anyone interested in real estate?
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any of you guys care about alternative voting methods?
I love ebay.Barbaton said:
I just always find it amusing that someone would bit $4M on something. Can they pay that with PayPal?
arrogant bastard ale is too much for me to handle 
. i think i may relegate the bottle's contents to the drain
. i think i may relegate the bottle's contents to the drain
http://origin.www.segway.com/centaur/ <-- a four wheeled segway. looks fun eh
1) my 20D is here! nothing to shoot now tho, it's all dark outside. i think they call this "night"
2) who can tell me what's going on in this picture? it came up on page 19 of searching on images.google.com for "Toshi" (inspired by a NSMB bb thread about doing just that, searching on your username)
2) who can tell me what's going on in this picture? it came up on page 19 of searching on images.google.com for "Toshi" (inspired by a NSMB bb thread about doing just that, searching on your username)
first photos out of the 20D:
initial reactions: startup is really quick! the shutter is loud. 5 fps feels fast. control layout has changed quite a bit between the D30 and the 20D. being able to zoom in increments on the image review is nice, as is selecting focus points via the joystick-type thing. it feels solid, a lot like your 10D keith. the rubber on the handgrip is nice. more thoughts later once i get some frames shot at more reasonable isos and apertures (the above were at f/2 and f/1.4, iso 800, shutter speeds 1/40-1/60 iirc). i'll post up 100% crops once i shoot at iso 100 with decent shutter speeds.
initial reactions: startup is really quick! the shutter is loud. 5 fps feels fast. control layout has changed quite a bit between the D30 and the 20D. being able to zoom in increments on the image review is nice, as is selecting focus points via the joystick-type thing. it feels solid, a lot like your 10D keith. the rubber on the handgrip is nice. more thoughts later once i get some frames shot at more reasonable isos and apertures (the above were at f/2 and f/1.4, iso 800, shutter speeds 1/40-1/60 iirc). i'll post up 100% crops once i shoot at iso 100 with decent shutter speeds.
That looks suspiciously like bicycle polo to me, though sillilier than I would have imagined.Toshi said:2) who can tell me what's going on in this picture? it came up on page 19 of searching on images.google.com for "Toshi" (inspired by a NSMB bb thread about doing just that, searching on your username)
No I take it back. bike polo has a stick. I don't know what the hell they're doing.Barbaton said:That looks suspiciously like bicycle polo to me, though sillilier than I would have imagined.
http://www.bikepolo.com/
Also...what's going on with those handlebars?Barbaton said:That looks suspiciously like bicycle polo to me, though sillilier than I would have imagined.
Maybe it's bike polo sans the stick...so you have to kick the ball?
Is one of the guys named Toshi?
cool. Too bad you're a med student...Toshi said:
I wouldn't mind seeing 100% crops of the low light shots as well, 'cuz that's where I find the 10D really lacking. Any decent digiSLR can take nice crisp pictures outside in daylight, but when the light gets sketchy the processing and sensor quality really make or break the image.
speaking of low light... I'll have some great cloud/ice shots from our backpacking trip this wknd as soon as I get a chance to process...
you need to give us some shots of this feature in action:
"The EOS 20D also features a built-in monochrome mode, a first in Canon Digital SLRs, which uses digital processing to re-create the effects of a number of different black and white filters and toning effects. These features help to take the guesswork out of black-and-white photography, reducing the need for post processing by delivering the desired detail and contrast of a black and white image from the start"
"The EOS 20D also features a built-in monochrome mode, a first in Canon Digital SLRs, which uses digital processing to re-create the effects of a number of different black and white filters and toning effects. These features help to take the guesswork out of black-and-white photography, reducing the need for post processing by delivering the desired detail and contrast of a black and white image from the start"
i'm guessing that the japanese guy on the right is named toshi. also note that their funny bikes have incredibly short gearing and no seats. 
