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06-02-16, 12:40 PM
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Hey now I didn't call 'em a junkie. I think the term is kinda b.s. to be honest. I take a very Ron Paul approach to medicine, drugs, and policy. People with addiction shouldn't be labeled as criminals, but be labeled as 'needs medical help'.
It kind of irks me when I hear the "he's a drug addict *******" line. Maybe he was a jerk before hand in which case screw 'em, but a lot of times there's a gradual story and process that ends up putting people at 'addiction'.
My laissez-faire attitude hinges on the probability of addiction happening for these rock stars and other people. They're given literally unlimited access to this kind of stuff through high-profile doctors that have questionable ethic and or are pushed drugs or enabled in order to keep performing and usually 'keeping the money train rolling.'
I end up feeling as if they've been exploited, and that's where it no longer strikes me as a shock. It still sucks, tho.
Best way I can relate this to another thing too is... Justin Bieber got into a whole bunch of trouble for driving 120mph in his Ferrari around his neighborhood. He's a 21 year old with a Ferrari. He's a 21 year old, with, a Ferrari. Color me shocked. It's just 'there' for a lot of these guys, and way too easy to end up in it too deep.
It kind of irks me when I hear the "he's a drug addict *******" line. Maybe he was a jerk before hand in which case screw 'em, but a lot of times there's a gradual story and process that ends up putting people at 'addiction'.
My laissez-faire attitude hinges on the probability of addiction happening for these rock stars and other people. They're given literally unlimited access to this kind of stuff through high-profile doctors that have questionable ethic and or are pushed drugs or enabled in order to keep performing and usually 'keeping the money train rolling.'
I end up feeling as if they've been exploited, and that's where it no longer strikes me as a shock. It still sucks, tho.
Best way I can relate this to another thing too is... Justin Bieber got into a whole bunch of trouble for driving 120mph in his Ferrari around his neighborhood. He's a 21 year old with a Ferrari. He's a 21 year old, with, a Ferrari. Color me shocked. It's just 'there' for a lot of these guys, and way too easy to end up in it too deep.
06-02-16, 12:48 PM
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06-02-16, 12:50 PM
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06-02-16, 12:56 PM
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Private vs. 'forced' public action.
06-02-16, 12:59 PM
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My point exactly.
Robert Downey Jr. broke and hanging out in an alley, is a far cry from what he was, and what he is now. The public's perception is different too.
06-02-16, 01:00 PM
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LHT is in the FedEx pipeline on its way to Missoula. T-minus 12 days and counting.
06-02-16, 01:06 PM
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06-02-16, 02:10 PM
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06-02-16, 02:13 PM
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Did he settle on putting the good tire on back and wheelie-ing home?
06-02-16, 02:18 PM
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As an astronomer, I don't think so. Improvements are made, but pixel area is related to S/N through the physics of these things.
Essentially, more MP means smaller pixels for the same sensor size (you can assume the same sensor size here because enlarging the sensor requires entirely new optics). Smaller pixels mean less photons per unit time exposure collected on the sensor. The light comes in at a fixed rate per unit time per unit sensor area.
Essentially, more MP means smaller pixels for the same sensor size (you can assume the same sensor size here because enlarging the sensor requires entirely new optics). Smaller pixels mean less photons per unit time exposure collected on the sensor. The light comes in at a fixed rate per unit time per unit sensor area.
In any event, yeah, definitely limits at play, but this is one of those cool workarounds that are getting great results, but even still, it's a compromise with multiple exposures, huge file sizes (some larger than 100MB each!), etc.
06-02-16, 02:22 PM
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Regardless, he had to call in the bike tow truck to get home. I helped out all that I could by standing a 100' away while the committee stared at the wheel. Pic of the committee with my wife on the left:
Time to go. by trsnrtr, on Flickr
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06-02-16, 02:24 PM
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For the record, my excellent, high quality pics were taken with a sweaty iPhone. 
