Congrats, Mickey.
You are right - 40mm is a lovely focal lenght. The diagonal of a 35mm neg is
close to 43.3mm. I suppose it's very close to what we might call a normal
lens - neither wide angle nor telephoto.
Regards
Jens
Jens Bladt
http://www.jensbladt.dk
-Oprindelig meddelelse-
Fra:
Hi!
I had 8 candidates for the final two images all of which would have
made the finish. I think these two do it for me.
http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW5/51.htm
http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW5/52.htm
Godfrey, here is what I have to say.
First, the 51.
It
On 19/2/06, Stan Halpin, discombobulated, unleashed:
. I officiated a
few races where there was a TV cameraman on the back of a motorcycle -
I thought the driver and cameraman were both crazy!
The shot comes first, then the money.
Cheers,
Cotty
___/\__
|| (O) | People, Places,
This one time, at band camp, John Celio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://www.neovenator.com/gallery/files/d2/infra_01.html
I love that filter. IIRC, it was a lot cheaper than the Hoya.
have one on order already :)
It seems to miss the grain of the IR film, maybe loses some of that
Hi all,
Does anyone know when Pentax fixed the flash
circuitry in the *ist D? The new camera
arrived today and the s/n is 5774677 -- the
old one was 5501200. I'm hoping I have the
improved model.
Don
--
Dr E D F Williams
__
From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2006/02/20 Mon AM 12:33:03 GMT
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: Re: Enabled: world's smallest 35mm SLR
I checked the dimensions and it seems that the MX and some other M-series
bodies are smaller than the *ist. The biggest issue is the
From: Mark Erickson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2006/02/20 Mon AM 12:41:45 GMT
To: 'pentax-discuss' pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: Fair use, intimidation, and copyright (was Re: Pentax lenses tests
from Chasseur d'Images)
This thread reminds me of something that happened a few years ago.
From: Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2006/02/20 Mon AM 12:55:20 GMT
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: Re: SMC DA 12-24/4 - request for RAW files
On Feb 19, 2006, at 4:26 PM, keith_w wrote:
Jarek Dabrowski wrote:
Godfrey DiGiorgi napisa?(a):
Why does that not
On 20/2/06, mike wilson, discombobulated, unleashed:
Jarek Dabrowski wrote:
Godfrey DiGiorgi napisa?(a):
Why does that not surprise me?
(Just kidding, G. ol' pal...
I found it impossible to pass up a good straight line!)
If I knew what it meant, would I be offended? ;-)
From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2006/02/20 Mon AM 09:55:12 GMT
To: pentax list pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: Re: SMC DA 12-24/4 - request for RAW files
On 20/2/06, mike wilson, discombobulated, unleashed:
Jarek Dabrowski wrote:
Godfrey DiGiorgi napisa?(a):
Why
On Feb 20, 2006, at 4:30 AM, mike wilson wrote:
By the way, I think that fair use is a concept specific to
United States
copyright law and legal precedent. What are the rules in Europe?
--Mark
http://www.cla.co.uk/support/he/he-support-licence.html
3. Conditions, about half way down.
I suggest you ask Pentax. But we'd still like to know as well. I do remember
reading about some kind of a problem - I just can't remember what the
problem was - not that I had any problems except for the presumeably
reversed polarity of the hot shoe.
Regards
Jens Bladt
http://www.jensbladt.dk
I suggest you ask Pentax. But we'd still like to know as well. I do remember
reading about some kind of a problem - I just can't remember what the
problem was - not that I had any problems except for the presumeably
reversed polarity of the hot shoe.
Regards
Jens Bladt
http://www.jensbladt.dk
Godfrey DiGiorgi napisa?(a):
Why does that not surprise me?
(Just kidding, G. ol' pal...
I found it impossible to pass up a good straight line!)
If I knew what it meant, would I be offended? ;-)
Godfrey
Cotty's always napisa'ed, as you can tell by his podpis.
Patrice LACOUTURE a écrit :
Here is a synthesis for primes for those who can't/don't want to buy
the magazine issue.
Seems like I posted this twice (the first one was an incomplete draft).
