Re: Want

[Ken Waller]

My understanding is Sigma has finally learned how to make a decent lens.


Yo MARK !

Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller

- Original Message - 
From: "Bill" 

Subject: Re: Want



On 09/03/2014 2:57 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/898839-REG/Sigma_340109_35mm_f_1_4_DG_HSM.html


My understanding is Sigma has finally learned how to make a decent lens.

bill



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Re: PESO - A Few Favorites

[David Mann]

That's nice.  I'm not much of a reader myself but I do like old books.

My wife recently had the opportunity to go through some boxes of her 
grandparents' old books and took a few home despite my protestations about her 
having too many books and not enough shelving.

To shut me up, in one of the boxes she found autobiographies of Murray Halberg 
and Peter Snell.  They're two of NZ's most famous track runners who each won a 
gold medal at the 1960 Rome Olympics.  They trained under the great Arthur 
Lydiard who revolutionised coaching methods.

The books were published in 1963 and 1965 respectively so they were still quite 
young at the time.  Some of the little things are very interesting, like how 
they travelled overseas.  Air travel in the 50s was not what it is today.

I've almost finished Halberg's book, Snell's is next :)  I don't know where 
I'll find the shelf space to put them yet...

Cheers,
Dave

On Mar 10, 2014, at 9:50 am, Paul Stenquist  wrote:

> The upper shelf of my living room bookcase, far right side, holds some of my 
> favorite volumes. All invoke memories of my uncle, Frank Oswald, who died of 
> cancer way before his time, almost 40 years ago. Uncle Frank was a lover of 
> books and I always looked forward to the volumes he would choose for me at 
> Christmas and on my birthday. 
> 
> Frank had fought in World War Ii and was stationed in London toward the end 
> of the war. While there, he bought a number of nineteenth century volumes at 
> a London used-book store. A few years before he died, when I was working on 
> my M.A. in English Lit at the University of Chicago, he bought me the New 
> Temple Shakespeare volumes. Published by J.M. Dent of London in 1935 and 
> edited by M.R. Ridley, the New Temple Shakespeare includes scholarly 
> annotation and a glossary of Elizabethan English.  And they’re beautifully 
> printed on fine paper. Knowing that Plutarch’s Lives — the source of some 
> Shakespearian plots -- is central to the study of the bard, Frank also gave 
> me his 1864 volume of Plutarch, as translated by Langhorne. 
> 
> In later years, my mother gave me some of the other treasures that Frank had 
> found in London. All were printed between 1860 and 1905. They share the top 
> shelf with Langhorne, Plutarch and Will.  Among them is a volume of Philip 
> Freneau poetry. Freneau was a poet of the American revolution, who isn’t 
> widely read these days and his work isn’t highly regarded by scholars, but 
> there was a personal connection: in the 1980s I lived just down the road from 
> Freneau’s birthplace. This collection was printed in London in 1861, but it 
> can’t be read in full, because the folios were never cut apart, so only two 
> of every four pages can be read. 
> 
> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17704028&size=lg
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Re: Beach bike bomb-blast breasts showing building site Bob's barrack

[David Mann]

On Mar 9, 2014, at 9:53 pm, Bob W-PDML  wrote:

> Just a few yards downstream from Enderby Wharf is Ballast Wharf. Gravel used 
> to be extracted from Blackheath and loaded onto ships as ballast. There is 
> still a lot of activity there now off-loading various grades of gravel and 
> rock from ships, presumably to be trucked into parts of London where it's 
> needed. My guess is that much of that rubble will be taken by barge to 
> landfill, to reclaiming land, and to be recycled as building material or 
> ballast. A friend of mine who's a structural engineer and worked on the 
> emergency response to the Haiti earthquake told me that it was a big problem 
> for them to dispose of the rubble, which they eventually decided to use to 
> extend the island.

We call it "hard fill" or "clean fill".  It's pretty cheap to dispose of here 
because it's recycled into new construction materials.  As such a number of 
roading and concrete companies, along with some quarries, are approved as 
disposal sites.  The port is also approved as they have a big land reclamation 
project on-the-go.  I think they got into some hot water over using earthquake 
rubble early on, but I don't remember why.

The cost of disposal goes up by almost an order of magnitude if it's suspected 
of containing asbestos.  And a lot of old buildings contain asbestos in some 
very interesting places.  Contractors are putting a lot of effort into finding 
and removing the stuff before demolition or repair work begins.  It's affecting 
a lot of domestic repairs as well.

Cheers,
Dave


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Re: OT: Fuji X-T1

[Larry Colen]

On Mar 9, 2014, at 7:51 PM, Rob Studdert  wrote:

> I personally know two photogs that now shoot the Df, both do superb
> low light work, I wish Pentax had something that good as I'm often
> hamstrung for shutter speed shooting what I do even pushing the ISO to
> 12800 using fast glass.
> 
I didn’t remember which one the Df was, googled it, went to Nikon’s site and 
was assaulted with obnoxious music and no obvious way of turning it off.

On second look, I see that there is some dark video on the page which is making 
the noise.

Arrgh, why do they do shit like that?


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Re: OT: Fuji X-T1

[P.J. Alling]

On 3/9/2014 9:38 PM, Bill wrote:

On 09/03/2014 7:25 PM, P.J. Alling wrote:



But Larry's complaint is bad autofocus, I do believe that bad autofocus
trumps no autofocus.

What will be correct more often, a completely broken clock, or one 
that loses 5 minutes avery hour?


bill



Depends on the clock and how it's broken, actually.  A broken LCD or LED 
clock may never display a correct time.


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Re: PESO - Basic Television Principles and Servicing, Fourth Edition

[Kenneth Waller]

Great capture!


-Original Message-
>From: Bruce Walker 
>Subject: PESO - Basic Television Principles and Servicing, Fourth Edition
>
>On Flickr:
>  http://www.flickr.com/photos/bruce_m_walker/13047308003/
>
>Or if you fear and loathe Flickr, on Tumblr:
>  http://pulchritude.brucemwalker.com/image/79113175388
>
>This posting is a day too late to celebrate International Women's Day
>as I'd intended, but it's the thought that counts, anyway. So here's a
>woman.
>
>This is one of many great left-over shots from my 2012 studio shoot
>that produced the images for my series Postmodern Pinups. I'm going
>through my Lr back catalog for stuff I missed and this one popped up.
>
>I had dragged a crate of props along to the shoot, including this book
>with a very colourful cover: Basic Television Principles and
>Servicing, Fourth Edition, Bernard Grob, (c) 1975. It's from one of my
>college courses, and I have no idea why I'm hanging onto it.
>
>I handed it to Dee, the model, and instructed her to pretend to read
>it. So she opened it up and immediately began to read aloud to us from
>the chapter on Deflection Oscillators. She managed to make the
>material sound quite spicy and made it very hard for us to concentrate
>on shooting. I think it was the sub-section on Synchronizing the
>Multivibrators that did us in.
>
>K20D, DA* 50-135/2.8 @ f/10, 50mm, 1/160th sec, ISO 100
>Two Bowens 400 W-S strobes in 3x4 softboxes; Two bare 400 W-S Bowens
>strobes on backdrop.
>Lr + Ps
>
>Happy Day After International Women's Day!
>
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Re: OT: Fuji X-T1

[Bill]

On 09/03/2014 8:51 PM, Rob Studdert wrote:

I personally know two photogs that now shoot the Df, both do superb
low light work, I wish Pentax had something that good as I'm often
hamstrung for shutter speed shooting what I do even pushing the ISO to
12800 using fast glass.


