PESO - Superhero

2014-04-07 Thread Marco Alpert
http://www.alpert.com/marco/photo14/peso7.html Comments, as always, welcomed. -Marco --- http://www.alpert.com/marco -- 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

Re: Leaping Tiger

2014-04-07 Thread Mark C
Thanks Jack. Anything much bigger than web sized shows that the focus is either on the cat's tail or the foliage behind him. The last shot was a pre-leap anticipation - unfortunately my reflexes are not cat-like so by the time I pushed the shutter button when he jumped he was way out of the

Re: Leaping Tiger

2014-04-07 Thread Mark C
Thanks Ken! After just a couple of weeks mostly outdoors he's lost the weight he put on over the winter. I only wish it was so easy On 4/6/2014 11:50 PM, Ken Waller wrote: any advice about how to get the eyes sharp and the tailed blurred (instead of the other way around) would be

Re: Interesting photographs from USSR from 1940-70s

2014-04-07 Thread Mark C
Again '2' - nice painting. Almost Norman Rockwell-ish in the theme but not the execution. I've never seen street cleaners like those - must of been quite a sound as the fleet of them passed by! Thanks for posting the link - Mark On 4/7/2014 12:34 AM, Igor Roshchin wrote: Mark, Yes, those

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2014-04-07 Thread Jack Davis
Can you see me now? Jack -- 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: Test

2014-04-07 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Must be a Verizon commercial … ;-) G On Apr 7, 2014, at 5:57 AM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Can you see me now? Jack -- 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

Re: Test

2014-04-07 Thread Jack Davis
No, Yahoo. Thanks, G - Original Message - From: Godfrey DiGiorgi godfreydigio...@me.com To: PDML List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Monday, April 7, 2014 5:59 AM Subject: Re: Test Must be a Verizon commercial … ;-) G On Apr 7, 2014, at 5:57 AM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote:

Re: Test

2014-04-07 Thread Boris Liberman
I cannot see you, but I can read... Sent with AquaMail for Android http://www.aqua-mail.com On April 7, 2014 3:58:32 PM Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Can you see me now? Jack -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: Leaping Tiger

2014-04-07 Thread Alan C
It is. Eat less run more - like train for a marathon! Alan C -Original Message- From: Mark C Sent: Monday, April 07, 2014 1:59 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Leaping Tiger Thanks Ken! After just a couple of weeks mostly outdoors he's lost the weight he put on over the

Re: Test

2014-04-07 Thread Paul
Still showing up in my Spam folder - have been for the last couple days -p On 4/7/2014 7:57 AM, Jack Davis wrote: Can you see me now? Jack -- Being old doesn't seem so old now that I'm old. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Test

2014-04-07 Thread Jack Davis
Thanks, Boris. This is odd. I see responses, but my posts fail to appear in my folder. I've been checking Spam, but as yet, have discovered none in there. Anyone? Jack - Original Message - From: Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent:

Re: Leaping Tiger

2014-04-07 Thread Jack Davis
Try cat food. I guarantee your weight loss. J - Original Message - From: Alan C c...@lantic.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Monday, April 7, 2014 6:59 AM Subject: Re: Leaping Tiger It is. Eat less run more - like train for a marathon! Alan C -Original

PESO - Daffies

2014-04-07 Thread Rick Womer
Less than a week after the crocuses appeared, the daffodils are out. Spring is late, but rushing to catch up!  http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17730413size=lg  or  http://gallery.photo.net/photo/17730413-lg.jpg  (K-5, DA 50-200)  Comments?  Rick -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Leaping Tiger

2014-04-07 Thread David J Brooks
Nice, looks likwe our Norman Dave On Sun, Apr 6, 2014 at 8:40 PM, Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net wrote: Cat Content Caution: http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/2014/04/06/leaping-tiger-i?blog=9 My cat and I were hanging in the yard on this first truly warm day so far this year

Re: PESO - Daffies

2014-04-07 Thread Bob Sullivan
Lovely Rick, I can't wait for them to get here. Regards, Bob S. On Sun, Apr 6, 2014 at 7:48 PM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: Less than a week after the crocuses appeared, the daffodils are out. Spring is late, but rushing to catch up!