Sorry for this.
Also note that when I write = f/16, this means f/16, f/22, and so
forth... which is
Boris Liberman wrote on 20.02.06 11:51:
Now all my English blunders have been avenged...
Gentlemen, just to make sure you realise - pisat' in Russian (and
probably Polish) has two meanings: to write and to urinate.
No, in Polish it is odlac' sie' ;-)
--
Balance is the ultimate good...
Thanks Bruce. I'm sure both would be happy as BW, but I was loathe to
give up that colorful wall. I may eventually make a series out of my
pics from this particular store, which will probably be all BW.
Paul
On Feb 20, 2006, at 12:29 AM, Bruce Dayton wrote:
Nice shot, there Paul. I have
Boris Liberman wrote:
Gentlemen, just to make sure you realise - pisat' in Russian
(and probably Polish) has two meanings: to write and to urinate.
Well, it is cold there - writing in the snow?
Malcolm
Malcolm Smith wrote on 20.02.06 13:08:
Well, it is cold there - writing in the snow?
I believe there are places in Russia where you wouldn't be able to do it -
you urine would froze in the air not reaching ground or rather snow :-) I
think Boris can only confirm that ;-)
--
Balance is the
Have done. Lets see if they answer. But the
firmware version was still 1.0 which is not a
good sign is it?
Don
Jens Bladt wrote:
I suggest you ask Pentax. But we'd still like to know as well. I do remember
reading about some kind of a problem - I just can't remember what the
problem was -
That's a 'rural legend'. It doesn't happen.
Not at -48C anyway which is the coldest its
been here since we came to Finland. Other
much more uncomfortable things happen to
anatomy casually or promiscuously exposed in
very cold weather. Its a good idea not to do
any writing at all. Or at
Rick Womer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This is a good summary, though it doesn't contain
anything that hasn't been discussed here. Pentax gets
a couple of mentions.
Rick
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/20/technology/20camera.html?_r=1oref=slogin
or
http://tinyurl.com/qcn3w
Bugmenot.com suggests
It' probably the same firmware anyway.
Jens
Jens Bladt
http://www.jensbladt.dk
-Oprindelig meddelelse-
Fra: Don Williams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sendt: 20. februar 2006 13:23
Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Emne: Re: Flash circuitry modification *ist D
Have done. Lets see if they
From: Don Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2006/02/20 Mon PM 12:31:28 GMT
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: OT: Writing in the snow -- was SMC DA 12-24 etc.
That's a 'rural legend'. It doesn't happen.
Not at -48C anyway which is the coldest its
been here since we came to Finland.
From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2006/02/20 Mon PM 12:44:11 GMT
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: Re: NYTimes article on the photo industry
Rick Womer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This is a good summary, though it doesn't contain
anything that hasn't been discussed here.
mike wilson wrote on 20.02.06 14:03:
Doesn't that make the smoke smell peculiar?
No, but the flames become more yellowish ;-)
--
Balance is the ultimate good...
Best Regards
Sylwek
mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED]
You know what big consumer electronics powerhouse I haven't seen
mentioned in the context of digital photography? JVC. Kind of amazing,
actually. Anyone heard anything?
It's big in digital video, though, isn't it?
Don Williams wrote:
That's a 'rural legend'. It doesn't happen.
Not at -48C anyway which is the coldest its been here since
we came to Finland. Other much more uncomfortable things
happen to anatomy casually or promiscuously exposed in very
cold weather. Its a good idea not to do any
On Mon, 20 Feb 2006, Mark Roberts wrote:
mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED]
You know what big consumer electronics powerhouse I haven't seen
mentioned in the context of digital photography? JVC. Kind of amazing,
actually. Anyone heard anything?
It's
I think so.
Well at least there are owned by some other bigger player.
Aren't they at least partly owned by Matsushita?
I may be wrong.
Kostas
--
--
Thibouille
--
*ist-D,Z1,SFXn,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ...
Pretty simplistic article, mostly just repeating the obvious.
The author doesn't seem to know that the original Sony Mavica was not
a digital camera at all. It was a still video camera using analog
recording. Canon also made cameras like that. I still have one of
the cameras and a big
On 2/20/06, mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I think the *ist wins if you put the words autofocus, mass production in
the description.
