Really OT Google maps

2009-08-08 Thread David J Brooks
If i get a charter and i'm not sure were i am going, i find my start and end points via google maps. I can find my way in between.:-) I usually look at the satellite images so i can see my buildings and intersections, but when i print out the map, all i get is the standard map view. When i was in

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-08 Thread Bob Sullivan
Google maps in the urban parts of the USA include three (4?) views at top right - Streets, satellite, terrain, and sometimes a little guy you cam put on the street for a 360 degree pano picture of the spot. They don't have that for Canada? Regards, Bob S. On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 5:52 AM, David J B

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-08 Thread David J Brooks
Yes we have them here Bob, but when i try and print the satellite map, the regular map gets printed. Dave On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 8:24 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote: > Google maps in the urban parts of the USA include three (4?) views at > top right - Streets, satellite, terrain, and sometimes a little g

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-08 Thread Cotty
On 8/8/09, David J Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed: >Yes we have them here Bob, but when i try and print the satellite map, >the regular map gets printed. Dave, take a screen grab (command+shift+3 on the mac) and print the resulting picture. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | Peop

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-08 Thread steve harley
they whom i call David J Brooks wrote: Yes we have them here Bob, but when i try and print the satellite map, the regular map gets printed. printing satellite maps is not allowed; try Google Earth if you need that -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listin

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-08 Thread Cotty
On 8/8/09, steve harley, discombobulated, unleashed: >printing satellite maps is not allowed This is the internet - anything's allowed ;-) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax

RE: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-08 Thread Bob W
> If i get a charter and i'm not sure were i am going, i find > my start and end points via google maps. I can find my way in > between.:-) > > I usually look at the satellite images so i can see my > buildings and intersections, but when i print out the map, > all i get is the standard map v

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-08 Thread Bob Sullivan
Dave, Like Cotty says, try a 'screen print' (button on the upper right of my keyboard. You can paste the image into powerpoint if necessary. Regards, Bob S. On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 11:51 AM, Cotty wrote: > On 8/8/09, David J Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>Yes we have them here Bob, but wh

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-08 Thread David J Brooks
On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 3:04 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: > Dave, > Like Cotty says, try a 'screen print' (button on the upper right of my > keyboard. > You can paste the image into powerpoint if necessary. > Regards,  Bob S. Thaks Cotty and Bob S. I'll try that. Dave > > On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 11:51

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-08 Thread David J Brooks
On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 2:16 PM, Bob W wrote: > >> If i get a charter and i'm not sure were i am going, i find >> my start and end points via google maps. I can find my way in >> between.:-) >> >> I usually look at the satellite images so i can see my >> buildings and intersections, but when i print

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-08 Thread Brian Walters
On Sat, 08 Aug 2009 06:52 -0400, "David J Brooks" wrote: > If i get a charter and i'm not sure were i am going, i find my start > and end points via google maps. I can find my way in between.:-) > > I usually look at the satellite images so i can see my buildings and > intersections, but when i p

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-08 Thread David Mann
On Aug 9, 2009, at 6:16 AM, Bob W wrote: Paper maps are so 20th century... I'm amused by the fact that men have a reputation of never using a map or asking directions. But put the map and directions into an electronic gizmo and it's an entirely different story. Dave -- PDML Pentax-Disc

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-08 Thread AlunFoto
2009/8/9 David Mann : > On Aug 9, 2009, at 6:16 AM, Bob W wrote: > >> Paper maps are so 20th century... > > I'm amused by the fact that men have a reputation of never using a map or > asking directions.  But put the map and directions into an electronic gizmo > and it's an entirely different story.

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-08 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Aug 8, 2009, at 22:57 , David Mann wrote: On Aug 9, 2009, at 6:16 AM, Bob W wrote: Paper maps are so 20th century... I'm amused by the fact that men have a reputation of never using a map or asking directions. But put the map and directions into an electronic gizmo and it's an entire

RE: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-09 Thread Bob W
> > On Aug 9, 2009, at 6:16 AM, Bob W wrote: > > > Paper maps are so 20th century... > > I'm amused by the fact that men have a reputation of never > using a map or asking directions. But put the map and > directions into an electronic gizmo and it's an entirely > different story. > Good

