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  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 11,605
    edited December 2015

     

    kyoto kid said:

    ...another Megabucks draw, another "non winning" ticket.

    I thought when you became an old fart, your chances to win the Lotto are supposed to improve.

    It did for me.  Won about $850 when I was 65.  Whee....  but not since.    I keep trying though but I never buy more than one ticket at a time, any more is a waste of money.  Any less is guarantee of failure.  My philosophy is "It only takes one ticket... over and over and over and over and over....."

     

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  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,150
    TroutFace said:
    kyoto kid said:
    TroutFace said:
    MistyMist said:

    BEEEER

    Everything goes better with beer!! Plus tonight is wodka shopping night, so some Polish tater vodka comes home! laughdevil

    ...things are even better with Polish Potato Wodka as well.

    Hoping that the Bridge Funding comes through.

    Amazingly, despite the season some places are hiring and already the vultures circle my body.. submitted for a firmware job in Redmond this morning!

    ...Redmond WA?

  • SerpentSerpent Posts: 4,075
    kyoto kid said:
    TroutFace said:
    kyoto kid said:
    TroutFace said:
    MistyMist said:

    BEEEER

    Everything goes better with beer!! Plus tonight is wodka shopping night, so some Polish tater vodka comes home! laughdevil

    ...things are even better with Polish Potato Wodka as well.

    Hoping that the Bridge Funding comes through.

    Amazingly, despite the season some places are hiring and already the vultures circle my body.. submitted for a firmware job in Redmond this morning!

    ...Redmond WA?

    Yep!  It's a long shot but worth applying for.  It never hurts to try in this business.. well, usually.. indecisionindecision

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,150
    TroutFace said:
    kyoto kid said:

    ...another Megabucks draw, another "non winning" ticket.

    I thought when you became an old fart, your chances to win the Lotto are supposed to improve.

    I hope you win it!! yeslaugh

    ...thanks.  Another draw tonight now 3.6$ million which on the annuity option (which I would take as I have no "investor" savvy) would be about 96,000$ after taxes per year.

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,150
    TroutFace said:
    kyoto kid said:
    TroutFace said:
    kyoto kid said:
    TroutFace said:
    MistyMist said:

    BEEEER

    Everything goes better with beer!! Plus tonight is wodka shopping night, so some Polish tater vodka comes home! laughdevil

    ...things are even better with Polish Potato Wodka as well.

    Hoping that the Bridge Funding comes through.

    Amazingly, despite the season some places are hiring and already the vultures circle my body.. submitted for a firmware job in Redmond this morning!

    ...Redmond WA?

    Yep!  It's a long shot but worth applying for.  It never hurts to try in this business.. well, usually.. indecisionindecision

    ..wow, you'd only be a three and a half hour train ride away from "Beervana".

  • SerpentSerpent Posts: 4,075
    kyoto kid said:
    TroutFace said:
    kyoto kid said:
    TroutFace said:
    kyoto kid said:
    TroutFace said:
    MistyMist said:

    BEEEER

    Everything goes better with beer!! Plus tonight is wodka shopping night, so some Polish tater vodka comes home! laughdevil

    ...things are even better with Polish Potato Wodka as well.

    Hoping that the Bridge Funding comes through.

    Amazingly, despite the season some places are hiring and already the vultures circle my body.. submitted for a firmware job in Redmond this morning!

    ...Redmond WA?

    Yep!  It's a long shot but worth applying for.  It never hurts to try in this business.. well, usually.. indecisionindecision

    ..wow, you'd only be a three and a half hour train ride away from "Beervana".

    I keep trying to get up in that area.. not as easy as it looks, apparenty. indecision Just gotta keep trying...

    Bored again.  New hardware arrived, by lunch had it all working and integrated.  Now.. waiting for tomorrows hardware drop.  Zero enthusiasm. Need the money so can't go home. indecision

    Friday will come as a relief. indecision

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,150

    ...I actually felt the same way when I was laid off from the place I worked for a couple years ago. No more enduring epic length commutes, or dealing with penny-wise and pound foolish policies and workplace politik headgames.

