Re: Some sort of duck?
Jack Davis wrote: My Field Guide to North American Birds lists the Gallinules, but it's not pictured. It must be fairly obscure. Simply identified under "Bird Families" in the same paragraph with Rails and Coots. Therefore, I gladly accept Ann's word that it's a Purple Gallinule. Rare catch! Welcome -Z! Jack Mine and a host of others He's in my National Geo bird guide - not terribly rare, I didn't think but a narrow range in US - but I've only seen them in aviaries, actually (I stay clear of FLorida) ann --- On Sat, 2/20/10, John Sessoms wrote: From: John Sessoms Subject: Re: Some sort of duck? To: pdml@pdml.net Date: Saturday, February 20, 2010, 6:49 PM From: David Savage On 21 February 2010 09:09, wrote: On Sat, 20 Feb 2010 15:46:02 -0500, you wrote: this is my very first submission to public critique of any kind, so please be gentle... :) >> http://zee-photoz.blogspot.com/2010/02/wetlands-walk.html - a bird i shot while walking around wakodahatchee wetlands in florida a few weeks ago... It's not a cormorant. That's about the extent of my bird expertise. :-) Yep. It.s a duck. ...and it's not some pretty thing in a bikini. Which exhausts my bird photography knowledge. Easy to find. It's in Florida, so Google "Wading Birds of Florida" http://www.birds-of-north-america.net/wading-birds.html click link for "marsh birds" click links for "pictures of marsh birds of North America" Not Bitterns, not American Coot, not Cranes ... Purple Gallinule ... and whattaya know? They're all from Wakodahatchee Wetlands in Florida, Kool! Very distinctive. Good catch. BTW - Cormorants are under seabirds. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Speaking of nutters...
Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: "John Sessoms" Subject: Re: OT: Speaking of nutters... From: Bob Sullivan Damn it John, You mean I can't keep a couple of tactical nukes in the basement without lots of maintenance. What a bummer... Regards, Bob S. Dating super-models requires less maintenance. And you would know this how ? ;+] -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Double Peso - birds
I like the composition of both though I prefer the simplicity of the first. Both seem a bit too dark on my screen, I think that I would add about 1/2 stop added exposure. stan On Feb 20, 2010, at 9:32 PM, Sasha Sobol wrote: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/4374535770/ > http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/437456/ > > Critique is welcome! > > --Sasha > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Double Peso - birds
Interesting scenes. The first is a nice composition, and I like the rich textures and blue mood of the second. Paul On Feb 20, 2010, at 10:32 PM, Sasha Sobol wrote: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/4374535770/ > http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/437456/ > > Critique is welcome! > > --Sasha > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Some sort of duck?
My Field Guide to North American Birds lists the Gallinules, but it's not pictured. It must be fairly obscure. Simply identified under "Bird Families" in the same paragraph with Rails and Coots. Therefore, I gladly accept Ann's word that it's a Purple Gallinule. Rare catch! Welcome -Z! Jack --- On Sat, 2/20/10, John Sessoms wrote: > From: John Sessoms > Subject: Re: Some sort of duck? > To: pdml@pdml.net > Date: Saturday, February 20, 2010, 6:49 PM > From: David Savage > > On 21 February 2010 09:09, > wrote: > >> > On Sat, 20 Feb 2010 15:46:02 -0500, you > wrote: > >> > > >>> >>this is my very first submission to > public critique of any kind, so > >>> >>please be gentle... :) >> > >>> >>http://zee-photoz.blogspot.com/2010/02/wetlands-walk.html > - a bird i > >>> >>shot while walking around > wakodahatchee wetlands in florida a few weeks > >>> >>ago... > >> > > >> > It's not a cormorant. > >> > > >> > That's about the extent of my bird > expertise. :-) > > > > Yep. It.s a duck. > > > > ...and it's not some pretty thing in a bikini. Which > exhausts my bird > > photography knowledge. > > Easy to find. It's in Florida, so Google "Wading Birds of > Florida" > > http://www.birds-of-north-america.net/wading-birds.html > > click link for "marsh birds" > click links for "pictures of marsh birds of North America" > > Not Bitterns, not American Coot, not Cranes ... > > Purple Gallinule > > ... and whattaya know? > > They're all from Wakodahatchee Wetlands in Florida, > > Kool! Very distinctive. Good catch. > > BTW - Cormorants are under seabirds. > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Double Peso - birds
I like the first nice simple composition, the second seems to be
struggling for a center.
On 2/20/2010 10:32 PM, Sasha Sobol wrote:
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Double Peso - birds
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Re: GESO, Flowers etc.
Larry, 13, 15, 32, 34, and 41 are my favorites (if I'm remembering the numbers correctly). In some of the others, "background control" is a problem, or there is a distracting element (like the whatever-it-is on the petal in 39). Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Thu, 2/18/10, Larry Colen wrote: > From: Larry Colen > Subject: GESO, Flowers etc. > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Date: Thursday, February 18, 2010, 6:15 PM > Flowers may be cliche', but that's > probably because they're just naturally pretty. > > I think I got some decent shots of flowers this afternoon, > also a couple of interesting details of a house a friend is > working on: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157623462874586/ > or if you prefer the flickriver interface > http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157623462874586/ > -- > Larry Colen l...@red4est.com > sent from i4est > > > > > > --PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO: Hausermann's Orchids
I like 2884 best. Its horizontal twin has the yellow bit just ahead of the plane of focus. It always surprises me how tiny the DOF is with macro. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Fri, 2/19/10, Bob Sullivan wrote: > From: Bob Sullivan > Subject: GESO: Hausermann's Orchids > To: "PDML" > Date: Friday, February 19, 2010, 1:32 PM > Hausermann's is a world class orchid > grower in suburban Chicago. They > will have an open house in 10 days or so. But > yesterday was bright, > warm, and sunny, so we dropped in to make some > purchases. Here's a > little gallery to share the images. Comments and > criticism are > welcome. > Regards, Bob S. > > http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=956696 > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: K10 20K
Thanks, Bob. I don't know about moderation. I'm pretty frugal. I would rather take good pictures with familiar equipment than struggle with unfamiliar equipment. And, I've been very happy with the K10D, and continue to be, except when the light gets dim. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Sat, 2/20/10, Bob Sullivan wrote: > Congratulations Rick, > You moderation in buying new cameras is admirable. > I think I'm only shooting 5-6K per year, but still saving > money on film. ;-) > And I'm keeping my *ist DS as a backup. > Regards, Bob S. > > On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 5:05 PM, Rick Womer > wrote: > > I took a photo walk late this afternoon; "mental > laundry" after a difficult week at work. The last shot is > _IGP0008.PEF -- the 20,008th exposure. > > > > It has taken me 2 1/2 years; I calculate that it took > me 10 years to shoot as much with my PZ-1p. Amazing how > much one can shoot when not paying for film and processing! > > > > Cheers, > > > > Rick > > > > http://photo.net/photos/RickW > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Some sort of duck?
From: David Savage On 21 February 2010 09:09, wrote: > On Sat, 20 Feb 2010 15:46:02 -0500, you wrote: > >>this is my very first submission to public critique of any kind, so >>please be gentle... :) >> >>http://zee-photoz.blogspot.com/2010/02/wetlands-walk.html - a bird i >>shot while walking around wakodahatchee wetlands in florida a few weeks >>ago... > > It's not a cormorant. > > That's about the extent of my bird expertise. :-) Yep. It.s a duck. ...and it's not some pretty thing in a bikini. Which exhausts my bird photography knowledge. Easy to find. It's in Florida, so Google "Wading Birds of Florida" http://www.birds-of-north-america.net/wading-birds.html click link for "marsh birds" click links for "pictures of marsh birds of North America" Not Bitterns, not American Coot, not Cranes ... Purple Gallinule ... and whattaya know? They're all from Wakodahatchee Wetlands in Florida, Kool! Very distinctive. Good catch. BTW - Cormorants are under seabirds. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: K10 20K
From: Larry Colen On Feb 20, 2010, at 4:17 PM, David J Brooks wrote: > Congrats/ > > I'm not sure were my K10D is at shutter click wise. Its been to Pentax > a number of times and it comes back at 0008 or so. > I suspect i have around 10-15K. > > My D1 on the other hand, around 80-90K But isn't the real question, "how many of them were keepers?" :) I think a better question might be are you getting MORE keepers? And Why? For myself, my percentage of keepers has gone up only slightly because my standards have risen. What I might have considered a keeper before I started shooting digital, I wouldn't consider one now. While at the same time, I'm more willing to "take chances", to try and make images I wouldn't have thought I could make before ... because the few times I did try to make them I failed. I can see right away whether the image matches my vision; whether I "got the shot." And it has benefited my film shooting as well. Maybe not as many "keepers" from film as I used to get, but the ones I do get are better. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Speaking of nutters...