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-09 Thread John Sessoms
From: Joseph McAllister On Aug 8, 2009, at 22:57 , David Mann wrote: > On Aug 9, 2009, at 6:16 AM, Bob W wrote: > >> Paper maps are so 20th century... > > I'm amused by the fact that men have a reputation of never using a > map or asking directions. But put the map and directions into an

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-09 Thread Paul Sorenson
Case in point - she was following her GPS...from the August 7th Los Angeles Times *http://tinyurl.com/kjpscl* An 11-year-old boy died in the intense heat of Death Valley National Park after he and his mother became stranded and survived for several days on bottled water, Pop-Tarts and cheese

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-09 Thread David J Brooks
On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 7:04 PM, Brian Walters> > Using Firefox I find that trying to print a satellite map from the > Google maps 'Print" option produces the standard map in the printout, as > with your experience.  However, printing via the Firefox print menu > produces the satellite version. Rea

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-09 Thread David J Brooks
On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 8:57 AM, John Sessoms wrote: > I taught map reading and land navigation in the Army. I do NOT rely on a GPS > to tell me where I'm going. I've learned that when the GPS & the paper map > disagree, more often it's the GPS that's wrong ... assuming the GPS can > actually get a

RE: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-09 Thread Bob W
I don't think anyone could survive a diet of Pop-Tarts more than a couple of hours > -Original Message- > From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On > Behalf Of Paul Sorenson > Sent: 09 August 2009 14:55 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subjec

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-09 Thread John Sessoms
From: Paul Sorenson ase in point - she was following her GPS...from the August 7th Los Angeles Times *http://tinyurl.com/kjpscl* An 11-year-old boy died in the intense heat of Death Valley National Park after he and his mother became stranded and survived for several days on bottled water, P

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-09 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Bob W" Subject: RE: Really OT Google maps I don't think anyone could survive a diet of Pop-Tarts more than a couple of hours Americans really are made of sterner stuff. Are chip sandwiches still the diet of choice where you are

RE: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-09 Thread Bob W
> > > >I don't think anyone could survive a diet of Pop-Tarts more > than a couple > >of > > hours > > Americans really are made of sterner stuff. > Are chip sandwiches still the diet of choice where you are? > Only for royalty. The rest of us eat chip butties. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-09 Thread Doug Franklin
John Sessoms wrote: My experience is about 25% of men can learn to read a map well enough to navigate by it. The day I really started enjoying maps was when I figured out how to visualize a topo map as a 3D environment, when I was a kid. Since then, I've been a map junkie. -- Thanks, Dou

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-09 Thread P. J. Alling
Pop-Tarts will keep you nicely preserved for retrieval... William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: "Bob W" Subject: RE: Really OT Google maps I don't think anyone could survive a diet of Pop-Tarts more than a couple of hours Americans really are made of ste

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-09 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Not me. I love maps. Of course, I was a professional navigator 40+ years ago . . Dan On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 1:57 AM, David Mann wrote: > On Aug 9, 2009, at 6:16 AM, Bob W wrote: > >> Paper maps are so 20th century... > > I'm amused by the fact that men have a reputation of never using a map or

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-09 Thread Ken Waller
http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: "Bob W" Subject: RE: Really OT Google maps On Aug 9, 2009, at 6:16 AM, Bob W wrote: > Paper maps are so 20th century... I'm amused by the fact that men have a reputation of never using a map or asking direc

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-09 Thread Rob Studdert
On 10/08/2009, Ken Waller wrote: > On a trip to the left coast a few years ago, I was being chauffeured around > by a young lawyer in a new Mercedes SUV. She had recently relocated to LA > and was relying on the Nav system in her fine German auto. > > At one point the NAV system went kaput, no ou

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-10 Thread John Mullan
street, you have to be smart enough to recognize the problem. jm - Original Message - From: "David J Brooks" To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Sunday, August 09, 2009 9:59 AM Subject: Re: Really OT Google maps On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 8:57 AM, John Sessoms wrote:

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-10 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 8/8/2009 10:57:26 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, dm...@bluemoon.net.nz writes: I'm amused by the fact that men have a reputation of never using a map or asking directions. But put the map and directions into an electronic gizmo and it's an entirely different story. Dave

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-10 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 8/9/2009 9:13:51 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, jehosep...@mindspring.com writes: John Sessoms wrote: > My experience is about 25% of men can learn to read a map well enough to > navigate by it. The day I really started enjoying maps was when I figured out how to visualize

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-10 Thread Scott Loveless
On 8/8/09, Cotty wrote: > > Dave, take a screen grab (command+shift+3 on the mac) and print the > resulting picture. Quadruple-bucky-cokebottle? On 8/8/09, Bob Sullivan wrote: > Dave, > Like Cotty says, try a 'screen print' (button on the upper right of my > keyboard. That's more like it.