  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,239
    McGyver said:

    Is anyone here getting themselves a drone anytime soon?  I went to Best Buy the other day and they now have, in store about ten different drones, at least two are professional level... I just went to CVS (a drug store chain) and apparently they are carrying drones now too... I feel that while they may hold the potential for some good old fashioned redneck fun, that's the exact reason most people should not be in possession of one... Well, now I have something to look forward to this summer... All the drone related stupidity and the eventual outcry against them. My property has a No-Fly Zone policy for SUAVs, so any that venture over here will end up stuffed and mounted.  I think drones and hover boards are this years dumb expensive gift.... Or are there more I'm missing?... The sad thing is they (drones) have the potential to be quite useful, for photography, maintenance or surveying... Even hiking or exploring out in nature... Going place you can't reach or shouldn't try to.  But the moment they became popular is the moment I lost interest... First off, very soon you are going to see every municipality slapping all sorts of restrictions on them because of all the idiots and the bad people will find bad things to do with them... Besides, unless I can strap a couple of hellfire missiles to them, what's the point?... I guess I could annoy squirrels with them, but that's what the missiles would be for in the first place. The hover boards are a hoot too, someone we know got one two months ago and the battery severely overheated, so they returned it and got a new one... Now I'm seeing news warning about many of them bursting into flames and even exploding... Which is cool if you intend for it work that way, but not you just want to rides around on it like a slightly more coordinated Paul Blart- Mall Cop.  Megh... I'm probably getting coal for Christmas anyway.

    There are already privacy concerns connected to drones, and safety concerns.  There is a new FAA law about to go into effect because people, mostly innocently, keep flying them too high and they pose a risk to airliners.  Lets fac it, if a bird can cause damage to a jet enjine, what can one of these hard plastic and metal things going to do?  So, they'll be regulated to keeping below a certain altitude.

    As for "hoverboards"...who the hell named them?  They don't hover, they roll on the ground.  They have wheels.  That's like calling a Mustang a flying car.  They both may become airborn, accidentally, but neither is intended for that use.

    Dana

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    treated myself to taxi home. miserable drizzal out there.

    me eyes are tired cant play with rara.

    should try to finish writing a chapter tnite before i forget the dialogue i imagined on the bus.

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    crockpot cooking for dinner?

  • McGyverMcGyver Posts: 7,064
    TroutFace said:
    McGyver said:
    TroutFace said:

    Feh. sad

    Eh? 

    Disgust and unhappiness is settling in re: this company closing forever at the end of the day Friday.  My mood is going from bad to serious attitude problem..

    thus..

    ..feh. angry

    Oh... That's Grrrrrrr with me... I thought it was an abbreviation for something... Sorry. 

  • McGyverMcGyver Posts: 7,064
    MistyMist said:

    there no such thing as a cheap hdri camera?

    Nope.

  • McGyverMcGyver Posts: 7,064
    DanaTA said:
    McGyver said:

    Is anyone here getting themselves a drone anytime soon?  I went to Best Buy the other day and they now have, in store about ten different drones, at least two are professional level... I just went to CVS (a drug store chain) and apparently they are carrying drones now too... I feel that while they may hold the potential for some good old fashioned redneck fun, that's the exact reason most people should not be in possession of one... Well, now I have something to look forward to this summer... All the drone related stupidity and the eventual outcry against them. My property has a No-Fly Zone policy for SUAVs, so any that venture over here will end up stuffed and mounted.  I think drones and hover boards are this years dumb expensive gift.... Or are there more I'm missing?... The sad thing is they (drones) have the potential to be quite useful, for photography, maintenance or surveying... Even hiking or exploring out in nature... Going place you can't reach or shouldn't try to.  But the moment they became popular is the moment I lost interest... First off, very soon you are going to see every municipality slapping all sorts of restrictions on them because of all the idiots and the bad people will find bad things to do with them... Besides, unless I can strap a couple of hellfire missiles to them, what's the point?... I guess I could annoy squirrels with them, but that's what the missiles would be for in the first place. The hover boards are a hoot too, someone we know got one two months ago and the battery severely overheated, so they returned it and got a new one... Now I'm seeing news warning about many of them bursting into flames and even exploding... Which is cool if you intend for it work that way, but not you just want to rides around on it like a slightly more coordinated Paul Blart- Mall Cop.  Megh... I'm probably getting coal for Christmas anyway.