From: "P. J. Alling" On 2/20/2010 6:01 PM, John Sessoms wrote: > From: "William Robb" >> - Original Message - From: "P. J. Alling" >> Subject: Re: OT: Speaking of nutters... > >>> > Follow the logic, if I'm not at least well armed enough to be a >>> threat to > a solder then I'm not an armed citizen. American >>> traditions don't go back > to the Sword, they go back to the Musket, >>> which was the common military > arm of the day. Unlike the Swiss we >>> keep updating our traditions. >> >> Great. >> It's bad enough dealing with unpredictable idiots packing pistols. >> When you start packing personal nukes you all will be a barrel of >> monkeys. > > The personal nuke is a chimera. How are people who can't even remember > when to get their oil changed going to handle the complex maintenance > requirements for nuclear weapons. > > The smallest RELIABLE, i.e. it could be stockpiled and expected to > work when needed, weighs in around 50 lbs. And they're only good for 5 > years or so in storage before they have to be returned to manufacturer > for disassembly and overhaul. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pf6uX0hODuE > > If you wanted to implement a Swiss model "tradition" in combination > with American "military history", the most reasonable equipage would > be to require all citizens to carry a powder horn and ring bayonet > into the voting booth. Nope wrong. The ring bayonet was not well beloved by most American soldiers from the Revolution to the Civil war. Americans didn't want to be bayoneted\, and didn't think it humane to do it to the enemy, they'd rather shoot them, even at close range. > My old DI ain't gonn'a wann'a hear that. http://www.mydfz.com/Paxton/lyrics/tbr.htm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pU7NEOBnMVI I was, however, responding to an assertion someone made that the Swiss still carry ceremonial daggers in lieu of swords as symbols of their status as "free men" when they go to vote, and the statement that the musket serves the a role analogous to the sword in American military tradition. Marrying the two traditions; should Americans feel the need for martial symbols to bolster their courage for the daunting task of choosing representatives, the bayonet & the powder horn might stand in for the musket in the same way the ceremonial dagger stands for the sword ... less cumbersome, particularly should you need an ad hoc stylus for the Electronic Voting Machine. You don't have to actually stab anyone if you don't want to, it's just a symbol of our rough frontier heritage. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Some sort of duck?
David Savage wrote: On 21 February 2010 09:09, wrote: On Sat, 20 Feb 2010 15:46:02 -0500, you wrote: this is my very first submission to public critique of any kind, so please be gentle... :) http://zee-photoz.blogspot.com/2010/02/wetlands-walk.html - a bird i shot while walking around wakodahatchee wetlands in florida a few weeks ago... It's not a cormorant. That's about the extent of my bird expertise. :-) Yep. It.s a duck. ...and it's not some pretty thing in a bikini. Which exhausts my bird photography knowledge. DS especially since you thought it was a duck , slim :-) ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Speaking of nutters...
From: Bob Sullivan Damn it John, You mean I can't keep a couple of tactical nukes in the basement without lots of maintenance. What a bummer... Regards, Bob S. Dating super-models requires less maintenance. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Some sort of duck?
On 21 February 2010 09:09, wrote: > On Sat, 20 Feb 2010 15:46:02 -0500, you wrote: > >>this is my very first submission to public critique of any kind, so >>please be gentle... :) >> >>http://zee-photoz.blogspot.com/2010/02/wetlands-walk.html - a bird i >>shot while walking around wakodahatchee wetlands in florida a few weeks >>ago... > > It's not a cormorant. > > That's about the extent of my bird expertise. :-) Yep. It.s a duck. ...and it's not some pretty thing in a bikini. Which exhausts my bird photography knowledge. DS -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Concentration
Thanks to Rick, Bob, and all others who commented or had a look. Paul On Feb 20, 2010, at 7:07 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: > Paul, > I haven't said so, but that's a marvelous shot. > It's an interesting portrait, and like Rick says - spot on focus. > Regards, Bob S. > > On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 5:48 PM, Rick Womer wrote: >> Very impressive for ISO 5000 =and= a very impressive shot. The composition >> is great, the colors and textures are intriguing, and you nailed the focus. >> >> Rick >> >> http://photo.net/photos/RickW >> >> >> --- On Thu, 2/18/10, P N Stenquist wrote: >> >>> From: P N Stenquist >>> Subject: PESO: Concentration >>> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" >>> Date: Thursday, February 18, 2010, 11:14 AM >>> Another shot from the pool hall. K7 >>> and the DA* 16-50, f3.5, 1/30th, ISO 5000 >>> >>> I'm more than satisfied with the low light performance of >>> the K7. I find it at least a stop better than my K20D. >>> >>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10702411&size=lg >>> >>> Paul >>> >>> --PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link >>> directly above and follow the directions. >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Some sort of duck?
On Sat, 20 Feb 2010 15:46:02 -0500, you wrote: >this is my very first submission to public critique of any kind, so >please be gentle... :) > >http://zee-photoz.blogspot.com/2010/02/wetlands-walk.html - a bird i >shot while walking around wakodahatchee wetlands in florida a few weeks >ago... It's not a cormorant. That's about the extent of my bird expertise. :-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: K10 20K
On Feb 20, 2010, at 4:17 PM, David J Brooks wrote: Congrats/ I'm not sure were my K10D is at shutter click wise. Its been to Pentax a number of times and it comes back at 0008 or so. I suspect i have around 10-15K. My D1 on the other hand, around 80-90K But isn't the real question, "how many of them were keepers?" :) -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO: Hausermann's Orchids
Thanks Dave B, Dave M, and Paul. As Paul said, it was nice to see some flowers in the midst of a dreary February. Regards, Bob S. On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 6:50 AM, paul stenquist wrote: > Pretty pics. Nice to see some flowers on these dark and dreary late winter > days. > Paul > On Feb 20, 2010, at 7:08 AM, David J Brooks wrote: > >> I like this one. >> >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10708004 >> >> Dave >> >> On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 1:32 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: >>> Hausermann's is a world class orchid grower in suburban Chicago. They >>> will have an open house in 10 days or so. But yesterday was bright, >>> warm, and sunny, so we dropped in to make some purchases. Here's a >>> little gallery to share the images. Comments and criticism are >>> welcome. >>> Regards, Bob S. >>> >>> http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=956696 >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. >> www.caughtinmotion.com >> http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ >> York Region, Ontario, Canada >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: K10 20K
Congrats/ I'm not sure were my K10D is at shutter click wise. Its been to Pentax a number of times and it comes back at 0008 or so. I suspect i have around 10-15K. My D1 on the other hand, around 80-90K Dave On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 6:05 PM, Rick Womer wrote: > I took a photo walk late this afternoon; "mental laundry" after a difficult > week at work. The last shot is _IGP0008.PEF -- the 20,008th exposure. > > It has taken me 2 1/2 years; I calculate that it took me 10 years to shoot as > much with my PZ-1p. Amazing how much one can shoot when not paying for film > and processing! > > Cheers, > > Rick > > http://photo.net/photos/RickW > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT Job offer: was HRG / KDB Analyst for Quantitative Trading
On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 10:28 AM, eckinator wrote: > Oh I'm sorry I totally misconstrued it then to mean you were actually > happy about this and considering it. > No harm intended > Cheers > Ecke No problem.:-) I had to look up what the hell they were talking about. Dave > > 2010/2/20 David J Brooks : >> On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 4:54 PM, eckinator wrote: >>> I'd be careful Dave - if they google you and find this post including >>> the 1972 Seneca comment and their consultant's direct number, they may >>> not be too amused. >>> Cheers & good luck >>> Ecke >> >> It does say if i know of anyone that would be interested, so i passed it >> on.;-) >> >> BTW this was a totally unsolicited email. I have no, repeat no >> knowledge of programming, trading etc. I am also NOT lead hand >> material for sure. >> >> Dave >>> >>> 2010/2/19 David J Brooks : I had no idea that my Fortran IV classes at Seneca back in 1972, would lead to this dramatic job offer. Who needs a bus license now, eh., Dave On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 11:54 AM, Ben Beardslee wrote: > David, > > > > I had come across your details this morning by way of kx.com. I am a > recruiter with the Hagan-Ricci Group, a 20 year old executive search firm > that works exclusively with the leading automated trading shops in the > industry. We have helped build many of the most prestigious teams in this > business. One of my top clients is a well-known high frequency trading > group in Chicago. They are in desperate need for someone with top-notch > KDB > expertise, so I thought I should bring it to your attention. > > > > Please let me know if you, or anyone you know, would be interested in > learning more about the following opportunity: > > > > The Senior KDB Support Administrator will satisfy the Trading, > Quantitative > and Quantitative Research teams' demand for new KDB functionality by > writing > q scripts and applications and providing support of existing KDB > applications. Another major responsibility will the Data Cleaning of KDB > Time Series, development of sanity checks, filters and adaptive data > cleaning algorithms. Our KDB includes real-time and historical data used > across the entire firm and across a wide range of asset classes. > > The Senior KDB Support Administrator will develop functions that provide > access to KDB from various development platforms, including python and > C++. > He/She will actively participate in troubleshooting day-to-day problems > with > data quality and data flow. Other responsibilities will include managing > the KDB time series repository and associated q library, developing tools > to > monitor the data acquisition integrity and the data quality and > maintaining > Sun’s time series database and associated q libraries. > > The ideal candidate will have: > > -At least 3 years of experience with the KDB database > > -Proficiency in Q programming language (q-god level) > > -Knowledge of scripting language, preferably Perl and Python > > -SQL and data modeling skills > > -A strong background in financial markets, financial products and > historical > market data. > > > > If you’re open to other opportunities in general, let me know. We’ve got > a > lot going on and I’d be happy to discuss further. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Ben Beardslee > HRG / 914.273.6222 > > www.hrg.net > > -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. >> www.caughtinmotion.com >> http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ >> York Region, Ontario, Canada >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario
Re: PESO: Concentration
Paul, I haven't said so, but that's a marvelous shot. It's an interesting portrait, and like Rick says - spot on focus. Regards, Bob S. On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 5:48 PM, Rick Womer wrote: > Very impressive for ISO 5000 =and= a very impressive shot. The composition > is great, the colors and textures are intriguing, and you nailed the focus. > > Rick > > http://photo.net/photos/RickW > > > --- On Thu, 2/18/10, P N Stenquist wrote: > >> From: P N Stenquist >> Subject: PESO: Concentration >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" >> Date: Thursday, February 18, 2010, 11:14 AM >> Another shot from the pool hall. K7 >> and the DA* 16-50, f3.5, 1/30th, ISO 5000 >> >> I'm more than satisfied with the low light performance of >> the K7. I find it at least a stop better than my K20D. >> >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10702411&size=lg >> >> Paul >> >> --PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link >> directly above and follow the directions. >> > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Speaking of nutters...