This surprises me not. In most respects, the Df looks like that is what 
it was made for.


bill

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Re: OT: Fuji X-T1

[Rob Studdert]

I personally know two photogs that now shoot the Df, both do superb
low light work, I wish Pentax had something that good as I'm often
hamstrung for shutter speed shooting what I do even pushing the ISO to
12800 using fast glass.


On 10 March 2014 12:37, Bill  wrote:
> On 09/03/2014 3:54 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
>
>>
>> I've got the K-5 II, and am often surprised at how annoyed I am by
>> its shortcomings.  It has sensor performance that is the stuff of
>> science fiction. It has the best low light autofocus of any camera
>> I've ever owned, better than the K-5 which was better than the D600.
>> But because it can't focus quickly on moving targets at 2EV or
>> darker, and because it gets rather noisy over ISO 8000, I find myself
>> grumbling.
>>
>>>
>
> I doubt very much if the noise on the Fuji is any better than the K5. What
> it does have is really destructive high ISO noise reduction that can't be
> turned off, only toned down.
> I really think if you want excellent low light AF combined with excellent
> high ISO performance, one of the low MP FF Nikons is the way to go.
> I suspect the Df would be ideal for what you do, and if you wait a year,
> they will be giving them away. The Nikon crowd thinks they are butt ugly
> (which they are). However, as a low light camera I suspect it is superb.
>
> bill
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Re: OT: Suggestions for Anti-virus software?

[steve harley]

on 2014-03-09 18:29 John wrote

Proper handling, understanding ergonomics, AppleCare Service and Support,
Regulatory Compliance Information, ...


that one's not a manual so much as things Legal deemed must be printed on 
paper; you'll probably find the same and some more helpful stuff from the Help 
menu when in Finder, or here:




if you want to dig in at a higher level, i have some suggestions that may save 
you a bit of Googling …


to really understand the OS, one of the best overviews is from John Siracusa:



if you want to see user-level tech questions posed to a savvy audience, Stack 
Exchange has a section:




if you are serious about the unix side and frustrated that some tools are 
missing, my current favorite way to bootstrap GNU and other tools is Homebrew:





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Re: OT: Fuji X-T1

[Bill]

On 09/03/2014 7:25 PM, P.J. Alling wrote:



But Larry's complaint is bad autofocus, I do believe that bad autofocus
trumps no autofocus.

What will be correct more often, a completely broken clock, or one that 
loses 5 minutes avery hour?


bill

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Re: OT: Fuji X-T1

[Bill]

On 09/03/2014 3:54 PM, Larry Colen wrote:



I’ve got the K-5 II, and am often surprised at how annoyed I am by
its shortcomings.  It has sensor performance that is the stuff of
science fiction. It has the best low light autofocus of any camera
I’ve ever owned, better than the K-5 which was better than the D600.
But because it can’t focus quickly on moving targets at 2EV or
darker, and because it gets rather noisy over ISO 8000, I find myself
grumbling.





I doubt very much if the noise on the Fuji is any better than the K5. 
What it does have is really destructive high ISO noise reduction that 
can't be turned off, only toned down.
I really think if you want excellent low light AF combined with 
excellent high ISO performance, one of the low MP FF Nikons is the way 
to go.
I suspect the Df would be ideal for what you do, and if you wait a year, 
they will be giving them away. The Nikon crowd thinks they are butt ugly 
(which they are). However, as a low light camera I suspect it is superb.


bill

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Re: PESO - Basic Television Principles and Servicing, Fourth Edition

[Paul Stenquist]

Excellent. Joyful and vibrant.

Paul via phone

> On Mar 9, 2014, at 9:06 PM, Bruce Walker  wrote:
> 
> On Flickr:
>  http://www.flickr.com/photos/bruce_m_walker/13047308003/
> 
> Or if you fear and loathe Flickr, on Tumblr:
>  http://pulchritude.brucemwalker.com/image/79113175388
> 
> This posting is a day too late to celebrate International Women's Day
> as I'd intended, but it's the thought that counts, anyway. So here's a
> woman.
> 
> This is one of many great left-over shots from my 2012 studio shoot
> that produced the images for my series Postmodern Pinups. I'm going
> through my Lr back catalog for stuff I missed and this one popped up.
> 
> I had dragged a crate of props along to the shoot, including this book
> with a very colourful cover: Basic Television Principles and
> Servicing, Fourth Edition, Bernard Grob, (c) 1975. It's from one of my
> college courses, and I have no idea why I'm hanging onto it.
> 
> I handed it to Dee, the model, and instructed her to pretend to read
> it. So she opened it up and immediately began to read aloud to us from
> the chapter on Deflection Oscillators. She managed to make the
> material sound quite spicy and made it very hard for us to concentrate
> on shooting. I think it was the sub-section on Synchronizing the
> Multivibrators that did us in.
> 
> K20D, DA* 50-135/2.8 @ f/10, 50mm, 1/160th sec, ISO 100
> Two Bowens 400 W-S strobes in 3x4 softboxes; Two bare 400 W-S Bowens
> strobes on backdrop.
> Lr + Ps
> 
> Happy Day After International Women's Day!
> 
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Re: OT: Fuji X-T1

[Bill]

On 09/03/2014 1:23 PM, Larry Colen wrote:


On Mar 9, 2014, at 3:59 AM, Steve Cottrell  wrote:


For anyone reading this thread, this link will be of interest. In-depth
real world experiences in a review:




It sounds very intriguing, particularly after the grief that I’ve been having 
with low light auto focus on my K-5




The AF is pretty secure. What I am finding is that it has problems 
locking on in low light (mind you I have the focus assist turned off) 
and it tends to hunt a bit. It is using an on sensor phase focus system, 
but it acts like it doesn't know which way to start AFing until it has 
moved the focus slightly to see which way it needs to go.

The AF on the K5 is pretty much the worst low light AF I have ever used.

bill


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Re: Want

[Bill]

On 09/03/2014 7:04 PM, Larry Colen wrote:


On Mar 9, 2014, at 1:57 PM, Paul Stenquist 
wrote:


http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/898839-REG/Sigma_340109_35mm_f_1_4_DG_HSM.html





That lens has been on my radar for a while.  I really need a fast
standard lens for the dance photography, and Pentax continues to
refuse to make either a lens like this, or a full frame body so that
my 50/1.4 is once again a fast standard. I have considered selling my
31/1.8 to finance getting one of these.


What you really want is an X-T1. The 35/1.4 is gorgeous, and the EVF 
brightens up nicely in poor light.


bill



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Re: Want

[Bill]

On 09/03/2014 2:57 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/898839-REG/Sigma_340109_35mm_f_1_4_DG_HSM.html


My understanding is Sigma has finally learned how to make a decent lens.

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Re: OT: Fuji X-T1

[P.J. Alling]

On 3/9/2014 7:31 PM, Brian Walters wrote:

Quoting Jan van Wijk :



Have not read the complete review yet (or seen the price) but sofar 
it looks

like wat a Pentax digital MX or LX might be like. Yummie!