    That's like calling a Mustang a flying car.  They both may become airborn, accidentally, but neither is intended for that use.

    I flew a '77 Mustang about twenty feet... I thought that counted... The owners manual said nothing about not flying it... That left it open for interpretation.

     

  • McGyverMcGyver Posts: 7,064
    kyoto kid said:
    McGyver said:

    Is anyone here getting themselves a drone anytime soon?  I went to Best Buy the other day and they now have, in store about ten different drones, at least two are professional level... I just went to CVS (a drug store chain) and apparently they are carrying drones now too... I feel that while they may hold the potential for some good old fashioned redneck fun, that's the exact reason most people should not be in possession of one... Well, now I have something to look forward to this summer... All the drone related stupidity and the eventual outcry against them. My property has a No-Fly Zone policy for SUAVs, so any that venture over here will end up stuffed and mounted.  I think drones and hover boards are this years dumb expensive gift.... Or are there more I'm missing?... The sad thing is they (drones) have the potential to be quite useful, for photography, maintenance or surveying... Even hiking or exploring out in nature... Going place you can't reach or shouldn't try to.  But the moment they became popular is the moment I lost interest... First off, very soon you are going to see every municipality slapping all sorts of restrictions on them because of all the idiots and the bad people will find bad things to do with them... Besides, unless I can strap a couple of hellfire missiles to them, what's the point?... I guess I could annoy squirrels with them, but that's what the missiles would be for in the first place. The hover boards are a hoot too, someone we know got one two months ago and the battery severely overheated, so they returned it and got a new one... Now I'm seeing news warning about many of them bursting into flames and even exploding... Which is cool if you intend for it work that way, but not you just want to rides around on it like a slightly more coordinated Paul Blart- Mall Cop.  Megh... I'm probably getting coal for Christmas anyway.

    ...then there was this fellow in Kentucky, who when he saw a drone with a camera hovering over the back yard where his daughter was sunbathing, got his rifle and shot it out of the sky.

    That's pretty much what I'd do... 

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    edited December 2015

    really in the mood for frosted flakes.  if i had a car i'd drive to get some  and scotchtape

     

    free violin http://www.runtimedna.com/Musica-Fantasia.html

     

     

     

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  • McGyverMcGyver Posts: 7,064

    Never eat scotchtape before bed.

  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 11,605
    McGyver said:
    MistyMist said:

    there no such thing as a cheap hdri camera?

    Nope.

    Well, that depends on how much energy you want to invest in taking HDR images.  A cheap camera would make it very difficult, but a moderate priced quality manufacturer camera with manual settings and a good tripod will work.  I've used an old tiny 3.2Megapixel Nikon Coolpix 995 and a good steady tripod to take some damn nice HDR images.  You just have to take 3 or 5 images of the exact same scene without moving the camera but use different shutter speeds.  (not different aperture settings because larger apertures decrease depth of field causing some of the images to be blurrier than others) Then using Photoshop or other software capable of merging the separately exposed images turn them into an HDRI.

    Attached is an image I took inside a tropical setting with deep shadows and bright sunspots.

    No, quality equipment isn't cheap but it doesn't have to exorbitant unless you want the camera to do the whole HDRI thing in one snap of the shutter.  THAT is expensive!!!!!

     

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  • McGyverMcGyver Posts: 7,064
    edited December 2015

    I don't know if these are good for anything... I don't even know why I made them... All I know is I have a huge headache now... If I croak tonite, Silo 2.5 killed me...

     

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  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776
    McGyver said:

    I don't know if these are good for anything... I don't even know why I made them... All I know is I have a huge headache now... If I croak tonite, Silo 2.5 killed me...

     

    hey nice work there :)

  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776

    Hot hot hot hot hot hot hot hot hot hot hot hot hot hot hot hot hot hot hot hot hot hot  hot hot hot hot hot hot hot hot hot hot hot hot hot hot hot hot hot hot hot hot hot hot hot hot 

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  • McGyverMcGyver Posts: 7,064
    LeatherGryphon said:
    McGyver said:
    MistyMist said:

    there no such thing as a cheap hdri camera?