On 2/20/2010 6:01 PM, John Sessoms wrote:
From: "William Robb"
- Original Message - From: "P. J. Alling"
Subject: Re: OT: Speaking of nutters...
> Follow the logic, if I'm not at least well armed enough to be a
threat to > a solder then I'm not an armed citizen. American
traditions don't go back > to the Sword, they go back to the Musket,
which was the common military > arm of the day. Unlike the Swiss we
keep updating our traditions.
Great.
It's bad enough dealing with unpredictable idiots packing pistols.
When you start packing personal nukes you all will be a barrel of
monkeys.
The personal nuke is a chimera. How are people who can't even remember
when to get their oil changed going to handle the complex maintenance
requirements for nuclear weapons.
The smallest RELIABLE, i.e. it could be stockpiled and expected to
work when needed, weighs in around 50 lbs. And they're only good for 5
years or so in storage before they have to be returned to manufacturer
for disassembly and overhaul.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pf6uX0hODuE
If you wanted to implement a Swiss model "tradition" in combination
with American "military history", the most reasonable equipage would
be to require all citizens to carry a powder horn and ring bayonet
into the voting booth.
Nope wrong. The ring bayonet was not well beloved by most American
soldiers from the Revolution to the Civil war. Americans didn't want to
be bayoneted\, and didn't think it humane to do it to the enemy, they'd
rather shoot them, even at close range.
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Re: OT: Speaking of nutters...
Damn it John, You mean I can't keep a couple of tactical nukes in the basement without lots of maintenance. What a bummer... Regards, Bob S. On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 5:01 PM, John Sessoms wrote: > From: "William Robb" >> >> - Original Message - From: "P. J. Alling" >> Subject: Re: OT: Speaking of nutters... > >>> > Follow the logic, if I'm not at least well armed enough to be a threat >>> > to > a solder then I'm not an armed citizen. American traditions don't go >>> > back > to the Sword, they go back to the Musket, which was the common >>> > military > arm of the day. Unlike the Swiss we keep updating our >>> > traditions. >> >> Great. >> It's bad enough dealing with unpredictable idiots packing pistols. >> When you start packing personal nukes you all will be a barrel of monkeys. > > The personal nuke is a chimera. How are people who can't even remember when > to get their oil changed going to handle the complex maintenance > requirements for nuclear weapons. > > The smallest RELIABLE, i.e. it could be stockpiled and expected to work when > needed, weighs in around 50 lbs. And they're only good for 5 years or so in > storage before they have to be returned to manufacturer for disassembly and > overhaul. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pf6uX0hODuE > > If you wanted to implement a Swiss model "tradition" in combination with > American "military history", the most reasonable equipage would be to > require all citizens to carry a powder horn and ring bayonet into the voting > booth. > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: 50mm lenses and flare
Since the fa and the Super Takumar have pretty much identical optical
formulas and the FA has much improved coatings I doubt that the Tak.
will be better. I always found the 50 f1.7 to be very good but in
extreme situation you'll get flair with any lens.
On 2/20/2010 6:48 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
Our dojo is doing belt tests this week. I was taking pictures this
morning and my p-fa 50/1.4 had lots of nasty flare from the light
coming in through the windows. While the remaining tests will be in
the evening, for future reference would the M 50/1.7 or the
supertakumar 50/1.4 be noticeably better at reducing flare?
Since I needed to keep changing lenses to get the right focal length,
I was really wishing I had a 16-50. I expect that for the evening
tests, I'll wish I had a 16-50 and a K-x.
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Re: K10 20K
Congratulations Rick, You moderation in buying new cameras is admirable. I think I'm only shooting 5-6K per year, but still saving money on film. ;-) And I'm keeping my *ist DS as a backup. Regards, Bob S. On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 5:05 PM, Rick Womer wrote: > I took a photo walk late this afternoon; "mental laundry" after a difficult > week at work. The last shot is _IGP0008.PEF -- the 20,008th exposure. > > It has taken me 2 1/2 years; I calculate that it took me 10 years to shoot as > much with my PZ-1p. Amazing how much one can shoot when not paying for film > and processing! > > Cheers, > > Rick > > http://photo.net/photos/RickW > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Some sort of duck?
On 2/20/2010 5:58 PM, Z wrote:
Christian wrote:
It's a Purple Gallinule. It's a bit soft and I'd prefer a side-on or
front-quarter shot rather than the back, but the setting is nice and
the colors are certainly there.
i would have preferred that, as well but he just wouldn't turn around
for me :)
Maybe he was looking for a bigger modeling fee.
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Re: PESO: Concentration
Very impressive for ISO 5000 =and= a very impressive shot. The composition is great, the colors and textures are intriguing, and you nailed the focus. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Thu, 2/18/10, P N Stenquist wrote: > From: P N Stenquist > Subject: PESO: Concentration > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Date: Thursday, February 18, 2010, 11:14 AM > Another shot from the pool hall. K7 > and the DA* 16-50, f3.5, 1/30th, ISO 5000 > > I'm more than satisfied with the low light performance of > the K7. I find it at least a stop better than my K20D. > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10702411&size=lg > > Paul > > --PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
50mm lenses and flare
Our dojo is doing belt tests this week. I was taking pictures this morning and my p-fa 50/1.4 had lots of nasty flare from the light coming in through the windows. While the remaining tests will be in the evening, for future reference would the M 50/1.7 or the supertakumar 50/1.4 be noticeably better at reducing flare? Since I needed to keep changing lenses to get the right focal length, I was really wishing I had a 16-50. I expect that for the evening tests, I'll wish I had a 16-50 and a K-x. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Two Pair of Shoes on a Sidewalk
Frank, I have no idea why those shoes are there, but I really like the shot. The car tire in the upper right balances it perfectly, and the rendering is very nice. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Fri, 2/19/10, frank theriault wrote: > From: frank theriault > Subject: PESO - Two Pair of Shoes on a Sidewalk > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Date: Friday, February 19, 2010, 11:18 PM > Why? I can never figure stuff > like this out. Who put them there and > for what reason? > > http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2010/02/two-pair-of-shoes-on-sidewalk.html > > Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome. > > cheers, > frank > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri > Cartier-Bresson > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
K10 20K
I took a photo walk late this afternoon; "mental laundry" after a difficult week at work. The last shot is _IGP0008.PEF -- the 20,008th exposure. It has taken me 2 1/2 years; I calculate that it took me 10 years to shoot as much with my PZ-1p. Amazing how much one can shoot when not paying for film and processing! Cheers, Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Speaking of nutters...
