MichaelChang

<blockquote> <p><em>"Who said anything about lifting a camera?"</em></p> </blockquote> <p>That's right. Archaeological finds encased in rock can weight tons. :-) </p>

<blockquote> <p><em>"I don't know if my emails are appealing enough to them."</em></p> </blockquote> <p>It might have little to do with the tone or content of your email and everything to do with a saturated industry offering similar services fighting for the same customer-base. </p> <blockquote> <p><em>"My life pretty much depends on this right now."</em></p> </blockquote> <p>If your respondent rate is 0% and you need a substantially higher percentage return to make a living, it might be prudent to reexamine the feasibility of the business plan or reconsider your involvement in it. </p>

<p>A couple might choose to host an areal wedding because they are skydivers and might hire a skydiving videographer to film their ceremony with a head-mounted GoPro, or they might choose an areal perspective filmed with a drone hovering over a ground wedding. </p> <p>It's their choice, and really not anyone's business unless it violates the law. </p>

<p>Know what you mean, Alan. I'm in a similar situation of needing to purge but unable to for one reason or another. :-) </p>

<blockquote> <p><em>"Does it make sense to back up everything?"</em></p> </blockquote> <p>Alan, I think it's more of a matter of personal habits and value judgments. Some people choose to live throughout their lives with little physical baggage while others want to keep everything, often in multiples. There's no right or wrong unless doing one or the other makes you unhappy. </p>

<p>I don't know if Electrofishing is legal but it's a common technique deployed in scientific research by shocking the fish with pulsed high voltage DC. <br> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrofishing">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrofishing</a></p>

<p>A graffiti artist is seeking $45,000 in damages from the CBC for the unauthorized commercial use of his graffiti "artwork" in Montreal. <br> <a href="http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/07/28/artist-sues-after-tv-show-films-montreal-building-that-he-had-tagged-with-graffiti/">http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/07/28/artist-sues-after-tv-show-films-montreal-building-that-he-had-tagged-with-graffiti/</a></p> <p>Both sides are presenting convincing arguments and it's going to be interesting to observe how a judge will rule. </p>

<p>Someone posts a video somewhere; a few people like it and decide to share it by way of email or social sites, followed by its recipients spreading it again, and so on. This is basically how something gets popular. </p> <p>Whether a popular video is viral is dependent on its awesomeness. The more awesome a video is as described by majority of viewers, the higher the probability of it becoming described as viral. </p> <p>A glaring example is Gangnam Style on YouTube which now has over 2 billion views. </p>

<blockquote> <p><em>"She does not mention the background & history in her series. I would have been happy if she would even just provide links to elsewhere."</em></p> </blockquote> <p>It's hard to take any of it seriously when anyone can pick a few stupid laws from a stupid-law site and make it even more stupid. <br> <a href="http://www.stupidlaws.com/">http://www.stupidlaws.com/</a></p>

<blockquote> <p><em>"If a surveillance camera produces acclaimed photo/video, who is the author to receive the honors?"</em></p> </blockquote> <p>Like this one from a surveillance camera in Hungary; I imagine credit goes to the building/gear owner. <br> <a href="http://img2.timeinc.net/people/i/2009/pets/migration/000945877.jpg">http://img2.timeinc.net/people/i/2009/pets/migration/000945877.jpg</a></p>

<p>Her receptiveness to learning new things, at her age, is noteworthy, particularly of something that is not peripheral to her normally expected experiences. </p>

<blockquote> <p><em>"Also, if I'm traveling with the laptop and don't want to bring the HDD with me, I will have to copy over the files from HDD to SSD and back to HDD."</em></p> </blockquote> <p>My Lenovo Thinkpad has an optical drive in its Ultrabase (port replicator, docking station) which I can swap out for a HDD or another battery, but it seems optical drives are no longer considered important and saves cost for the manufacturer at the expense of convenience to the user. <br> <br> In the alternative, it wouldn't be too inconvenient to shuffle files for travel purposes to a 32G SD card that can take up permanent residence in the laptop. </p>

<p>John, I'd buy the configuration described in the first paragraph, then buy an SSD and an external 2.5" USB drive enclosure from an alternate vendor; clone the OS to the new SSD and swap out the drive. </p> <p>SSD is continually dropping in price, and an 80G drive should be more than enough to accommodate the OS with room to spare for basic data storage. The 500G drive can then serve as the mass storage drive. </p> <p>You can get away with well under $100 additional cost over the stock Lenovo configuration. <br> <a href="http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/guidedSearch.asp?CatId=5298">http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/guidedSearch.asp?CatId=5298</a><br> <a href="http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/category_slc.asp?CatId=2783">http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/category_slc.asp?CatId=2783</a></p>