Too bad none of my lenses will fit :-(




Of course they will:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/888378-REG/Novoflex_fux_pent_Adapter_for_Pentax_K.html 



and lots of cheaper ones as well.

:-)>





But Larry's complaint is bad autofocus, I do believe that bad autofocus 
trumps no autofocus.


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PESO - Basic Television Principles and Servicing, Fourth Edition

[Bruce Walker]

On Flickr:
  http://www.flickr.com/photos/bruce_m_walker/13047308003/

Or if you fear and loathe Flickr, on Tumblr:
  http://pulchritude.brucemwalker.com/image/79113175388

This posting is a day too late to celebrate International Women's Day
as I'd intended, but it's the thought that counts, anyway. So here's a
woman.

This is one of many great left-over shots from my 2012 studio shoot
that produced the images for my series Postmodern Pinups. I'm going
through my Lr back catalog for stuff I missed and this one popped up.

I had dragged a crate of props along to the shoot, including this book
with a very colourful cover: Basic Television Principles and
Servicing, Fourth Edition, Bernard Grob, (c) 1975. It's from one of my
college courses, and I have no idea why I'm hanging onto it.

I handed it to Dee, the model, and instructed her to pretend to read
it. So she opened it up and immediately began to read aloud to us from
the chapter on Deflection Oscillators. She managed to make the
material sound quite spicy and made it very hard for us to concentrate
on shooting. I think it was the sub-section on Synchronizing the
Multivibrators that did us in.

K20D, DA* 50-135/2.8 @ f/10, 50mm, 1/160th sec, ISO 100
Two Bowens 400 W-S strobes in 3x4 softboxes; Two bare 400 W-S Bowens
strobes on backdrop.
Lr + Ps

Happy Day After International Women's Day!

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Re: Want

[Larry Colen]

On Mar 9, 2014, at 1:57 PM, Paul Stenquist  wrote:

> http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/898839-REG/Sigma_340109_35mm_f_1_4_DG_HSM.html

That lens has been on my radar for a while.  I really need a fast standard lens 
for the dance photography, and Pentax continues to refuse to make either a lens 
like this, or a full frame body so that my 50/1.4 is once again a fast 
standard. I have considered selling my 31/1.8 to finance getting one of these.  


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Re: PESO - A Few Favorites

[John]

On 3/9/2014 4:50 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote:

The upper shelf of my living room bookcase, far right side, holds some of my 
favorite volumes. All invoke memories of my uncle, Frank Oswald, who died of 
cancer way before his time, almost 40 years ago. Uncle Frank was a lover of 
books and I always looked forward to the volumes he would choose for me at 
Christmas and on my birthday.

Frank had fought in World War Ii and was stationed in London toward the end of 
the war. While there, he bought a number of nineteenth century volumes at a 
London used-book store. A few years before he died, when I was working on my 
M.A. in English Lit at the University of Chicago, he bought me the New Temple 
Shakespeare volumes. Published by J.M. Dent of London in 1935 and edited by 
M.R. Ridley, the New Temple Shakespeare includes scholarly annotation and a 
glossary of Elizabethan English.  And they’re beautifully printed on fine 
paper. Knowing that Plutarch’s Lives — the source of some Shakespearian plots 
-- is central to the study of the bard, Frank also gave me his 1864 volume of 
Plutarch, as translated by Langhorne.

In later years, my mother gave me some of the other treasures that Frank had 
found in London. All were printed between 1860 and 1905. They share the top 
shelf with Langhorne, Plutarch and Will.  Among them is a volume of Philip 
Freneau poetry. Freneau was a poet of the American revolution, who isn’t widely 
read these days and his work isn’t highly regarded by scholars, but there was a 
personal connection: in the 1980s I lived just down the road from Freneau’s 
birthplace. This collection was printed in London in 1861, but it can’t be read 
in full, because the folios were never cut apart, so only two of every four 
pages can be read.

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17704028&size=lg



I wonder if you could use something like an endoscope to scan the uncut 
pages without damaging them & save the text in some electronic format?


Seems to me that might be a case where you *could* "have your cake & eat 
it too".


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Re: OT: Suggestions for Anti-virus software?

[John]

On 3/9/2014 6:58 AM, Steve Cottrell wrote:

On 9/3/14, John, discombobulated, unleashed:


I have acquired a Mac Mini


When did hell freeze over?



It must have been sometime the last week of February.

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Re: OT: Suggestions for Anti-virus software?

[Rob Studdert]

Comodo is very good, you can use it to easily manage and notify you of
outgoing traffic too.



On 9 March 2014 19:20, Philip Northeast  wrote:
> I use comodo dragon on my mac mini
>
> http://www.comodo.com
>
> Philip Northeast
>
> www.aviewfinderdarkly.com.au
>
>
> On 9/03/2014 6:34 pm, P.J. Alling wrote:
>>
>> I don't know anything about AV software for Macs but I do know they have
>> have a "hosts" file and I'm pretty sure it's called hosts.
>>
>> On 3/9/2014 1:04 AM, John wrote:
>>>
>>> I mentioned here before that I have acquired a Mac Mini that's
>>> supposed to be a little home recording studio. I'm getting ready to
>>> un-box it and set it up, and I already know I'm going to have to
>>> connect it to the internet for software authentication. (I've been
>>> reading the manual ... gives a whole new meaning to "fine print".)
>>>
>>> Anyway, I "know" Macs aren't supposed to get viruses, but I'd rather
>>> be safe than sorry.
>>>
>>> So, before I take the plunge & plug it in, I'd like suggestions for
>>> anti-virus software for the Mac.
>>>
>>> Also, do Macs have a "hosts" file?
>>>
>>> On Windoze, I use a robust "hosts" file to block unwanted SPAM &
>>> Malware sites.
>>>
>>
>>
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Re: OT: Suggestions for Anti-virus software?

[John]

That gets the "Quick Start Guide" which is a little more readable.

I'm reading the little book that came along with the "Quick Start Guide".

It says "Mac mini" and "Important Product Information Guide" on the 
front. It's about 3-3/4 inches by 4-7/8 inches. The paragraph headings 
are printed in a bold 4 point font, and the actual text is just a bit 
smaller.


Proper handling, understanding ergonomics, AppleCare Service and 
Support, Regulatory Compliance Information, ...


It's readable with the loupe I use for inspecting transparencies.

On 3/9/2014 4:56 PM, steve harley wrote:

on 2014-03-08 23:04 John wrote

I mentioned here before that I have acquired a Mac Mini that's
supposed to be a little home recording studio. I'm getting ready to
un-box it and set it up, and I already know I'm going to have to
connect it to the internet for software authentication. (I've been
reading the manual ... gives a whole new meaning to "fine print".)


i assume you mean the brief little document that came with the computer;
if so you might find the online version more readable:





So, before I take the plunge & plug it in, I'd like suggestions for
anti-virus
software for the Mac.


i have heard good things about ClamXav; installed it once years ago, but
have not used it recently

the only things i have to add to Bruce's suggestions are

1) keep your OS up-to-date (esp. after the "go to fail" debacle)

2) use Little Snitch (sort of a reverse firewall), which will help you
allow the authentications your software may require, but monitor (and
optionally disable) other attempts by software to "phone home"; Little
Snitch takes some attention and some understanding of how computers make
network connections

3) don't install Flash, and use Adobe Reader only when Preview can't
handle a PDF (if you need Flash, install Chrome, which includes a
sandboxed version)





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Re: Want

[Rob Studdert]

It looks very nice by all accounts, but I can't justify owning that
plus the 31LTD and the DA35 macro so I'm just going to get the
18-35/1.8 when if finally ships here ;)


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Re: DST and O-GPS

[Rob Studdert]

I did exactly that on a shoot with two bodies a few weeks back and was
too lazy to fix it after the fact so my gallery when sorted by date
was all over the place.


