere has gotten polluted
enough not to see a real blue moon.
From: Kevin Waterson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
A blue
Sorry, that would be...
Cite!
Cult (essentially pseudo pagan) reference...
http://www2u.biglobe.ne.jp/~BLUEMAGI/blue-moon-history.html
Pseudo scientific reference.
http://www.angelfire.com/realm2/amethystbt/moonbluemoon.html
Real scientific reference (cut and paste).
Hi,
Sunday, September 21, 2003, 12:59:50 AM, you wrote:
I was asked earlier this year to help in the slide show presentation for the year end
horse banquet(Oct 3, 03)
I'll bet that's popular with the local French population...
--
Salut!
Maurice Chevaline
At 03:13 PM 9/19/2003 -0400, you wrote:
BTW, Mark, in the two shots you listed my eye resolves on the center tree as
the COI, although much less so in the second one.
Neither of those shots work well in small, one line JPG's. The thing I was
working with in the second one was the similarity in
At 02:22 PM 9/19/2003 -0400, you wrote:
Let's dump on Mark for his first Pano.
(Grumpy Critic Voice): Hell, not only are there
TWO rivers but they aren't mentioned in Hemingway.
Amateur shrimp. -lol -Lon
I have no objection to thoughtful criticism - it's probably best to hear
from the
Dark side of the moon
...of course.
DagT
På søndag, 21. september 2003, kl. 17:41, skrev Bill Owens:
Moonlight Serenade, Moonlight in Vermont, Moon Over Miami
Bill
-Original Message-
From: Mark Roberts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2003 11:10 AM
To: [EMAIL
Moon over Bourbon street Sting
DagT
På søndag, 21. september 2003, kl. 17:41, skrev Bill Owens:
Moonlight Serenade, Moonlight in Vermont, Moon Over Miami
Bill
-Original Message-
From: Mark Roberts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2003 11:10 AM
To: [EMAIL
On 21/9/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:
Anyone think of any other Moon Songs that could be photographed?
Moonlight Shadow (Mike Oldfield)
Moon at the Window (Joni Mitchell)
Penumbra Moon (Justin Hayward)
Cheers,
Cotty
___/\__
|| (O) | People, Places, Pastiche
||=|
ANother cite (which says you are both right):
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=blue%20moon
At 08:55 AM 9/21/2003 -0700, you wrote:
Cite!
Cult (essentially pseudo pagan) reference...
http://www2u.biglobe.ne.jp/~BLUEMAGI/blue-moon-history.html
Pseudo scientific reference.
Thanks Boris.
I know of the software,and installed it on my work computer.I did some resizing of a
few
photo's
to see how it looked and i was all weird looking.However my monitor at work is very
poor
so that might
be the problem.
I will try it on the home computer,much better monitor.
I need to
Hi,
Sunday, September 21, 2003, 12:59:50 AM, you wrote:
I was asked earlier this year to help in the slide show presentation for the year
end
horse banquet(Oct 3, 03)
I'll bet that's popular with the local French population...
--
More about blue moons than you ever wanted to know:
http://www.griffithobs.org/IPSBlueMoon.html
Now I don't want to hear about the subject again in a blue moon
(original meaning). :)
Herb Chong wrote:
you don't know the history of the term once in a blue moon. it was
literally a blue moon and
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/thunderbird/release-notes.html
Keith Whaley wrote:
I usually get over 300/day!
Having a Mac, I don't worry about being infected, but the volume of
email is almost overwhelming.
I use Netscape Communicator 4.79, and while the filters are okay, not
all of them end
Leon, you owe us a report or 2
once you have your hands on it.
Leon Altoff wrote (snipped):
.I should be 6 days away from my *ist D.
Well, the only thing the little specialty stores have to offer over the
competion is service. Unfortunately 90% of those I have been in believe
that is just a word you use in your advertising and have no idea how to
do it.
But then some customers don't get it either. Back in the days when
That would be a tough one to photograph, though. vbg
-frank
Dag T wrote:
Dark side of the moon
--
Hell is others
-Jean Paul Sartre
Hi, Amita,
Tom and I have been going at it off-list. He came up with some others, but
that would be cheating. That's the only American one that I came up with
that wasn't on your list was Poconos. Don't forget, the Appalachians go up
into Canada as well. The Laurentians of Quebec are the
Hi,
Sunday, September 21, 2003, 5:41:41 AM, you wrote:
Hi,
Sunday, September 21, 2003, 12:59:50 AM, you wrote:
I was asked earlier this year to help in the slide show presentation for the year
end
horse banquet(Oct 3, 03)
I'll bet that's
Mark Cassino said:
I view a COI as one technique that may or may not be utilized. Just like
all those other rules of composition. I wish I could find some examples on
the webs, but some (not all) of Elliot Poter's shots have virtually no COI,
similarly some of Thomas Struth's nature shots,
Hi LX owners:
My new to me LX has developed a disturbing habit after only the fourth roll
of film:
It's hanging up in the middle of the exposure cycle: In the auto mode,
when the shutter button is pushed, the mirror goes up and the camera freezes
before the shutter curtain sequence begins.
