"Dudley Hanks" <hanks.dudley@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message news:...
>
> "Dudley Hanks" <hanks.dudley@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message news:...
>>
>> "Wolfgang Weisselberg" <ozcvgtt02@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> news:v6hja5-dgp.ln1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> Dudley Hanks <hanks.dudley@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>> "Wolfgang Weisselberg" <ozcvgtt02@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>> Not only does this generation not get a literary reference,
>>>>> it also does not know about google ...
>>>
>>> [...]
>>>> As for Google, sorry, I limit my Google searches to things I'm
truly
>>>> interested in...
>>>
>>> So you fire off a post to thousands and thousands of
>>> people ... because of things you are too lazy to use google with?
>>> Even knowing that an answer will be slower and inconvenience
>>> more people than you copying and pasting a term to Google?
>>>
>>> You know what, I don't think I care reading anything from
>>> someone who obviously does care so little.
>>>
>>> -Wolfgang
>>
>> Now, Wolfgang, don't take it personally. But, aren't you guilty of the
>> same thing? After all, this thread started off rather humourously, and
>> my initial responses were in that same vane, as was yours.
>>
>> When I read your comment, I didn't recognize the name, so I wasn't sure
>> whether you were confusing my style with someone else and thought I
might
>> be an alias for, or whether you were making a more intricate reference.
>> Which is why I responded with the question of who is David Harriman?
>>
>> Now, you come back and accuse me of inconveniencing yourself and
>> thousands of other people because I am too lazy to "copy and paste" a
>> term into Google, without understanding anything about my situation?
>>
>> Well, FYI, it isn't quite as simple as you think. You might be able to
>> simply copy and paste and read, but, when you are blind and depend on a
>> screen reader, that isn't the case. Go to Google. Look at what is in
>> front of you, and try to imagine how a machine would read back a
>> description and the contents of that page. How long do you think it
>> would take to listen to that narrative?
>>
>> It can take me in excess of ten minutes to isolate and listen to a
small
>> piece of material buried deep in those humungous results pages Google
>> generates -- and that is assuming the result I'm after is on the first
>> page. You don't even want to think about how long it takes if it isn't.
>>
>> So, I'm sorry if I inconvenienced you when I thought you might come
back
>> with, "Oh, he's a guy I've noticed posting to another group." Or,
"He's
>> an author I enjoy." Or, "He's this idiot who works for the US
government
>> I can't stand." But, in the future, when confronted by something I
post
>> that you don't have the energy to reply to, perhaps it would be more
>> polite to simply ignore it than to assume everything is as easy for
>> others as it is for yourself. Remember, when you ASSume, you make an
>> "ass out of u and me."
>>
>> Good Day,
>> Dudley
>>
>>
>
> Oh, yes, for your entertainment and edification, try blindfolding
yourself
> and then do something, anything. Whatever you do, it will take you ten
> times the amount of concentration and energy than it does when you do
the
> same thing with your vision. Now, imagine, I face that situation
24/7...
>
> And, you say I'm too lazy to cut and paste...
>
> If you can find your way to the backyard blindfolded, try taking a
picture
> that way. If you can, then we'll talk...
>
> Dudley
>
>
One last thing.
Go to my blog, located at:
http://blind-apertures.blogspot.com
Note the picture of Dima and the boy. If you read the description I've
attached, it says that I set the camera and put it on the floor under the
table and it took the picture.
Really easy, right? All I did was manipulate a couple of dials /
switches,
plopped the camera on the floor by my guide, and let it do the work,
right?
Try it!
When you are blindfolded, try setting your camera. What mode is it in?
If
the mode has settings that can be manipulated, what are the settings? How
can you change them?
Now, even if you can memorize every setting of every switch and menu item,
how are you going to know what is what if the menus keep ****fting?
Assuming you can master setting your camera, and we all know we shouldn't
assume, how are you going to frame the dog? Can you even get the dog in
the
center so it will be the main subject, but how will you make sure that
there
is room for some sort of interaction in the background? How do you even
position yourself in the food court in such a way that you maximize the
possibility that there will be something in the background to add to your
image?
It's all just a matter of luck, right?
Well, keep your eyes on my blog for future shots. Skill means repetition.
And, I will not only repeat shots as good as that one, but each successive
shot will improve. I've only been using digitals for a short time and
working out my strategies for shooting with REALLY LIMITED sight. The
more
I adjust my technique, the better my shots will become, and the more I'm
going to leave you scratching your head...
A Bit Pissed Off (as you can probably tell),
Dudley
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