i'll post up 100% crops when i'm sure that shutter speed/camera motion isn't the source of fuzziness
but will make sure to include some b&w, iso 800, 1600, 3200 (!) for ya. one weird thing is that i am still running photoshop 7 with adobe camera raw 1 so i can't open raw files in photoshop any more. instead i use canon's new "digital photo professional" application. it's much nicer than the old "file viewer utility" but is still kinda weird. i think i need to read the manual
i'll post up 100% crops when i'm sure that shutter speed/camera motion isn't the source of fuzziness
but will make sure to include some b&w, iso 800, 1600, 3200 (!) for ya. one weird thing is that i am still running photoshop 7 with adobe camera raw 1 so i can't open raw files in photoshop any more. instead i use canon's new "digital photo professional" application. it's much nicer than the old "file viewer utility" but is still kinda weird. i think i need to read the manual
On further exploration, it appears that they're playing cycle soccer:
http://www.geocities.co.jp/Athlete/9553/
Funny that so far all the sites about it i've seen are in japanese. Looks like the non-toshi dude is wearing german colors, though.
here's another site:
http://www.city.kaseda.kagoshima.jp/world_cycling2000_english/
can you tell i have an orgo midterm i should be studying for.
http://www.geocities.co.jp/Athlete/9553/
Funny that so far all the sites about it i've seen are in japanese. Looks like the non-toshi dude is wearing german colors, though.
here's another site:
http://www.city.kaseda.kagoshima.jp/world_cycling2000_english/
can you tell i have an orgo midterm i should be studying for.
and here are the rules:
http://hem.passagen.se/pbeijer/bikeball/
as well as info on the goofy bikes:
http://www.cycle-info.bpaj.or.jp/english/ride/fs.html
and a nifty vid of the action:
http://www.hk-icycling.net/movie/hkg-jpn.mpeg
http://hem.passagen.se/pbeijer/bikeball/
as well as info on the goofy bikes:
http://www.cycle-info.bpaj.or.jp/english/ride/fs.html
and a nifty vid of the action:
http://www.hk-icycling.net/movie/hkg-jpn.mpeg
at long last i finally got the klein running. (a week or two ago i straightened out the fork mess and put on a new chainring, but the bike still was lacking enough spacers on the head tube.) road riding feels good 
and my stadium light never ceases to amaze me or blind passers-by
and my stadium light never ceases to amaze me or blind passers-by
Aha...so there is a seat on the silly bikes. It's just a weird laid back seat.Barbaton said:
So as far as I understand it, they have to "kick" the ball around with their bike...right? Also, we should all try artistic cycling.
from a thread in Downhill: http://tom.kat.free.fr/mini.wmv
i think that guy has his brake bias dialed to the front a bit...
i think that guy has his brake bias dialed to the front a bit...
He probably has "cutting brakes", that apply brake on only one tire.
hey toshi- how are ya? Riding has been kinda low-key around here, I've been busy as hell with school and the weather hasn't cooperated at all. Are you going to be down this way anytime in the near future?
hey toshi- how are ya? Riding has been kinda low-key around here, I've been busy as hell with school and the weather hasn't cooperated at all. Are you going to be down this way anytime in the near future?
sadly i'm not heading south anytime soon. well, further south than mt. rainier... school is keeping me quite busy, if not (always) with studying at least with the long hours in the classroom, 8:30-4:30 today for example 
. street riding is out since the evil's rear wheel is toast, which is a shame since i live about 500 feet from a really cool concrete bank-to-curb/post thing. i've seen bmxers do lots of nifty tricks there, and i like to ride up the bank, turn around and ride back down again 
i did go to whistler two weekends ago with trailhacker, Snacks and oly tho. that was most excellent.
. street riding is out since the evil's rear wheel is toast, which is a shame since i live about 500 feet from a really cool concrete bank-to-curb/post thing. i've seen bmxers do lots of nifty tricks there, and i like to ride up the bank, turn around and ride back down again i did go to whistler two weekends ago with trailhacker, Snacks and oly tho. that was most excellent.