On 10 March 2014 06:48, Larry Colen  wrote:
> I've been bitten by this before.  When I set up my K-5 to update the time 
> from GPS, and it sets it to non-DST.
> I tried looking in the manual for the Daylight Savings Time setting, but it 
> wasn't in the index.
>
> What you need to do is go into world time, then go into the city and enable, 
> or disable DST there.
>
> It's one of those annoyances that bites me when I'm using two cameras, and 
> one is an hour off of the other.
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Re: OT: Suggestions for Anti-virus software?

[John]

On 3/9/2014 10:57 AM, Bruce Walker wrote:

On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 1:04 AM, John  wrote:

I mentioned here before that I have acquired a Mac Mini that's supposed to
be a little home recording studio. I'm getting ready to un-box it and set it
up, and I already know I'm going to have to connect it to the internet for
software authentication. (I've been reading the manual ... gives a whole new
meaning to "fine print".)

Anyway, I "know" Macs aren't supposed to get viruses, but I'd rather be safe
than sorry.

So, before I take the plunge & plug it in, I'd like suggestions for
anti-virus software for the Mac.


Try this: http://clamxav.com/

FWIW to you, I don't use any AV software on Mac OS X and never have. I
am a veteran of both Mac OS X and antivirus technology, having been
the principal architect of a corporate network messaging security
product for a firewall company (Borderware). I have used Mac OS X from
when it was NeXTSTEP and then OpenStep. The security model is UNIX's;
clean, understandable, robust and time-proven.

You should enable the Mac's firewall for extra protection, especially
if you don't trust your network router's firewall. Go to System
Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> Firewall

Also see:
https://www.apple.com/osx/what-is/security.html



Also, do Macs have a "hosts" file?

On Windoze, I use a robust "hosts" file to block unwanted SPAM & Malware
sites.


Yes: /etc/hosts

John, how familiar are you with UNIX, Linux and/or FreeBSD? If you are
a UNIX person, you can get very far by assuming UNIX behaviour for
things like networking and general OS questions. So your hosts text
file is /etc/hosts just like it's been since the Berkeley days.

You should get familiar with /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app
which is a terrific straightforward command line environment. The
default shell is /bin/bash.

See:
http://www.mactip.net/how-to-edit-the-hosts-file-on-a-mac/

You can use vi/vim to edit if you prefer.

Keep in mind that Mac OS X is a significantly evolved UNIX. The order
of name lookups and what sources to consult (eg BIND/named) are
controlled by a network services daemon.

Read this as it may save you a bunch of annoyance:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6841421/mac-osx-lion-dns-lookup-order



I took several community college classes on Unix System V back in the 
late 80s & 90s. I haven't really used any of it since the mid-90s. I've 
still got the textbooks.


I remember the bash shell; barely remember.

I've also installed several flavors of Linux on PC hardware at one time 
or another, mostly from those "Teach Yourself ... in 30 Days" type 
books. Linux was a plaything that I never really had enough time to 
actually play with.


They never lasted long because the actual WORK that I needed to do on a 
PC always required applications that would run in DOS, Windoze (and for 
a while OS/2) and I'd end up having to use the hardware for something else.


The "hosts" file I use in windoze is just a long list of domains I never 
want the computer to go to, so they're all referenced to 127.0.0.1 to 
keep the computer from looking for them anywhere else.


I'm pretty sure that's something Windoze got from Unix, so I'm expecting 
it to do the same thing on a Mac since it's Unix based.


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Re: PESO - A Few Favorites

[Bruce Walker]

Like Dan, I too really enjoy old books. Very lovely light and rendering, Paul.


On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 4:50 PM, Paul Stenquist  wrote:
> The upper shelf of my living room bookcase, far right side, holds some of my 
> favorite volumes. All invoke memories of my uncle, Frank Oswald, who died of 
> cancer way before his time, almost 40 years ago. Uncle Frank was a lover of 
> books and I always looked forward to the volumes he would choose for me at 
> Christmas and on my birthday.
>
> Frank had fought in World War Ii and was stationed in London toward the end 
> of the war. While there, he bought a number of nineteenth century volumes at 
> a London used-book store. A few years before he died, when I was working on 
> my M.A. in English Lit at the University of Chicago, he bought me the New 
> Temple Shakespeare volumes. Published by J.M. Dent of London in 1935 and 
> edited by M.R. Ridley, the New Temple Shakespeare includes scholarly 
> annotation and a glossary of Elizabethan English.  And they’re beautifully 
> printed on fine paper. Knowing that Plutarch’s Lives — the source of some 
> Shakespearian plots -- is central to the study of the bard, Frank also gave 
> me his 1864 volume of Plutarch, as translated by Langhorne.
>
> In later years, my mother gave me some of the other treasures that Frank had 
> found in London. All were printed between 1860 and 1905. They share the top 
> shelf with Langhorne, Plutarch and Will.  Among them is a volume of Philip 
> Freneau poetry. Freneau was a poet of the American revolution, who isn’t 
> widely read these days and his work isn’t highly regarded by scholars, but 
> there was a personal connection: in the 1980s I lived just down the road from 
> Freneau’s birthplace. This collection was printed in London in 1861, but it 
> can’t be read in full, because the folios were never cut apart, so only two 
> of every four pages can be read.
>
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Re: OT: Fuji X-T1

[Brian Walters]

Quoting Jan van Wijk :



Have not read the complete review yet (or seen the price) but sofar it looks
like wat a Pentax digital MX or LX might be like. Yummie!

Too bad none of my lenses will fit :-(




Of course they will:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/888378-REG/Novoflex_fux_pent_Adapter_for_Pentax_K.html

and lots of cheaper ones as well.

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Re: PESO - A Few Favorites

[Daniel J. Matyola]

I simply LOVE old books!

Nice image, BTW.