From: "William Robb" - Original Message - From: "P. J. Alling" Subject: Re: OT: Speaking of nutters... > Follow the logic, if I'm not at least well armed enough to be a threat to > a solder then I'm not an armed citizen. American traditions don't go back > to the Sword, they go back to the Musket, which was the common military > arm of the day. Unlike the Swiss we keep updating our traditions. Great. It's bad enough dealing with unpredictable idiots packing pistols. When you start packing personal nukes you all will be a barrel of monkeys. The personal nuke is a chimera. How are people who can't even remember when to get their oil changed going to handle the complex maintenance requirements for nuclear weapons. The smallest RELIABLE, i.e. it could be stockpiled and expected to work when needed, weighs in around 50 lbs. And they're only good for 5 years or so in storage before they have to be returned to manufacturer for disassembly and overhaul. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pf6uX0hODuE If you wanted to implement a Swiss model "tradition" in combination with American "military history", the most reasonable equipage would be to require all citizens to carry a powder horn and ring bayonet into the voting booth. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Some sort of duck?
Christian wrote: It's a Purple Gallinule. It's a bit soft and I'd prefer a side-on or front-quarter shot rather than the back, but the setting is nice and the colors are certainly there. i would have preferred that, as well but he just wouldn't turn around for me :) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Some sort of duck?
On 2/20/2010 3:46 PM, Z wrote: this is my very first submission to public critique of any kind, so please be gentle... :) http://zee-photoz.blogspot.com/2010/02/wetlands-walk.html - a bird i shot while walking around wakodahatchee wetlands in florida a few weeks ago... -Z It's a Purple Gallinule. It's a bit soft and I'd prefer a side-on or front-quarter shot rather than the back, but the setting is nice and the colors are certainly there. -- Christian http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO 2010 - Fog At Byxbee Park - GDG
On 2/19/10, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > The walk was serene ... the light and air brilliant: > > > http://godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com/fog-at-byxbee-park That's quite nice, Godfrey. Thanks for sharing it with us. -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO 2010 - Fog At Byxbee Park - GDG
thank you all for looking and commenting! -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Some sort of duck?
Welcome to the public ! The bird is a Purple Gallinule I like your shot... in the smaller version on your site... . When I enlarge it , it gets too big and partly flows off my screen... nothing to do with your photo just the site - or can you adjust the settings so one of the options is getting to see a photo that is 800 or 1000 pixels wide? I don't mind the background not being blurred out - the environment is part of the story... nice composition, yes, a bit soft ... but a nice capture for birders , who would be able to tell immediately who this guy is... He is a wader - not a swimmer like a ducky - ann Z wrote: this is my very first submission to public critique of any kind, so please be gentle... :) http://zee-photoz.blogspot.com/2010/02/wetlands-walk.html - a bird i shot while walking around wakodahatchee wetlands in florida a few weeks ago... -Z -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: PESO - A Princess Among Cameras
> > I'm posting this as a PESO but this thread is where the > seminal idea for this photo came from. Not a really great > photo more of a concept. > > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20heratic.html > Nice camera. Diana's a good name for a camera - goddess of hunting. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
PESO -- Heratic
Just a portrait of my medium format camera.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20heratic.html
Equipment: Pentax K20D/w SMC Pentax FA 43mm f21.9 Limited.
Notes: Direct flash from camera pupup flash.
Further notes, the Medalist II was a camera ahead of it's time. Flash
sync included X (strobe), when few strobes were available, When the
lens is retracted, it's not a lot bigger than the K20D yet produces 6x9
negatives on 620 spooled film. The rangefinder is very accurate and
easier to get used to than that on a Leica IIIc, though I wouldn't want
to use if as a stealthy street camera. The shutter is extremely quiet
though. Basically just 2.4 pounds of mid to late industrial age goodness...
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Re: PESO - A Princess Among Cameras
On 2/20/2010 8:58 AM, frank theriault wrote:
On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 1:02 AM, P. J. Alling
wrote:
On 2/19/2010 1:39 PM, Scott Loveless wrote:
I find the Diana craze just a bit strange, for a fraction of what you pay
for one of those modern /marvels/ you can buy an old Kodak Browie or Agfa
click. Which gives you lots more money to spend on film. Heck you can even
modify them to accept modern flash units, (no I haven't done that but you
can). A fifty year old camera is just as much an adventure.
I agree, but have fun finding 127 film. That's what my first camera,
a Brownie Starflash took. At least Holgas and Dianas take 120, film
that's still readily available (for now at least).
My mom still has my old Brownie packed away somewhere. Must dig it
out next time I'm in Halifax and see if I can snap a few off!
cheers,
frank
I'm posting this as a PESO but this thread is where the seminal idea for
this photo came from. Not a really great photo more of a concept.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20heratic.html
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Re: Some sort of duck?
P. J. Alling wrote: On 2/20/2010 3:46 PM, Z wrote: this is my very first submission to public critique of any kind, so please be gentle... :) http://zee-photoz.blogspot.com/2010/02/wetlands-walk.html - a bird i shot while walking around wakodahatchee wetlands in florida a few weeks ago... -Z That's very colorful, ugly environment for a background. Still, if it's the birds natural environment it can't be helped. yeah, those reeds are where this guy liked to hang out... can't really help the background without massive post processing to throw it out of focus... -Z -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Some sort of duck?
Hi Z No, not a duck. Down here something like that would be a Swamp Hen - not sure what the Florida versions are called but someone is bound to know. That's a well composed photo with the bird looking in the right direction to give the composition balance. It's a tad soft but a 'keeper' none the less. I like it. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ On Sat, 20 Feb 2010 15:46 -0500, "Z" wrote: > this is my very first submission to public critique of any kind, so > please be gentle... :) > > http://zee-photoz.blogspot.com/2010/02/wetlands-walk.html - a bird i > shot while walking around wakodahatchee wetlands in florida a few weeks > ago... > > -Z > -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - A no graphics, no pop-ups email service -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Some sort of duck?
On 2/20/2010 3:46 PM, Z wrote:
this is my very first submission to public critique of any kind, so
please be gentle... :)
http://zee-photoz.blogspot.com/2010/02/wetlands-walk.html - a bird i
shot while walking around wakodahatchee wetlands in florida a few
weeks ago...
-Z
That's very colorful, ugly environment for a background. Still, if it's
the birds natural environment it can't be helped.
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Re: OT: Speaking of nutters...
On 2/20/2010 3:19 PM, William Robb wrote:
- Original Message - From: "P. J. Alling" Subject: Re: OT:
Speaking of nutters...
Great.
It's bad enough dealing with unpredictable idiots packing pistols.
When you start packing personal nukes you all will be a barrel of
monkeys.
Any government that would use Nukes on it's own populace has already
committed suicide. I don't see the need individuals to own Nukes.
Anti armor weapons however might are probably a necessity.
I wasn't talking about governments Peter.
William Robb
Neither was I. I just assumed that governments would keep nutcases from
owning Nukes. Any "person" looking to own a personal Nuke is either
paranoid, or wishes to overthrow a government by illegitimate means.
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Re: OT: Speaking of nutters...
- Original Message - From: "P. J. Alling" Subject: Re: OT: Speaking of nutters... Great. It's bad enough dealing with unpredictable idiots packing pistols. When you start packing personal nukes you all will be a barrel of monkeys. Any government that would use Nukes on it's own populace has already committed suicide. I don't see the need individuals to own Nukes. Anti armor weapons however might are probably a necessity. I wasn't talking about governments Peter. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Great Printer Deal at Atlex
On 2/20/2010 5:38 AM, eckinator wrote:
2010/2/20 David Mann:
On Feb 20, 2010, at 2:37 PM, paul stenquist wrote:
Atlex is now offering the Epson 11880 for just 8K -- with free shipping. Time
to buy! The retail price is more than 11K. It prints with K3 inks through nine
channel heads, so that's about as good as it gets .The printer can turn out 64
inch wide pics, so if you're printing a rectangular image that means you can go
to 8 feet x 5 feet. or how about a 15 feet by 5 feet panorama? Yeah, the ink
might get expensive, but what's a little money spent in the pursuit of art? Of
course, you'll need that 645D to generate files large enough for this printer,
so figure a cool twenty grand or so. Still a bargain by any measure.
