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Re: When Did Detroit Start Building Cars Like Japanese dSLRs????

2009-11-21T05:51:34Z

On 11/20/2009 9:13 PM Savageduck spake thus:
Let me guess: one of them motels in South City next to 101?
(Used to live in San Bruno, so that was my old stomping grounds.)

Re: DSLR Cameras

2009-11-21T05:37:02Z

Someone
Uh, the OP said 1500 shots for the project, or 1.5% of the expected
life, not 10%. He could do 67 similar slide-copying sessions.
How long is your car's powertrain warranted? Do you expect your car to
suddenly quit running when the warranty runs out?
I keep my cameras maintained. They go in for periodic service, warranty

Re: When Did Detroit Start Building Cars Like Japanese dSLRs????

2009-11-21T05:13:05Z

OK, OK, I was probably just a little too pedantic.
...and I got the joke.
Anyway I am in a hotel room right now waiting to fly out of SFO early
in the AM.
I am truly thankful to have free broadband in this room.

Re: When Did Detroit Start Building Cars Like Japanese dSLRs????

2009-11-21T04:58:51Z

On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:27:54 -0800, Savageduck
You think I didn't know that? A mantilla is a (usually) lace scarf
worn by Spanish women as a veil. Just a word-play joke. I probably
shouldn't joke in this group.

Re: When Did Detroit Start Building Cars Like Japanese dSLRs????

2009-11-21T04:27:54Z

Forget Spanish ladies and veils, think in terms of significand.
Traditional usage of "mantissa" regarding logarithms refers to the
fractional part of a logarithm.

Re: DSLR Cameras

2009-11-21T04:16:04Z

Go away, asshole troll.

Re: Freeware to make animated GIF (can Irfanview make an animated GIF?)

2009-11-20T14:51:41Z

"If not, what is the recommended freeware to create animated GIFs?"
Why don't you try this - [link]
Web based gif animation tool so you don't need to download anything or
pay.

Re: When Did Detroit Start Building Cars Like Japanese dSLRs????

2009-11-21T03:38:02Z

On 11/20/2009 6:08 PM J. Clarke spake thus:
Not that book, but I have my dad's copy of Burington's /Handbook of
Mathematical Tables and Formulas/, reprinted 1941. Usual stuff: logs,
trig tables, lotsa formulae.

Re: When Did Detroit Start Building Cars Like Japanese dSLRs????

2009-11-21T03:09:55Z

On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:31:09 -0800, Savageduck
What? Spanish ladies don't wear veils today?

Re: When Did Detroit Start Building Cars Like Japanese dSLRs????

2009-11-21T03:06:41Z

No I don't have a copy of that handbook, and the last time I actually
used a set of log/trig tables was in 1969, and there was quite a lot
going on in my life at that time distracting me from from any sort of
academic pursuit. A Selective Service number of 54 will do that to you.
Having said that, now I can wax nostalgic about all the stuff I survived.

Re: When Did Detroit Start Building Cars Like Japanese dSLRs????

2009-11-21T02:08:57Z

I picked up a Deci-Lon when they were on sale for 5 bucks at the OSU
bookstore. Never had occasion to actually use it but it's fun to play with.
By the way, with regard to log tables, do you have the Schaums Mathematical
Handbook? For $12.95 it's an incredible bargain--one of my Physics
professors turned me on to it--I've worn out two of them.

Re: DSLR Cameras

2009-11-21T02:20:19Z

On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:45:40 -0600, Outing Trolls is FUN!
snip
Woof.

Re: When Did Detroit Start Building Cars Like Japanese dSLRs????

2009-11-21T01:34:03Z

It took a bit longer to explain enough about logs for
When she's 15, ask her again how they work......Unless she's a math major,
she won't even know what logs are......

Re: DSLR Cameras

2009-11-21T01:33:40Z

Just walk the walk and you will be saved brother, talking the talk is easy
but leads to the troll side.
DOH!!! Tooooooo late...

Re: When Did Detroit Start Building Cars Like Japanese dSLRs????

2009-11-21T01:31:09Z

Along with 2 Faber Castell slide rules, I still have my old book of
log/antilog and trig tables. Use the word "mantissa" today, and see
what sort of baffled looks you will get from kids.