RE: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-10 Thread Bob W
[...] > So I've never seen the difficulty in reading a map. My car > is fully stocked and when I plan to go somewhere I don't > have a map for, I get one beforehand or get one first thing > when I arrive there. I simply don't travel without a map. > Directions people give me are too impreci

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-10 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Aug 10, 2009, at 09:46 , Scott Loveless wrote: On 8/8/09, Cotty wrote: Dave, take a screen grab (command+shift+3 on the mac) and print the resulting picture. Quadruple-bucky-cokebottle? There's an App for that. Called Grab. On 8/8/09, Bob Sullivan wrote: Dave, Like Cotty says, tr

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-10 Thread Charles Robinson
On Aug 10, 2009, at 15:37, Joseph McAllister wrote: On Aug 10, 2009, at 09:46 , Scott Loveless wrote: On 8/8/09, Cotty wrote: Dave, take a screen grab (command+shift+3 on the mac) and print the resulting picture. Quadruple-bucky-cokebottle? There's an App for that. Called Grab. Snap

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-10 Thread Scott Loveless
On 8/10/09, Joseph McAllister wrote: > > On Aug 10, 2009, at 09:46 , Scott Loveless wrote: > > > > On 8/8/09, Cotty wrote: > > > > > > > > Dave, take a screen grab (command+shift+3 on the mac) and print the > > > resulting picture. > > > > > > > Quadruple-bucky-cokebottle? > > > > There's an Ap

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-10 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Aug 10, 2009, at 13:59 , Charles Robinson wrote: The mystery, tie-your-fingers-into-knots combinations for MacOS are puzzlingly bizarre. There's really only one that is not that easy, and that's to reset the parameter ra

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-10 Thread Cotty
On 10/8/09, Scott Loveless, discombobulated, unleashed: >ALT + PRTSC will copy the active window. Or, on my laptop, where the >PRTSC button is combined with the INSERT key, I also have to hit FN. >So we're back to quadruple-bucky-hole-in-the-head. Hey, when your PC is frozen solid with virii, I'

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-10 Thread steve harley
they whom i call Joseph McAllister wrote: On Aug 10, 2009, at 13:59 , Charles Robinson wrote: The mystery, tie-your-fingers-into-knots combinations for MacOS are puzzlingly bizarre. There's really only one that is not that eas

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-10 Thread steve harley
they whom i call Charles Robinson wrote: The mystery, tie-your-fingers-into-knots combinations for MacOS are puzzlingly bizarre. they aren't mnemonic, but if you use them a lot they become second nature: cmd-shift 4, draw a rectangle with the mouse to snap part of screen cmd-shift-4, then p

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-10 Thread Scott Loveless
On 8/10/09, Cotty wrote: > On 10/8/09, Scott Loveless, discombobulated, unleashed: > > > >ALT + PRTSC will copy the active window. Or, on my laptop, where the > >PRTSC button is combined with the INSERT key, I also have to hit FN. > >So we're back to quadruple-bucky-hole-in-the-head. > > > Hey

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-10 Thread Bruce Dayton
Monday, August 10, 2009, 3:16:58 PM, you wrote: SL> On 8/10/09, Cotty wrote: >> On 10/8/09, Scott Loveless, discombobulated, unleashed: >> >> >> >ALT + PRTSC will copy the active window. Or, on my laptop, where the >> >PRTSC button is combined with the INSERT key, I also have to hit FN. >> >S

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-10 Thread Cotty
On 10/8/09, Scott Loveless, discombobulated, unleashed: >Linux here, fanboi. When your Mac is two months old and Steve Jobs >has determined that the new OSX won't run on your ancient hardware, >I'll still be plugging along while you're emptying your wallet. ...and having finger surgery >Pho

