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I've observed people with the MS detachable tablet PCs doing that, but it looks inefficient.

You are typing on a monitor? Did they arrive via slow boat from the Chinese?

Some plans allow for a lease at the same price to get a new phone which works well for some users.

I will check it out next week. Since the phone companies seem to have forced constant upgrades by not allowing battery replacement, it only makes sense to buy one with a larger capacity to start with. Within two years it will probably suck and the whole phone will need to be disposed anyway.

It's like some countries where you are out in the woods with satellite.

Monocytes...

No of course not. I saw one set up at a site many years ago. You need a huge geared mount to hold it steady and aim it.

I know that lens. It's a cat (telescope) with a very long MFD of over 50 feet IIRC.

Although the 400/4 DO II is excellent, it doesn't hold up to a 2x like the series II regular superteles.

So we are going from 55" to 5.5" or therabouts for watching TV? It is understandable at 36,000 feet, but how exactly is that an improvement at home?

I don't use the ultra-wide lenses (e.g., 11-24 mm) as it becomes increasingly difficult to compose without perspective issues. Even with the 16-35 it can be an issue. I assume those new designs would be mainly for PJ use. I'd rather see some newer tilt/shift lenses. A lot of designs are...

Does anyone know women with name as a junior (e.g., Mary Louise Smith, Jr.)? Is it a southern thing?

You need a 200 macro or such. ;)

The brightness is not so much of an issue as the contrast and containing the illumination to only the desired segments. Everything else should be pitch black. Many LEDs, especially those in the early days, suffered light leak that the neon did not.

Once I had a tire blow out a <15K, and the manufacturer claimed that it was normal wear. The 50K guarantee was BS. I was driving normally on a public canyon road most of the year.

Tires never seem to last anywhere near the rated treadwear with a decent traction. I suppose highway use at constant speed is closer, but how many always drive like that compared to stop and go or winding roads? I used to get less than 15,000 through the canyons.

There is no shortage of cheapskates. Some people put funky 3rd party batteries in $7000 cameras to save $50 for example for example.

I had one in the early 70s. The main issue is that the numbers are increasingly blocked further to the rear of the tube and at angles away from the perpendicular. 7-segment displays were a huge advancement in that they are much easier to read from any angle. My favorite clock ever had a 6...

Thanks. I don't know why it is weird. Phones need protection and the front pocket is the viable option when seated.

CR1, meh. There have been rumors and test models of a 600/f4 for 15 years.

Does it fit in your front pocket with a case on?

My phone locked up and I had to remove the cell. Now it starts and apparently shuts down after the bios screen. I'm traveling and thought it might be hacking or Koreans messing with me. Must buy a new phone in November. Those choices don't look good. Did you buy one t mobile and what do you...

I think it was June but perhaps August.

I lost my post, but the gist is that I was mainly concerned about being off by 25 sec. and now I can set it manually with sufficient precision (to the second). It is good to know that the time server system has improved. However, when I connected the LAN to the notebook MS tried to update...

A second or two is fine. It was off by 25 seconds until I was able to find the old time setting. I connected it to the internet, but immediately MS wanted to D/L a bunch of stuff. I'll update the notebook in December when I have time to test it afterwards.

Although cameras have improved internal image processing recently, it is nowhere close to what can be done with skilled PP. Obviously for many purposes, especially commercial work, image quality is not paramount and jpegs are good enough. In 2016 I reprocessed some RAW images from 2003 (1Ds)...

The bogus 3rd party corrections have been an issue for many years. I always suggest turning off all of the corrections anyway one is better off seeing how the lens performs natively and of course shooting RAW since jpegs suck anyway. I actually have the Canon 85/1.8, which is a fine lens at...

There is still no AF, so it's made for static subjects.

Isn't it the point that each satellite is an atomic clock? Apparently they receive the GLONASS signals in addition to the GPS.

Doesn't that require the internet connection? I don't want to use the Wi-Fi in certain countries. I've disabled it in the BIOS. I've also noticed that the internet time does not quite match my GPS, which should be quite accurate when receiving 18 satellites, including the Glasnost.

Thanks! It seems MS hides all the old stuff. I should have looked in the CP.

Win 10 is killing me again. When I change the time in the Date and Time settings only the minutes are available. There seems to be no way to set the clock accurately. It is always about 25 seconds off. How can MS mess up something as simple as a clock? :frusty:

What do you need one of those for? Can't the sound be implemented in software? Maybe they could make that bizarre X15 sound.

I don't know you know all that, but it seems plausible.

What was a mistake?

Weather is rather bad in the Floridas. Fortunately I do not need to travel this week.

I'd tend to agree with #4. Do you think a $1000 computer today will last over 30 years?

Are you playing ancient computer games? I can't imagine what good a 20 year old OS would be .

I would also advise against using 2.5" SSDs for caching. I tried every mode in the QNAP a couple years ago and the Synology after that. Although a dual-SSD configuration it is supposed to support write acceleration, after a while all it does is allow faster reads of smallish files, for example...

If Spock were still alive he'd say "fascinating."

I suppose that is an issue for people that use the Documents or Pictures fodders. I wonder if it affects anyone using disk partitions or NADS. I'm still on the Win 10 Creationist version with a few updates in April.

So the new v2 version has higher lumens in the brightest mode, but the run time must be ridiculously short. V1 only lasts about 30 minutes before it is almost dead. There is no decent middle output; it needs a 200 lumen mode.

Why are you not receiving medical treatment for all the ailments? Get help before it is too late. Something else must be going on. I don't want to pry too much, but abusing your body is never the solution.

The LED on my case blinks when the M.2 SSD is in use. There is also an LED on most laptops with only the M.2 slot. I don't know if the LED indicates that the SSD is actually writing or simply receiving the command to write, but does it matter? I suppose it might not work of you are using M.2...

If I had limited funds and both conditions, the hands would be top priority. As many issues as I've had at least I go to the Drs. and hospitals for the treatments and repairs.

I suspect neither will be available by June 1, 2019.

For nearly two years now new hardware has been locked out of supporting any Windows OS other than 10.

I would be very interested in a 600/5.6 PF Nikkor.

I still have the original 500/4 IS lens, but will rent a 500/4 IS II when needed. I have to make some decisions about June soon enough and don't expect a 500/4 III by then. The problem with the 600/4 III is that it is still quite long and I'd need different bags. I can fit a 500/4 in a 22L...

The best point is now! The late Merc was morbidly obese and did something about it.