Comments on: Great stuff/ten pounds of suck, II http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2007/09/20/great-stufften-pounds-of-suck-ii/ I'm a mere, tiny, insignificant cog in a whole clockwork of stupidity. I'm the tiny cog that wants to break free. Seriously. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:35:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Ankh if you love Whole Zombi Grain http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2007/09/20/great-stufften-pounds-of-suck-ii/#comment-2165 Thu, 27 Sep 2007 03:31:31 +0100 http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2007/09/20/great-stufften-pounds-of-suck-ii/#comment-2165 If you would only formalize the pain extraction process you went through in the install, perhaps we could have separate pain and wrong options set up for next time? As for the camera; SLRs definitely force some consistency in there but aside from your not picking the 30-megapixel models, this is such a change-up from the thoroughly mutable (taking out IR filters, say) $35 camera review that it is disorienting. Likewise your choice of kit lens without adding more IR filters or a nice composite with basic extra IR protection, and red-bias / sky filters you can pop in. But for technique...perhaps you will be putting Wiimote accessories on it? WiFi? GPS tagging....? Third party BIOS? If you would only formalize the pain extraction process you went through in the install, perhaps we could have separate pain and wrong options set up for next time?

As for the camera; SLRs definitely force some consistency in there but aside from your not picking the 30-megapixel models, this is such a change-up from the thoroughly mutable (taking out IR filters, say) $35 camera review that it is disorienting. Likewise your choice of kit lens without adding more IR filters or a nice composite with basic extra IR protection, and red-bias / sky filters you can pop in. But for technique…perhaps you will be putting Wiimote accessories on it? WiFi? GPS tagging….? Third party BIOS?

]]> by: Nathan Chilton http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2007/09/20/great-stufften-pounds-of-suck-ii/#comment-2154 Mon, 24 Sep 2007 16:57:17 +0100 http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2007/09/20/great-stufften-pounds-of-suck-ii/#comment-2154 The D40 will not autofocus any of Nikon's prime lenses. You made a good choice. The D40 will not autofocus any of Nikon’s prime lenses. You made a good choice.

]]> by: just a foo http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2007/09/20/great-stufften-pounds-of-suck-ii/#comment-2151 Mon, 24 Sep 2007 07:39:13 +0100 http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2007/09/20/great-stufften-pounds-of-suck-ii/#comment-2151 Yes, please, 1) Use the right names. Ubuntu is not, i repeat, NOT Debian. 2) dist-upgrade is not a supported upgrade method for Ubuntu. Read the docs. especially before complaining publicly. Yes, please,

1) Use the right names. Ubuntu is not, i repeat, NOT Debian.

2) dist-upgrade is not a supported upgrade method for Ubuntu. Read the docs. especially before complaining publicly.

]]> by: Cliffton http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2007/09/20/great-stufften-pounds-of-suck-ii/#comment-2150 Mon, 24 Sep 2007 05:33:08 +0100 http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2007/09/20/great-stufften-pounds-of-suck-ii/#comment-2150 Ubuntu != Debian kthx. If you screwed up by using an unsupported upgrade method <i>in Ubuntu</i> please don't drag Debian into it. It's slightly irresponsible to make your readers think Debian screwed something up when you aren't even using Debian. Ubuntu != Debian kthx. If you screwed up by using an unsupported upgrade method in Ubuntu please don’t drag Debian into it. It’s slightly irresponsible to make your readers think Debian screwed something up when you aren’t even using Debian.

]]> by: flanque http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2007/09/20/great-stufften-pounds-of-suck-ii/#comment-2149 Mon, 24 Sep 2007 02:53:11 +0100 http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2007/09/20/great-stufften-pounds-of-suck-ii/#comment-2149 Why not look at the Canon EOS 400D? I've got it and I think it's brilliant. I tend to find the quality of images has a whole lot more to do with the lens and skill than the body itself. There are limitations to this theory, but it applies a great deal. I've seen photos from $200 point and click cameras that hands down are better than the $1000 semi-professional cameras, all due I think to skill and the environment it was shot, in this instance. Why not look at the Canon EOS 400D? I’ve got it and I think it’s brilliant. I tend to find the quality of images has a whole lot more to do with the lens and skill than the body itself.

There are limitations to this theory, but it applies a great deal. I’ve seen photos from $200 point and click cameras that hands down are better than the $1000 semi-professional cameras, all due I think to skill and the environment it was shot, in this instance.

]]> by: cariboo toucan http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2007/09/20/great-stufften-pounds-of-suck-ii/#comment-2148 Mon, 24 Sep 2007 02:45:05 +0100 http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2007/09/20/great-stufften-pounds-of-suck-ii/#comment-2148 <abbr title="idiot-idiocy"></abbr>

]]> by: matt evans http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2007/09/20/great-stufften-pounds-of-suck-ii/#comment-2147 Sun, 23 Sep 2007 21:52:47 +0100 http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2007/09/20/great-stufften-pounds-of-suck-ii/#comment-2147 I too was in your boat about purchasing an SLR. I was torn between the Nikon D40 and the Canon Rebel XT. Both were great cameras, but I ended up getting the Canon because I've had a couple before, and their warranty support was pretty good. I don't think you could go wrong with either camera. I too was in your boat about purchasing an SLR. I was torn between the Nikon D40 and the Canon Rebel XT. Both were great cameras, but I ended up getting the Canon because I’ve had a couple before, and their warranty support was pretty good. I don’t think you could go wrong with either camera.

]]> by: Caraibes http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2007/09/20/great-stufften-pounds-of-suck-ii/#comment-2146 Sun, 23 Sep 2007 21:17:40 +0100 http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2007/09/20/great-stufften-pounds-of-suck-ii/#comment-2146 -Was it Debian Stable, or unstable (or Sid) ? -Was it Debian Stable, or unstable (or Sid) ?

]]> by: Administrator http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2007/09/20/great-stufften-pounds-of-suck-ii/#comment-2144 Sun, 23 Sep 2007 17:10:09 +0100 http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2007/09/20/great-stufften-pounds-of-suck-ii/#comment-2144 Yes, it was Ubuntu. I vaguely remember that flag, but hey, I am just too used to using dist-upgrade... Thanks, though. Yes, it was Ubuntu. I vaguely remember that flag, but hey, I am just too used to using dist-upgrade…

Thanks, though.

]]> by: Ernst Persson http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2007/09/20/great-stufften-pounds-of-suck-ii/#comment-2143 Sun, 23 Sep 2007 17:04:49 +0100 http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2007/09/20/great-stufften-pounds-of-suck-ii/#comment-2143 I read on OSNews that it was Ubuntu and not Debian? Don't dist-upgrade, it's not supported! Use update-manager, it has a special flag for development versions! I read on OSNews that it was Ubuntu and not Debian? Don’t dist-upgrade, it’s not supported! Use update-manager, it has a special flag for development versions!

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