The
Has anyone seen the press release on this? It's on the Pentax USA site. It
seems to be the digital version of the weather-resistant film camera, and it
has a lot of features. My husband the cop is already interested since he
does photography on the job under lots of lousy conditions.
I wasn't paying much attention to what I was typing, I guess, and I
seriously mis-spoke! I have no idea how HFS slipped into the comments! Geez!
Apologies all around!
Remove HFS/HFS+ from the comments, and they read okay. Big ooops!
keith whaley
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Quoting Keith Whaley
That would be a tough one to photograph, though. vbg
-frank
Dag T wrote:
Dark side of the moon
A new career for you, frank. Rabbit-eared astronaut!
Marnie aka Doe
Not that hard Vbg
Check this one out:
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1769453
I don´t know the name in English, but translated from Norwegian it´s
called ash light. It is fairly common with a thin moon just before
or after sunrise or sunset, and shows the surface of the moon lit by
It ought to work fine for that. IIRC, it is water resistant to the
dunkable point (brief immersion). Hard to remember details as my
friendly Pentax Rep extracted a promise not to reveal anything until
after it was officially announced and it has been awhile.
Treena wrote:
Has anyone seen the
Hi, Alin!
Hi Jostein, I hope you have a not too cold night out there and a
nice trek tomorrow (not that I expect you to read much of the
pdml flow through a cell phone).
No, I didn't read much... :-)
It was just an experiment.
BTW, you might want to try a GPRS connection rather than
Hi, Sid.
Could be depleted batteries.
The mirror movement is mechanical, as are the shutterspeeds from 1/2000 to
1/90.
In auto, however, the shutter is electronically controlled.
I remember the mirror froze in Up position once the batteries ran out of
juice on my LX once.
Don't remember if I
On Sun, 21 Sep 2003 13:43:13 -0400, Lon Williamson wrote:
Leon, you owe us a report or 2
once you have your hands on it.
Leon Altoff wrote (snipped):
.I should be 6 days away from my *ist D.
I managed to look at the demo model on Saturday. It was hard to get it
off the salesman who was
I don't get any spam on my home computer. Zip, zero, none. I'm on a
compuserve.net cable modem with no other ISP. Perhaps Compuserve filters
well. At work I get a few spams for prescription medications but that's
about it. Since both of my systmes are Macs it isn't real important, but
I'm pleased
You also probably don't do usenet. Seems that is where most of the
spammers get their addresses from.
Paul Stenquist wrote:
I don't get any spam on my home computer. Zip, zero, none. I'm on a
compuserve.net cable modem with no other ISP. Perhaps Compuserve filters
well. At work I get a few spams
I've added a few more Nature Portraits to my Website. This time I've added
the original images along with the manipulated images. Both the original and the
painted images are only on the top three (leopard, snow leopard and Tiger -
yellow backgrounds.) Comments appreciated...
Here's the link
well, then you and i both remember the older meaning. i was very surprised
to hear the first time that it meant the second full moon in a month. that
happens all the time by comparison the original definition. the new
meaning was represented to me as having meant that for a long time.
Herb
Or how about the 43 vs. the 50 1.4 and 2.0 models...
J.C. O'Connell mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://jcoconnell.com
To me at least, Once in a blue moon always meant rarely, not never
J.C. O'Connell mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://jcoconnell.com
F50/1.7 $75
Ex. cond. Just got from Mark Linamood, but got 43/1.9, so this goes.
FA50/2.8 macro. $240
Picked up form Cord as they couldn't sell it.
Get it for what about what I paid.
New In Box.
Ricoh KR super II body $35
Excellent condition.
well, then you and i both remember the older meaning. i was very surprised
to hear the first time that it meant the second full moon in a month. that
happens all the time by comparison the original definition. the new
meaning was represented to me as having meant that for a long time.
Herb
I
Good point. Stenquist is not a common name. Less than 50 in the US last
time I checked. I do have my address on some websites, but I don't use
usenet. In fact, I don't even know what usenet might be :-).
Mark Roberts wrote:
.
Some spam comes from dictionary attacks: The spammer uses software
Sounds like a dead battery. Sticky mirror is identified by the mirror
not dropping immediately after the exposure. When the camera stops in
auto mode, the battey is dead.
Paul
Sid Barras wrote:
Hi LX owners:
My new to me LX has developed a disturbing habit after only the fourth roll
of
Paul Stenquist wrote:
Good point. Stenquist is not a common name. Less than 50 in the US last
time I checked. I do have my address on some websites, but I don't use
usenet. In fact, I don't even know what usenet might be :-).
Heck, I don't, either!
But, I'm pretty sure SOME of the
I don`t think I use usenet either. OK, what is usenet?
