Re: OT: Documenting the Moment
On 8/1/14, Daniel J. Matyola, discombobulated, unleashed: http://xkcd.com/1314/ Hah! I'm looking forward to the day I put down my camera - if all goes to plan that'll be in 2018. I've been spending too much time looking down a viewfinder for the past 25 years and not taking it all in properly. Be good to start to live a bit!! Then I can pick up my stills cameras and keep going ;-) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- 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: Documenting the Moment
Thanks for sharing that Daniel. I think that the problem that the XKCD author is highlighting is the problem of people who, often in an effort to feel better about themselves, denigrate completely rational choices that other people have a right to make for themselves. Often, such people are unwilling (or unable) to consider any other side than the one that they have chosen to subscribe to. The photographer in the comic first draws attention to a completely rational point of view which is the opposite of the denigrator's, and then (in addition) emphasizes the inappropriateness (dare we say stupidity or futility?) of wasting brain cycles on the value judgments made by others, particularly when they have minimal to nonexistent impact on anyone else. See also: codependency There. Isn't it much funnier now? -- 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: Documenting the Moment
Darren, My brain doesn't have cycles. Can you overclock yours? Regards, Bob S. On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 11:21 AM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for sharing that Daniel. I think that the problem that the XKCD author is highlighting is the problem of people who, often in an effort to feel better about themselves, denigrate completely rational choices that other people have a right to make for themselves. Often, such people are unwilling (or unable) to consider any other side than the one that they have chosen to subscribe to. The photographer in the comic first draws attention to a completely rational point of view which is the opposite of the denigrator's, and then (in addition) emphasizes the inappropriateness (dare we say stupidity or futility?) of wasting brain cycles on the value judgments made by others, particularly when they have minimal to nonexistent impact on anyone else. See also: codependency There. Isn't it much funnier now? -- 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: Documenting the Moment
On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 11:30 AM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Darren, My brain doesn't have cycles. Can you overclock yours? Regards, Bob S. My brain overclocking is handled by Caffeine. Underclocking is handled by beer, preferably Belgian in style. -- 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: Documenting the Moment
On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 12:41 PM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: My brain overclocking is handled by Caffeine. Underclocking is handled by beer, preferably Belgian in style. And for 'suspend', there's bourbon. -- 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: Documenting the Moment
On 9 Jan 2014, at 17:21, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for sharing that Daniel. I think that the problem that the XKCD author is highlighting is the problem of people who, often in an effort to feel better about themselves, denigrate completely rational choices that other people have a right to make for themselves. Often, such people are unwilling (or unable) to consider any other side than the one that they have chosen to subscribe to. People who've said that type of thing to me seem to be suggesting that their 'living in the moment' is some sort of poetic experience unavailable to the sort of brutish clod who would soil the moment by taking photographs. Of course, it would be ok to sketch a water-colour, provided you wore a smock. It's some sort of hangover from teenage romanticism. The photographer in the comic first draws attention to a completely rational point of view which is the opposite of the denigrator's, and then (in addition) emphasizes the inappropriateness (dare we say stupidity or futility?) of wasting brain cycles on the value judgments made by others, particularly when they have minimal to nonexistent impact on anyone else. See also: codependency There. Isn't it much funnier now? I soiled myself laughing. B -- 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: Documenting the Moment
On Thu, Jan 09, 2014 at 11:21:15AM -0600, Darren Addy wrote: ... the problem of people who, often in an effort to feel better about themselves, denigrate completely rational choices that other people have a right to make for themselves. Often, such people are unwilling (or unable) to consider any other side than the one that they have chosen to subscribe to. In the RPG community (where I spend even more time than on PDML) that mis-labelling is so common that we have a word for it - badwrongfun -- 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: Documenting the Moment
John Francis wrote: On Thu, Jan 09, 2014 at 11:21:15AM -0600, Darren Addy wrote: ... the problem of people who, often in an effort to feel better about themselves, denigrate completely rational choices that other people have a right to make for themselves. Often, such people are unwilling (or unable) to consider any other side than the one that they have chosen to subscribe to. In the RPG community (where I spend even more time than on PDML) that mis-labelling is so common that we have a word for it - badwrongfun You never want to mess with someone who spends a lot of time in the rocket-propelled grenade community. -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.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: Documenting the Moment
On 9 Jan 2014, at 22:46, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: John Francis wrote: On Thu, Jan 09, 2014 at 11:21:15AM -0600, Darren Addy wrote: ... the problem of people who, often in an effort to feel better about themselves, denigrate completely rational choices that other people have a right to make for themselves. Often, such people are unwilling (or unable) to consider any other side than the one that they have chosen to subscribe to. In the RPG community (where I spend even more time than on PDML) that mis-labelling is so common that we have a word for it - badwrongfun You never want to mess with someone who spends a lot of time in the rocket-propelled grenade community. Or 1990s IBM mid-range programming B -- 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: Documenting the Moment
On 1/9/2014 5:46 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: John Francis wrote: On Thu, Jan 09, 2014 at 11:21:15AM -0600, Darren Addy wrote: ... the problem of people who, often in an effort to feel better about themselves, denigrate completely rational choices that other people have a right to make for themselves. Often, such people are unwilling (or unable) to consider any other side than the one that they have chosen to subscribe to. In the RPG community (where I spend even more time than on PDML) that mis-labelling is so common that we have a word for it - badwrongfun You never want to mess with someone who spends a lot of time in the rocket-propelled grenade community. Unless you're the one with all the rockets. -- 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.
OT: Documenting the Moment
http://xkcd.com/1314/ Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- 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: Documenting the Moment
Heh! That said, there are times I'm really glad I didn't bring a camera to an event because I know what happens to me: I become almost completely consumed in the process of shooting and undoubtedly miss things. But I'll invariably bring my gear to the _next_ such event I attend, and I'll enjoy it in a different way. On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 9:14 AM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: http://xkcd.com/1314/ Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- 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. -- -bmw -- 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.
