Guilty as charged. I hadn't even begun to tap the potential of my slide rule when I traded it in for an HP calculator. And, I'm ashamed to even talk about how I tossed out a perfectly good sextant in favor of a gps box. Regards. -iwbs
Worse than fluoridated water, eh? :-D
Nah that one is pretty much exaggerated. Well, I'm no bio guy to say things against my optician, but you're welcome to prove me the opposite.
Beta radiation is the emission of electrons. What specific element is emitting beta radiation and can you cite articles that back up your assertion?
You lie. ;-)
Right after you prove that "plenty of snipers" have gotten eye cancer as a result of EVFs.
I filled a complain against my own post. Id rather withdraw it. You have a point. I'm just repeating what I heard people say.
You can check my latest answer. I'm assuming ignorance and withdrawing my post.
You can do that?
There are many who should follow your example. ;-)
I think that's how people normally go about their daily lives. By the way, you might find this interesting:
I'm a researcher and I recognize when I get trapped into repeating things without evidence. Can't go through that "heard about that". I hate it when I see it, so I should refrain doing that as much.
We all repeat what we heard -- communication would be terribly difficult if we didn't. But the way you manned up when challenged on your claim is commendable. The sin is when people start making things up or intentionally distort fact so they don't have to retract their original claim.
I know hahahahhahaha Schopenhauer wrote once (38 ways to win an argument) that when a discussion starts, the first thing to be abandoned is reason itself and that it is not anymore about who's right, but who holds up for longer an argument (despite reason). That's some real self delusion, a complete loss of time and yet one of the most natural things we end up doing as you said
. Quite the noble retraction, ppires85.I know hahahahhahaha Schopenhauer wrote once (38 ways to win an argument) that when a discussion starts, the first thing to be abandoned is reason itself and that it is not anymore about who's right, but who holds up for longer an argument (despite reason). That's some real self delusion, a complete loss of time and yet one of the most natural things we end up doing as you said
And you posted a hell of a good article. I was reading something this week about the lack of reproducibility of studies in behavior being an issue nowadays. Guess it is not plaguing just my research field.
Yes, I suspect we won't "know" for quite a while. VR does this as well, fortunately only a few of us can spend a long time with the headsets on without stomach issues.
I hadn't really thought about this either, I look forward to the inevitable studies that will be delayed by the money involved in selling such things to us.Indeed, sadly it will be too late for many if there is indeed a problem with such things.
Yes, the other half of the truth is that a lot of technology comes to the market without being studied properly. One recent example is like minor things such as the Nintendo 3Ds that is giving something as simples as short term headaches, which are nothing that huge to worry about. We also see that type of thing happening a lot in the food market with things such as whey protein and other stuff people use for workouts. But they start to sell before doing research.Yes, I suspect we won't "know" for quite a while. VR does this as well, fortunately only a few of us can spend a long time with the headsets on without stomach issues.
Indeed, sadly it will be too late for many if there is indeed a problem with such things.
You made my day with that witty reply. Thank you!
As somebody who currently shoots Sony, I'd say you should wait until the reviews come out to ensure that you are not disappointed and that the Sony is fit for your purpose. Historically AF performance on adapted lenses was very poor, but the first looks say that the new A7Rii has "decent" AF performance. I'd wait for real reviews to see the final conclusion. I'm cautiously optimistic. For example, many people say that (current) A7ii AF isn't suitable for sports, but I've been using it for 6 months now to shoot my daughter's hockey without major issues. If that performance can be extended to adapted lenses on the new A7Rii, that will be amazing.
If I can use these Canon lenses on the Sony, I'll be upgrading my current Sony to the new one and buying a couple canon lenses. Sony currently has a huge hole in their lens lineup >200mm, which is the biggest problem I currently have. I'd like a 300 or 400 mm lens with decent AF for sports.
One thing which did happen as people adopted calculators to replace their slide rules: many of them stopped estimating the sensible answer to their calculation in order to check the result. With a slide rule you must determine where the decimal point goes because the device won't do it for you, which means having a general idea of the answer's proper value range. Many students around me were getting nonsensical answers with their hyper-accurate calculators because they just punched the numbers in and assumed that there were no errors in their data entry or order. And I've seen people blithely tag locations in photos with incorrect GPS data; it's not unheard of for the mapping sw to incorrectly interpret the GPS and put you miles away from your actual location. My car does this sometimes, and if I didn't know roughly where I was it would be incredibly confusing on some trips. Just because GPS is a very accurate system doesn't mean that every implementation is flawless.
It is certainly the case that, as tools get more sophisticated and capable, some users will not be able to keep up, i.e., figure out how to use them correctly. But, that doesn't mean, for example, that we should have stuck with slide rules (or even abacuses) for the sake of the slow learners or sloppy users.
