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The picture that drove a Coral Gables police officer over the edge
June 26 at 8:05 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
Bad cop, no donut, apparently a police officer with the Coral Gables Police Department forced yet another photographer to delete her images on her memory card. Unfortunately for him, she knew about file recovery software. - Thomas Hawk via Bookmarklet
I was in coral gables this weekend - I can totally see the cops doing this. There are tons of them around and they have a holier than thou attitude. - Zach Landes
What an awesome last name. :P - Donato (ricin)
coming from a law enforcement family, this pisses me off to no end - Michael W. May via twhirl
"Here is Officer Friendly in all his glory." - He had a recurring roll on the Carol Burnett show. - Russellreno
CHiPS - fbrunel
This has GOT to stop. This is not a police state. - Brian Norwood
Starsky - directeur
@Brian .. think again - and it's only going to get worse - Steven Hodson
Coral Gables cops are assholes most of the time. They pull people over for going 4 mph over the speed limit - Lindsey Smith
Oi. I used to really not enjoy going out there. South Beach police officers are even worse. I got a $200 ticket one time for having turn indicator lights that were, I swear to God I'm not exaggerating, "the wrong shade of yellow." - Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins
Law is very cold and deadly when the spirit that was behind making it goes missing in it's enforcement - Mark Forman
Why are the cops so hostile towards photographers in general these days? I wouldn't be surprised if he was doing something illegal, but talking on a cellphone? What's next? A beating if you take a photo of him riding the bike? And then people think police officers in third world countries are bad... - Mirko Zorz
Get a picture of a cup having Sex with a Cow! http://tinyurl.com/3jwsoz - Igor The Troll
Just another cop with a hard on for power and authority. Oh wait a minute that's ALL cops! - Toby Graham
Toby: It's not all of them. A *lot* of them, yes. Too many, definitely. But not all. - Roger Benningfield
Igor, I know it is a typo but a "cup having Sex with a Cow!" sounds interesting in and of itself. haha. - Kreg Steppe
I can get it (although I don't condone it) when it happens here in Brazil, due to the cops' stress and low wages (just over 300 dollars a month). But in the USA, there's just no excuse. - Rodrigo Jaroszewski
We all need to demand more public wi-fi for just this kind of crap. With something like the Eye-fi card pictures can be immediately uploaded to the internet as they're taken. I love the way the photog retrieved the deleted file though. :) Too bad no one was live-casting on qik or ustream though. I'd guess most cops have no clue about those sorts of software either. We have lots of tools to use against this crap - let's band together and start using them! - Tad Donaghe
I've had this done to me. In Chennai, India. I didn't photograph in public for about a month after that (Imagine, I was 16 then) - Yuvi
When I am approached my the police or security I agree with them then leave. Live to fight another day. - Russellreno
@Russelreno: Why? If you are not doing anything wrong, why not at least ask them to clarify what they think you are doing that is unacceptable, rather than just agreeing and leaving? - Jeremy Brooks
@Donato: That is a great name! sudo rm -fr "Officer Friendly" - Jeremy Brooks
When it happens I am on private property. - Russellreno
Think of all those other pictures that never made it due to stupid cops. It's sad. - Josue Salazar via twhirl
Wow I just realized it is Momoco! Could this be a racially motivated incident? Momoco is Japanese! - Igor The Troll
Despicable. - TranceMist
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Idiot cops charge you more on a speeding ticket because the Dodge they chased you with guzzles too much gas. - TranceMist
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Windows XP: Windows XP On a Dell Means $50 Downgrade Surcharge Starting Now
June 19 at 1:57 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
"Vista Business and Vista Ultimate—the two more expensive versions of Vista—are the only two available for downgrade, and only to XP Pro. So in order to get XP on a Vostro 1000, you'd have to install Vista Business first, which costs $99 over the default. Then, you're down another $50 for the downgrade for a total of $149. That's quite a kick in the nards, Microsoft. Then again, Vista is fine and should work fairly OK on pre-built machines if you want to save $149." - Russellreno
Get a Mac - TranceMist
Good advice. - Russellreno
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Daniel launches his company he is 15years old help him!