Re: Test

2014-04-07 Thread Jack Davis
Thanks, Paul. Good info. Jack - Original Message - From: Paul pentax1...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Monday, April 7, 2014 7:57 AM Subject: Re: Test Still showing up in my Spam folder - have been for the last couple days -p On 4/7/2014 7:57 AM,

Re: PESO - Daffies

2014-04-07 Thread Bob Sullivan
and gmail is sending you and Jack and John to SPAM. Filters not working to well... On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 10:10 AM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: Less than a week after the crocuses appeared, the daffodils are out. Spring is late, but rushing to catch up!

Re: Test

2014-04-07 Thread Bob Sullivan
Jack, I got this from my SPAM folder on Gmail. New filters or something? Poppy shot was the first I remember going there. Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 10:03 AM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Thanks, Boris. This is odd. I see responses, but my posts fail to appear in my

Test

2014-04-07 Thread Jack Davis
Have I fixed it? Jack -- 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: Test

2014-04-07 Thread Boris Liberman
You tell... Sent with AquaMail for Android http://www.aqua-mail.com On April 7, 2014 7:19:19 PM Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Have I fixed it? Jack -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

Re: Test

2014-04-07 Thread Bob Sullivan
Still headed to SPAM here... On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 11:18 AM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Have I fixed it? Jack -- 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

Re: PESO - Superhero

2014-04-07 Thread Tim Bray
I probably would have done that in color, just because he’s young and so alive. On Sun, Apr 6, 2014 at 11:21 PM, Marco Alpert ma...@alpert.com wrote: http://www.alpert.com/marco/photo14/peso7.html Comments, as always, welcomed. -Marco --- http://www.alpert.com/marco -- PDML

OT - another variant on images incorporating album covers

2014-04-07 Thread John Francis
From today's Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/cities/gallery/2014/apr/07/classic-album-covers-in-google-street-view-in-picture -- 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

Re: Interesting photographs from USSR from 1940-70s

2014-04-07 Thread John Sessoms
The set reminds me of one of my favorite Sting songs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fq9FZ8e6d1Q On 4/7/2014 8:04 AM, Mark C wrote: Again '2' - nice painting. Almost Norman Rockwell-ish in the theme but not the execution. I've never seen street cleaners like those - must of been quite a sound

Re: PESO - Daffies

2014-04-07 Thread John Sessoms
I don't know how much control you have over gmail's SPAM filters, but could you have it look for pdml in the Reply to: header to mark it NOT spam? On 4/7/2014 11:28 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote: and gmail is sending you and Jack and John to SPAM. Filters not working to well... On Mon, Apr 7,

Re: Test

2014-04-07 Thread John Sessoms
It came through on my RoadRunner email, but NOT on my Yahoo email. I signed into Yahoo webmail, and it's not in the inbox there, nor in the SPAM folder. On 4/7/2014 8:57 AM, Jack Davis wrote: Can you see me now? Jack -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Test

2014-04-07 Thread John Sessoms
When I post or reply to the list using Yahoo, I've never seen my own posts echoed back to me. I'm currently subscribed from both Roadrunner and Yahoo. I see my Roadrunner posts with both accounts, but any Yahoo posts I only see with Roadrunner. Is there some secret setting I have to switch on

Re: OT - another variant on images incorporating album covers

2014-04-07 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Sorry - we haven't been able to serve the page you asked for Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 12:50 PM, John Francis jo...@panix.com wrote: From today's Guardian:

Re: OT - another variant on images incorporating album covers

2014-04-07 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 7 Apr 2014, at 17:51, John Francis jo...@panix.com wrote: From today's Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/cities/gallery/2014/apr/07/classic-album-covers-in-google-street-view-in-picture That's quite interesting to see. It amazes me how much of a cultural reference point the Abbey

Re: Test

2014-04-07 Thread mike wilson
Spam. Also, suddenly, Rick and Brian. No obvious reason. On 07/04/2014, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Still headed to SPAM here... On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 11:18 AM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Have I fixed it? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT - another variant on images incorporating album covers

2014-04-07 Thread mike wilson
On 07/04/2014, Bob W-PDML p...@web-options.com wrote: Hmm, not such a good idea, creative person. More like Not a very good theft, uncreative plonker. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the

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2014-04-07 Thread Jack Davis
nother Test -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: GESO: Stockholm

