Re: 2 Pesos : NSFMJ :-)

2014-05-09 Thread Ann Sanfedele
re flowers: a fabric design is exactly what was in my mind when I made it. But interestingly, a friend of mine already bought a print of it from smugmug - which is why I put the white border around. ___ It's crack of dawn in NYC - couldn't sleep eyes are a mess - all bloodshot for a while -

When does the Amazon royalty bill come?

2014-05-09 Thread CollinB
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140507/04102327144/us-patent-office-grants-photography-against-white-background-patent-to-amazon.shtml -- 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

Went to a local goodwill this week

2014-05-09 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
They purchase surplus from Target. Saw this Lexar microSD card for 19.99. 64G. 300x (Class 10). With USB3 microSD reader. Snagged. Put it in my camera. Can now take 8K images @ 16Mp before changing memory card. That could last me a long time. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: When does the Amazon royalty bill come?

2014-05-09 Thread P.J. Alling
I thought of becoming a Patent agent not too long ago. I couldn't fulfill the paper requirements. Yet the system seems to be run by total incompetents, like much of the rest of our over credentialed government masters err servants. On 5/9/2014 8:23 AM, CollinB wrote:

Re: Went to a local goodwill this week

2014-05-09 Thread P.J. Alling
So when a card fails you lose up to 8 thousand images? On 5/9/2014 8:38 AM, Collin Brendemuehl wrote: They purchase surplus from Target. Saw this Lexar microSD card for 19.99. 64G. 300x (Class 10). With USB3 microSD reader. Snagged. Put it in my camera. Can now take 8K images @ 16Mp before

Re: When does the Amazon royalty bill come?

2014-05-09 Thread Bill
On 09/05/2014 9:15 AM, P.J. Alling wrote: I thought of becoming a Patent agent not too long ago. I couldn't fulfill the paper requirements. Yet the system seems to be run by total incompetents, like much of the rest of our over credentialed government masters err servants. Someone should try

Re: When does the Amazon royalty bill come?

2014-05-09 Thread P.J. Alling
On 5/9/2014 11:25 AM, Bill wrote: On 09/05/2014 9:15 AM, P.J. Alling wrote: I thought of becoming a Patent agent not too long ago. I couldn't fulfill the paper requirements. Yet the system seems to be run by total incompetents, like much of the rest of our over credentialed government masters

Re: When does the Amazon royalty bill come?

2014-05-09 Thread steve harley
on 2014-05-09 9:25 Bill wrote Someone should try to put a patent on patents. good luck - i have a prior patent on a method for proving that nothing is patentable -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML,

Re: Went to a local goodwill this week

2014-05-09 Thread steve harley
on 2014-05-09 9:16 P.J. Alling wrote So when a card fails you lose up to 8 thousand images? more useful for video purposes, i'd 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

Re: Went to a local goodwill this week

2014-05-09 Thread P.J. Alling
On 5/9/2014 12:01 PM, steve harley wrote: on 2014-05-09 9:16 P.J. Alling wrote So when a card fails you lose up to 8 thousand images? more useful for video purposes, i'd think That's what I would think. I'm not silly enough to say who needs to store more than a couple of hundred images on

Re: Went to a local goodwill this week

2014-05-09 Thread steve harley
on 2014-05-09 10:07 P.J. Alling wrote I'm not silly enough to say who needs to store more than a couple of hundred images on a card, but it hardly seems wise to do so. i use 32GB cards; i rarely fill one, but when traveling i back up into my iPad nightly and keep shooting; simplifies things

PESO -- Rodrigo

2014-05-09 Thread P.J. Alling
An informal portrait. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20rodrigo.html Equipment: Pentax K-5II w/smc Pentax FA 43mm f1.9 Limited. As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. -- A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant, and the

Re: GESO - April Flowers II

2014-05-09 Thread Mark C
Thanks, Paul! On 5/8/2014 1:47 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: Excellent work. And i always learn something from you photos. I’ve seen Marsh Marigolds alongside the creek that runs through here but never knew what they were. Paul On May 7, 2014, at 11:59 PM, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote:

Re: GESO - April Flowers II

2014-05-09 Thread Jack Davis
Very nice, Mark C! I finally noticed the by pass invitation in the 403 message and learned that if I do not consider myself a spammer, was invited to click on that underlined message. Voila! no longer Forbidden. Jack - Original Message - From: Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net To: PDML

Re: PESO -- Rodrigo

2014-05-09 Thread Ken Waller
Since its an informal portrait, my comments may be ignored. However, cloning out the white globe on the lower LH side and eliminating the white strip along the top would improve the capture IMO. The image has a gritty feel to it - high ISP? Kenneth Waller

