Brian Johns

Yeah - I hear you. The problem is that I never know until afterwards if I'm going to really like the shot or not. I like to have the extra resolution and color information for shots that I really like. For shots I don't like at all I can learn to delete. The problem is the shots that I only sort-of like. For those shots, I'm still holding on to 30 MB forever. I guess I could downsample and only keep a smaller version... - Brian Johns

Just RAW, or RAW+JPG. You didn't need all that space on your 32GB CF Card, right? - Neal Krummell

I only shoot RAW, since I can make JPGs later. (shooting RAW + JPG would just make the problem worse!) And no, I don't have 32 GB cards! I'm thinking of upgrading to a pair of 16 GB cards but am holding off for now since it's not a real "need". - Brian Johns

The problem with RAW is that you can only take a few shots until you run out of space. The quality is great, but if you don't carry extra cards around you'll run out of film. - Davis Freeberg

"a few" being about 500 or 600 at this point. :-) The other part of the problem is the processing and storage after the shoot. But yet when you get that really great 5-star image and make a 20 x 30 print of it, it all feels worthwhile. - Brian Johns

So how many 20x30 prints have you made in the last few months? Just curious! - Stephen Mack

When I took the printing workshop from Charlie Cramer back in June, quite a few. (10 or so.) If I weren't actually making large prints, then the huge filesize would be a total waste of space. Many people like Nikon's approach better, which is making full-frame cameras with 12 megapixels. Better image quality and smaller files FTW. I wish Canon would stop trying to win the megapixel race too. - Brian Johns

That's horrible! How on earth can anyone in good conscious declare a 4 month old "obese"? it's a BABY! absurd. obscene. pathetic. UGH! - Erin "Wifey" Johns

:( - Stephen Mack from iPhone

Wow... major insurance fail - Georgia Diehl

pre-existing conditions just as bogus as this one underly the current health care crisis - its the why most uninsured ARE unable to get insurance - WarLord

Absurd! - Meredith

"Insurers don't take babies above the 95th percentile, no matter how healthy they are otherwise." So one out of 20 newborn infants is denied coverage outright just by their position in the curve? I didn't think it was possible for me to hate our health system more than I already do. - Stephen Mack

Imagine if insurance companies could just say "We only insure people in the 95th percentile of health"? - Kevin Fox

Kevin by the manipulation of Pre-existing Conditions Underwriting that relate to coverage they do that very thing or try very hard only to take "healthy" people in the "X" percentile of health... - WarLord

I wonder if they also bar infants below the 5th percentile, based on being underweight. If so, that would be 1 in 10 babies that get denied. - Brian Johns

Sophie is 4th percentile and has coverage, so I guess not. - Stephen Mack

I think the key to this is that these parents were changing to a new insurance provider. I'm guessing that Sophie has been with the same provider ever since she was born? I'm curious if it would be an issue if you tried to shop for new insurance though. - Brian Johns

That sucks. I saw the woman, kinda scary as both were around our age. - Dario Gomez

I would really like to know what they died of. - Brian Johns

Presumably heart failure? - Stephen Mack

That's one possibility. This is the Internet, so let's just speculate and call it a fact! ;-) - Brian Johns

I just confirmed it was terrorists. You can believe me, I'm a doctor. - Stephen Mack

More evidence that exercise is bad for you. - Kevin Pedraja

I was going to say "At least they died doing something healthy," but thought it might be in bad taste. However, now I don't feel bad anymore. - Cristo

I realize the chances are they died of heart failure, near the end of a multi-hour exercise session. I'd love to know if this was one of those freak things where ultra-healthy people have heart attacks, or if they weren't physically prepared, or if this was something else, like they felt woozy and tripped and died of head trauma, etc. - Brian Johns

I will say though that the race seemed very well supported. Tons of cops and ambulances hanging around, waiting for something to happen. If you were going to have a heart attack, this was as good a place as any to have it. - Brian Johns

Too bad none of those cops or paramedics could save either life. I feel for the families of the deceased. - Stephen Mack

Stephen, nice attempt to redeem yourself. :) - Cristo

Well done, Sparky! - Stephen Mack from iPhone

That's awesome. Congratulations! - Faraz Mullick

Congratulations! - Anne Bouey

You passed me towards the end! - Dario Gomez

Where? Was I muttering anything??? - Brian Johns

So grats to Dario too :) - Stephen Mack

Awesome Dario! - Rachel Lea Fox from iPhone

Slap! - ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift

Darn, backordered. Could use these to go along with the $500 Ethernet cable: http://www.amazon.com/Denon-A... - Neal Krummell

I have a buddy with a stereo that has power/speaker cords like those, but his are at least 1.5" in diameter... I was like, "there's no way that's necessary"... within 8 measures of the first song... I could tell I had never heard a stereo sound that good. Not my cup o' tea, but wow... incredible. - SAM

The 2 meter version is only $300 more. So does that mean the cable is $300 per meter and the parts/labor for the connectors is $1,200 each? - Brian Johns

Wait, I understand wanting good sound, but why is the cord so expensive? - Rachel Lea Fox

Rachel: Welcome to the world of high-end "audiophile" cables, where reason and science go out the window, and scams reign supreme. - Tudor Bosman

A good stereo has more to do with the amp & speakers than the cabling. There is such a thing as a crappy cable, but the law of diminishing returns (on "quality") applies here. SAM, did he show that using both good and "not as good" cables that the quality was demonstrably better? Without that test (at a minimum), your anecdote doesn't prove his 1.5"-diameter cable was necessary to achieve the sound you heard. - G. Sigh

That's true. He lives in that world as a professional jazz drummer though and spends hours a week dedicated to looking into these types of technologies. I don't believe he would have spent the money if it wasn't worth it to him. (He's also a frugal guy, sans his audiophile tendencies.) All in all, I think these purchases can seem extreme or foolish to some, but are quite worth it to the folks that are into it. - SAM

Also, his system had a "power converter/cleaner" whatever that means, and the over-engineered cordage was specifically to ensure it's effectiveness. (I'm sure you could get within a gnats @$$ going another direction but that's his deal.) - SAM

*reads and facepalms* - Joe Silence is not dead

I have this and it works really well. - Cristo

thanks, Cristo, i needed a laugh. - Joe Silence is not dead

no, this stuff IS foolish. i've been a musician and recordist (not gonna say "engineer" cos i don't have an EE degree :P) since the early 1980s. this stuff is snake oil, pure and simple. - Joe Silence is not dead

copper is quite expensive though... - anna sauce

I thought copper was going for about a penny these days. - Roger Nang

Modern pennies have very little copper. - Andrew C

Today's pennies are mostly zinc: http://coins.about.com/od.... - G. Sigh

and.. the numismatists kill the pun. or maybe the google-ists ;) - Roger Nang