2014-04-07 Thread Stan Halpin
Thanks Jack Bob Bruce Tim Dan Ken and others who have taken a look. Glad you liked the Blue Light Special Bruce! Tim, Stockholm is a fascinating city with interesting history and nice vistas. But don't take my photos as representative - much of it is block after block of fairly undistinguished

Re: Interesting photographs from USSR from 1940-70s

2014-04-07 Thread Igor Roshchin
Incidentally, I'd never noticed that song (i.e. had not heard or had not paid attention to the lyrics) of Sting until your reference. Thanks! ... It's interesting to read _today_ what the critic (Jim White, Q magazine) wrote some 20 years ago about this song on the Fields of Gold (1994) album:

Test

2014-04-07 Thread Jack Davis
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2014-04-07 Thread Jack Davis
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2014-04-07 Thread Jack Davis
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Re: Test

2014-04-07 Thread Bob Sullivan
John, You're out of the SPAM penalty box. Jack, You're still going to SPAM. Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 1:31 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: It came through on my RoadRunner email, but NOT on my Yahoo email. I signed into Yahoo webmail, and it's not in the inbox

Re: Test

2014-04-07 Thread Jack Davis
Thanks, Bob. J - Original Message - From: Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Monday, April 7, 2014 1:59 PM Subject: Re: Test John, You're out of the SPAM penalty box. Jack, You're still going to SPAM. Regards,  Bob S. On Mon, Apr

Re: Test

2014-04-07 Thread John Sessoms
Gmail might be hosed up. On 4/7/2014 3:00 PM, mike wilson wrote: Spam. Also, suddenly, Rick and Brian. No obvious reason. On 07/04/2014, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Still headed to SPAM here... On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 11:18 AM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Have I

Re: Test

2014-04-07 Thread John Sessoms
Seeing it from Roadrunner, but not from Yahoo. On 4/7/2014 3:18 PM, Jack Davis wrote: nother Test -- 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: test

2014-04-07 Thread John Sessoms
All four of your most recent tests came through on Roadrunner, but not on Yahoo. On 4/7/2014 4:58 PM, Jack Davis wrote: -- 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

Re: Test

2014-04-07 Thread Rick Womer
The weird thing is, I'm no longer seeing my new messages appear on the list (as of this weekend), nor are they appearing in my spam folder. Rick On Apr 7, 2014, at 15:00 , mike wilson wrote: Spam. Also, suddenly, Rick and Brian. No obvious reason. On 07/04/2014, Bob Sullivan

Re: Test

2014-04-07 Thread John Sessoms
I sent that reply from my Roadrunner account. I was going to send a response to *this* message using Yahoo, so you could see if it came through as SPAM (I'm expecting it will), but it appears that Yahoo's smtp server is hosed up again. I'm back to getting messages that I need to enter my

On email from Yahoo being classified as spam

2014-04-07 Thread Matthew Hunt
This problem is affecting most of my mailing lists, and it appears to be due to a deliberate change by Yahoo: https://wordtothewise.com/2014/04/brief-dmarc-primer/ https://wordtothewise.com/2014/04/example-bounces-due-yahoo-preject/ Endusers can do a couple things . For one-to-one mail make sure

Re: On email from Yahoo being classified as spam

2014-04-07 Thread John Sessoms
On 4/7/2014 5:30 PM, Matthew Hunt wrote: This problem is affecting most of my mailing lists, and it appears to be due to a deliberate change by Yahoo: https://wordtothewise.com/2014/04/brief-dmarc-primer/ https://wordtothewise.com/2014/04/example-bounces-due-yahoo-preject/ Endusers can do a

Re: On email from Yahoo being classified as spam

2014-04-07 Thread Tim Bray
Wow, there’s just been an outburst of shouting in the IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force, the geeks who keep this whole thang running) about this, so it’s not just you, and I imagine there are some people having a well-deserved Really Bad Day over at Yahoo just now. On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 2:30

Re: OT - another variant on images incorporating album covers

2014-04-07 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com: Sorry - we haven't been able to serve the page you asked for You need to put as 's' on the end of the link. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ Dan

Re: On email from Yahoo being classified as spam

2014-04-07 Thread John Sessoms
On 4/7/2014 5:58 PM, Tim Bray wrote: Wow, there’s just been an outburst of shouting in the IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force, the geeks who keep this whole thang running) about this, so it’s not just you, and I imagine there are some people having a well-deserved Really Bad Day over at Yahoo

Re: Test

2014-04-07 Thread Paul
Yours and Jack's are both showing up as spam... -p On 4/7/2014 4:13 PM, Rick Womer wrote: The weird thing is, I'm no longer seeing my new messages appear on the list (as of this weekend), nor are they appearing in my spam folder. Rick On Apr 7, 2014, at 15:00 , mike wilson wrote: Spam.