    Nope.

    Well, that depends on how much energy you want to invest in taking HDR images.  A cheap camera would make it very difficult, but a moderate priced quality manufacturer camera with manual settings and a good tripod will work.  I've used an old tiny 3.2Megapixel Nikon Coolpix 995 and a good steady tripod to take some damn nice HDR images.  You just have to take 3 or 5 images of the exact same scene without moving the camera but use different shutter speeds.  (not different aperture settings because larger apertures decrease depth of field causing some of the images to be blurrier than others) Then using Photoshop or other software capable of merging the separately exposed images turn them into an HDRI.

    Attached is an image I took inside a tropical setting with deep shadows and bright sunspots.

    No, quality equipment isn't cheap but it doesn't have to exorbitant unless you want the camera to do the whole HDRI thing in one snap of the shutter.  THAT is expensive!!!!!

     

    Well, true... I was just generalizing... There is often some overlooked or short lived device that gets forgotten because it isn't "the best of the best with bells on it"... And I've had a couple of cameras like that, very reasonably priced, but not well known either... I think I've become very fed up with digital cameras... Most are overpriced and I don't see why all the SLRs have to be soooo expensive... There are no good cheap ones... Sorry, that was not the point...

    Actually what I meant to say was, yeah I agree and FYI... Both iPhone and Galaxy have an HDR mode... Not the best, but they have them.

  • TJohnTJohn Posts: 11,188

    Thorsday Greetings. Be good boys and girls, or Krampus will get you.

  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 11,605
    edited December 2015
    McGyver said:
    LeatherGryphon said:
    McGyver said:
    MistyMist said:

    there no such thing as a cheap hdri camera?

    Nope.

    Well, that depends on how much energy you want to invest in taking HDR images.  A cheap camera would make it very difficult, but a moderate priced quality manufacturer camera with manual settings and a good tripod will work.  I've used an old tiny 3.2Megapixel Nikon Coolpix 995 and a good steady tripod to take some damn nice HDR images.  You just have to take 3 or 5 images of the exact same scene without moving the camera but use different shutter speeds.  (not different aperture settings because larger apertures decrease depth of field causing some of the images to be blurrier than others) Then using Photoshop or other software capable of merging the separately exposed images turn them into an HDRI.

    Attached is an image I took inside a tropical setting with deep shadows and bright sunspots.

    No, quality equipment isn't cheap but it doesn't have to exorbitant unless you want the camera to do the whole HDRI thing in one snap of the shutter.  THAT is expensive!!!!!

     

    ...

    ...  and FYI... Both iPhone and Galaxy have an HDR mode...

    Well, bust my buttons! surprise https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuBhtB8YISM

     

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  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    technology is exciting.

    cap locks beep!!!!

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  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,239
    McGyver said:
    kyoto kid said:
    McGyver said:

    Is anyone here getting themselves a drone anytime soon?  I went to Best Buy the other day and they now have, in store about ten different drones, at least two are professional level... I just went to CVS (a drug store chain) and apparently they are carrying drones now too... I feel that while they may hold the potential for some good old fashioned redneck fun, that's the exact reason most people should not be in possession of one... Well, now I have something to look forward to this summer... All the drone related stupidity and the eventual outcry against them. My property has a No-Fly Zone policy for SUAVs, so any that venture over here will end up stuffed and mounted.  I think drones and hover boards are this years dumb expensive gift.... Or are there more I'm missing?... The sad thing is they (drones) have the potential to be quite useful, for photography, maintenance or surveying... Even hiking or exploring out in nature... Going place you can't reach or shouldn't try to.  But the moment they became popular is the moment I lost interest... First off, very soon you are going to see every municipality slapping all sorts of restrictions on them because of all the idiots and the bad people will find bad things to do with them... Besides, unless I can strap a couple of hellfire missiles to them, what's the point?... I guess I could annoy squirrels with them, but that's what the missiles would be for in the first place. The hover boards are a hoot too, someone we know got one two months ago and the battery severely overheated, so they returned it and got a new one... Now I'm seeing news warning about many of them bursting into flames and even exploding... Which is cool if you intend for it work that way, but not you just want to rides around on it like a slightly more coordinated Paul Blart- Mall Cop.  Megh... I'm probably getting coal for Christmas anyway.