Steve Larson
Redondo Beach, California
Paul Stenquist wrote:
Good point. Stenquist is not a common name. Less than 50 in the US last
time I checked. I do have my address on some websites, but I don't use
usenet. In fact, I don't even
I hope that the last message I sent was OK, my cat hit
the send button before I had a chance to check it.
Steve Larson
Redondo Beach, California
- Original Message -
From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2003 5:37 PM
Subject: Re: OT
I don`t think I use usenet either. OK, what is usenet?
Steve Larson
Redondo Beach, California
One can put spam blockers in one email address when using usenet. There are
way to avoid spam when using usenet.
Most of the spam I get on AOL is just directed to AOL members.
People new to the Net
- Original Message -
From: Ramesh Kumar
Subject: Re: Another one bites the dust
Me and my friends always use online shops except for
film processing.
Keep it up and you will be doing your film processing on line as well.
William Robb
Usenet, or often known as newgroups, are
approx. 30,000 special interest message
boards available with any internet connection.
They dont have anything to do with conventional
news like CNN so dont get fooled by the name.
H I G H L Y recommended source of information
on just about anything you
To me at least, Once in a blue moon always meant rarely, not never
Indeed. And that would be true for all of us alive today.
But according to at least one source the original meaning
some centuries ago was closer to never than rarely.
That's not certain, but dealing with meaning shift
Thanks Doe. I have a recollection of it now, my neighbor used them,
and I think I had a program that did it. It`s kind of like a DOS prompt
newsgroup, eh?
Steve Larson
Redondo Beach, California
- Original Message -
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, September
- Original Message -
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2003 9:49 PM
Subject: Re: OT Lots of Nasty Spam
People new to the Net just know pretty much about webpages, someone can
fill
you in on usenet better than I regarding how long it's been
To me at least, Once in a blue moon always meant rarely, not never
About once very two and a half years.
http://ask.yahoo.com/ask/20010302.html
Indeed. And that would be true for all of us alive today.
But according to at least one source the original meaning
some centuries ago was
From: John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'm not for one moment questioning that. I was merely referring to the
widely-held belief that a blue moon is the second moon in a calendar
month.
That's only been around for a decade or two.
Regards,
Bob...
About 6 decades...
Regards,
Bob...
Do not suppose that abuses are eliminated by destroying
the object which is abused. Men can go wrong with wine
and women. Shall we then prohibit and abolish women?
-Martin Luther
From: John Francis [EMAIL
both cited definitions on the URL are wrong. i cited a reference from 1528.
that is the earliest any English scholars knew of from my reference put out
in 1946. the moon is made of cheese came in 1529.
Herb
- Original Message -
From: D. Glenn Arthur Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL
Thanks Jostein, et al.
It would appear that it is indeed weak batteries. It's too late tonight to
shoot a bunch of exposures to totally confirm this, but the LED indicator
lights in the viewfinder do seem a bit brighter, and the camera hasn't hung
up yet since the new batteries.
BTW, I am
Yes, I think the attachments are viruses or something, at least I hope
so; I've been saving them for my collection.
Another joy of Macs: virus collections!
C
On Saturday, September 20, 2003, at 11:50 PM,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Has anyone else been inundated by e-mail purportedly from
On Saturday, September 20, 2003, at 11:50 PM,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Another triumph for MS software
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/56/32925.html
Oh, goody! A worm collection!
C
-Original Message-
From: D. Glenn Arthur Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Correction -- I said hundreds of thousands of people without
electricity here. It turns out the number _around_here_ is
more like 1.1 million.
Well, *that* was fun. The power cut out here at about 4 on
I usually tell them I'm sending them a cheque for $80,000,000.00, and
include a smattering of viruses disguised as pictures of my vacation.
C.
On Sunday, September 21, 2003, at 05:51 AM,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am happy to report that after getting a few about a month ago I
haven't
had
- Original Message -
From: tom [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Well, *that* was fun. The power cut out here at about 4 on Thursday,
came back online a few hours ago.
tv
Count yourself lucky. I understand that lots of people in NOVA are still
without power
Christian
Thanks Doe. I have a recollection of it now, my neighbor used them,
and I think I had a program that did it. It`s kind of like a DOS prompt
newsgroup, eh?
Steve Larson
Redondo Beach, California
Sort of. All text, anyway. Most newsgroups don't allow attachments, a few do,
but not many. But
On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thanks Doe. I have a recollection of it now, my neighbor used them,
and I think I had a program that did it. It`s kind of like a DOS
prompt newsgroup, eh?
Sort of. All text, anyway. Most newsgroups don't allow attachments, a few do,
but not
The belief that the second full moon in a calendar month is a blue moon
has *not* been around for six decades, assuming that to be a reference
to the Maine Farmer's Almanac of 1937. That stated (with no references,
and no easily discovered antecedents) that the fourth full moon in a
season was
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