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-10 Thread Doug Franklin
Bob W wrote: When you get off the road and out into the countryside following a map is a lot more difficult. The main difficulty is figuring out where you are if you do go astray. That's when it's "helpful" to be able to visualize the terrain features depicted on the map and match them up wit

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-10 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Aug 10, 2009, at 15:16 , Scott Loveless wrote: On 8/10/09, Cotty wrote: On 10/8/09, Scott Loveless, discombobulated, unleashed: ALT + PRTSC will copy the active window. Or, on my laptop, where the PRTSC button is combined with the INSERT key, I also have to hit FN. So we're back to q

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-10 Thread Graydon
On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 06:16:58PM -0400, Scott Loveless scripsit: > Linux here, fanboi. When your Mac is two months old and Steve Jobs > has determined that the new OSX won't run on your ancient hardware, > I'll still be plugging along while you're emptying your wallet. > Photoshop or Lightroom w

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-10 Thread Bruce Dayton
Monday, August 10, 2009, 3:49:18 PM, you wrote: DF> Bob W wrote: >> When you get off the road and out into the countryside following a map is a >> lot more difficult. The main difficulty is figuring out where you are if you >> do go astray. DF> That's when it's "helpful" to be able to visualize

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-10 Thread P. J. Alling
It may just be the interface, but in my opinion PS 7.0 is a better package with better color management on a PC than even the latest version of The Gimp. Yes, Photoshop is expensive and no version of CS will install on my OS of choice, (though it looks more and more that I'll have to byte the

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-10 Thread Doug Franklin
Bruce Dayton wrote: Of course, this 'visualizing' thing doesn't work too well in Kansas...no terrain features. There's almost always /something/ in an inhabited area. If you've got the right maps, they'll include individual buildings and the like, in addition to roads and terrain features.

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-10 Thread Rob Studdert
On 11/08/2009, Doug Franklin wrote: > There's almost always /something/ in an inhabited area. If you've got the > right maps, they'll include individual buildings and the like, in addition > to roads and terrain features. Yeah, it's a lot easier to get lost, and a > lot harder to correlate the

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-10 Thread P. J. Alling
GPS was designed for automated delivery systems to put their packages within a 10 foot radius. The delivery systems go by various names but mostly tomahawk, and the packages mostly go boom. Your use of the system was an afterthought. Rob Studdert wrote: On 11/08/2009, Doug Franklin wrote:

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-10 Thread Graydon
On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 10:50:20PM -0400, P. J. Alling scripsit: > GPS was designed for automated delivery systems to put their packages > within a 10 foot radius. The delivery systems go by various names but > mostly tomahawk, and the packages mostly go boom. Your use of the > system was an afte

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-10 Thread Bob Sullivan
I thought GPS was an outgrowth of the LORAN system with more precision for the submarine launched Polaris missles. Smaller warheads necessitate more accuracy. Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 10:06 PM, Graydon wrote: > On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 10:50:20PM -0400, P. J. Alling scripsit: >> GP

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-10 Thread Graydon
On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 10:29:07PM -0500, Bob Sullivan scripsit: > I thought GPS was an outgrowth of the LORAN system with more precision > for the submarine launched Polaris missles. Smaller warheads > necessitate more accuracy. Well, this is true of smaller warheads, but subs aren't necessarily

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-11 Thread David Mann
On Aug 11, 2009, at 9:16 AM, Scott Loveless wrote: ALT + PRTSC will copy the active window. Or, on my laptop, where the PRTSC button is combined with the INSERT key, I also have to hit FN. So we're back to quadruple-bucky-hole-in-the-head. For Windows I recommend MWSnap. http://www.mirekw.co

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-11 Thread David Mann
On Aug 11, 2009, at 11:21 AM, Joseph McAllister wrote: When OS 10.6 comes out next month sometime, it's 64 bit architecture will run on any Intel based Mac going back to 2006. Gonna make Photoshop and Lightroom and Aperture scream. Although all Mac Photoshop users will have to wait for PS C