Re: PESO -- Rodrigo

2014-05-09 Thread Ken Waller
Should be 'high ISO'. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com Subject: Re: PESO -- Rodrigo Since its an informal portrait, my comments may be ignored. However, cloning out the white globe on the

Re: PESO -- Rodrigo

2014-05-09 Thread Bruce
I had exactly the same thoughts. -- Bruce Sent from my iPad On May 9, 2014, at 11:01 AM, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Since its an informal portrait, my comments may be ignored. However, cloning out the white globe on the lower LH side and eliminating the white strip along

Re: The Saga Continues

2014-05-09 Thread John
Status update: I've now managed to retrieve my old bookmarks from Firefox without completely hosing my new bookmarks. I don't know what's going on with the internet, I'm getting time-outs with every URL I try to open and with Thunderbird trying to log onto Time Warner's mail server. Sometimes

Re: When does the Amazon royalty bill come?

2014-05-09 Thread John
On 5/9/2014 11:36 AM, P.J. Alling wrote: On 5/9/2014 11:25 AM, Bill wrote: On 09/05/2014 9:15 AM, P.J. Alling wrote: I thought of becoming a Patent agent not too long ago. I couldn't fulfill the paper requirements. Yet the system seems to be run by total incompetents, like much of the rest

Re: PESO -- Rodrigo

2014-05-09 Thread P.J. Alling
Yes it was a pretty high ISO. I actually knocked down the globe and the white strip a bit already. The room is fairly dim, lighted by indirect lighting, of which the white strip is the expression, a range of CFL, and LED light sources are reflected off the wall. The globe also contains a

Re: When does the Amazon royalty bill come?

2014-05-09 Thread Bob W-PDML
They should consult someone with legal experience, as well as experience of this type of photography: http://tinyurl.com/Diamondgeezas B On 9 May 2014, at 20:25, John jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: On 5/9/2014 11:36 AM, P.J. Alling wrote: On 5/9/2014 11:25 AM, Bill wrote: On 09/05/2014

Re: When does the Amazon royalty bill come?

2014-05-09 Thread Charles Robinson
On May 9, 2014, at 14:23 , John jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: I've read some speculation that this might be Amazon trying to show how absurd the current US Patent Law is; something in the light of recent Apple/Samsung patent wars. I'm thinking of Apple patenting rounded corners, finger

Re: When does the Amazon royalty bill come?

2014-05-09 Thread Zos Xavius
If you read the patent, they are covering something very specific down to specific camera settings. If they really wanted to sue people it wouldn't stand up in court anyways. There are numerous examples of prior art here. On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 4:48 PM, Bob W-PDML p...@web-options.com wrote:

PESO -- Ruins by the tracks.

2014-05-09 Thread P.J. Alling
I was out and about today, and took a few photos near the Guilford CT train station. I think, but I don't know for sure, that these buildings used to be part of the N.Y., N.H., H. rail operation. They are on the Conrail right of way behind the chain link fence that was erected to keep people

Re: GESO - April Flowers II

2014-05-09 Thread Mark C
Great! I'm glad you were able to connect! I fixed the problem that was blocking you - it was not your IP address blocked via .htaccess (which I do) but rather the blogging platform's blacklist (which comes from the B2Evolution community) that was blocking comcast.net. I removed it from my

Re: PESO -- Rodrigo

2014-05-09 Thread Ann Sanfedele
On 5/9/2014 14:07, Ken Waller wrote: Should be 'high ISO'. Right, Ken - I think John is the one with the high ISP, so to speak. ann agrees that the globe has to go - very distracting. Is RIdrigo using that for Ok Cupid? :-) ann Kenneth Waller The image has a gritty feel to it - high

Re: The Saga Continues

2014-05-09 Thread John
Firefox just did an automatic update and destroyed my custom toolbars. It will not let me customize the new version. -- 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

Re: The Saga Continues

2014-05-09 Thread John
Suggest a browser that is *NOT* Firefox, Google Chrome or Safari. I want something that looks something like Firefox, it *must* support NoScript and it must have customizable toolbars that I can configure the way I want them and that will not be blown away by some bogus update! On 5/9/2014

Re: PESO -- Ruins by the tracks.

