Re: UK: Photographer films his own 'anti-terror' arrest,

2010-03-10 Thread Tomek Machnik
On 10 March 2010 12:08, mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com wrote: But... they built you that lovely palace! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_Culture_and_Science,_Warsaw Little jealous, aren't you :) Sadly, they forgot to take the thing back, with their tanks and nukes. tm -- PDML

Re: OT Viewer discretion advised

2010-03-10 Thread Tomek Machnik
On 10 March 2010 11:03, mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com wrote: I will gladly take a few days off to help arrange a meeting here. I'm in Krakow, some say it's THE destination in .pl USED to be.  Until all those foreign tourists turned up. Rrright. Bloody foreigners. :)) A few more won't

Re: OT Viewer discretion advised

2010-03-10 Thread Tomek Machnik
On Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:52:02 +0100 eckinator eckina...@gmail.com wrote: 2010/3/10 mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com: That's KXs banned on at least transAtlantic flights, now. you must be talking of a plastic explosive of the same name... ]=) I'll just say I'm a k-xen buddhist and it is

Re: UK: Photographer films his own 'anti-terror' arrest,

2010-03-10 Thread Tomek Machnik
mantel. That would be kind of 'Mathias Rust 2' type of mission. tm On 3/10/2010 7:04 AM, Tomek Machnik wrote: On 10 March 2010 12:08, mike wilsonm.9.wil...@ntlworld.com wrote: But... they built you that lovely palace! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_Culture_and_Science,_Warsaw

Re: UK: Photographer films his own 'anti-terror' arrest,

2010-03-09 Thread Tomek Machnik
On 9 March 2010 02:41, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: If you have any doubt that our cold war foes were interested in running an empire or not, ask the Poles. The satellite countries hardly constituted a global empire, though this fact seems lost on you. We were occupied. It was of

Re: OT Viewer discretion advised

2010-03-09 Thread Tomek Machnik
On 9 March 2010 22:23, Doug Franklin jehosep...@mindspring.com wrote: I really _must_ particpate in one of your escapades, one day. I volunteer to join in - Germany isn't that far, so when you go, let me know - we could have a PDML mud meet! Keep me in mind, too.  I've been trying to figure

Re: PESO - Underwhelming

2010-03-08 Thread Tomek Machnik
On 8 March 2010 11:31, mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com wrote: Talking of which, I followed a showroom condition BX Sport in the slush and salt the other day.  Was very suprised to see such a good condition one out on roads like that. Strange indeed. BXes were pretty rust resistant

Re: OT Viewer discretion advised

2010-03-08 Thread Tomek Machnik
On Mon, 8 Mar 2010 10:25:21 + mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com wrote: Possibly even Weird Al Y. would reject it. I really _must_ particpate in one of your escapades, one day. Easily doable :) We go there at least once a month, between April and Nov., as snow/temp. allows. You may

Re: PESO - Underwhelming

2010-03-07 Thread Tomek Machnik
On 07-03-2010 02:21, Steven Desjardins wrote: Really funny. OTOH, it catches your attention better than MegaTireMart. I like it (both the photo and the idea/sign). I would go there just to check whether they live up to the high standard set by the sign, and if there is an element of

Re: OT Viewer discretion advised

2010-03-07 Thread Tomek Machnik
On 06-03-2010 17:50, mike wilson wrote: Lewd and inappropriate conduct. Worse, it contains the word A***e. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3S9N1oCX_nI Mmmm, Stuff That Goes Ppp! Full width with XXL size bubbles, my favourite :) It has been done... a remote house in forest high in Beskidy, a

Re: PESO - Underwhelming

2010-03-07 Thread Tomek Machnik
On 07-03-2010 21:25, Joseph McAllister wrote: But we have Costco, who fills your tires with Nitrogen (for temperature stability in tires suburban housewives drag race We don't need no stinkin' nitrogen temperature stability here :)) http://tinyurl.com/yegxfxl

Re: urgently need impression about Metz flash

2010-03-07 Thread Tomek Machnik
On 08-03-2010 01:55, Igor Roshchin wrote: Additionally: 3. How useful is the second reflector (source) when you tilt/swivel the flash head? I haven't used the new USB Metz flashes, so can't comment on AF58 usability, but I used several of the earlier big (40MZ.., 54MZ..) models on Pentax

Re: OT: Speaking of nutters...

2010-02-19 Thread Tomek Machnik
On 19-02-2010 18:04, Scott Loveless wrote: Aren't guns in public hands a great thing? They might have been. The idea of bringing a weapon for self-protection to an academic meeting sounds weird. Having never kept a gun in my hands, I am trying to imagine the meeting, one insane shooter,

Re: OT: Speaking of nutters...

2010-02-19 Thread Tomek Machnik
On 19-02-2010 21:03, Toine wrote: Amazing. I realized many US citizens have guns inside their homes. Friendly US citizens carrying guns on the street was something I never imagined. Do I need to visualize PDML'ers with handguns in their photobags??? That's what you call 'enablement'... tm --

Re: OT: Speaking of nutters...

2010-02-19 Thread Tomek Machnik
On 19-02-2010 19:02, Scott Loveless wrote: I know quite a few people with concealed carry permits. Where I live one can get such a permit. Unlike in US however, it's nearly impossible here unless you are a top politician or other criminal (though not/yet convicted) type. Just found that

Re: OT: Irish jokes and Polish jokes

2009-02-19 Thread Tomek Machnik
On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 8:40 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: you couldn't make it up: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7899171.stm [...] see how many times _officers_ have made this mistake. Knowing my fellow countrymen, I would guess that Mr./Mrs. Prawo Jazdy is how most of

Re: sigma 18-50 f2.8

2009-02-17 Thread Tomek Machnik
On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 9:03 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: Saw an ad on CL for a Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 EX DC SLD ELD Aspherical Macro Lens for Pentax and Samsung Digital SLR Cameras (581109) I don't remember seeing much mention of this lens in the normal zoom discusions. What's it

Re: Noise reduction

2005-07-15 Thread Tomek Machnik
William Robb wrote: The camera takes twice as long to process a noise reduced fram as a non noise reduced frame. This takes it from slow to a real PITA. My point was that it is not in camera _processing_ that makes it PITA, but the second, dark exposure. So if you want to process both