I want one. I hope Santa and the Easter Bunny are listening.
I have a medium format film scanner. I'd like one too, please.
I don't have any friends. Please, all chip in and make me feel like I
do! Pretty please!
But you do have friends, just because we think you're crazy doesn't mean
we don't like you.
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Re: OT: Speaking of nutters...
On 2/20/2010 2:58 PM, William Robb wrote:
- Original Message - From: "P. J. Alling"
Subject: Re: OT: Speaking of nutters...
Follow the logic, if I'm not at least well armed enough to be a
threat to a solder then I'm not an armed citizen. American
traditions don't go back to the Sword, they go back to the Musket,
which was the common military arm of the day. Unlike the Swiss we
keep updating our traditions.
Great.
It's bad enough dealing with unpredictable idiots packing pistols.
When you start packing personal nukes you all will be a barrel of
monkeys.
William Robb
Any government that would use Nukes on it's own populace has already
committed suicide. I don't see the need individuals to own Nukes. Anti
armor weapons however might are probably a necessity.
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Re: OT: Speaking of nutters...
On 2/20/2010 2:17 PM, Bob W wrote:
On a point of accuracy, it was probably al Qaeda that assassinated
him, not the Taliban.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/ahmed-shah-massoud-729417
.html
This is some sort of drama-doc about it. I can't find any
footage but
I remember seeing some at the time. Subsequent events
overshadowed his
assassination though.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eG_8kPn_cs
At the time the Taliban and A Qaeda were joined at the hip,
and it was a distinction without a difference. That's still
more or less true.
It's never been true, and it's quite important to make the distinction. We,
the west, are going to have to come to terms with the Taliban at some point.
The Taliban have been around for a long time - long before al Qaeda and
their strand of fundamentalism. They are mentioned in despatches sent from
Afghanistan by the British during Victorian times.
It's unlikely that we'll come to terms with al Qaeda, which will probably
wither away or mutate into something else, rather the way Palestinian
terrorism of the 70s did.
Bob
Al Quada's leadership and the Taliban's leadership are joined by ties of
blood and marrage. In tribal societies that's more important than
ideology, or for that matter ethnicity, but their Ideologies are more
than compatible. I doubt the West could ever come to terms with the
Taliban, except in the minds of the deluded, or those who are willing to
condemn large swaths of their fellow humans to misery so they themselves
can be personally comfortable. It is in it's present form a creature of
the Pakistani secret service that got out of control. History is full
of these little gems. Few know that Hindenburg and Ludindorf, (who were
De-facto the leaders of Germany for the last two years of WWI), were
responsible in part for the Russian Revolution, their shadow
administration sent Lenin to Moscow in a sealed train to help knock
Russia out of WWI. It was a ploy that had interesting results. Thirty
years later Hitler fough Stalin, I won't comment on the morality of
either regime, just to point out that if it weren't for Hitlers
predecessors there would probably have been no Stalin to fight. The
Taliban is the child of Pakistani Military Intelligence and now the
Pakistani Army has to fight them in Pakistan.
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Re: OT: Speaking of nutters...
- Original Message - From: "P. J. Alling" Subject: Re: OT: Speaking of nutters... Follow the logic, if I'm not at least well armed enough to be a threat to a solder then I'm not an armed citizen. American traditions don't go back to the Sword, they go back to the Musket, which was the common military arm of the day. Unlike the Swiss we keep updating our traditions. Great. It's bad enough dealing with unpredictable idiots packing pistols. When you start packing personal nukes you all will be a barrel of monkeys. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Great Printer Deal at Atlex
On Feb 20, 2010, at 11:01 , Ken Waller wrote: Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: "paul stenquist" > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Saturday, February 20, 2010 7:42 AM Subject: Re: Great Printer Deal at Atlex An agency in South Carolina that I've done some work for has one. They use it to print vehicle wraps on vinyl. That's the way hot-dog semi-trailers and cargo vans are painted these days. Paul I believe something of the sort is done on Nascar & other race vehicles. And your local transit vehicles. Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com I couldn't remember most of what I know today if it weren't for others sharing their knowledge of my past on the Internet. Thank you… -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT Job offer: was HRG / KDB Analyst for Quantitative Trading
That's all right, I keep getting solicitations as a Science
Reseacher/Librarian, I needless to say have no experience in the field
of Library science except for a stint shelving Government Publications
as a Graduate student for extra money, and haven't had a formal
association with being a scientist since I was a sophomore in College
and decided Economics was a lot easier than Biochemistry.
On 2/20/2010 7:00 AM, David J Brooks wrote:
On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 4:54 PM, eckinator wrote:
I'd be careful Dave - if they google you and find this post including
the 1972 Seneca comment and their consultant's direct number, they may
not be too amused.
Cheers& good luck
Ecke
It does say if i know of anyone that would be interested, so i passed it on.;-)
BTW this was a totally unsolicited email. I have no, repeat no
knowledge of programming, trading etc. I am also NOT lead hand
material for sure.
Dave
2010/2/19 David J Brooks:
I had no idea that my Fortran IV classes at Seneca back in 1972, would
lead to this dramatic job offer.
Who needs a bus license now, eh.,
Dave
On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 11:54 AM, Ben Beardslee wrote:
David,
I had come across your details this morning by way of kx.com. I am a
recruiter with the Hagan-Ricci Group, a 20 year old executive search firm
that works exclusively with the leading automated trading shops in the
industry. We have helped build many of the most prestigious teams in this
business. One of my top clients is a well-known high frequency trading
group in Chicago. They are in desperate need for someone with top-notch KDB
expertise, so I thought I should bring it to your attention.
Please let me know if you, or anyone you know, would be interested in
learning more about the following opportunity:
The Senior KDB Support Administrator will satisfy the Trading, Quantitative
and Quantitative Research teams' demand for new KDB functionality by writing
q scripts and applications and providing support of existing KDB
applications. Another major responsibility will the Data Cleaning of KDB
Time Series, development of sanity checks, filters and adaptive data
cleaning algorithms. Our KDB includes real-time and historical data used
across the entire firm and across a wide range of asset classes.
The Senior KDB Support Administrator will develop functions that provide
access to KDB from various development platforms, including python and C++.
He/She will actively participate in troubleshooting day-to-day problems with
data quality and data flow. Other responsibilities will include managing
the KDB time series repository and associated q library, developing tools to
monitor the data acquisition integrity and the data quality and maintaining
Sun’s time series database and associated q libraries.
The ideal candidate will have:
-At least 3 years of experience with the KDB database
-Proficiency in Q programming language (q-god level)
-Knowledge of scripting language, preferably Perl and Python
-SQL and data modeling skills
-A strong background in financial markets, financial products and historical
market data.
If you’re open to other opportunities in general, let me know. We’ve got a
lot going on and I’d be happy to discuss further.
Thanks,
Ben Beardslee
HRG / 914.273.6222
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Re: plane crash
On Feb 20, 2010, at 06:08 , Cotty wrote: On 20/2/10, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed: Hopefully you'll be able to muddle through the weekend knowing of my deprivation. It is by will alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the juice of Sapho that thought acquire speed; That lips acquire stains; the stains become a warning. It is by will alone I set my mind in motion. Sounds to me that drinking more sets your mind in motion. If I see you and it looks like you're sporting poorly applied purplish lipstick, I should expect to be engaged in serious diatribe of thought discombobulated? Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com “ The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.” — Kevan Olesen -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - A Princess Among Cameras
On 2/20/2010 11:17 AM, John Sessoms wrote:
From: frank theriault
On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 1:02 AM, P. J. Alling
wrote:
> On 2/19/2010 1:39 PM, Scott Loveless wrote:
> I find the Diana craze just a bit strange, for a fraction of what
you pay
> for one of those modern /marvels/ you can buy an old Kodak Browie
or Agfa
> click. ?Which gives you lots more money to spend on film. ?Heck
you can even
> modify them to accept modern flash units, (no I haven't done that
but you
> can). ?A fifty year old camera is just as much an adventure.
I agree, but have fun finding 127 film. That's what my first camera,
a Brownie Starflash took. At least Holgas and Dianas take 120, film
that's still readily available (for now at least).
My mom still has my old Brownie packed away somewhere. Must dig it
out next time I'm in Halifax and see if I can snap a few off!
B&H has 127 film, as well as 620 & 828.
Looks like their 110 is gone, but I got enough in the freezer to last
the rest of my life.