Why do we need the mass production qualifier? Who's hand building a
smaller, lighter autofucus SLR?
--
Scott Loveless
http://www.twosixteen.com
--
From: Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2006/02/20 Mon PM 02:36:19 GMT
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: Re: Re: Enabled: world's smallest 35mm SLR
On 2/20/06, mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I think the *ist wins if you put the words autofocus, mass production in
the
I finally decided to order a istD grip for my big hands. It definitely
is a big improvement both in size and handling.
My question is if the on-off switch on the grip should power up the
camera? On my grip it doesn't and the controls only work when I switch
the camera and the grip on, batteries
My friend Elmo, in his grandmother's basement ... but seriously, there may
be some very small prototypes that were made at one time that never went
into mass production. For example, Pentax has made a number of prototypes
and some very small production runs of some lenses that never found their
I'll buy that!
One of the problems my wife and I have is finding stuff that fits both
of us. She's 5 feet tall, and I'm 6 feet. We've been talking about
building a house and can't decide on counter height. Whenever we buy
a car, it has to fit her (she often can't see over the dash on
American
No. The switch only turns the grip's power on/off.
Dave
On 2/20/06, Toine Kuiper [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I finally decided to order a istD grip for my big hands. It definitely
is a big improvement both in size and handling.
My question is if the on-off switch on the grip should power up the
I don't know about the D model but my second DS body was purchased 8
months after my first and still had the rev 1.0 firmware although rev
1.02 was available months before. I don't think they necessarily
change the package configuration.
Godfrey
On Feb 20, 2006, at 4:23 AM, Don Williams
No, the on/off on the grip only controls the grip's controls. You may
find (As I did) that the shutter button on the grip is very easy to
activate with the heel of your hand when shooting the camera in portrait
orientation.
The switch doesn't control whether the camera gets power from the
Having been out in -49C weather up in Sudbury, ON (The second largest
Finnish Community outside of Finland, oddly enough), I can concur with
Don's observations here.
-Adam
Don Williams wrote:
That's a 'rural legend'. It doesn't happen. Not at -48C anyway which is
the coldest its been here
Bob Shell wrote:
Pretty simplistic article, mostly just repeating the obvious.
That pretty much describes any article in the NYT these days. It's not
exactly the Paper of Record anymore.
The author doesn't seem to know that the original Sony Mavica was not a
digital camera at all. It
You may
find (As I did) that the shutter button on the grip is very easy to
activate with the heel of your hand when shooting the camera in portrait
orientation.
Yeah, same here ;)
It makes the presence of the switch heavily needed.
--
Thibouille
--
Kostas Kavoussanakis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mon, 20 Feb 2006, Mark Roberts wrote:
mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED]
You know what big consumer electronics powerhouse I haven't seen
mentioned in the context of digital photography? JVC. Kind of
On 2/14/06, John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The (cycling) tour of California is coming to San Jose next week,
so I thought I might take the opportunity to pop out and try my
hand at photographing something moving a little slower than the
racecars I usually shoot.
I'd appreciate
On Mon, 20 Feb 2006, Mark Roberts wrote:
No, you may be thinking of Panasonic.
Japan Victor Corp is pretty huge and I don't think they're owned by
anyone else.
I knew about (National) Panny and Technics. Had got wind about JVC.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matsushita
Controlling
January 1996, there was two days whilst working on a pipeline near Geralton
Ontario, the
temperature
was recorded at -52 Celcius,with no wind chill factored in. Luckily there was
none.:-)
(What a crappy sentence)
I, Ahumm, used the bush lavatory several times and Ahumm, it made it to the
Kostas Kavoussanakis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mon, 20 Feb 2006, Mark Roberts wrote:
No, you may be thinking of Panasonic.
Japan Victor Corp is pretty huge and I don't think they're owned by
anyone else.
I knew about (National) Panny and Technics. Had got wind about JVC.
I borrowed the world's smallest tagline from Pentax marketing, LOL,
but I should have added auto-focus. I think Minolta made the same
claim for their Maxxum 5.
