Re: e: From now on I shall call myself "The Great Destroyer"...
On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:15:44 -0400 Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Joseph McAllister wrote: > > Wikipedia > > > > When the first atomic bomb was exploded in the Nevada desert, a > > famous verse from the Bhagavad Gita, which begins "Kalo Asmi" > > was quoted by Robert J. Oppenheimer (the 'father' of the atomic > > bomb) after the successful detonation of the first nuclear weapon. > > He translated it as "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of > > worlds." > > Oppenheimer named the test site "Trinity" after the Hindu trinity: > Brahma, the Creator; Vishnu, the Preserver; and Shiva, the Destroyer. > Suitably apocalyptic, I think! these guys do have a weird sense of humour, don't they? if you can call it humour. the phrase used to convey the first successful indian nuclear test in 1974 was 'the buddha has finally smiled'... nuclear nirvana :-)) regards, subash -- 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: e: From now on I shall call myself "The Great Destroyer"...
Joseph McAllister wrote: > A day behind in my reading, but I was reminded of an incident from > WWII: > > Wikipedia > > When the first atomic bomb was exploded in the Nevada desert, a > famous verse from the Bhagavad Gita, which begins "Kalo Asmi" was > quoted by Robert J. Oppenheimer (the 'father' of the atomic bomb) > after the successful detonation of the first nuclear weapon. He > translated it as "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds." Oppenheimer named the test site "Trinity" after the Hindu trinity: Brahma, the Creator; Vishnu, the Preserver; and Shiva, the Destroyer. Suitably apocalyptic, I think! -- 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.
e: From now on I shall call myself "The Great Destroyer"...
On Aug 19, 2008, at 04:27 , [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> On Aug 19, 2008, at 2:21, Timber wrote: >>> >>> Oh and I am a big Nine Inch Nails fan too :) The Great Destroyer >>> is a >>> good song (especially performed live :P) >>> >> >> Heh. I was unaware that NiN has a song by that title as well - I'll >> have to dig it up and give it a listen. There is an album by the >> group "Low" (a Minnesota band!) with a title of that name - which is >> what I *thought* I was referencing. It's probably a literary >> reference which goes way back as well. >> >> -Charles > > Youtube is always helpful :) > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXVX2zzHxeg > > Cheers, > .t from Google: When Lucifer fell, he became Satan, the destroyer of things. A day behind in my reading, but I was reminded of an incident from WWII: Wikipedia When the first atomic bomb was exploded in the Nevada desert, a famous verse from the Bhagavad Gita, which begins "Kalo Asmi" was quoted by Robert J. Oppenheimer (the 'father' of the atomic bomb) after the successful detonation of the first nuclear weapon. He translated it as "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds." Joseph McAllister Pentaxian -- 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: From now on I shall call myself "The Great Destroyer"...
> On Aug 19, 2008, at 2:21, Timber wrote: >> >> Oh and I am a big Nine Inch Nails fan too :) The Great Destroyer is a >> good song (especially performed live :P) >> > > Heh. I was unaware that NiN has a song by that title as well - I'll > have to dig it up and give it a listen. There is an album by the > group "Low" (a Minnesota band!) with a title of that name - which is > what I *thought* I was referencing. It's probably a literary > reference which goes way back as well. > > -Charles Youtube is always helpfull :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXVX2zzHxeg Cheers, .t -- 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: From now on I shall call myself "The Great Destroyer"...
On Aug 19, 2008, at 2:21, Timber wrote: > > Oh and I am a big Nine Inch Nails fan too :) The Great Destroyer is a > good song (especially performed live :P) > Heh. I was unaware that NiN has a song by that title as well - I'll have to dig it up and give it a listen. There is an album by the group "Low" (a Minnesota band!) with a title of that name - which is what I *thought* I was referencing. It's probably a literary reference which goes way back as well. -Charles -- Charles Robinson - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org -- 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: From now on I shall call myself "The Great Destroyer"...
>> This kind of thing makes me weary. Nothing any of you can do about >> it, I know, but I just wanted to vent. Does anybody else here ever >> feel like they're the only one who manages to have things break on >> them all the time? >> >> -Charles >> > Computers, Audio, Photography - all seem to be against me at one time > or another. > > You are not alone Charles. > > Joseph McAllister > Pentaxian > Same goes here. And the worst at all that there's noone else to blame just me :) Oh and I am a big Nine Inch Nails fan too :) The Great Destroyer is a good song (especially performed live :P) Cheers, .timber -- 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: From now on I shall call myself "The Great Destroyer"...
We've got a computer guy at work like you... http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Mon, 8/18/08, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I seem to have the opposite weird problem. > Broken machines often "just work" when I go near > them. > Even ones reputed to be so poorly designed that they cannot > possibly > function. > > Makes me a somewhat dubious equipment tester. ;-) > > Godfrey > > On Aug 18, 2008, at 1:41 PM, Charles Robinson wrote: > > > ... > > (sigh) > > > > This kind of thing makes me weary. Nothing any of > you can do about > > it, I know, but I just wanted to vent. Does anybody > else here ever > > feel like they're the only one who manages to have > things break on > > them all the time? > > > -- > 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: From now on I shall call myself "The Great Destroyer"...