The Frugal Photographer has 110, 120, 126 & 127 - as well as film for
your old Minox spy cameras.
http://www.frugalphotographer.com/
And they have flash bulbs, flash cubes and flip flash.
It was the Baby Brownie that took 127 film. You can find full size
Brownies that take 620, some even take 120 without modification as
well. Now I don't shoot a brownie, I a couple of Clacks, (120), that I
didn't even have to buy, they were given to me, and a Kodak Medalist II,
(which is decidedly not a toy camera), which takes 620 film. It's the
same stock as 120 on narrower spools. I re-spool my own film, and if
you've even considered a Diana then re-spooling 120 to 620 just makes it
a little geekier, how much better is that? Plus it gives the
opportunity to add all sorts of random defects to the film.
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RE: OT: Speaking of nutters...
> >> > >> > > On a point of accuracy, it was probably al Qaeda that assassinated > > him, not the Taliban. > > > http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/ahmed-shah-massoud-729417 > > .html > > > > This is some sort of drama-doc about it. I can't find any > footage but > > I remember seeing some at the time. Subsequent events > overshadowed his > > assassination though. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eG_8kPn_cs > > > > At the time the Taliban and A Qaeda were joined at the hip, > and it was a distinction without a difference. That's still > more or less true. It's never been true, and it's quite important to make the distinction. We, the west, are going to have to come to terms with the Taliban at some point. The Taliban have been around for a long time - long before al Qaeda and their strand of fundamentalism. They are mentioned in despatches sent from Afghanistan by the British during Victorian times. It's unlikely that we'll come to terms with al Qaeda, which will probably wither away or mutate into something else, rather the way Palestinian terrorism of the 70s did. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: plane crash
I heard parts of it, it was moving, (I really needed to find a men's
room half way through it), not that I care all that much.
On 2/20/2010 8:54 AM, frank theriault wrote:
On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 12:38 AM, Joseph McAllister wrote:
Thank you for speaking my mind, Frank.
THe same goes for much of the hysteria the "news" media foist on us daily.
Yes, we should be talking about ~real~ news on this photography list.
Like Tiger Woods' apology. Now ~there's~ a story deserving of the
nearly hysterical media attention it garnered all week long!
(I haven't seen the apology, nor do I want to)
cheers,
frank
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Re: YANPJ
Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: "frank theriault" Subject: YANPJ Yet Another Non-Paying Job. Still, it should be fun. The local bike mag in which I had a photo published last summer is getting their spring issue together (it published quarterly). One article is a sort of person-in-the-street interview, a "question of the month". Today I wander about with a very attractive young lady as she asks cyclists the question and records their answer. Then I snap their photo and it should all be in the upcoming issue. When they asked me if I wanted to do it, it sounded like they thought it would be boring, and I said, "Are you kidding? This is what I do weekends anyway - take pictures of people and their bikes on the streets of Toronto. Sounds like fun!" And so I'm off... From what I can tell you've been off for quite a while ;+} cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Speaking of nutters...
On 2/20/2010 2:36 AM, eckinator wrote:
2010/2/20 P. J. Alling:
The Swiss understand this at least. Citizens are armed subjects aren't..
I believe that the Swiss used to wear their swords to vote as proof of
citizenship. Maybe they still do.
they do. daggers. in some places required for communal elections as
well as local referenda
Follow the logic, if I'm not at least well armed enough to be a threat
to a solder then I'm not an armed citizen. American traditions don't go
back to the Sword, they go back to the Musket, which was the common
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Re: OT: Speaking of nutters...
From: Cotty On 19/2/10, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: The Taliban assassinated Ahmed Shah Mahsoud, one of the Northern Alliance leaders/warlords, on Sept 9th 2001 using a weapon built into a video camera. Fascinating. I've often wondered if this has been done. Any ref links? It was a big news story for a couple of days. Seen later by some as another warning missed by U.S. intelligence, although by that time it was really too late to have any significant value as such. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Great Printer Deal at Atlex
Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: "paul stenquist" To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Saturday, February 20, 2010 7:42 AM Subject: Re: Great Printer Deal at Atlex An agency in South Carolina that I've done some work for has one. They use it to print vehicle wraps on vinyl. That's the way hot-dog semi-trailers and cargo vans are painted these days. Paul I believe something of the sort is done on Nascar & other race vehicles. On Feb 20, 2010, at 12:01 AM, Ken Waller wrote: And a full inkjet recharge will only cost $2511 USD ! ;-} And I'd love to have the business needed to support the outlay for the printer ! Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: "paul stenquist" Subject: Great Printer Deal at Atlex Atlex is now offering the Epson 11880 for just 8K -- with free shipping. Time to buy! The retail price is more than 11K. It prints with K3 inks through nine channel heads, so that's about as good as it gets .The printer can turn out 64 inch wide pics, so if you're printing a rectangular image that means you can go to 8 feet x 5 feet. or how about a 15 feet by 5 feet panorama? Yeah, the ink might get expensive, but what's a little money spent in the pursuit of art? Of course, you'll need that 645D to generate files large enough for this printer, so figure a cool twenty grand or so. Still a bargain by any measure. I want one. I hope Santa and the Easter Bunny are listening. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Speaking of nutters...
On 2/20/2010 2:35 AM, eckinator wrote:
2010/2/20 William Jeffrey Wiseman:
Funny thing about gun laws, the state in the US with some of the least
restrictive laws (Vermont) is one of the safest.
assuming a monocausal relationship between laws and crime...
assuming further a nationwide identical sociodemography
and so on - I doubt it means anything
Sorry but it's been proven to be statistically significant, better than
global warming being related to CO2 emissions. But I don't expect you
to believe that.
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Re: OT: Speaking of nutters...
On 2/20/2010 1:04 PM, Bob W wrote:
The Taliban assassinated Ahmed Shah Mahsoud, one of the Northern
Alliance leaders/warlords, on Sept 9th 2001 using a weapon
built into a video camera.
Fascinating. I've often wondered if this has been done. Any ref links?
On a point of accuracy, it was probably al Qaeda that assassinated him, not
the Taliban.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/ahmed-shah-massoud-729417.html
This is some sort of drama-doc about it. I can't find any footage but I
remember seeing some at the time. Subsequent events overshadowed his
assassination though.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eG_8kPn_cs
At the time the Taliban and A Qaeda were joined at the hip, and it was a
distinction without a difference. That's still more or less true.
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Re: YANPJ
On 2/20/2010 1:28 PM, Scott Loveless wrote:
On 2/20/10, ann sanfedele wrote:
Stan Halpin wrote:
I am overly sensitive because for Lent I am trying to give up writing
snippy emails!
stan
messed up already, huh? :-)
On 2/20/10, Stan Halpin wrote:
Several times.
You're probably headed straight to hell.
Well at least it's warm there.
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Re: YANPJ
Yea, good luck with that.
On 2/20/2010 12:33 PM, Stan Halpin wrote:
I am overly sensitive because for Lent I am trying to give up writing snippy
emails!
stan
On Feb 20, 2010, at 10:00 AM, Scott Loveless wrote:
On 2/20/10, Stan Halpin wrote:
You are right Scott. What I meant to say is that they would get far more than
their money's worth from the deal.
Yeah, I know. I was poking fun at you poking fun at Frank.
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Re: YANPJ
On 2/20/2010 10:24 AM, Scott Loveless wrote:
On 2/20/10, Stan Halpin wrote:
I am sure that the mag will get their money's worth!
That's harsh, Stan. Sounds fun, Knarf!
It may be harsh, but it's only the truth. If it weren't for non paying
jobs I'd have had almost nothing on my plate for the last month and s
half. On the other hand the Whitney Center advert ran again, last
week. I wish I were getting royalties.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20whitneycentergroupphoto.html
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Re: GESO - Tama
On Sat, 20 Feb 2010 17:57:27 +1100 Derby Chang wrote: > Tama is Tamarama beach, a much more pleasant place than > posey Bondi, methinks > > http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/10/10_02/10_02_tama/index.htm > > Lovely set. I like the one of the wipeout the best. just the ideal frozen moment. -- "Love" is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own... Jealousy is a disease, love is a healthy condition.- Robert Heinlein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO 2010 - Fog At Byxbee Park - GDG
That's a lovely shot.
On 2/19/2010 10:08 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
The walk was serene ... the light and air brilliant:
http://godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com/fog-at-byxbee-park
comments always appreciated, thanks for looking.