OT - the XP doomsday thing

2014-04-07 Thread Ann Sanfedele
I have a feeling the threats from Windoze that their lack of support will result in all of us die-hard Xp users getting hacked to death at the stroke of midnight is a bit overstated, or to put it another way, B S. Given one has one's own virus protection and spam-blocker, that is. Anyone else

Re: On email from Yahoo being classified as spam

2014-04-07 Thread Bruce Walker
Maybe someone could give 'em a few whacks about the damage they've done to Flickr while they are at it. I don't think it's my imagination that daily Flickr use is down since their new UI phase-in. On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 5:58 PM, Tim Bray tb...@textuality.com wrote: Wow, there’s just been an

Re: OT - the XP doomsday thing

2014-04-07 Thread Bill
On 07/04/2014 5:10 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: I have a feeling the threats from Windoze that their lack of support will result in all of us die-hard Xp users getting hacked to death at the stroke of midnight is a bit overstated, or to put it another way, B S. Given one has one's own virus

Re: OT - the XP doomsday thing

2014-04-07 Thread J.C. O'Connell
update to win7, its pretty painless and win7 works pretty well. On 4/7/2014 7:10 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: I have a feeling the threats from Windoze that their lack of support will result in all of us die-hard Xp users getting hacked to death at the stroke of midnight is a bit overstated, or to

Now I'm testing too...

2014-04-07 Thread Brian Walters
In the other thread, Mike mentioned that my posts were suddenly going to his spam folder. As I'm using an email from my own domain, and not Yahoo, this seems odd. Anyone else getting my posts in their spam folder?? (of course, if they are, you probably wont see this :-( ) -- Cheers Brian

Re: On email from Yahoo being classified as spam

2014-04-07 Thread steve harley
on 2014-04-07 15:58 Tim Bray wrote Wow, there’s just been an outburst of shouting in the IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force, the geeks who keep this whole thang running) about this, so it’s not just you, and I imagine there are some people having a well-deserved Really Bad Day over at Yahoo

Re: OT - the XP doomsday thing

2014-04-07 Thread Mark Roberts
Ann Sanfedele wrote: I have a feeling the threats from Windoze that their lack of support will result in all of us die-hard Xp users getting hacked to death at the stroke of midnight is a bit overstated, or to put it another way, B S. Given one has one's own virus protection and spam-blocker,

Re: Now I'm testing too...

2014-04-07 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I, seeing your posts in my regular inbox, but Jack Davis' posts are going to my SPAM folder. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 8:03 PM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: In the other thread, Mike mentioned that my posts were

Heartbleed

2014-04-07 Thread Tim Bray
In the unlikely event that any of you run https-enabled web sites and haven’t visited heartbleed.com today, get thee over there post-haste and find out what version of OpenSSL you’re running and consider replacing your certs, stat. I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a more damaging zero-day. -- PDML

Re: Test

2014-04-07 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
There is nothing wrong -- or even different -- about GMail in my experience. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 5:17 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: I sent that reply from my Roadrunner account. I was going to send a response to

Re: Now I'm testing too...