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On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 4:50 PM, Paul Stenquist  wrote:
> The upper shelf of my living room bookcase, far right side, holds some of my 
> favorite volumes. All invoke memories of my uncle, Frank Oswald, who died of 
> cancer way before his time, almost 40 years ago. Uncle Frank was a lover of 
> books and I always looked forward to the volumes he would choose for me at 
> Christmas and on my birthday.
>
> Frank had fought in World War Ii and was stationed in London toward the end 
> of the war. While there, he bought a number of nineteenth century volumes at 
> a London used-book store. A few years before he died, when I was working on 
> my M.A. in English Lit at the University of Chicago, he bought me the New 
> Temple Shakespeare volumes. Published by J.M. Dent of London in 1935 and 
> edited by M.R. Ridley, the New Temple Shakespeare includes scholarly 
> annotation and a glossary of Elizabethan English.  And they’re beautifully 
> printed on fine paper. Knowing that Plutarch’s Lives — the source of some 
> Shakespearian plots -- is central to the study of the bard, Frank also gave 
> me his 1864 volume of Plutarch, as translated by Langhorne.
>
> In later years, my mother gave me some of the other treasures that Frank had 
> found in London. All were printed between 1860 and 1905. They share the top 
> shelf with Langhorne, Plutarch and Will.  Among them is a volume of Philip 
> Freneau poetry. Freneau was a poet of the American revolution, who isn’t 
> widely read these days and his work isn’t highly regarded by scholars, but 
> there was a personal connection: in the 1980s I lived just down the road from 
> Freneau’s birthplace. This collection was printed in London in 1861, but it 
> can’t be read in full, because the folios were never cut apart, so only two 
> of every four pages can be read.
>
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Re: PESO- Early LEDs (warning: flickr link)

[Daniel J. Matyola]

I haven't signed into my Yahoo account for a year or more, yet I have
no problem accessing Flickr.

Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola


On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 5:46 PM, John Coyle  wrote:
> I do have a Yahoo account, but I am not normally signed in to it - only when 
> specifically required.
> If such a link is a prerequisite, it ought to be made clear!  Although I 
> probably still would not
> have bothered...
>
> John Coyle
> Brisbane, Australia
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bob Sullivan
> Sent: Sunday, 9 March 2014 11:20 AM
> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
> Subject: Re: PESO- Early LEDs (warning: flickr link)
>
> John C,
> Are you signed into Yahoo?
> That seems to mute all questions from flicker.
> Regards,  Bob S.
>
> On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 5:35 PM, John Coyle  wrote:
>> It's happened a couple of times with flickr - I get the sign-up screen
>> with all the guff about how good it is, then I can amend the URL and
>> see the image.  But, it's not consistent, which is really annoying!
>>
>> John Coyle
>> Brisbane, Australia
>>
>>
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Daniel J.
>> Matyola
>> Sent: Saturday, 8 March 2014 11:28 PM
>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
>> Subject: Re: PESO- Early LEDs (warning: flickr link)
>>
>> I really like the colors and the patterns;  makes a very effective abstract 
>> image.
>>
>> BTW, I am not a Flickr member (and I dislike Flickr), but I had no
>> trouble accessing the image, and was not asked to sign in or anything.
>>
>> Dan Matyola
>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 9:44 PM, Bong Manayon  wrote:
>>> Also known as "candles"
>>>
>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/bongmanayon/11336635005/
>>>
>>> Used my daughter's K-01 for this one; like I said elsewhere, while I do not 
>>> use it for 'serious'
>> work, it is a fun camera to use. And yeah--flickr works for me--maybe not 
>> for others.
>>>
>>> Bong
>>>
>>>
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>>> http://bong.manayon.net
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Re: OT: Fuji X-T1

[Larry Colen]

On Mar 9, 2014, at 1:19 PM, P.J. Alling  wrote:

> On 3/9/2014 3:55 PM, Bruce Walker wrote:
>> On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 3:23 PM, Larry Colen  wrote:
>>> On Mar 9, 2014, at 3:59 AM, Steve Cottrell  wrote:
>>> 
 For anyone reading this thread, this link will be of interest. In-depth
 real world experiences in a review:
 
 
>>> It sounds very intriguing, particularly after the grief that I’ve been 
>>> having with low light auto focus on my K-5
>> Or, for less money and complete compatibility with your existing K-5
>> lenses and accessories, there's the K-3.
>> 
>> ;-)
>> 
> 
> The K-5IIs is still available, and is getting quite affordable, with 
> supposedly much improved auto focus over the K-5.  Face it Larry, you just 
> want to have a second system to complain about.

I’ve got the K-5 II, and am often surprised at how annoyed I am by its 
shortcomings.  It has sensor performance that is the stuff of science fiction. 
It has the best low light autofocus of any camera I’ve ever owned, better than 
the K-5 which was better than the D600. But because it can’t focus quickly on 
moving targets at 2EV or darker, and because it gets rather noisy over ISO 
8000, I find myself grumbling.  

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RE: PESO- Early LEDs (warning: flickr link)

[John Coyle]

I do have a Yahoo account, but I am not normally signed in to it - only when 
specifically required.
If such a link is a prerequisite, it ought to be made clear!  Although I 
probably still would not
have bothered...

John Coyle
Brisbane, Australia



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Subject: Re: PESO- Early LEDs (warning: flickr link)

John C,
Are you signed into Yahoo?
That seems to mute all questions from flicker.
Regards,  Bob S.

On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 5:35 PM, John Coyle  wrote:
> It's happened a couple of times with flickr - I get the sign-up screen 
> with all the guff about how good it is, then I can amend the URL and 
> see the image.  But, it's not consistent, which is really annoying!
>
> John Coyle
> Brisbane, Australia
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Daniel J. 
> Matyola
> Sent: Saturday, 8 March 2014 11:28 PM
> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
> Subject: Re: PESO- Early LEDs (warning: flickr link)
>
> I really like the colors and the patterns;  makes a very effective abstract 
> image.
>
> BTW, I am not a Flickr member (and I dislike Flickr), but I had no 
> trouble accessing the image, and was not asked to sign in or anything.
>
> Dan Matyola
> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 9:44 PM, Bong Manayon  wrote:
>> Also known as "candles"
>>
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/bongmanayon/11336635005/
>>
>> Used my daughter's K-01 for this one; like I said elsewhere, while I do not 
>> use it for 'serious'
> work, it is a fun camera to use. And yeah--flickr works for me--maybe not for 
> others.
>>
>> Bong
>>
>>
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>> http://bong.manayon.net
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Re: Want

[James King]

Paul Stenquist wrote on Sun, 09 Mar 2014 13:59:21 -0700

> http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/898839-REG/Sigma_340109_35mm_f_1_4_DG_HSM.html

I was considering this lens for a while but decided to stick with my FA 31 LTD 
after comparing reviews of the Sigma with reviews of the FA 31 LTD.  I’d be 
interested in hearing comments from anyone who has shot both of them, though.

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Re: OT: Fuji X-T1

[Jan van Wijk]

Wow!

On Sun, 9 Mar 2014 14:07:06 -0700 Aahz Maruch wrote:
>
>On Sun, Mar 09, 2014, Bruce Walker wrote:
>> On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 3:23 PM, Larry Colen  wrote:
>>> On Mar 9, 2014, at 3:59 AM, Steve Cottrell  wrote:

 For anyone reading this thread, this link will be of interest. In-depth
 real world experiences in a review:

 

Have not read the complete review yet (or seen the price) but sofar it looks
like wat a Pentax digital MX or LX might be like. Yummie!

Too bad none of my lenses will fit :-(

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Re: OT: Fuji X-T1

[Aahz Maruch]

On Sun, Mar 09, 2014, Bruce Walker wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 3:23 PM, Larry Colen  wrote:
>> On Mar 9, 2014, at 3:59 AM, Steve Cottrell  wrote:
>>>
>>> For anyone reading this thread, this link will be of interest. In-depth
>>> real world experiences in a review:
>>>
>>> 
>>
>> It sounds very intriguing, particularly after the grief that I've
>> been having with low light auto focus on my K-5
>
> Or, for less money and complete compatibility with your existing K-5
> lenses and accessories, there's the K-3.