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-11 Thread AlunFoto
2009/8/10 Cotty : > Hey, when your PC is frozen solid with virii, I'll still be twisting my > fingers ;-) Be careful, mate. Sprained fingers is a medical condition specific to mac users that stems from having only one mouse button. ;-) Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-11 Thread AlunFoto
Even with plenty of geographical features and a good sense of orienteering, there are times when a GPS could mean the difference between lost and found. As Rob says, with limited visibility, geographical features you can use to pinpoint your position is fewer than needed. Combined with suggestions

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-11 Thread P. J. Alling
David Mann wrote: On Aug 11, 2009, at 11:21 AM, Joseph McAllister wrote: When OS 10.6 comes out next month sometime, it's 64 bit architecture will run on any Intel based Mac going back to 2006. Gonna make Photoshop and Lightroom and Aperture scream. Although all Mac Photoshop users will have

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-11 Thread Adam Maas
On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 4:21 AM, David Mann wrote: > On Aug 11, 2009, at 11:21 AM, Joseph McAllister wrote: > >> When OS 10.6 comes out next month sometime, it's 64 bit architecture will >> run on any Intel based Mac going back to 2006. Gonna make Photoshop and >> Lightroom and Aperture scream. Alt

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-11 Thread Graydon
On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 08:30:59AM -0400, P. J. Alling scripsit: > David Mann wrote: >> On Aug 11, 2009, at 11:21 AM, Joseph McAllister wrote: >>> When OS 10.6 comes out next month sometime, it's 64 bit architecture >>> will run on any Intel based Mac going back to 2006. Gonna make >>> Photoshop an

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-11 Thread John Sessoms
From: Doug Franklin Bob W wrote: > When you get off the road and out into the countryside following a map is a > lot more difficult. The main difficulty is figuring out where you are if you > do go astray. That's when it's "helpful" to be able to visualize the terrain features depicted on th

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-11 Thread Graydon
On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 11:22:25AM -0400, John Sessoms scripsit: > In North America and Europe, any flowing water points towards human > habitation (eventually). You follow any stream and you come to a road > crossing it. Almost. There are some surprisingly large parts of Canada where the flo

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-11 Thread John Sessoms
From: Bruce Dayton Monday, August 10, 2009, 3:49:18 PM, you wrote: DF> Bob W wrote: >> When you get off the road and out into the countryside following a map is a >> lot more difficult. The main difficulty is figuring out where you are if you >> do go astray. DF> That's when it's "helpful" t

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-11 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 11:55 AM, John Sessoms wrote: > And some "terrain features" are man made, like roads. Or large balls of twine: http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/8543 Although I forget the USGS symbol for twine-balls. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mai

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-11 Thread John Sessoms
From: David Mann On Aug 11, 2009, at 11:21 AM, Joseph McAllister wrote: > When OS 10.6 comes out next month sometime, it's 64 bit architecture > will run on any Intel based Mac going back to 2006. Gonna make > Photoshop and Lightroom and Aperture scream. Although all Mac > Photoshop users

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-11 Thread Paul Sorenson
John Sessoms wrote: There's tricks to figuring out where you are when you go astray. But first, use techniques to keep you from going astray - deliberately build in a slight bias to one side or the other in your course toward your objective. Had a flight student in the late 60's that used th

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-11 Thread Ralf R. Radermacher
Doug Franklin wrote: > I don't think it's something that can easily be taught, other than > by taking someone to a spot, handing them a good topo map of the area, > and pointing out the real terrain on the one hand and the map's > depiction of that same terrain on the other. Now imagine havi

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-11 Thread John Francis
On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 09:41:14AM -0400, Adam Maas wrote: > > PS getting better multi-core support would reduce the other major > bottleneck. Right now PS doesn't handle more than 2 cores very well. Personally I suspect that the real performance gains to come in PhotoShop aren't going to be from

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-11 Thread Adam Maas
On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 12:56 PM, John Francis wrote: > On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 09:41:14AM -0400, Adam Maas wrote: >> >> PS getting better multi-core support would reduce the other major >> bottleneck. Right now PS doesn't handle more than 2 cores very well. > > Personally I suspect that the real p

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-11 Thread David J Brooks
On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 11:22 AM, John Sessoms wrote: > I carry a loud ball-whistle. Nothing on earth makes that noise naturally. You've never put up a tent near me then have you. Dave > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UN