<blockquote> <p><em>"A meat-powered remote control device should still be considered a remote control device. At least, from a copyright point of view."</em></p> </blockquote> <p>Matt, by "remote control device", do you mean to suggest that ownership of the camera responsible for a photo is relevant to the determination of copyright? </p>

<blockquote> <p><em>"Could it be selfie, if someone else pressed the button?"</em></p> </blockquote> <p>In hockey, the player who puts the puck in the net is credited with the goal; facilitators are credited with an assist. To my knowledge this is the case with every team sport where the goal-credit is not determined by relative contribution. <br> <br> If one were to apply the same rule, a "selfie" can only be credited to the button-pusher providing this individual appears in the photo. I'm embarrassed to be posting this photo to death, but this is her "selfie" even if I significantly facilitated the achievement of it. <br> <br> <img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/3786304-md.jpg" alt="" width="679" height="510" /></p>

<p>A sharpshooter's weapon is his tool, but only when he's sharpshooting. It'd be the wrong tool to shoot fish in a barrel. </p> <p>If you drive a hybrid or full-electric car, you'd want to make damn sure the service mechanic has the knowledge and the right tools. Conversely, a Tesla service technician will probably know nothing about Chevy small blocks however competent he might be as a Tesla technician. </p>

<p>Hi Jish, no telling what the problem might be until the camera is opened, but the random and intermittent nature, to me, suggests a loose or defective flat ribbon cable connector/connection - there are quite a number of them interconnecting the circuit boards and modules in the camera, and related problems is a fairly common occurrence. </p>

<p>I think personal purchases will always carry some level of value judgement that is proportional to price; the higher the dollar value, the more indecision sets in particular with technology items where much of what we buy is a mystery. </p> <p>For most people, the utility of the purchase is somewhat independent of the emotional aspect of the purchase decision. We might agonize over which car to buy, but once the deal is done, it becomes, for the most part, just a car to fulfill our functional expectation of it. </p>

<p>Our site culture might have something to do with it. Kidding around is usually frowned upon as distracting from serious discussions, and even if a hilarious remark is made folks are reluctant to follow up, although I suspect many fall off their chair from laughter. </p> <p>Our forum threads, unlike YouTube's comments, are linear and only references the original topic, whereas YouTube allows replies to individual comments which facilitates multiple discussions on the same video, so a discussion that goes astray can be contained and easily ignored, unless it's funny as hell, as it often is, then it can serve as entertainment as an alternative to an otherwise serious discussion. </p>

<p>Barry, those two USB ports are convenient, and I've been thinking since more and more devices are UBS chargeable, I might rig a UBS charging station using an old ATX power supply wired to a few inexpensive USB hubs; much cheaper than the commercial USB charging stations that are a couple hundred dollars. </p>

<p>Thanks for the feedback, guys. Reading the responses gave me an idea.</p> <p>I do use a couple of those steel strips in the basement workshop for power tools along with those plastic channel strips screwed to the wall using clip-in AC outlet modules. I acquired those from a surplus outlet years ago. </p> <p>In the past, I've used plastic storage tubs with power bars screwed to the side but that didn't work so well and quickly got out of hand as the number of devices grew. A workable solution might be something like David's closet, but instead use an IKEA bookshelf with a steel strip on the back, and a few common power bars on each of the shelves. It should at least keep everything contained. </p> <p> </p>

<p>I'm sure I'm not alone with the problem of too many battery-operated devices, each with its own charger, and some with multiple batteries. Then there are a few devices which are frequently used while the majority are used less frequently but need to be up and running on call. </p> <p>Compounding the problem are devices without separate chargers and need to be tethered to the wall wart for charging, and those bulky 4-AA wall chargers which I need at least 12 batteries on standby, then there are those bulky adapters taking up 2-3 spaces on a power bar. </p> <p>I've lost count of the devices I should be paying attention to and have neglected. </p> <p>Can you share how you deal with the problem? </p>

<p>An example of beating them, on their turf, at their own game, through humor and capitalizing on celebrity status:<br> <a href=" - Mick Jagger plugs Monty Python. </p>