...not to mention having many more telephoto options.
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Want

[Paul Stenquist]

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Re: OT: Suggestions for Anti-virus software?

[steve harley]

on 2014-03-08 23:04 John wrote

I mentioned here before that I have acquired a Mac Mini that's supposed to be a little 
home recording studio. I'm getting ready to un-box it and set it up, and I already know 
I'm going to have to connect it to the internet for software authentication. (I've been 
reading the manual ... gives a whole new meaning to "fine print".)


i assume you mean the brief little document that came with the computer; if so 
you might find the online version more readable:






So, before I take the plunge & plug it in, I'd like suggestions for anti-virus
software for the Mac.


i have heard good things about ClamXav; installed it once years ago, but have 
not used it recently


the only things i have to add to Bruce's suggestions are

1) keep your OS up-to-date (esp. after the "go to fail" debacle)

2) use Little Snitch (sort of a reverse firewall), which will help you allow 
the authentications your software may require, but monitor (and optionally 
disable) other attempts by software to "phone home"; Little Snitch takes some 
attention and some understanding of how computers make network connections


3) don't install Flash, and use Adobe Reader only when Preview can't handle a 
PDF (if you need Flash, install Chrome, which includes a sandboxed version)




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PESO - A Few Favorites

[Paul Stenquist]

The upper shelf of my living room bookcase, far right side, holds some of my 
favorite volumes. All invoke memories of my uncle, Frank Oswald, who died of 
cancer way before his time, almost 40 years ago. Uncle Frank was a lover of 
books and I always looked forward to the volumes he would choose for me at 
Christmas and on my birthday. 

Frank had fought in World War Ii and was stationed in London toward the end of 
the war. While there, he bought a number of nineteenth century volumes at a 
London used-book store. A few years before he died, when I was working on my 
M.A. in English Lit at the University of Chicago, he bought me the New Temple 
Shakespeare volumes. Published by J.M. Dent of London in 1935 and edited by 
M.R. Ridley, the New Temple Shakespeare includes scholarly annotation and a 
glossary of Elizabethan English.  And they’re beautifully printed on fine 
paper. Knowing that Plutarch’s Lives — the source of some Shakespearian plots 
-- is central to the study of the bard, Frank also gave me his 1864 volume of 
Plutarch, as translated by Langhorne. 

In later years, my mother gave me some of the other treasures that Frank had 
found in London. All were printed between 1860 and 1905. They share the top 
shelf with Langhorne, Plutarch and Will.  Among them is a volume of Philip 
Freneau poetry. Freneau was a poet of the American revolution, who isn’t widely 
read these days and his work isn’t highly regarded by scholars, but there was a 
personal connection: in the 1980s I lived just down the road from Freneau’s 
birthplace. This collection was printed in London in 1861, but it can’t be read 
in full, because the folios were never cut apart, so only two of every four 
pages can be read. 

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Re: OT: Fuji X-T1

[P.J. Alling]

On 3/9/2014 3:55 PM, Bruce Walker wrote:

On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 3:23 PM, Larry Colen  wrote:

On Mar 9, 2014, at 3:59 AM, Steve Cottrell  wrote:


For anyone reading this thread, this link will be of interest. In-depth
real world experiences in a review:



It sounds very intriguing, particularly after the grief that I’ve been having 
with low light auto focus on my K-5

Or, for less money and complete compatibility with your existing K-5
lenses and accessories, there's the K-3.

;-)



The K-5IIs is still available, and is getting quite affordable, with 
supposedly much improved auto focus over the K-5.  Face it Larry, you 
just want to have a second system to complain about.


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Re: OT: Fuji X-T1

[Bruce Walker]

On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 3:23 PM, Larry Colen  wrote:
>
> On Mar 9, 2014, at 3:59 AM, Steve Cottrell  wrote:
>
> > For anyone reading this thread, this link will be of interest. In-depth
> > real world experiences in a review:
> >
> > 
>
> It sounds very intriguing, particularly after the grief that I’ve been having 
> with low light auto focus on my K-5

Or, for less money and complete compatibility with your existing K-5
lenses and accessories, there's the K-3.

;-)

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DST and O-GPS

[Larry Colen]

I’ve been bitten by this before.  When I set up my K-5 to update the time from 
GPS, and it sets it to non-DST. 
I tried looking in the manual for the Daylight Savings Time setting, but it 
wasn’t in the index.

What you need to do is go into world time, then go into the city and enable, or 
disable DST there.

It’s one of those annoyances that bites me when I’m using two cameras, and one 
is an hour off of the other.


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Re: OT: Fuji X-T1

[Larry Colen]

On Mar 9, 2014, at 3:59 AM, Steve Cottrell  wrote:

> For anyone reading this thread, this link will be of interest. In-depth
> real world experiences in a review:
> 
> 

It sounds very intriguing, particularly after the grief that I’ve been having 
with low light auto focus on my K-5
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Re: OT: Suggestions for Anti-virus software?

[Jan van Wijk]

On Sun, 9 Mar 2014 10:58:28 + Steve Cottrell wrote:
>
>
>When did hell freeze over?

Must have been somewhere near the end of 1993 :)

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Re: Firmware updates for 1.4x TC (many models)

[Dario Bonazza]

It's about the SR (getting proper sensor shift according to converted focal 
length) and the correct Exif metadata.


Dario

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From: Zos Xavius

Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2014 2:57 PM
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well, ordinary TCs worked on those cameras before. I wouldn't be
surprised if this one worked just fine. the firmware updates probably
just update any software corrections the camera makes.

On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 2:11 PM, Bruce Walker  wrote:

Sniff.

On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 1:26 PM, P.J. Alling  
wrote:
No support for earlier cameras, not that I really expected updates for 
the

*ist series, but the K10D/K20D?  Those are still viable cameras and
supported in lens motors.  Seems kinda, well sad, really.


On 3/6/2014 11:24 AM, Darren Addy wrote:


http://www.ricoh-imaging.co.jp/english/support/
(scroll to bottom: News, for links)

Also for the usual "Improved stability for general performance."





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Nessun virus nel messaggio.
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Versione: 2013.0.3462 / Database dei virus: 3722/7168 -  Data di rilascio: 
08/03/2014 



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Re: K-3 wonkiness

[Stan Halpin]

Yes.
   1. It is not working properly.
   2. The glitch affects jpgs.
   3. I don't shoot jpgs.
   4. So, I am not too concerned.
No.
   1. I have not debugged the firmware to id the exact cause.
   2. I will try to reload the current firmware Shen my trip is finished.

stan

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> On Mar 9, 2014, at 3:43 PM, Zos Xavius  wrote:
> 
> Stan? you ever get to the bottom of this?
> 
>> On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 2:34 PM, Steve Cottrell  wrote:
>> On 4/3/14, Bob W-PDML, discombobulated, unleashed:
>> 
>>> Cameras always know when you are far from home, and do something to mess
>>> with your head. It might be worthwhile to sit down with both cameras and
>>> make sure that A and B are...
>> 
>> ...given a damn good talking-to !!!
>> 
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>> 
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Re: Beach bike bomb-blast breasts showing building site Bob's barrack

[Ann Sanfedele]

Boy, that's depressing - both the now and the future..
It's getting so you won't be able to tell what city / country you are in
if you were taken somewhere blindfolded.

ann

On 3/8/2014 14:18, Bob W wrote:

It's been a lovely warm spring day today here in Olde Londonville, so I had
a nice walk along the river near my house. Here, by way of contrast with
Frank's ice-bikers, is Mr. Sandman:

and you won't be able to cycle on the beach anymore. There won't be a beach.