The big puzzle, to me, is why does Pentax say the DA 40mm does not
work on 35mm? Mounted on a 35mm body, the small size and nice
51 is pretty cool to me. Three stools, each with a different story.
I do wish the left stools was just a bit more in the picture.
--
Best regards,
Bruce
Sunday, February 19, 2006, 11:43:08 PM, you wrote:
GD Whew.
GD I had 8 candidates for the final two images all of which would have
GD made
Unca Mikey wrote:
I borrowed the world's smallest tagline from Pentax marketing, LOL,
but I should have added auto-focus. I think Minolta made the same
claim for their Maxxum 5.
The claim was accurate, the Maxxum 5 predates the *ist by several years,
and until the *ist, it was smallest.
Saturday was Snowgolf day. Perfect weather, -20 C and sunny to
start, snow to
finish.
Good turn out,good pot luck supper and lots of ice to slip on.
Game started right on time, 1 1/2 hours late. It was over by 3:15,the team i
was on won
for the second
straight year.
Four
The article at least confirms that Pentax is making that Schneider 18-55
for Samsung. Of course we knew that, but Samsung denied that it was a
Pentax lens.
Joe
On Mon, 20 Feb 2006, Mark Roberts wrote:
Interesting. Still doesn't explain why JVC has stayed out of the digicam
business.
Well, sister Panasonic don't have that much out either, do they.
Perhaps they don't see money in the field. They may also not see the
competitive advantage of JVC in
Both are great shots Godfrey. I agree with Bruce. I like 51the best, but would
have liked
to have seen
all 3 stools.
I like the metering in 52. Did you spot meter on the face to get detail on the
clothes and
over expose the
background.Thats my theroy anyway.:-)
Now, i need motivatiion to
Only the 16-45 f/4 ED AL stands out as being particularly
disappointing, because of very poor sharpness anywhere but at the
center, all but closed down at f/16!
Merci, Patrice.
It is curious that they managed to get results on the DA 16-45 so
different from everyone else's experience with
On 2/20/06, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Whew.
I had 8 candidates for the final two images all of which would have
made the finish. I think these two do it for me.
http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW5/51.htm
http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW5/52.htm
I upgraded the firmware in the new *ist D
this afternoon, noting that in the 'read
this' Pentax recommend using the mains
adapter. I plugged in the hefty 6V 12 AH lead
acid gel battery and did the job. Half way
through the process (2nd stage) there was a
total power failure. There you are.
Thanks everyone. Now I don't need to guess if it was by design or
malfunctioning of the grip.
On Feb 20, 2006, at 11:54 AM, Joseph Tainter wrote:
Merci, Patrice.
It is curious that they managed to get results on the DA 16-45 so
different from everyone else's experience with that lens.
Joe
Sample variation. They just got a lousy sample.
You'd think companies would check out
Joseph Tainter wrote on 20.02.06 17:54:
Only the 16-45 f/4 ED AL stands out as being particularly
disappointing, because of very poor sharpness anywhere but at the
center, all but closed down at f/16!
That's funny, because their countrymen from pictchallenge rated DA 16-45/4
very high and said
On 2/18/06, David Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My brain is about to explode. Hand me the blue pill.
That's not what I thought the blue pill was for...
LOL
-frank
--
Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Cute camera and lens.
40mm on 24x36 film has always been one of my favorites.
40mm proves a little less desirable for me on the DSLR bodies; 28mm
gives about the same field of view. I find myself using 28mm and 35mm
a lot with the FA20-35, perhaps I should invest in an FA28/2.8 AL.
The
I wish Pentax would issue an update for the *ist D firmware at least to
recognize more recent lenses.
Joe
You mean Pentax Photo Laboratory?
--
--
Thibouille
--
*ist-D,Z1,SFXn,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ...
Bob W wrote:
http://www.cottysnaps.com/snaps/landscapes/images/pic41.html
yeah - don't know what the light was before but this light is
lovely to my eye.
what a stark place.