2014-05-09 Thread Ken Waller
Has a great archival feel to it. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com Subject: PESO -- Ruins by the tracks. I was out and about today, and took a few photos near the Guilford CT train

Re: The Saga Continues

2014-05-09 Thread P.J. Alling
Opera? I haven't used it in a long time so I don't know if it will do what you want but if you don't want to use IE, Safari, Chrome, or Firefox, you're running out of options. You might look into Pale Moon. It's Mozilla Codebase ut with more traditional controls. It is however Windows

Re: The Saga Continues

2014-05-09 Thread steve harley
on 2014-05-09 17:39 John wrote Suggest a browser that is *NOT* Firefox, Google Chrome or Safari. I want something that looks something like Firefox, it *must* support NoScript and it must have customizable toolbars that I can configure the way I want them and that will not be blown away by some

Re: The Saga Continues

2014-05-09 Thread John
How about Looks like Netscape then? The main thing is I should be able to have the buttons I want on the menus and have them where I want them and not have browser updates arbitrarily remove them. On 5/9/2014 8:32 PM, steve harley wrote: on 2014-05-09 17:39 John wrote Suggest a browser

Re: When does the Amazon royalty bill come?

2014-05-09 Thread John
One alternative reason is they don't intend to use it themselves, but wanted something they could sell to Patent Trolls. On 5/9/2014 5:50 PM, Zos Xavius wrote: If you read the patent, they are covering something very specific down to specific camera settings. If they really wanted to sue people

Re: When does the Amazon royalty bill come?

2014-05-09 Thread Larry Colen
On May 9, 2014, at 5:52 PM, John jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: One alternative reason is they don't intend to use it themselves, but wanted something they could sell to Patent Trolls. We’re talking Bezos here, the man who makes Bill Gates look like Pope Francis. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: The Saga Continues

2014-05-09 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Heh - good luck with that. Time warner is removing my home page on May 31st I've given up making the browsers look the way I want them - but like you, would have preferred the way I set them up in WIndows Display ages ago. But my XP is protected for at least 3 years I'm told. ann On

Re: The Saga Continues

2014-05-09 Thread John
Looks like this update 29.0.1 is receiving a *VERY* negative response. Mozilla help is no help at all, and their support forums don't offer much support. On 5/9/2014 9:40 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: Heh - good luck with that. Time warner is removing my home page on May 31st I've given up

Re: The Saga Continues

2014-05-09 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting John jsessoms...@nc.rr.com: Firefox just did an automatic update and destroyed my custom toolbars. It will not let me customize the new version. I'm still on Firefox 27 (I have the options set to disallow automatic updates) but the following link suggests that you can customise

PESO -- A Streetcar named Disrepair.

2014-05-09 Thread P.J. Alling
For some reason, the Town of Guilford owns an early 20th century Electric Streetcar that they're restoring. I can't exactly fathom why this is a town function as there is a perfectly good Trolly Museum not much more than 10 miles away. I suppose that I could have called this A Streetcar

Re: PESO -- Ruins by the tracks.

2014-05-09 Thread Jack Davis
Like the composition, P.J. The rusty or burned look suits the scene. Jack - Original Message - From: Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com To: PDML pdml@pdml.net Sent: Friday, May 9, 2014 5:05:24 PM Subject: Re: PESO -- Ruins by the tracks. Has a great archival feel to it. Kenneth Waller

Re: The Saga Continues

2014-05-09 Thread P.J. Alling
I stopped customizing my web browser a few years ago, but I just couldn't stand the chromification of the latest Firefox. So I downloaded and installed Pale Moon. It was like coming home. OK so it's not quite that good. However pages seem to load faster, and the UI looks like Firefox from

Went to a local goodwill this week

2014-05-09 Thread Bipin Gupta
The Goodwill Store is always interesting, and you never know what gems you can come across. PJs buy of the 64 GB Class 10 SD Card with a USB 3 Card Reader was certainly a gem. He just has to keep saving his daily shoot on to his Laptop and not have to worry about the Card going bad. Jusr remeber

Re: PESO -- Ruins by the tracks.

2014-05-09 Thread Ann Sanfedele
I like the shot - Think it might be interesting to see color but desaturated.. I'm thinking those bricks are red I have to cut and paste your links now, since I made Chrome my default browser, to view in firefox. But now Jack's and the photshop guys stuff comes up quickly in chrome. ann On

Re: PESO -- A Streetcar named Disrepair.

2014-05-09 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Nice angle of view and an interesting subject. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 11:02 PM, P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: For some reason, the Town of Guilford owns an early 20th century Electric Streetcar that they're

Re: The Saga Continues

2014-05-09 Thread Mark C
Personally, I really like the look and feel of Opera. On my Linux box Firefox and Chromium were dead dawg slow - Opera works reasonably well but the internet is slower under Linux than it was under XP on the same machine. On 5/9/2014 8:22 PM, P.J. Alling wrote: Opera? I haven't used it in a

Re: The Saga Continues

2014-05-09 Thread Boris Liberman
John, you might want to look up older version of Firefox Portable edition. It comes with auto-update turned off and is, well, Firefox as it is. On 5/10/2014 2:39 AM, John wrote: Suggest a browser that is *NOT* Firefox, Google Chrome or Safari. I want something that looks something like