June 19 at 12:35 pm - Link
Talk him out of it! - Rick Wolff
Tell him to get a real job and work at Seesmic! :-) - Robert Scoble
Love Daniel.. Genius! - Muthu Ramadoss
This guy is impressive. I like his idea. - possible248
Dude, you live on the peninsula? Go explore the tons of open space and wilderness around you. - TranceMist
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June 19 at 1:11 pm - Link
Can comment on my own message, Cool! - Muthu Ramadoss
A baseball bat usually does the job except with Steve Gillmor. :-) - Robert Scoble
The solution is to invite nobody, and convince yourself that those here _are_ your real friends. - Louis Gray
I can comment on your message, too. - TranceMist
lol. There is the "find and invite friends" to send messages to them, but to get them to actually get a FriendFeed account, and then participate is a much trickier business. I think that the solution here would be to start wearing all sorts of bling and telling your friends that you got it all from FriendFeed. - possible248
LOL. Funny responses. Normally there's an invite button, and you enter an email.. couldn't see anything in FF. - Muthu Ramadoss
Sadlly, you folks sub for friends. I work and know tech luddites. I mean SEVERE! I need you all! - Laurent Courtines via twhirl
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June 19 at 11:37 am - Link
yes... if not harder! - Adnan
Depends. If the drivers for all your hardware are already on the Windows CD then it's easier. Otherwise, it can get more complicated. - Morton Fox
Matters what year you're talking about. Installing Ubuntu is about as easy as installing Vista. Installing Slackware 96 was not easier than installing Windows 95. - Akiva Moskovitz
Most Linux drivers work for my hardware, so shouldn't that make it as easy as installing Windows, assuming that Windows has my drivers too? - possible248
A big thing to note here is not just the installation process, but going from install to working computer. This includes hardware working as expected and a easy to use interface after installation. Even today, I feel Linux requires a great deal of "tweaking" after installation. That's not necessarily a bad thing for some poeple, but it's still an issue for mainstream. - Bwana McCall
I agree with Bwana. I gave up on running Linux as my desktop ten years ago when I found myself fussing with the OS more often than I was actually getting any 'work' done. - Akiva Moskovitz
As for hardware issues, they will only be fully resolved when you have a diverse group of computers that come with Linux right out of the box. I think that the very easy to use interface has been almost completely nailed by Ubuntu. And @Akiva: Desktop Linux has changed a whole lot in ten years, you might want to check out Ubuntu and do a "then and now" comparison. - possible248
I'll be installing OpenSuSE 11 over the weekend. The reviews so far are positive. - Victor Ryden
i would not say that windows installs are just as easy as linux installs. with ubuntu, i have had hardware problems that no one on any forums or even an engineer friend could understand. - edythe
Victor: Remember not to try to use KDE 4. - possible248
possible248, I did. Threw Ubuntu 8.04 on my VAIO laptop for a couple of weeks. I really like some of the UI flourishes (although some of them are a bit cartoonish). Overall, though, I ended up missing some Windows-only applications that I use on a regular basis. Plus I ran into some minor hardware issues. It was enough to send me back to Vista. It's definitely a better experience than running Enlightenment E16 or whatever. - Akiva Moskovitz
Yes, if you get Windows from Microsoft (and not the hardware vendor) and then have to find and install all of the additional drivers drivers yourself. Count on endless reboots. - TranceMist
On average, with the top Linux distros, I'd say Linux has become just as easy. - Phil Crissman
a lot of people still think of command line stuff when they think of linux. There needs to be some FireFox level PR to fix this. - Stefan Hayden
possible248 - I saw mixed reviews from testers using the RC. Did you have a bad experience? - Victor Ryden
Installing Windows is a PITA, but only because of drivers as people have already said. The worst is feeding a virgin Windows XP install the required RAID drivers. Can't speak for other distros but Ubuntu was a breeze to install, although there was still some command line tweaking to get things perfect. I've reinstalled Panther, Tiger and Leopard in various ways and it was a snap, but then it is a closed system - Apple control the OS and the hardware. - John Samuelson
Victor: OpenSUSE 11 is pretty cool, but KDE 4, currently, is still not ready. - possible248
I personally do not like Linux due to that it has very little software for it compaired to Windows and MACs. - Brandon via twhirl