Ann,
it's chalk downland - the same stuff as the White Cliffs of Dover. It was
once the bottom
The D should recognize the most recent lenses, that info is read from
the lens chip, which means the Firmware shouldn't affect it.
-Adam
Joseph Tainter wrote:
I wish Pentax would issue an update for the *ist D firmware at least to
recognize more recent lenses.
Joe
I just found this software - works great for watermarking photographs for
the internet etc.
It can put in you own logo and text etc. and there's quite a lot of editing
posibilities.
It can resample and rename the images at the same time as well.
All in batch conversion, naturally.
It can do even
On Mon, Feb 20, 2006 at 10:50:05AM -0700, Joseph Tainter wrote:
I wish Pentax would issue an update for the *ist D firmware at least to
recognize more recent lenses.
Joe
My *ist-D works just fine with the DA14, 16-45, etc., and I'm sure
Paul Stenquist has used the 12-24 on his *ist-D with
I did mine on a set of fresh lith's.
Worked well and had enough juice left over for 700 pictures.:-)
Dave
I upgraded the firmware in the new *ist D
this afternoon, noting that in the 'read
this' Pentax recommend using the mains
adapter. I plugged in
On Mon, Feb 20, 2006 at 10:50:05AM
-0700,
Joseph Tainter wrote:
I wish Pentax would issue an update for the *ist D firmware at least to
recognize more recent lenses.
Joe
My *ist-D works just fine with the DA14, 16-45, etc., and I'm sure
Paul
Yes, I've had no problems with the 12-24 and the firmware. I don't use the
Pentax Photo Browser. The Adobe Raw Converter gives me the focal length at
which I shot. If I need to know what lens I used, I can usually identify it
from that info.
Paul
-- Original message
This is part of the Pentax mystique. The manuals are written by
marketing people who have never seen, much used, the Pentax equipment
about which they are writing. A clearly written manual would diminish
the sense of adventure derived from exploring the camera's
functionality on your own. In
On 2/16/06, Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Pentax *istD, Tokina AT-X AF 400/5.6 SD, Handheld
ISO 400, 1/500 sec @ f/8.0
Converted from Raw using Capture One LE
http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_2516.htm
Comments welcome.
Beautiful - the backlighting's amazing, and that single
frank theriault wrote:
On 2/18/06, David Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My brain is about to explode. Hand me the blue pill.
That's not what I thought the blue pill was for...
LOL
-frank
No, it isn't.
It's to keep you from rolling off the bed during a restless night.
keith whaley
Check out
http://mypeoplepc.com/members/kwaller/offwallphoto/id2.html
All comments solicited, yeah, nay, and/or otherwise.
What would you do differently?
Thanks in advance
Kenneth Waller
Hi!
People of PDML :-), I'd like to buy a 31 Ltd lens. Knowing that it can
be bought new from Adorama or BHPhoto with $100 rebate, I am asking a
fellow (American) PDMLer to do a favor (rather big one) for me - help me
get the sucker.
Please contact me off-list if you're inclined to help.
On 2/19/06, Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I readily admit - I am reading yet another book on composition. I am
not sure how much I learn, but it does make me stop and think deeper.
What I see is that I've much to learn from you. Here's why:
1. Two men - one on the platform and one
Sylwester Pietrzyk a écrit :
Joseph Tainter wrote on 20.02.06 17:54:
Only the 16-45 f/4 ED AL stands out as being particularly
disappointing, because of very poor sharpness anywhere but at the
center, all but closed down at f/16!
That's funny, because their countrymen from
On 2/19/06, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I like it. Can't say why exactly, but I do g
I'm kind of in the same boat, Dave... LOL
cheers,
frank
--
Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Patrice LACOUTURE (GMail) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Either they got a faulty unit, or they messed up their testing protocol.
At any rate, they should have double-checked before publishing this
result. A serious magazine would have done this. Then again, they've
stopped being serious, years ago.
Gonz wrote:
Juan Buhler wrote:
On 2/17/06, Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What about the 2nd law of Thermodynamics?
The 2nd law should never be the reason you don't keep your room neat.