Charles, You remember a few years ago when a "V chip" to filter out violence and sex in video and web content was being touted? Well, it never came to pass. What =did= come to pass, without the press taking any notice, is the "S chip". The S chip has the User Stress Detector (USD). When the USD detects user stress (a wedding shoot, for example) it uses top-secret algorithms to increase the chances of a device failure. In effect, it applies Gumperson's Corollary to Murphy's Law, to wit, "The probability of a given event is inversely proportional to its desirability". Pentax is a sophisticated, though conservative, company; so I am sure that there is S chip technology in the 540 flash. The Smegma flash, being much less sophisticated, just has a high rate of random failures, independent of user stress. I can testify to this. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Mon, 8/18/08, Charles Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Charles Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: From now on I shall call myself "The Great Destroyer"... > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Date: Monday, August 18, 2008, 4:41 PM > I've had no end of weird problems. > > Two months ago, my AF540FGZ decided that it didn't want > to work in P- > TTL mode. The preflash (if there is any at all) is so weak > that the > K10D sees the room as DARK DARK DARK and thus cranks the > flash output > up to about 100%. Sadness. Still works great in the > "A" mode, > though, so I haven't sent it in yet. > > A couple days ago I figured out that the problems I've > been having > with the 16-50 not getting a focus lock at infinity when at > 16mm is > directly related to the Anti-Shake - if I turn of > Anti-Shake it locks > focus at infinity every time. Any other distance (or zoom > setting) > and it's a non-problem. I don't know yet if this > is something related > to the lens, the camera, or a magic combination. This > problem, > though, seems to have shown up since having the 16-50 > serviced for a > broken screw somewhere in the barrel which was causing the > lens to be > wobbly. Oy Vey! > > Lastly, I'm shooting an event a few nights ago and I > decide to use the > EF 500 DG Super, so I can have my P-TTL goodness. Halfway > through, I > decided I want to use trailing-curtain flash. With the 540 > you can > set all of this from the camera body, but the Sigma > won't do it unless > you select that mode directly from the back of the flash. > However... > NONE of the buttons on the rear of the flash work anymore, > so it's > stuck in the default P-TTL mode and that's that. I > wonder if sending > it in to get the "re-chip" required for K10D > wireless compatibility > would magically fix this problem too? > > (sigh) > > This kind of thing makes me weary. Nothing any of you can > do about > it, I know, but I just wanted to vent. Does anybody else > here ever > feel like they're the only one who manages to have > things break on > them all the time? > > -Charles > > -- > Charles Robinson - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Minneapolis, MN > http://charles.robinsontwins.org > > > -- > 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: From now on I shall call myself "The Great Destroyer"...
2008/8/19 Joseph McAllister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Aug 18, 2008, at 13:52 , Charles Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> (sigh) >> >> This kind of thing makes me weary. Nothing any of you can do about >> it, I know, but I just wanted to vent. Does anybody else here ever >> feel like they're the only one who manages to have things break on >> them all the time? >> >> -Charles > > > Computers, Audio, Photography - all seem to be against me at one time > or another. > > You are not alone Charles. Yes he is. My recent photographic equipment experiences have all be shits & giggles. :-D Dave -- 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: From now on I shall call myself "The Great Destroyer"...
I seem to have the opposite weird problem. Broken machines often "just work" when I go near them. Even ones reputed to be so poorly designed that they cannot possibly function. Makes me a somewhat dubious equipment tester. ;-) Godfrey On Aug 18, 2008, at 1:41 PM, Charles Robinson wrote: > ... > (sigh) > > This kind of thing makes me weary. Nothing any of you can do about > it, I know, but I just wanted to vent. Does anybody else here ever > feel like they're the only one who manages to have things break on > them all the time? -- 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: From now on I shall call myself "The Great Destroyer"...
On Aug 18, 2008, at 16:20, Joseph McAllister wrote: > > Computers, Audio, Photography - all seem to be against me at one time > or another. > > You are not alone Charles. > Thanks Joseph, that is a comfort to hear! -Charles -- Charles Robinson - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org -- 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: From now on I shall call myself "The Great Destroyer"...
On Aug 18, 2008, at 13:52 , Charles Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > (sigh) > > This kind of thing makes me weary. Nothing any of you can do about > it, I know, but I just wanted to vent. Does anybody else here ever > feel like they're the only one who manages to have things break on > them all the time? > > -Charles Computers, Audio, Photography - all seem to be against me at one time or another. You are not alone Charles. Joseph McAllister Pentaxian -- 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.
From now on I shall call myself "The Great Destroyer"...
I've had no end of weird problems. Two months ago, my AF540FGZ decided that it didn't want to work in P- TTL mode. The preflash (if there is any at all) is so weak that the K10D sees the room as DARK DARK DARK and thus cranks the flash output up to about 100%. Sadness. Still works great in the "A" mode, though, so I haven't sent it in yet. A couple days ago I figured out that the problems I've been having with the 16-50 not getting a focus lock at infinity when at 16mm is directly related to the Anti-Shake - if I turn of Anti-Shake it locks focus at infinity every time. Any other distance (or zoom setting) and it's a non-problem. I don't know yet if this is something related to the lens, the camera, or a magic combination. This problem, though, seems to have shown up since having the 16-50 serviced for a broken screw somewhere in the barrel which was causing the lens to be wobbly. Oy Vey! Lastly, I'm shooting an event a few nights ago and I decide to use the EF 500 DG Super, so I can have my P-TTL goodness. Halfway through, I decided I want to use trailing-curtain flash. With the 540 you can set all of this from the camera body, but the Sigma won't do it unless you select that mode directly from the back of the flash. However... NONE of the buttons on the rear of the flash work anymore, so it's stuck in the default P-TTL mode and that's that. I wonder if sending it in to get the "re-chip" required for K10D wireless compatibility would magically fix this problem too? (sigh) This kind of thing makes me weary. Nothing any of you can do about it, I know, but I just wanted to vent. Does anybody else here ever feel like they're the only one who manages to have things break on them all the time? -Charles -- Charles Robinson - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org -- 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.
