Rienzphotoz said:Yeah! now we're talking about what really matters ... the Real Things! 8)anthonyd said:
Too bad each "items" is not the best in its category...
Canon/Pear shaped C/Laphroaig
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Rienzphotoz said:Yeah! now we're talking about what really matters ... the Real Things! 8)anthonyd said:
So, basically what you're saying is that, you have some concerns regarding DR ;DGrumbaki said:Rienzphotoz said:Yeah! now we're talking about what really matters ... the Real Things! 8)anthonyd said:
Too bad each "items" is not the best in its category...
Canon/Pear shaped C/Laphroaig
Dick said:ME said:Did we really land on the moon? ??? ;D
We did not. Someone maybe did, but it's all about trust, I guess, when it comes to that. One has to bear in mind that the cold war times were times of fooling the other... or were they?
This is something that really pisses me off though. Sports teams are playing against each other and some spectator or even a narrator says that "we now need to" or "if we win this" or something similar. One has to play to be considered being in the team! The common options for a Lakers fan are 1) we won 2) the Lakers lost.
I have heard of people who have won Olympic medals by watching the TV at home. I've never heard of someone who finished last by watching the TV. So when someone else does something great, it's cool to take it away from him/her? When someone on the other hand fails, it's on him/her?
I guess this is the world we live in. Governments are there to take a part of your earnings and operating profit, but when your business goes bankrupt, they will not pay their shares. As long as you are making a profit, they are proud to be a part of it all.
Sorry I went so far off topic. Now back to the topic -->
I take great pics with my camera!
When my photos are not that great, it's because of the poor dynamic range.
^This is the lame stuff I see here on the forum. Even in this thread people act like everything that they create, is a result of their untouchable skills. When the outcome sucks, the equipment is bad.
JPAZ said:Just this week, with family in town, I took some shots of a moving 9 month old indoors with bad lighting and that lighting was behind him. Between the motion and the backlighting, they did not come out too well (by my standards).
The boy's dad's response was, "how close did you zoom in?"
Guess the 5diii and 70-200 ii were at fault, cause it could not have been me!
;D
ME said:Dick said:ME said:Did we really land on the moon? ??? ;D
We did not. Someone maybe did, but it's all about trust, I guess, when it comes to that. One has to bear in mind that the cold war times were times of fooling the other... or were they?
This is something that really pisses me off though. Sports teams are playing against each other and some spectator or even a narrator says that "we now need to" or "if we win this" or something similar. One has to play to be considered being in the team! The common options for a Lakers fan are 1) we won 2) the Lakers lost.
I have heard of people who have won Olympic medals by watching the TV at home. I've never heard of someone who finished last by watching the TV. So when someone else does something great, it's cool to take it away from him/her? When someone on the other hand fails, it's on him/her?
I guess this is the world we live in. Governments are there to take a part of your earnings and operating profit, but when your business goes bankrupt, they will not pay their shares. As long as you are making a profit, they are proud to be a part of it all.
Sorry I went so far off topic. Now back to the topic -->
I take great pics with my camera!
When my photos are not that great, it's because of the poor dynamic range.
^This is the lame stuff I see here on the forum. Even in this thread people act like everything that they create, is a result of their untouchable skills. When the outcome sucks, the equipment is bad.
Just now getting back to this thread. I didnt realize I had created such a stir. It was meant to be lighthearted. Are you one of "those" conspiracy theorists? Sometimes they turn out to be true. I do realize that there was serious competition between the USA and the Soviet Union during that period of time, and it would not surprise me if the moon landing was faked. But we, I mean I lean more towards it being a real moon landing. Who has proven it one way or the other? Besides, how do you know that I am not an astronaut who was on that flight and I (we) did land on the moon? I am ;D Just kidding Pro wrestling is faked to a certain extent (I believe). But I would not say it to a wrestler's face. Does anyone remember the incident with John Stossel and the wrestler he was interviewing? Also, remember Andy Kaufman? I just read one rumor that he is still alive and faked his death. And We? Just a commonly used expression, for fans of sports, citizens of countries, etc. Fandom can have a positive effect on athletic teams. I suggest you not take everything so literally, or as Valvebounce suggested maybe you were having a bad day. Anyway, we (I might have a multiple personality disorder, or is that a faked condition? ), I, ME didnt mean to raise you blood pressure. It was all meant to be taken as lighthearted humor, but maybe I failed in getting that across.
CarlTN said:To deny the moon landing, is about as lame as denying WW2 happened
Dick said:CarlTN said:To deny the moon landing, is about as lame as denying WW2 happened
That was not really my point in the first place, but let's discuss that then. I'd claim that people too easily accept things as facts. People base their views on stories told by others. Many made up things have been considered as the truth, like the world being flat. I think it's kinda sick to blindly believe in everything just like that. The moon landing might be real, but how do you really know? Assuming and believing is not the same as knowing. Why do you need to have a definite opinion when it comes to the moon landing?
It's not lame to just say that you don't really know, since that is actually how it is for most people. Claiming the moon landing really happened is just as lame as claiming it didn't. Accepting the fact that you don't know, is the only sensible option in my opinion. That is the only objective way to view the whole thing.
CarlTN said:Did aliens place the mirrors on the Moon which have allowed astronomers to measure the distance to within millimeters accuracy with lasers? Or did NASA astronauts? Which is the more plausible possibility? Somebody put them up there. I doubt the aliens would have wanted to help out our scientists very much...Or did they? Nah...
JPAZ said:Actually, all of you are wrong.
The Planet Earth is accurately described as an "oblate spheroid" and is neither round nor flat.
Pi said:JPAZ said:Actually, all of you are wrong.
The Planet Earth is accurately described as an "oblate spheroid" and is neither round nor flat.
In common use, "round" is an alternative to "flat". Then it is either round of flat, by definition.
paul13walnut5 said:Pi said:JPAZ said:Actually, all of you are wrong.
The Planet Earth is accurately described as an "oblate spheroid" and is neither round nor flat.
In common use, "round" is an alternative to "flat". Then it is either round of flat, by definition.
A circle is round, a ball is spherical.
Pi said:Hmm..., how do you really know that the Earth is round? Have you checked it yourself, or you just believe what you have been told? It is kinda sick that you would believe it like just like that. Your personal experience certainly supports the flat Earth theory.
serendipidy said:paul13walnut5 said:Pi said:JPAZ said:Actually, all of you are wrong.
The Planet Earth is accurately described as an "oblate spheroid" and is neither round nor flat.
In common use, "round" is an alternative to "flat". Then it is either round of flat, by definition.
A circle is round, a ball is spherical.
I wonder what it is in 11 dimensions?
Don Haines said:I have checked..... You can measure the curvature of the earth with a telescope and an item of known height over a lake....
jdramirez said:serendipidy said:paul13walnut5 said:Pi said:JPAZ said:Actually, all of you are wrong.
The Planet Earth is accurately described as an "oblate spheroid" and is neither round nor flat.
In common use, "round" is an alternative to "flat". Then it is either round of flat, by definition.
A circle is round, a ball is spherical.
I wonder what it is in 11 dimensions?
I thought we were up to 16 dimensions?