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Yup. One of the cooler things that I've seen in recent camera tech, though, is Pentax Pixel Shift. If you're not familiar (and not [strike] too many [/strike] enough people are familiar with anything DSLR-related with Pentax), on bodies with in-body image stabilization, they're using controlled, 1-pixel movements of the sensor over the course of 4 exposures to get full RGB info for each photosite, which can yield in some really awesome results. I've seen some Pixel Shift RAWs pushed 6 stops and have less noise than a properly exposed ISO 3200 shot on my venerable 5D. Crazy DR.
In any event, yeah, definitely limits at play, but this is one of those cool workarounds that are getting great results, but even still, it's a compromise with multiple exposures, huge file sizes (some larger than 100MB each!), etc.
In any event, yeah, definitely limits at play, but this is one of those cool workarounds that are getting great results, but even still, it's a compromise with multiple exposures, huge file sizes (some larger than 100MB each!), etc.
06-02-16, 02:50 PM
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I was reading about the K1 recently, the tech is pretty fascinating. DPR did some landscape testing in a national park and the pixel shift shots still have a lot of issues with merging images when objects move, obviously a big problem with leaves rustling or water ripples ect. Sounds like the tech is best for totally static scenes.
In any event, such a killer camera for the price. I really, really don't want another SLR, but the K-1 is tempting me. If they release a mirrorless version, I'm finding a way to make it mine ASAP.
06-02-16, 02:55 PM
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06-02-16, 02:56 PM
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06-02-16, 02:58 PM
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Too bad your wife was there, trainsnorter, or you could have put your moves on that hot chick to the left. 
06-02-16, 03:22 PM
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From the walk & ride with the kid a little earlier - decided to get over to that other Twin City.
06-02-16, 04:17 PM
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I only have a BS in business management... lol. Although, I work in an industry where degrees are completely meaningless and the only thing that matters is capability and productivity.
I was originally a CS major, but the school I was at kept having their CS professors disappear and show up as leaders of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (twice). So... I decided to switch over to the business side of things.
Ok, the above really did happen... but to be honest I switched because I was already a really good programmer by the time I was out of high school, and after a year of realizing that I knew way more than most seniors on the subject, I decided I needed to be learning something I didn't already know.
I was originally a CS major, but the school I was at kept having their CS professors disappear and show up as leaders of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (twice). So... I decided to switch over to the business side of things.
Ok, the above really did happen... but to be honest I switched because I was already a really good programmer by the time I was out of high school, and after a year of realizing that I knew way more than most seniors on the subject, I decided I needed to be learning something I didn't already know.
06-02-16, 04:32 PM
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Yup. One of the cooler things that I've seen in recent camera tech, though, is Pentax Pixel Shift. If you're not familiar (and not [strike] too many [/strike] enough people are familiar with anything DSLR-related with Pentax), on bodies with in-body image stabilization, they're using controlled, 1-pixel movements of the sensor over the course of 4 exposures to get full RGB info for each photosite, which can yield in some really awesome results. I've seen some Pixel Shift RAWs pushed 6 stops and have less noise than a properly exposed ISO 3200 shot on my venerable 5D. Crazy DR.
In any event, yeah, definitely limits at play, but this is one of those cool workarounds that are getting great results, but even still, it's a compromise with multiple exposures, huge file sizes (some larger than 100MB each!), etc.
In any event, yeah, definitely limits at play, but this is one of those cool workarounds that are getting great results, but even still, it's a compromise with multiple exposures, huge file sizes (some larger than 100MB each!), etc.
The reason you get better SNR with the pentax is because you're basically taking 4 images and averaging them. This drives down noise, but at the cost of potential temporal distortions (subject or camera could move in that time). But in general, more data is better in the noise business. The question is whether it's doing 4x the exposure time that you're doing without it for the same settings.
In astronomy it's always better to one 2 minute long exposure rather than 4x 30s exposures. I always ended up doing 4x 30s (actually more like 20x 30s), because I didn't have a $10k tracking mount that could keep the stars from drifting from one pixel to the next. That an light pollution where I am limits the exposure length I can use as well.
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some video action from arizona before we went up the ruthless mingus mountain hikeabike climb
im the hippie in front with the rainbow kit on
im the hippie in front with the rainbow kit on