    ...then there was this fellow in Kentucky, who when he saw a drone with a camera hovering over the back yard where his daughter was sunbathing, got his rifle and shot it out of the sky.

    That's pretty much what I'd do... 

    What about sending your own drone up after it, follow it home and take video of the owner?  Then show that to the police.

    Dana

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    DanaTA said:
    McGyver said:
    kyoto kid said:
    McGyver said:

    Is anyone here getting themselves a drone anytime soon?  I went to Best Buy the other day and they now have, in store about ten different drones, at least two are professional level... I just went to CVS (a drug store chain) and apparently they are carrying drones now too... I feel that while they may hold the potential for some good old fashioned redneck fun, that's the exact reason most people should not be in possession of one... Well, now I have something to look forward to this summer... All the drone related stupidity and the eventual outcry against them. My property has a No-Fly Zone policy for SUAVs, so any that venture over here will end up stuffed and mounted.  I think drones and hover boards are this years dumb expensive gift.... Or are there more I'm missing?... The sad thing is they (drones) have the potential to be quite useful, for photography, maintenance or surveying... Even hiking or exploring out in nature... Going place you can't reach or shouldn't try to.  But the moment they became popular is the moment I lost interest... First off, very soon you are going to see every municipality slapping all sorts of restrictions on them because of all the idiots and the bad people will find bad things to do with them... Besides, unless I can strap a couple of hellfire missiles to them, what's the point?... I guess I could annoy squirrels with them, but that's what the missiles would be for in the first place. The hover boards are a hoot too, someone we know got one two months ago and the battery severely overheated, so they returned it and got a new one... Now I'm seeing news warning about many of them bursting into flames and even exploding... Which is cool if you intend for it work that way, but not you just want to rides around on it like a slightly more coordinated Paul Blart- Mall Cop.  Megh... I'm probably getting coal for Christmas anyway.

    ...then there was this fellow in Kentucky, who when he saw a drone with a camera hovering over the back yard where his daughter was sunbathing, got his rifle and shot it out of the sky.

    That's pretty much what I'd do... 

    What about sending your own drone up after it, follow it home and take video of the owner?  Then show that to the police.

    Dana

     

    can imagine what the papparazzi would do with drone cameras

  • SerpentSerpent Posts: 4,075
    kyoto kid said:

    ...I actually felt the same way when I was laid off from the place I worked for a couple years ago. No more enduring epic length commutes, or dealing with penny-wise and pound foolish policies and workplace politik headgames.

    Yeah.. while the job was interesting and challenging, the commute was long and expensive and most of the companies focus was on the user-facing side of things, making me wonder why they wanted a full-time firmware engineer.  I could have finished everything in about another 4-6 weeks, then boredom would become a far more serious issue.  Plus, nobody understands what I'm doing so I feel unappreciated, which blows. indecision

  • SerpentSerpent Posts: 4,075
    McGyver said:
    TroutFace said:
    McGyver said:
    TroutFace said:

    Feh. sad

    Eh? 

    Disgust and unhappiness is settling in re: this company closing forever at the end of the day Friday.  My mood is going from bad to serious attitude problem..

    thus..

    ..feh. angry

    Oh... That's Grrrrrrr with me... I thought it was an abbreviation for something... Sorry. 

    The world is a funny place, full of funny words.. indecision

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    TroutFace said:
    McGyver said:
    TroutFace said:
    McGyver said:
    TroutFace said:

    Feh. sad

    Eh? 

    Disgust and unhappiness is settling in re: this company closing forever at the end of the day Friday.  My mood is going from bad to serious attitude problem..

    thus..

    ..feh. angry

    Oh... That's Grrrrrrr with me... I thought it was an abbreviation for something... Sorry. 

    The world is a funny place, full of funny words.. indecision

     

    T  i  dubble grrr rr  angel

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    the 12 days of christmas thz such a pain to me ...

    the guy about the lights, i think is sposed to be Ralf Kramden.  Hangover guy, Archie Bunker.
    i can't guess the others.
     

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