2014-04-07 Thread steve harley
on 2014-04-07 18:03 Brian Walters wrote Anyone else getting my posts in their spam folder?? i haven't gotten any PDML emails in my spam folder lately; my email service is Fastmail -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: Test

2014-04-07 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
This still went to my SPAM folder on GMail Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 12:18 PM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Have I fixed it? Jack -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Leaping Tiger

2014-04-07 Thread Mark C
Thanks, Dave, and to everyone else who had a look. I think Frank said something a few weeks ago about tabby's being the wildest cats (or something like that) On 4/7/2014 11:23 AM, David J Brooks wrote: Nice, looks likwe our Norman Dave On Sun, Apr 6, 2014 at 8:40 PM, Mark C

RE: OT - the XP doomsday thing

2014-04-07 Thread Gerrit Visser
All excellent advice except that today's threats are mostly coming via phishing. If you watch what you download/install and sites that you visit you will be better off. OTOH, with XP not getting more updates it will become a target again. 400 million potential victims is hard to pass up. Gerrit

PESO - New Haven station

2014-04-07 Thread Rick Womer
A slice-of-life grab in the New Haven railroad station: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17719447size=lg or http://gallery.photo.net/photo/17719447-lg.jpg (K-5, DA 16-45) When I was growing up in the 60's, the station was a sealed-off world of fallen plaster, leaks, and winos. One

Re: Heartbleed

2014-04-07 Thread John Sessoms
Just out of curiosity for the rest of us ... WTF? On 4/7/2014 8:13 PM, Tim Bray wrote: In the unlikely event that any of you run https-enabled web sites and haven’t visited heartbleed.com today, get thee over there post-haste and find out what version of OpenSSL you’re running and consider

Re: Now I'm testing too...

2014-04-07 Thread John Sessoms
Came straight through on both Roadrunner Yahoo. On 4/7/2014 8:03 PM, Brian Walters wrote: In the other thread, Mike mentioned that my posts were suddenly going to his spam folder. As I'm using an email from my own domain, and not Yahoo, this seems odd. Anyone else getting my posts in their

Re: Now I'm testing too...

2014-04-07 Thread Stan Halpin
None of the emails from PDML have been going to my Spam/Junk folder. As far as I can tell, everything is coming through on Apple Mail. stan On Apr 7, 2014, at 10:16 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: Came straight through on both Roadrunner Yahoo. On 4/7/2014 8:03 PM, Brian

PESO - The King of Parkdale

2014-04-07 Thread knarf
And we're back... This night shift is making it difficult to post and spend time on the list, especially since I've been biking these past several weeks. My bus rides tended to be my list time. Also I've been in a real photographic dry spell of late. Basically nothing since the Ice Race in

RE: OT - the XP doomsday thing

2014-04-07 Thread John Coyle
I still have one PC running XP (SP3) and have it behind a router firewall and anti-virus protection. Only need it to maintain absolute compatibility with some older systems I've written, where clients are still running them, so I won't upgrade it unless it fails (which is more likely to happen

Re: OT - the XP doomsday thing

2014-04-07 Thread John Sessoms
On 4/7/2014 7:10 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: I have a feeling the threats from Windoze that their lack of support will result in all of us die-hard Xp users getting hacked to death at the stroke of midnight is a bit overstated, or to put it another way, B S. Given one has one's own virus

Re: OT - the XP doomsday thing

2014-04-07 Thread John Sessoms
On 4/7/2014 7:19 PM, Bill wrote: On 07/04/2014 5:10 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: I have a feeling the threats from Windoze that their lack of support will result in all of us die-hard Xp users getting hacked to death at the stroke of midnight is a bit overstated, or to put it another way, B S.

Re: OT - the XP doomsday thing

2014-04-07 Thread John Sessoms
I'll put in a word here for having a good, strong HOSTS file. That'll help keep you away from most SPAM, Malware phishing sites to begin with. On 4/7/2014 8:45 PM, Gerrit Visser wrote: All excellent advice except that today's threats are mostly coming via phishing. If you watch what you

Re: Now I'm testing too...

2014-04-07 Thread Jack Davis
I got this, Brian. My geek told me today that Yahoo wants me to change both my email address and he suggests I switch carriers. Told him I'm giving it a few days as not a lot happening at the moment. Jack From: Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org To:

Re: OT - the XP doomsday thing

2014-04-07 Thread John Sessoms
The hardware I'm running XP on might just barely meet the minimums for Win7, but it wouldn't run worth a damn. On 4/7/2014 7:32 PM, J.C. O'Connell wrote: update to win7, its pretty painless and win7 works pretty well. On 4/7/2014 7:10 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: I have a feeling the threats from

Re: OT - the XP doomsday thing

2014-04-07 Thread Ann Sanfedele
I have Trend Micro due to renew in about 50 days.. Pretty sure I am connected through a hardware firewall. ann On 4/7/2014 20:10, Mark Roberts wrote: Ann Sanfedele wrote: I have a feeling the threats from Windoze that their lack of support will result in all of us die-hard Xp users getting