Pictures taken with a mobile phone.

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Re: OT: Suggestions for Anti-virus software?

[Bruce Walker]

On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 1:04 AM, John  wrote:
> I mentioned here before that I have acquired a Mac Mini that's supposed to
> be a little home recording studio. I'm getting ready to un-box it and set it
> up, and I already know I'm going to have to connect it to the internet for
> software authentication. (I've been reading the manual ... gives a whole new
> meaning to "fine print".)
>
> Anyway, I "know" Macs aren't supposed to get viruses, but I'd rather be safe
> than sorry.
>
> So, before I take the plunge & plug it in, I'd like suggestions for
> anti-virus software for the Mac.

Try this: http://clamxav.com/

FWIW to you, I don't use any AV software on Mac OS X and never have. I
am a veteran of both Mac OS X and antivirus technology, having been
the principal architect of a corporate network messaging security
product for a firewall company (Borderware). I have used Mac OS X from
when it was NeXTSTEP and then OpenStep. The security model is UNIX's;
clean, understandable, robust and time-proven.

You should enable the Mac's firewall for extra protection, especially
if you don't trust your network router's firewall. Go to System
Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> Firewall

Also see:
https://www.apple.com/osx/what-is/security.html


> Also, do Macs have a "hosts" file?
>
> On Windoze, I use a robust "hosts" file to block unwanted SPAM & Malware
> sites.

Yes: /etc/hosts

John, how familiar are you with UNIX, Linux and/or FreeBSD? If you are
a UNIX person, you can get very far by assuming UNIX behaviour for
things like networking and general OS questions. So your hosts text
file is /etc/hosts just like it's been since the Berkeley days.

You should get familiar with /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app
which is a terrific straightforward command line environment. The
default shell is /bin/bash.

See:
http://www.mactip.net/how-to-edit-the-hosts-file-on-a-mac/

You can use vi/vim to edit if you prefer.

Keep in mind that Mac OS X is a significantly evolved UNIX. The order
of name lookups and what sources to consult (eg BIND/named) are
controlled by a network services daemon.

Read this as it may save you a bunch of annoyance:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6841421/mac-osx-lion-dns-lookup-order

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Re: OT: Suggestions for Anti-virus software?

[Aahz Maruch]

That's half-true, but I don't remember the details.  That is, OSX is
built on a Unix foundation and therefore has /etc/hosts, but Apple must
be Different and has a bunch of unique/non-standard mechansisms for
handling networking and host lookup.

Some quacking should help you find more info.


On Sun, Mar 09, 2014, P.J. Alling wrote:
>
> I don't know anything about AV software for Macs but I do know they
> have have a "hosts" file and I'm pretty sure it's called hosts.
> 
> On 3/9/2014 1:04 AM, John wrote:
>>I mentioned here before that I have acquired a Mac Mini that's
>>supposed to be a little home recording studio. I'm getting ready
>>to un-box it and set it up, and I already know I'm going to have
>>to connect it to the internet for software authentication. (I've
>>been reading the manual ... gives a whole new meaning to "fine
>>print".)
>>
>>Anyway, I "know" Macs aren't supposed to get viruses, but I'd
>>rather be safe than sorry.
>>
>>So, before I take the plunge & plug it in, I'd like suggestions
>>for anti-virus software for the Mac.
>>
>>Also, do Macs have a "hosts" file?
>>
>>On Windoze, I use a robust "hosts" file to block unwanted SPAM &
>>Malware sites.
>>
> 
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Re: Firmware updates for 1.4x TC (many models)

[Zos Xavius]

well, ordinary TCs worked on those cameras before. I wouldn't be
surprised if this one worked just fine. the firmware updates probably
just update any software corrections the camera makes.

On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 2:11 PM, Bruce Walker  wrote:
> Sniff.
>
> On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 1:26 PM, P.J. Alling  
> wrote:
>> No support for earlier cameras, not that I really expected updates for the
>> *ist series, but the K10D/K20D?  Those are still viable cameras and
>> supported in lens motors.  Seems kinda, well sad, really.
>>
>>
>> On 3/6/2014 11:24 AM, Darren Addy wrote:
>>>
>>> http://www.ricoh-imaging.co.jp/english/support/
>>> (scroll to bottom: News, for links)
>>>
>>> Also for the usual "Improved stability for general performance."
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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Re: K-3 wonkiness

[Zos Xavius]

Stan? you ever get to the bottom of this?

On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 2:34 PM, Steve Cottrell  wrote:
> On 4/3/14, Bob W-PDML, discombobulated, unleashed:
>
>>Cameras always know when you are far from home, and do something to mess
>>with your head. It might be worthwhile to sit down with both cameras and
>>make sure that A and B are...
>
> ...given a damn good talking-to !!!
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Re: OT: Suggestions for Anti-virus software?

[Paul Stenquist]

The best anti virus software for Macs seems to be what Apple provides via OS 
updates .

Paul via phone

> On Mar 9, 2014, at 3:34 AM, "P.J. Alling"  wrote:
> 
> I don't know anything about AV software for Macs but I do know they have have 
> a "hosts" file and I'm pretty sure it's called hosts.
> 
>> On 3/9/2014 1:04 AM, John wrote:
>> I mentioned here before that I have acquired a Mac Mini that's supposed to 
>> be a little home recording studio. I'm getting ready to un-box it and set it 
>> up, and I already know I'm going to have to connect it to the internet for 
>> software authentication. (I've been reading the manual ... gives a whole new 
>> meaning to "fine print".)
>> 
>> Anyway, I "know" Macs aren't supposed to get viruses, but I'd rather be safe 
>> than sorry.
>> 
>> So, before I take the plunge & plug it in, I'd like suggestions for 
>> anti-virus software for the Mac.
>> 
>> Also, do Macs have a "hosts" file?
>> 
>> On Windoze, I use a robust "hosts" file to block unwanted SPAM & Malware 
>> sites.
> 
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Re: OT: Fuji X-T1

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For anyone reading this thread, this link will be of interest. In-depth
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Re: OT: Suggestions for Anti-virus software?

[Steve Cottrell]

On 9/3/14, John, discombobulated, unleashed:

>I have acquired a Mac Mini 

When did hell freeze over?

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Re: Beach bike bomb-blast breasts showing building site Bob's barrack

[Alan C]

Thanks for the history lesson, Bob. Very interesting. My wife's cousin & her 
husband used to own "The Pointer School" in Blackheath so we were fortunate 
to spend some time in the area. I understand that the open area of 
Blackheath is actually an informal cemetery from the days of the plague 
which is why no construction has ever taken place.


