The onward march of progress...
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Oh shutter up!
F stop it!
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... is coupled with malingering shoddiness. And it's beginning to PMO a treat. For example, this morning my Canon EOS 400D decided enough was enough and packed up completely. After about half an hour of tech support, the conclusion was the thing is forked and needs to be repaired. But not under warranty, oh no, that ran out 3 months ago :| Now compare that to my Canon AE-1, which I bought second hand in 1984. After 25 years it still works perfectly, has never needed any sort of repair and still produces stunning results. I have half a mind just to stick the EOS in the bin and revert to film.
print "http://www.codeproject.com".toURL().text Ain't that Groovy?
For the first time in many years I recently came across an inanimate object of desire and it was a digital camera: http://us.leica-camera.com/photography/m_system/m8/[^] That thing to me is the archetype for what good electronic gadgets should be, so cool, so slick, so well thought out that you almost don't even realize it's electronic at all. Something timeless that you could easily envision still using decades from now. Unfortunately it's tremendously expensive but it represents everything possible with modern, seriously engineered timeless technology as a perfect counter to the current disposable ethos.
"It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and then don't say it." -Sam Levenson
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For the first time in many years I recently came across an inanimate object of desire and it was a digital camera: http://us.leica-camera.com/photography/m_system/m8/[^] That thing to me is the archetype for what good electronic gadgets should be, so cool, so slick, so well thought out that you almost don't even realize it's electronic at all. Something timeless that you could easily envision still using decades from now. Unfortunately it's tremendously expensive but it represents everything possible with modern, seriously engineered timeless technology as a perfect counter to the current disposable ethos.
"It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and then don't say it." -Sam Levenson
Gone are the days of repair, alas it is just replace these days.
------------------------------------ "Reinstalling XP and VS 2008? It's an unending evening of mad-cap hum-dingery for you then!" Dalek Dave (to his Brother)
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Gone are the days of repair, alas it is just replace these days.
------------------------------------ "Reinstalling XP and VS 2008? It's an unending evening of mad-cap hum-dingery for you then!" Dalek Dave (to his Brother)
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F stop it!
------------------------------------ "Reinstalling XP and VS 2008? It's an unending evening of mad-cap hum-dingery for you then!" Dalek Dave (to his Brother)
That was a bit snappy.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
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That was a bit snappy.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
It lens itself to that kind of response!
------------------------------------ "Reinstalling XP and VS 2008? It's an unending evening of mad-cap hum-dingery for you then!" Dalek Dave (to his Brother)
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It lens itself to that kind of response!
------------------------------------ "Reinstalling XP and VS 2008? It's an unending evening of mad-cap hum-dingery for you then!" Dalek Dave (to his Brother)
If that's your view, find another way to say it!
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
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If that's your view, find another way to say it!
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
That's reel good advice!
------------------------------------ "Reinstalling XP and VS 2008? It's an unending evening of mad-cap hum-dingery for you then!" Dalek Dave (to his Brother)
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... is coupled with malingering shoddiness. And it's beginning to PMO a treat. For example, this morning my Canon EOS 400D decided enough was enough and packed up completely. After about half an hour of tech support, the conclusion was the thing is forked and needs to be repaired. But not under warranty, oh no, that ran out 3 months ago :| Now compare that to my Canon AE-1, which I bought second hand in 1984. After 25 years it still works perfectly, has never needed any sort of repair and still produces stunning results. I have half a mind just to stick the EOS in the bin and revert to film.
print "http://www.codeproject.com".toURL().text Ain't that Groovy?
martin_hughes wrote:
I have half a mind just to stick the EOS in the bin and revert to film.
My mailing address is: :)
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That's reel good advice!
------------------------------------ "Reinstalling XP and VS 2008? It's an unending evening of mad-cap hum-dingery for you then!" Dalek Dave (to his Brother)
It's just a reflex!
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
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That's reel good advice!
------------------------------------ "Reinstalling XP and VS 2008? It's an unending evening of mad-cap hum-dingery for you then!" Dalek Dave (to his Brother)
Ok kids - that's quite enough - I think you should wind this up and shutter down before the Daguerretory comments start. You know how emulsional folks can get around here...
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It's just a reflex!
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
It just slides off the tongue.
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I guarantee it's not so with that baby I linked to. :)
"It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and then don't say it." -Sam Levenson
The M8 is beautiful piece of kit. Can't have one though because Mrs Wife won't let me sell the kids...
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.
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Ok kids - that's quite enough - I think you should wind this up and shutter down before the Daguerretory comments start. You know how emulsional folks can get around here...
What, and give it to him on a plate?
------------------------------------ "Reinstalling XP and VS 2008? It's an unending evening of mad-cap hum-dingery for you then!" Dalek Dave (to his Brother)
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Ok kids - that's quite enough - I think you should wind this up and shutter down before the Daguerretory comments start. You know how emulsional folks can get around here...
ISO agree with you
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.
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ISO agree with you
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.
That's slightly obscura than it first appears
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That's slightly obscura than it first appears
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Curtainly
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.
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That's slightly obscura than it first appears
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Surely we can fix that
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Surely we can fix that
Would you like to enlarge on that?
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
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Curtainly
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.
Are we zooming to a conclusion yet?
------------------------------------ "Reinstalling XP and VS 2008? It's an unending evening of mad-cap hum-dingery for you then!" Dalek Dave (to his Brother)