Brandon: You will find quite a lot of software for Linux. Have you checked Ubuntu's repositories? If you tried some other Linux distro, like Slackware, I can understand what you're saying. But Ubuntu and Debian have quite a lot of software available that you don't have to compile. - possible248
Ubuntu is great for a desktop... but a desktop is so 2000! :) My primary computer is a Tablet PC in slate mode, so I'm pretty well stuck with Windows until the other operating systems catch up in the touch/mobile arenas. - Kenneth LeFebvre
Did you just say "so 2000"? Omg I'm feeling old now. One of the worst parts of Linux: compilation. There is no call for me to compile the app I want to use or compile the kernel. It's just stupid, so "1970" if you will. - xero
@Kenneth LeFebvre: http://si9.org/435 -- It's possible. Plus, I still use and love a desktop along with a laptop and N800. - Jake (aka Jawee) via twhirl
@xero: Tell that to Gentoo. :) It's highly useful to compile in/out functionality that you need or don't need, to limit the amount of dependencies you don't actually need. Besides, you don't need to compile if you use a decent binary distro, it's only in highly specialized cases you really HAVE to compile stuff. - Daniel Bruce
Compiling on Linux is only necessary for some more exotic applications. Most things, at least in Ubuntu, can be found in the repository. For distros like Slackware, or even SuSE, you compile frequently. - possible248
In the rest of the world, those are called configuration options and don't need a recompile -or- plug-ins that are loaded/unloaded as needed. If they want to compile out options, then they should do it behind the scenes. Select the config options then it automatically recompiles and restarts the app. No need to force the user to learn how to do it. - xero
As for difficulty in installing. I personally found installing Ubuntu a lot cleaner/easier than attempting a 'from-the-ground-up' install of Vista on my mother's Dell, even WITH Dell's driver CDs. The amount of reboots and confusion from Dell's driver CD interface was highly annoying. That said, if drivers aren't easily accessible or immediately obvious, both OSes are equally horrible. :) - Daniel Bruce
@Daniel agreed. - xero
Well put, Daniel. I really think that answers my original question perfectly. +1 for you. - possible248
Not usually. Windows has always been a breeze for me, takes awhile, but everything works. Occasionally with Linux I will have to hack around driver issues, but it's not that bad b/c the community is so great. - Thomas Lopez Jr
Depends on which Windows version and which Linux distro you're talking about. I'd say Vista and Ubuntu are, at least for me, on the same level - my only problem with Vista is I need to install the touchpad driver for scrolling, and my only real problem with Ubuntu is the fact that I need to pull out a network cable to get my wireless driver. Bloody Broadcom/Dell/whomever I'm supposed to blame for this. - Cyvros/fyc
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June 10 at 2:26 am - Link
Quick tip: I wouldn't come with three phones to the UK. Over here the police thinks if you have more than one phone you are a terrorist: http://www.met.police.uk/campa... http://www.met.police.uk/campa... - Benjamin Kohler
I'm curious that you can't use the N82 for Qik videos, is this because it's non-compatible with the US 3G networks? (Also, be careful coming to the UK with a camera too http://www.met.police.uk/campa... ) - Mat
Yeah, the N82 doesn't give me 3G. If anyone knows how I could get it to support 3G, I would be most grateful. - Robert Scoble
Man. I'm a wee bit jealous. I'd love to be able to have all those toys to play with. Alas, I am too cheap. :( - Yolanda
My Nokia N82 vs. N95 comparison on photo features: http://offonatangent.blogspot.... - Steve Garfield via twhirl
Qik doesn't REQUIRE 3G, but the quality is better, so you could use the N82 without 3G. - Steve Garfield via twhirl
You need an assistant to carry your phones. Wait! Which phone will you use to call your assistant? - TranceMist
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June 17 at 9:45 pm - Link
that is excellent. :D - edythe
Brilliant! - Chris Nixon
The diversification away from tin hey. So finish this sentence Yahoo is in the busines of.... - Mick Liubinskas via twhirl
even if it isn't the real one its pure gold ;) - mike "glemak" dunn
He should only blame himself for selling out to Yahoo in the first place. - TranceMist
The letter was brilliant, the comments were idiotic. I think the comments on Digg have more value that the comments to a Valleywag post. - Tac Anderson
@Trancemist Yeah, I'm sure he's blaming himself. All the way to the bank, via his penthouse apartment, no doubt. - Ian Betteridge