Alan

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barrack


On 9 Mar 2014, at 04:40, "Alan C"  wrote:


It's amazing how quickly the face of the Thames is changing.


Yes, when I moved here 20 years ago it was all rather a lovely forgotten 
backwater with crumbling and derelict light industry along the river, a 
foul-smelling starch refinery and a lovely old boat repair yard. The boat 
repair yard is still here but will be moved downstream to make way for the 
liner terminal and for blocks of flats.


Someone will be making a fortune. I didn't realise Blackheath actually 
extended all the way to the Thames. You'd think the part by the river 
would have a different name.


It does - it's Greenwich.

Greenwich as a historical settlement is much older than Blackheath, going 
back at least to the Bronze age. The name Greenwich is Saxon, but the park 
contains burial mounds that are thought to be early Bronze Age, and which 
the Anglo-saxons reused. There are also Roman buildings and the settlement 
is well attested at that time, not least because the Romans built a road 
through the park (they'd never get planning permission these days). There's 
a coaching inn called the Spread Eagle at the point where the road meets the 
riverside; pubs with Eagle in the name are supposedly, perhaps apocryphally, 
indicative of where the legions planted their standards and set up a 
barracks.


Greenwich Park used to be part of Blackheath until Henry VIII enclosed it, 
so in that sense Blackheath does extend to the river, but the bit where I 
live was marshland until the late 19th century. Endersby's Wharf, which is 
where the beach and the cruise terminal are, have been industrial wharves 
for centuries. One of the buildings not being demolished is Endersby house, 
which is name-checked in Moby Dick. Endersby Wharf was a whaling station, 
and the name features in place-names in Antarctica and other whaling parts 
of the world.


A lot of the buildings being demolished are not that old judging by the 
concrete. What will they do with all that rubble?


Just a few yards downstream from Enderby Wharf is Ballast Wharf. Gravel used 
to be extracted from Blackheath and loaded onto ships as ballast. There is 
still a lot of activity there now off-loading various grades of gravel and 
rock from ships, presumably to be trucked into parts of London where it's 
needed. My guess is that much of that rubble will be taken by barge to 
landfill, to reclaiming land, and to be recycled as building material or 
ballast. A friend of mine who's a structural engineer and worked on the 
emergency response to the Haiti earthquake told me that it was a big problem 
for them to dispose of the rubble, which they eventually decided to use to 
extend the island.


London had similar problems after the blitz; much of that rubble was used to 
fill in the old gravel works on Blackheath. What goes around comes around.


B







Alan C

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Subject: Beach bike bomb-blast breasts showing building site Bob's barrack

It's been a lovely warm spring day today here in Olde Londonville, so I 
had

a nice walk along the river near my house. Here, by way of contrast with
Frank's ice-bikers, is Mr. Sandman:

and you won't be able to cycle on the beach anymore. There won't be a 
beach.


Pictures taken with a mobile phone.

B

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Re: Beach bike bomb-blast breasts showing building site Bob's barrack

[Bob W-PDML]

On 9 Mar 2014, at 04:40, "Alan C"  wrote:
> 
> It's amazing how quickly the face of the Thames is changing.

Yes, when I moved here 20 years ago it was all rather a lovely forgotten 
backwater with crumbling and derelict light industry along the river, a 
foul-smelling starch refinery and a lovely old boat repair yard. The boat 
repair yard is still here but will be moved downstream to make way for the 
liner terminal and for blocks of flats.

> Someone will be making a fortune. I didn't realise Blackheath actually 
> extended all the way to the Thames. You'd think the part by the river would 
> have a different name.

It does - it's Greenwich. 

Greenwich as a historical settlement is much older than Blackheath, going back 
at least to the Bronze age. The name Greenwich is Saxon, but the park contains 
burial mounds that are thought to be early Bronze Age, and which the 
Anglo-saxons reused. There are also Roman buildings and the settlement is well 
attested at that time, not least because the Romans built a road through the 
park (they'd never get planning permission these days). There's a coaching inn 
called the Spread Eagle at the point where the road meets the riverside; pubs 
with Eagle in the name are supposedly, perhaps apocryphally, indicative of 
where the legions planted their standards and set up a barracks.

Greenwich Park used to be part of Blackheath until Henry VIII enclosed it, so 
in that sense Blackheath does extend to the river, but the bit where I live was 
marshland until the late 19th century. Endersby's Wharf, which is where the 
beach and the cruise terminal are, have been industrial wharves for centuries. 
One of the buildings not being demolished is Endersby house, which is 
name-checked in Moby Dick. Endersby Wharf was a whaling station, and the name 
features in place-names in Antarctica and other whaling parts of the world.

> A lot of the buildings being demolished are not that old judging by the 
> concrete. What will they do with all that rubble?

Just a few yards downstream from Enderby Wharf is Ballast Wharf. Gravel used to 
be extracted from Blackheath and loaded onto ships as ballast. There is still a 
lot of activity there now off-loading various grades of gravel and rock from 
ships, presumably to be trucked into parts of London where it's needed. My 
guess is that much of that rubble will be taken by barge to landfill, to 
reclaiming land, and to be recycled as building material or ballast. A friend 
of mine who's a structural engineer and worked on the emergency response to the 
Haiti earthquake told me that it was a big problem for them to dispose of the 
rubble, which they eventually decided to use to extend the island.

London had similar problems after the blitz; much of that rubble was used to 
fill in the old gravel works on Blackheath. What goes around comes around.

B





> 
> Alan C
> 
> -Original Message- From: Bob W
> Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2014 9:18 PM
> To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'
> Subject: Beach bike bomb-blast breasts showing building site Bob's barrack
> 
> It's been a lovely warm spring day today here in Olde Londonville, so I had
> a nice walk along the river near my house. Here, by way of contrast with
> Frank's ice-bikers, is Mr. Sandman:
>  
> If you stay in the same place and turn 180 degrees you see this:
>  
> You can see an end-of-terrace house with its chimney breasts showing -
> that's the street where I live. There probably used to be another house on
> the end of the terrace, but a bomb landed there during the war, and that's
> likely to be why the breasts are visible.
> 
> In next to no time that building site will be this:
> 
> and you won't be able to cycle on the beach anymore. There won't be a beach.
> 
> Pictures taken with a mobile phone.
> 
> B
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Re: OT: Suggestions for Anti-virus software?

[Philip Northeast]

I use comodo dragon on my mac mini

http://www.comodo.com

Philip Northeast

www.aviewfinderdarkly.com.au

On 9/03/2014 6:34 pm, P.J. Alling wrote:

I don't know anything about AV software for Macs but I do know they have
have a "hosts" file and I'm pretty sure it's called hosts.

On 3/9/2014 1:04 AM, John wrote:

I mentioned here before that I have acquired a Mac Mini that's
supposed to be a little home recording studio. I'm getting ready to
un-box it and set it up, and I already know I'm going to have to
connect it to the internet for software authentication. (I've been
reading the manual ... gives a whole new meaning to "fine print".)

Anyway, I "know" Macs aren't supposed to get viruses, but I'd rather
be safe than sorry.

So, before I take the plunge & plug it in, I'd like suggestions for
anti-virus software for the Mac.

Also, do Macs have a "hosts" file?

On Windoze, I use a robust "hosts" file to block unwanted SPAM &
Malware sites.






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