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Re: PESO - Two Pair of Shoes on a Sidewalk
Bran Everseeking wrote: On Fri, 19 Feb 2010 23:18:36 -0500 frank theriault wrote: Why? I can never figure stuff like this out. Who put them there and for what reason? http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2010/02/two-pair-of-shoes-on-sidewalk.html must have been the rapture. definitely a WTF moment I hate to be too literal but I'm guessing it was a way to offer them to anyone passing by that needed shoes. they look like the same size... instead of taking them to a thrift or just throwing them in the garbage. This is happening a lot in my neighborhood... sometimes with notes attached to the items "free, please do not tag" ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Two Pair of Shoes on a Sidewalk
On Fri, 19 Feb 2010 23:18:36 -0500 frank theriault wrote: > Why? I can never figure stuff like this out. Who put them there and > for what reason? > > http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2010/02/two-pair-of-shoes-on-sidewalk.html must have been the rapture. definitely a WTF moment -- "Love" is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own... Jealousy is a disease, love is a healthy condition.- Robert Heinlein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO - Tama
Nice captures ! What is the body of water & what lens did you use? Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: "Derby Chang" Subject: GESO - Tama Dave's surfing and turfing inspired me to get out there and take some action pics. Tama is Tamarama beach, a much more pleasant place than posey Bondi, methinks http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/10/10_02/10_02_tama/index.htm -- der...@iinet.net.au http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO 2010 - Fog At Byxbee Park - GDG
I love this one! http://godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com/fog-at-byxbee-park ann frank theriault wrote: On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 10:08 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: The walk was serene ... the light and air brilliant: http://godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com/fog-at-byxbee-park comments always appreciated, thanks for looking. Godfrey -- a photo blog: http://godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com That's beautiful, Godfrey. It should be an album cover. I don't know for whom or what type of music, but still... ;-) cheers, frank -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: YANPJ
On 2/20/10, ann sanfedele wrote: > > Stan Halpin wrote: > > > I am overly sensitive because for Lent I am trying to give up writing > snippy emails! > > > > stan > > > messed up already, huh? :-) > On 2/20/10, Stan Halpin wrote: > Several times. You're probably headed straight to hell. -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: YANPJ
Several times. stan On Feb 20, 2010, at 11:42 AM, ann sanfedele wrote: > > > Stan Halpin wrote: > >> I am overly sensitive because for Lent I am trying to give up writing snippy >> emails! >> >> stan >> > messed up already, huh? :-) > > ann > >> >> On Feb 20, 2010, at 10:00 AM, Scott Loveless wrote: >> >> >>> On 2/20/10, Stan Halpin wrote: >>> You are right Scott. What I meant to say is that they would get far more than their money's worth from the deal. >>> Yeah, I know. I was poking fun at you poking fun at Frank. >>> >>> -- >>> Scott Loveless >>> http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >>> >> >> >> > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: OT: Speaking of nutters...
> >The Taliban assassinated Ahmed Shah Mahsoud, one of the Northern > >Alliance leaders/warlords, on Sept 9th 2001 using a weapon > built into a video camera. > > Fascinating. I've often wondered if this has been done. Any ref links? > On a point of accuracy, it was probably al Qaeda that assassinated him, not the Taliban. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/ahmed-shah-massoud-729417.html This is some sort of drama-doc about it. I can't find any footage but I remember seeing some at the time. Subsequent events overshadowed his assassination though. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eG_8kPn_cs -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: plane crash
> > Thank you for speaking my mind, Frank. > > > > THe same goes for much of the hysteria the "news" media > foist on us daily. > > Yes, we should be talking about ~real~ news on this photography list. > > Like Tiger Woods' apology. Now ~there's~ a story deserving > of the nearly hysterical media attention it garnered all week long! > > (I haven't seen the apology, nor do I want to) Well, to precis it for you, he apologised personally to everyone on the planet for having screwed all his sponsorship deals. It was obviously the most important story on the entire planet so every news outlet in this country had it big on the front page. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: YANPJ
> > Yet Another Non-Paying Job. > > Still, it should be fun. > > The local bike mag in which I had a photo published last > summer is getting their spring issue together (it published > quarterly). One article is a sort of person-in-the-street > interview, a "question of the month". Today I wander about > with a very attractive young lady as she asks cyclists the > question and records their answer. Then I snap their photo > and it should all be in the upcoming issue. > > When they asked me if I wanted to do it, it sounded like they > thought it would be boring, and I said, "Are you kidding? > This is what I do weekends anyway - take pictures of people > and their bikes on the streets of Toronto. Sounds like fun!" > > And so I'm off... > Sound like it pays quite well - just not money. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Speaking of nutters...
Cotty wrote: On 19/2/10, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: The Taliban assassinated Ahmed Shah Mahsoud, one of the Northern Alliance leaders/warlords, on Sept 9th 2001 using a weapon built into a video camera. Fascinating. I've often wondered if this has been done. Any ref links? -- Cheers, Cotty Try Lifetime movie channel :-) ann ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: YANPJ
Stan Halpin wrote: I am overly sensitive because for Lent I am trying to give up writing snippy emails! stan messed up already, huh? :-) ann On Feb 20, 2010, at 10:00 AM, Scott Loveless wrote: On 2/20/10, Stan Halpin wrote: You are right Scott. What I meant to say is that they would get far more than their money's worth from the deal. Yeah, I know. I was poking fun at you poking fun at Frank. -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: YANPJ
I am overly sensitive because for Lent I am trying to give up writing snippy emails! stan On Feb 20, 2010, at 10:00 AM, Scott Loveless wrote: > On 2/20/10, Stan Halpin wrote: >> You are right Scott. What I meant to say is that they would get far more >> than their money's worth from the deal. > > Yeah, I know. I was poking fun at you poking fun at Frank. > > -- > Scott Loveless > http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: FS FRiday
Thanks John and Ecke for cluing Frank :-) Too late if anyone (else) wanted the Sigma 28 -- one of you bought it already.. Everything else - what little there is - still available. Help yourself. ann frank theriault wrote: On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 2:00 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: The first few items in this gallery on my web page are photo equip The password is "stuff" First thing is a SanDisk Image Mate 12 in 1 reader/writer Next the sigma mini-wide lens, etc... http://annsan.smugmug.com/Other/Things-Im-selling-directly-Not/6280507_kw9Wv make me an offer on anything, off list - you know where to find me :) ann I need a password to look... cheers, frank -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - A Princess Among Cameras
From: frank theriault On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 1:02 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: > On 2/19/2010 1:39 PM, Scott Loveless wrote: > I find the Diana craze just a bit strange, for a fraction of what you pay > for one of those modern /marvels/ you can buy an old Kodak Browie or Agfa > click. ?Which gives you lots more money to spend on film. ?Heck you can even > modify them to accept modern flash units, (no I haven't done that but you > can). ?A fifty year old camera is just as much an adventure. I agree, but have fun finding 127 film. That's what my first camera, a Brownie Starflash took. At least Holgas and Dianas take 120, film that's still readily available (for now at least). My mom still has my old Brownie packed away somewhere. Must dig it out next time I'm in Halifax and see if I can snap a few off! B&H has 127 film, as well as 620 & 828. Looks like their 110 is gone, but I got enough in the freezer to last the rest of my life. The Frugal Photographer has 110, 120, 126 & 127 - as well as film for your old Minox spy cameras. http://www.frugalphotographer.com/ And they have flash bulbs, flash cubes and flip flash. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Snow golf weekend
On Feb 20, 2010, at 6:23 AM, David J Brooks wrote: Today is our annual snow gold day, the "Wagg Road Invitational". Not a lot of snow this year, but enough to play havoc with the balls. That would be about 30 inches? -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: plane crash
From: frank theriault On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 12:38 AM, Joseph McAllister wrote: > Thank you for speaking my mind, Frank. > > THe same goes for much of the hysteria the "news" media foist on us daily. Yes, we should be talking about ~real~ news on this photography list. Like Tiger Woods' apology. Now ~there's~ a story deserving of the nearly hysterical media attention it garnered all week long! (I haven't seen the apology, nor do I want to) Apology for what? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: YANPJ
On 2/20/10, Stan Halpin wrote: > You are right Scott. What I meant to say is that they would get far more than > their money's worth from the deal. Yeah, I know. I was poking fun at you poking fun at Frank. -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: FS FRiday
From: frank theriault On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 2:00 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: > The first few items in this gallery on my web page are photo equip > The password is "stuff" > First thing is a SanDisk Image Mate 12 in 1 reader/writer > Next the sigma mini-wide lens, etc... > > http://annsan.smugmug.com/Other/Things-Im-selling-directly-Not/6280507_kw9Wv > > make me an offer on anything, off list ?- you know where to find me :) > > ann I need a password to look... Second sentence. In quotation marks " ". Right after THE PASSWORD IS. ;-D -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: plane crash