Wow. dems pretty. me wants one.Toshi said:following up on the above, i think the noise for iso 1600 is more than acceptable, even viewed at 100%.good job canon
That's WAY better than the 10D, but in the DIGIC I's defense, you did use a flash. You got any shots where you actually need to be shooting 1600 (ie, low light, no flash)?Toshi said:following up on the above, i think the noise for iso 1600 is more than acceptable, even viewed at 100%.
also, what lenses you using?
not a lot of bkrd in that crop, but If that little bit is representative then they've worked some magic.Toshi said:
[see post title]
From the Late Show with David Letterman (10/13/04):
From the Late Show with David Letterman (10/13/04):
http://www.cbs.com/latenight/lateshow/top_ten/archive/ls_topten_archive2004/ls_topten_archive_20041013.shtml
would you prefer cyan and white?Toshi said:i like the fog. not so much a fan of b&w, maybe if you play around with the conversion in channel mixer?
that works great for images that were originally very saturated (see below), but with pics taken in heavy fog (visibility about 100ft), everything's already pretty gray, so you don't get a lot of effect from channel mixing (channels are all the same)Toshi said:
i got the DoJ response today, and they say "A search of the automated indices to the central records system files at FBI Headquarters located no records responsive to your FOIPA request." that's good i guess, even tho i am slightly disappointed. i am pretty sure that my memories of the cooperstown incident are sound since my parents have talked about it too...Toshi said:
go figure.
since the evil needs a new rim (and thus spokes and nipples) and i foresee it remaining a single speed i am very tempted to go with this hub in place of the XT disc model on there now:
compared to
it's cheap, being a nashbar generic product, has disc mounts (which i need on the disc-only evil) and has the all-important wide flange spacing for more lateral strength. which, judging from my rim's present shape, would be a Good Thing...
compared to
it's cheap, being a nashbar generic product, has disc mounts (which i need on the disc-only evil) and has the all-important wide flange spacing for more lateral strength. which, judging from my rim's present shape, would be a Good Thing...
some "real" low light shots for you, keith
image 1 and 2: iso 3200 (!), 1/50, f/2.8
image 3: iso 1600, 1/60, f/2.0
100% crop, no noise reduction, with noise reduction
100% crop, no noise reduction, with noise reduction
100% crop, no noise reduction, with noise reduction. definitely see some camera shake in here, my bad. blame 1/60 @ 50mm x 1.6x as before.
my thoughts: the iso 3200 shots look as good as my D30's iso 800 shots. considering that the 20D has 2.5 times the number of pixels as the D30 i am very pleased, as that makes the difference is far greater than "just" 2 stops.
image 1 and 2: iso 3200 (!), 1/50, f/2.8
image 3: iso 1600, 1/60, f/2.0
100% crop, no noise reduction, with noise reduction
100% crop, no noise reduction, with noise reduction
100% crop, no noise reduction, with noise reduction. definitely see some camera shake in here, my bad. blame 1/60 @ 50mm x 1.6x as before.
my thoughts: the iso 3200 shots look as good as my D30's iso 800 shots. considering that the 20D has 2.5 times the number of pixels as the D30 i am very pleased, as that makes the difference is far greater than "just" 2 stops.
on second thought the 20D's iso 3200 appears more akin to my D30's iso 1600 rather than iso 800. it's still good, and cleans up well. the huge file size makes the feat all the more impressive.
a note about firmware updating under mac os x: i was unable to update the firmware from the .fir file extracted from the .sit file (hosted on canon.co.jp, see dpreview or robgalbraith for a link). however, i was able to update the firmware from the .fir file extracted from the .exe file -- stuffit expander also expands .exe self extracting archives.
a note about firmware updating under mac os x: i was unable to update the firmware from the .fir file extracted from the .sit file (hosted on canon.co.jp, see dpreview or robgalbraith for a link). however, i was able to update the firmware from the .fir file extracted from the .exe file -- stuffit expander also expands .exe self extracting archives.