selling to Yahoo was the right thing to do. There are few things in life more important than personal financial freedom. But Yahoo *could* have used Flickr to be the springboard to truly dominate social search and they bungled that. Could have bought digg, could have tied it all together. With Yahoo's bungling social search, FF remains the most viable candidate to succeed at social search here and now today. - Thomas Hawk
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June 18 at 4:17 am - via Bookmarklet - Link
"A. If Daisy Duke were the half-sister of both her Uncle Billy Bob, who never had children outside of the immediate family, and her Aunt Lilly Mae who was married to her Cousin Jethro, what would you say her relationship is to Billy Bob and Lilly Mae's illegitimate son Bucky?" - Russellreno
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June 17 at 9:07 am - Link
"thanks Adam" - Loic Le Meur
That's not saying much, given that there are only two options. - TranceMist
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Jennifer Mattern about Twitter's spammy future. Actually, I don't think spam will be a huge problem on Twitter. It's all a matter of who you're following. - benedikt via Mento
Can't it just be dead already? - TranceMist
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June 17 at 9:06 am - Link
This is an idea I have been thinking and planning to write about for some time. I like your simple explanation. I have mainly noticed the difference semantics that people use between taking, making, snapping, shooting, capturing, etc. I will still likely write up my thoughts sometime. Thanks for this post. - Jeremy Hall
interesting. 90% of what I shoot occurs naturally "taken" and I just get it. 10% is probably posed or "made." Nothing elaborately arranged though. That said, probably 50% of my shot happens in the camera and another 50% afterwards in post production. - Thomas Hawk
Cool post. I am firmly in the realm of taking pictures although I often times get so caught up in the moment that I have a tendency to become part of the picture or scene. - Mathew A. Koeneker
So if two people photograph the same thing and the result is different, did they "take" it or "make" it? - TranceMist
A little of both. My studio shots are definitely made but I also spend a lot of time taking photos of things I see. - Michael Hocter
Making means something different to me. The way you defined it, I see it as more of a set-up shot. However, I make a photograph in that I shoot as-is, but when I bring it back and post-process it, I make it look like the scene I imagined - with different tones, highlights, and levels. - Dawn M. Armfield
It strikes me as kind of a false choice. "Taking" a photo is the act of snapping the shutter - which every photographer does for every single photo they take. The larger process, including everything that goes into a photo, from setting up a scene (or finding one) to recording the image to processing it in post production could rightly be said the "making" of a photograph. I do both. - Eric
I think the term "making" has more meanings to it. If I understood your article right, you refer more to staging a scene etc. For me "making" refers also to finding a location (in landscape photography that is), and visualizing the image, and then returning to that place in the right light. In short I usually do both. - Sven
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AP wants you to pay to quote their articles. - schmutzie
Great, another old-media doesn't get it story. - TranceMist
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Has an excellent magic triangle on Exposure - TranceMist
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I like the magic triangle in that article. - TranceMist
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Excellent article and PDF on rights and caveats - TranceMist
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Excellent article on the right to photography - TranceMist
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Excellent round-up of lots of photographers being harassed by police and why it just doesn't add up - TranceMist
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At least one politician gets it - TranceMist
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Memphis Police consider anyone with a camera suspicious - TranceMist
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Toung-in-cheek - TranceMist
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Photography may be deemed an act of terrorism - TranceMist
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Stupid London Police advertisement against photography - TranceMist
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A rundown of recent DC-area harassments of photographers by police and security - TranceMist
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Police harass photography student for taking photos on local train - TranceMist
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