Re: OT - the XP doomsday thing

2014-04-07 Thread J.C. O'Connell
I should have said update your hardware and OS to win7 On 4/7/2014 11:17 PM, John Sessoms wrote: The hardware I'm running XP on might just barely meet the minimums for Win7, but it wouldn't run worth a damn. On 4/7/2014 7:32 PM, J.C. O'Connell wrote: update to win7, its pretty painless and

Re: Leaping Tiger

2014-04-07 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Pretty good action shots there - just keeping moving cat in frame is an accomplishment - but I like the last one the best, without the action, because of the great expression. looking forward to more meow, ann's cat ashley On 4/7/2014 20:40, Mark C wrote: Thanks, Dave, and to everyone else

Re: OT - the XP doomsday thing

2014-04-07 Thread Ann Sanfedele
I just don't see why I should have to do that at all .. and I haven't got any money to do it with anyway. What MARk said about the firewall - I'll check, but I'm pretty sure that is what I have.. ann On 4/7/2014 23:27, J.C. O'Connell wrote: I should have said update your hardware and OS to

Re: OT - the XP doomsday thing

2014-04-07 Thread J.C. O'Connell
FWIW, early 2013 I picked up a brand new HP desktop less a monitor for $400 with decent specs and win7 pre installed. my old machine with XP was about 6 years old and kicked the bucket ( bad motherboard ). On 4/7/2014 11:27 PM, J.C. O'Connell wrote: I should have said update your hardware

Re: PESO - The King of Parkdale

2014-04-07 Thread steve harley
on 2014-04-07 20:42 knarf wrote Well, this weekend finally got a few shots. Here's Toronto bike messenger Andrew and his trackbike: http://mondociclismo.blogspot.ca/2014/04/the-king-of-parkdale.html?m=1 nice abstract geometry hidden in a human interest photo -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: Another casual lens comparison K55/1.8 v F50/1.7

2014-04-07 Thread steve harley
on 2014-04-06 6:40 Collin Brendemuehl wrote I took two framings this morning. interesting study [regarding bokeh] The one extra stop with the K lens accounts for this. Still even if one adds one stop with the F50/1.7 to create an equivalent result, the K performed quite nicely. f/8 to

Re: OT - the XP doomsday thing

2014-04-07 Thread John Celio
Just to add my 2¢: Windows XP is an incredibly old operating system by today's standards. Yeah, Vista and Windows 8 were/are pretty awful, but Windows 7 is great. You really don't need to fear upgrading to 7, especially since you can install the XP virtual machine and run all the old software you

Re: OT - the XP doomsday thing

2014-04-07 Thread Alan C
Yes, John, I totally agree. I upgraded some time ago have not looked back. Perhaps MS should offer free upgrades? Alan C -Original Message- From: John Celio Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2014 6:25 AM To: PDML@pdml.net Subject: Re: OT - the XP doomsday thing Just to add my 2¢: Windows XP

Re: Test

2014-04-07 Thread Jack Davis
Yeah, I've heard. I have a Geek whom I've contacted. but who is being very quiet. He may know something. Hopefully! J - Original Message - From: Paul pentax1...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Monday, April 7, 2014 3:47 PM Subject: Re: Test Yours and

Re: Peso: Breezy Spring

2014-04-07 Thread David Mann
I really like that. Cheers, Dave FWIW I just pulled about 20 threads out of my Gmail spam folder and I think this was one of them. On Apr 6, 2014, at 9:52 am, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Found on a local back road. K-5, DA16-45 Comments appreciated

Re: Heartbleed

2014-04-07 Thread Tim Bray
Summary: A programming error allows bad guys to steal secrets on a HUGE number of websites; geeks are working late all over the internet closing the barn doors. We won’t know for a while how bad the damage has been. On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 7:14 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: Just

Re: Leaping Tiger

2014-04-07 Thread David Mann
What Alan said :) I am blessed with the opposite problem. I got a shock last year when I worked out the numbers for my nutrition. I was eating plenty but it was barely enough to keep up with my requirements before any training! Considering I weigh nothing to start with I had to add a 4th