Same for it applied to evolution--you can obtain order out of a
chaotic system if you apply energy
On 2/18/06, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
We've been so busy moving house, and then there's the day job, I haven't
shot anything at all of worth since before Christmas. I was a few
minutes early on my way to a job, and passed this scene. I waited 15
minutes and shot half a dozen frames but
Very nice, Kenneth--I like it even more than the last
one, because the trees and reflections add a lot.
The contrast seems a bit low for something shot on
Velvia--did it lose some contrast in scanning? It
would be nice to have the trees a bit brighter, but I
wouldn't want the background any
On 2/18/06, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 18/2/06, Paul Stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed:
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4136905size=lg
Excellent catch. Love the composition.
I like the black and white one better. More emotion (not because of
the bw, just because it's
Strange as IMO Réponse Photo was, years ago, piece of s***.
Seems the exchanged roles ;)
2006/2/20, Ralf R. Radermacher [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Patrice LACOUTURE (GMail) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Either they got a faulty unit, or they messed up their testing protocol.
At any rate, they should
Someone just pointed me to this, which is very apropos:
http://tinyurl.com/alrzj
Bob
You wanna see awesome photography?
Try to get you hands on Journeys to the Ends of the Earth by Australian
photographer David Adams.
The DVD's ar availbale at:
http://shop.abc.net.au/browse/categoryformat.asp?categoryid=50formatid=2
They are broad casted in Danish TV currently, but I want to get
I am glad that you mentioned composition, because to me, this
was more about composition than it was about the subject
matter (if you know what I mean).
That's how I define pictorialism.
Bob
The chalk, as you probably know, is the remains of
trillions of little
creatures that died over millions of years.
YUp - I do know about the chalk being beasties , (geology was
my minor so I had better) but didn't know or note where Cotty
was when he took this. It looks like a
Marco Polo recounts a story of a man and wife in the colder parts of the
world who were returning home one frozen evening after a particularly
drunken wedding party. She had to stop to pay a little visit, but found
after squatting that her pubes had frozen to the ground, so she couldn't
stand up
At the moment, it's got to be this one
http://www.pbase.com/wendybeard/image/52248422
It makes me smile every time I look at it.
(It's my son, Matthew, with Tanja)
Wendy
On 2/20/06, Bob Shell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Someone just pointed me to this, which is very apropos:
http://tinyurl.com/alrzj
Bob
I'm not sure what Mr. Kurzweil is getting at, but I don't know why
people think it's such a huge co-incidence that everything in this
universe works so well WRT
Bob Shell wrote:
Someone just pointed me to this, which is very apropos:
http://tinyurl.com/alrzj
This may have been a interesting intellectual exercise, but it is far from
*science*. It's pure conjecture. The author admits that it's speculation.
To present this as if it has meaning and
Someone just pointed me to this, which is very apropos:
http://tinyurl.com/alrzj
Bob
I'm not sure what Mr. Kurzweil is getting at, but I don't
know why people think it's such a huge co-incidence that
everything in this universe works so well WRT life and our
existence here
Apparently the net is spontaneously generating self-replicating essages.
Tom C.
From: Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: Re: Religon, Christ vs. the Other Guy
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 16:51:52 -0700
Still not evolution of the
Hmm. Looks to me like the list is throwing up some old posts from a few days
ago. Either that or the Big Crunch has started and we can all read the bits
of the religion thread we missed first time around...
Bob
Very nice - very Japanese.
--
Cheers,
Bob
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From: Jack Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 17 February 2006 15:36
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: Re: Poll: Best Photo Ever
Of my inventory, in case of fire, I'd try to save this slide first:
On 2/20/06, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The anthropic principle is a variation of the design argument, and can be
countered in most of the same ways. The design argument says, basically,
'This stuff is really complicated. I can't figure out how it got here,
therefore God did it'. Dawkins
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From: Bob Shell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bob,
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Cheers,
Bob
Actually, that makes sense. Sort of
Bob
Bob,
everything I say makes sense at the moment I say it. However, there is no
form of extended warranty beyond the moment the pearls of
Thibouille [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Strange as IMO Réponse Photo was, years ago, piece of s***.
Seems the exchanged roles ;)
They most definitely have.
Ralf
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