Interestingly enough, in my news feeds, the BBC was first to report on Tiger's talk. Paul On Feb 20, 2010, at 8:54 AM, frank theriault wrote: On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 12:38 AM, Joseph McAllister wrote: Thank you for speaking my mind, Frank. THe same goes for much of the hysteria the "news" media foist on us daily. Yes, we should be talking about ~real~ news on this photography list. Like Tiger Woods' apology. Now ~there's~ a story deserving of the nearly hysterical media attention it garnered all week long! (I haven't seen the apology, nor do I want to) cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: YANPJ
Enjoy. Make sure you get a pic of the attractive young lady. Or several:-). Paul On Feb 20, 2010, at 9:08 AM, frank theriault wrote: Yet Another Non-Paying Job. Still, it should be fun. The local bike mag in which I had a photo published last summer is getting their spring issue together (it published quarterly). One article is a sort of person-in-the-street interview, a "question of the month". Today I wander about with a very attractive young lady as she asks cyclists the question and records their answer. Then I snap their photo and it should all be in the upcoming issue. When they asked me if I wanted to do it, it sounded like they thought it would be boring, and I said, "Are you kidding? This is what I do weekends anyway - take pictures of people and their bikes on the streets of Toronto. Sounds like fun!" And so I'm off... cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: YANPJ
You are right Scott. What I meant to say is that they would get far more than their money's worth from the deal. stan On Feb 20, 2010, at 9:24 AM, Scott Loveless wrote: > On 2/20/10, Stan Halpin wrote: >> I am sure that the mag will get their money's worth! > > That's harsh, Stan. Sounds fun, Knarf! > > -- > Scott Loveless > http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT Job offer: was HRG / KDB Analyst for Quantitative Trading
Oh I'm sorry I totally misconstrued it then to mean you were actually happy about this and considering it. No harm intended Cheers Ecke 2010/2/20 David J Brooks : > On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 4:54 PM, eckinator wrote: >> I'd be careful Dave - if they google you and find this post including >> the 1972 Seneca comment and their consultant's direct number, they may >> not be too amused. >> Cheers & good luck >> Ecke > > It does say if i know of anyone that would be interested, so i passed it > on.;-) > > BTW this was a totally unsolicited email. I have no, repeat no > knowledge of programming, trading etc. I am also NOT lead hand > material for sure. > > Dave >> >> 2010/2/19 David J Brooks : >>> I had no idea that my Fortran IV classes at Seneca back in 1972, would >>> lead to this dramatic job offer. >>> >>> Who needs a bus license now, eh., >>> >>> Dave >>> >>> On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 11:54 AM, Ben Beardslee wrote: David, I had come across your details this morning by way of kx.com. I am a recruiter with the Hagan-Ricci Group, a 20 year old executive search firm that works exclusively with the leading automated trading shops in the industry. We have helped build many of the most prestigious teams in this business. One of my top clients is a well-known high frequency trading group in Chicago. They are in desperate need for someone with top-notch KDB expertise, so I thought I should bring it to your attention. Please let me know if you, or anyone you know, would be interested in learning more about the following opportunity: The Senior KDB Support Administrator will satisfy the Trading, Quantitative and Quantitative Research teams' demand for new KDB functionality by writing q scripts and applications and providing support of existing KDB applications. Another major responsibility will the Data Cleaning of KDB Time Series, development of sanity checks, filters and adaptive data cleaning algorithms. Our KDB includes real-time and historical data used across the entire firm and across a wide range of asset classes. The Senior KDB Support Administrator will develop functions that provide access to KDB from various development platforms, including python and C++. He/She will actively participate in troubleshooting day-to-day problems with data quality and data flow. Other responsibilities will include managing the KDB time series repository and associated q library, developing tools to monitor the data acquisition integrity and the data quality and maintaining Sun’s time series database and associated q libraries. The ideal candidate will have: -At least 3 years of experience with the KDB database -Proficiency in Q programming language (q-god level) -Knowledge of scripting language, preferably Perl and Python -SQL and data modeling skills -A strong background in financial markets, financial products and historical market data. If you’re open to other opportunities in general, let me know. We’ve got a lot going on and I’d be happy to discuss further. Thanks, Ben Beardslee HRG / 914.273.6222 www.hrg.net >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. >>> www.caughtinmotion.com >>> http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ >>> York Region, Ontario, Canada >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >>> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > > > -- > Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. > www.caughtinmotion.com > http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ > York Region, Ontario, Canada > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: YANPJ
On 2/20/10, Stan Halpin wrote: > I am sure that the mag will get their money's worth! That's harsh, Stan. Sounds fun, Knarf! -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Snow golf weekend
2010/2/20 David J Brooks : > > Today is our annual snow gold (sic) day haha remember frank zappa and bob marley "don't eat the yellow snow" and "nat all that glitters is gold" =P and most of all have fun! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: YANPJ
I am sure that the mag will get their money's worth! Have fun. stan On Feb 20, 2010, at 8:08 AM, frank theriault wrote: > Yet Another Non-Paying Job. > > Still, it should be fun. > > The local bike mag in which I had a photo published last summer is > getting their spring issue together (it published quarterly). One > article is a sort of person-in-the-street interview, a "question of > the month". Today I wander about with a very attractive young lady as > she asks cyclists the question and records their answer. Then I snap > their photo and it should all be in the upcoming issue. > > When they asked me if I wanted to do it, it sounded like they thought > it would be boring, and I said, "Are you kidding? This is what I do > weekends anyway - take pictures of people and their bikes on the > streets of Toronto. Sounds like fun!" > > And so I'm off... > > cheers, > frank > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Speaking of nutters...
On 2/20/10, Cotty wrote: > On 20/2/10, Scott Loveless, discombobulated, unleashed: > > > >No, Cotty. You can't have one. > > > For target practice I have PDMler portraits. You're good for extra points. Not fair at all. I'm a soft target, as one who has seen me can attest. -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Speaking of nutters...
On 2/19/10, frank theriault wrote: > On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 1:19 PM, Scott Loveless wrote: > > > Canadian gun > > control, while liberal compared to GB's, is fairly restrictive > > compared to most of the US. Yet their violent crime rates are still > > higher than ours - in 2003 it was 963 per 100,000, vs. 475 per 100,000 > > in the US. Their 1995 Firearms Act has been a miserable failure and > > their government has gone back to blaming the US for their crime. > > > Pretty much everything in that paragraph after the first sentence is > total and utter bullshit. Back it up, Frank. http://www.thefreeradical.ca/Violent_crime_statistics_Canada.htm Specifically, "Violent crime rate (per 100K) change from 1962-2006: 221 to 951 or a 300%+ increase" vs. http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/cius_04/offenses_reported/violent_crime/index.html Furthermore, the FBI is known to encourage police departments in the US to report crime statistics based on the charges filed. So if I'm charged with battery, that's what gets into the statistics. If I make a deal with the prosecutor or the charges are dismissed or I'm found not guilty, it's still in the stats as battery. I have no idea how this works in Canada, but in GB the statistics are based on the resolution. I'm sure you figure out where this leads. Your mayor has been, very publicly, pointing his finger south for a while now, blaming the US for all the guns involved in violent crime in Toronto. The fact is, there are no facts. He's got media reports and knee-jerking lefties to base it on and that's it. > Have a nice day. Thanks! You, too. -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Speaking of nutters...
On 20/2/10, Scott Loveless, discombobulated, unleashed: >No, Cotty. You can't have one. For target practice I have PDMler portraits. You're good for extra points. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Speaking of nutters...
On 2/20/10, Cotty wrote: > On 19/2/10, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: > > > >The Taliban assassinated Ahmed Shah Mahsoud, one of the Northern Alliance > >leaders/warlords, on Sept 9th 2001 using a weapon built into a video camera. > > > Fascinating. I've often wondered if this has been done. Any ref links? No, Cotty. You can't have one. -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Snow golf weekend
Today is our annual snow gold day, the "Wagg Road Invitational". Not a lot of snow this year, but enough to play havoc with the balls. Picture to follow. Dave -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Two Pair of Shoes on a Sidewalk
Ad for the local foot doctor.?? Dave On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 11:18 PM, frank theriault wrote: > Why? I can never figure stuff like this out. Who put them there and > for what reason? > > http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2010/02/two-pair-of-shoes-on-sidewalk.html > > Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome. > > cheers, > frank > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