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-11 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Aug 11, 2009, at 09:33 , Paul Sorenson wrote: If you have an old fashion analog watch, point the hour hand toward the sun; halfway between the hour hand and 12 points SOUTH - down under it points NORTH. Gotta remember to compensate, though, if you're on DST. ;-) If you have an iPhone

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-11 Thread P. J. Alling
Ah, so all things aren't equal. (Microsoft Certified Professional since the stone age; and slightly ashamed of it). Graydon wrote: On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 08:30:59AM -0400, P. J. Alling scripsit: David Mann wrote: On Aug 11, 2009, at 11:21 AM, Joseph McAllister wrote: When OS

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-11 Thread P. J. Alling
I carry a loud ball-whistle. Nothing on earth makes that noise naturally. Except a Cow Bird, that's been hanging out near a football practice field John Sessoms wrote: From: Doug Franklin Bob W wrote: > When you get off the road and out into the countryside following a map is a > lot

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-11 Thread Doug Franklin
Adam Maas wrote: I actually doubt that will happen soon. CPU cores are increasing faster than GPU cores currently. And current GPU designs are massive, you really can't do multi-core GPU's unless the entire design paradigm changes immensely (although current GPU designs do use multiple execution

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-11 Thread Doug Franklin
Ralf R. Radermacher wrote: Now imagine having that topo map in your hand-held GPS unit. I simply love it. Yep, done it. I like the additional features that the GPS easily allows compared to a paper map, but reading the terrain on that tiny screen is a lot harder than reading it off the pape

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-11 Thread Doug Franklin
John Sessoms wrote: They may not be readily visible to an untrained eye, but you've got terrain features. And knolls and glens and basically any undulation in the terrain, if you haven't got something convenient like a river/creek/lake nearby. Even in the middle of the Sahara or Arctic you

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-11 Thread Doug Franklin
John Sessoms wrote: There's tricks to figuring out where you are when you go astray. In addition to the ones you mentioned, there's stuff like shooting an azimuth and "marking" the farthest tree/rock/color spot you can see that's on the azimuth, go there and shoot again for the next leg. As

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-11 Thread John Francis
On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 06:42:00PM -0400, Doug Franklin wrote: > Adam Maas wrote: > >> I actually doubt that will happen soon. CPU cores are increasing >> faster than GPU cores currently. And current GPU designs are massive, >> you really can't do multi-core GPU's unless the entire design paradigm

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-11 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 8/11/2009 8:23:44 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, jsessoms...@nc.rr.com writes: I carry a loud ball-whistle. Nothing on earth makes that noise naturally. === All good stuff. When I go off on a trail, I have a threesome on a thong I hang around my neck (I keep it in my

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-11 Thread Christine Aguila
From: Marnie aka Doe: I have a threesome on a thong I hang around my neck MARK! Guess I'm in a Cotty sort of mood. ;-) -- 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 a

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-11 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 8/11/2009 8:35:01 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, cagu...@earthlink.net writes: From: >Marnie aka Doe: >I have a threesome on a thong I hang around my neck MARK! Guess I'm in a Cotty sort of mood. ;-) === Nyah, just too much wine. Marnie aka Doe :-) --

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-11 Thread Christine Aguila
Well, I'm really a Glenfiddich sort'a gal ;-) Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: To: Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 10:37 PM Subject: Re: Really OT Google maps In a message dated 8/11/2009 8:35:01 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, cagu...@earthlink.net wri

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-11 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "David J Brooks" Subject: Re: Really OT Google maps On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 11:22 AM, John Sessoms wrote: I carry a loud ball-whistle. Nothing on earth makes that noise naturally. You've never put up a tent near me then have you.

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-12 Thread David J Brooks
On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 12:41 AM, William Robb wrote: > > - Original Message - From: "David J Brooks" > Subject: Re: Really OT Google maps > > >> On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 11:22 AM, John Sessoms >> wrote: >> >>> I carry a loud ball-

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-12 Thread Cotty
On 11/8/09, Christine Aguila, discombobulated, unleashed: > Guess I'm in a Cotty sort of mood. ;-) Mark! Trouble ;-) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

RE: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-12 Thread Desjardins, Steve
Even better: you can sing it to "I'm in a New York State of Mind". -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Cotty Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 12:03 PM To: pentax list Subject: Re: Really OT Google maps On 11/8/09, C