Don't ask for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for the DSLR

"Tony Cooper" wrote in message
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On Tue, 21 Apr 2015 03:28:36 -0700 (PDT), Whisky-dave
wrote:

On Monday, 20 April 2015 16:52:48 UTC+1, Savageduck wrote:

I am trying, unsuccessfully, to construct a mental picture of how
you
hold the camera in portrait mode.

It has never been an issue for me.

me niether I though most people's had left handedness was beaten out
of them
at an early age. left handed peolpe are the spawn of the devil
himself. ;-)


Being right handed, I don't know what it is like to be a lefty in a
right handed world.

Maybe they should have been put down at birth, take the misery out of
the life they complain about, scissors, knives, etc..
now it appears they have problems using cameras......

As a left-hander, I feel the scissor complaint is greatly exaggerated.
I use regular scissors and don't have a problem. I'm used to pulling
ever-so-slightly with my thumb. Scissors are designed so the there's
a slight push-effect of the thumb with right-handers.

When I was growing up, the scissors in the house was one of the things
that did cause problems for me. The scissors were made for right-handed
people. The part you put your thumb through had a contoured shape but
only for the right thumb. The left thumb was inserted into that part
"against" the contour and if I had to use the scisors for any length of
time, the handle would leave a mark on my thumb and it caused a bit of
pain.

I spent decades in the special medical equipment market; most of it as
the owner of a company that sold surgical products including surgical
instruments. I never had a request from a left-handed surgeon for
left-handed scissors. I've visited surgical instrument manufacturers
in Germany and never heard of left-handed scissors for that market.

I think that left-handed scissors are something that someone buys as a
gift for a left-handed person thinking it would be a good gift. That's
how I acquired the ones I had. I've never kept any of them.

The knife example is not a problem for left-handers. It's problem of
left-handers and right-handers sharing the same knife. People in jobs
where a very sharp knife is important - some chefs or butchers - feel
that the knife is worn differently when used by left- or
right-handers.

The only major concessions I make to my left-handedness are the
purchase of a left-handed Skil saw and the arrangement of my desk and
computer. Standard Skil saws block the sight of the cutting line if
you operate it with the left hand. My desk/computer layout is an el
so the desk is to my left. That allows me to write on the desk and
keep my Wacom on my left.

There are some things that are awkward for me. Pulling the starter
cord on my pressure washer is difficult because it's on the right side
and I pull with my left hand and arm.



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Tony Cooper - Orlando FL

On Wed, 22 Apr 2015 04:48:21 -0400, nospam
wrote:

In article , Eric Stevens
wrote:

USB devices operate on the basis of port-polling. First one, then
another and then the one after that ....

When you think you are getting simultaneous control from two devices
you are actually getting rapidly alternating control.

rapid enough to not be noticeable at all. it's nanoseconds.

as i wrote in another post, the same exists for running multiple apps,
where the processor rapidly switches between each context.

to the user (which is all that matters), it's simultaneous.

It's like moving pictures, where the viewer doesn't realise that they
are looking at a sequence of still images. But they are still 'still'
images.

did you have a point? or are you arguing to argue?

What are you worrying about? We seem to be in agreement.
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Regards,

Eric Stevens

In article , Eric Stevens
wrote:

USB devices operate on the basis of port-polling. First one, then
another and then the one after that ....

When you think you are getting simultaneous control from two devices
you are actually getting rapidly alternating control.

rapid enough to not be noticeable at all. it's nanoseconds.

as i wrote in another post, the same exists for running multiple apps,
where the processor rapidly switches between each context.

to the user (which is all that matters), it's simultaneous.

It's like moving pictures, where the viewer doesn't realise that they
are looking at a sequence of still images. But they are still 'still'
images.

did you have a point? or are you arguing to argue?

What are you worrying about? We seem to be in agreement.

why even bring it up? did you have a point?

On 4/22/2015 11:40 AM, Tony Cooper wrote:
On Wed, 22 Apr 2015 09:20:40 -0400, "PAS"
wrote:

As a left-hander, I feel the scissor complaint is greatly exaggerated.
I use regular scissors and don't have a problem. I'm used to pulling
ever-so-slightly with my thumb. Scissors are designed so the there's
a slight push-effect of the thumb with right-handers.

When I was growing up, the scissors in the house was one of the things
that did cause problems for me. The scissors were made for right-handed
people. The part you put your thumb through had a contoured shape but
only for the right thumb. The left thumb was inserted into that part
"against" the contour and if I had to use the scisors for any length of
time, the handle would leave a mark on my thumb and it caused a bit of
pain.

I know what you mean. The design of the scissors can sometimes cause
a problem. My wife (right-handed) uses a pair with a thumb opening
with angled sides. When I use them, it's very uncomfortable.

I consider this a design problem and not a function problem. When I
buy scissors I look for ones with just round openings to avoid this.


Nope. It's a purchasing problem.

http://www.shopscissors.com/left-handed-scissors-c-33.html?gclid=CMisruCUi8UCFeZj7Aodzi0Arg

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PeterN

On Wed, 22 Apr 2015 18:22:43 -0400, nospam
wrote:

In article , Eric Stevens
wrote:

USB devices operate on the basis of port-polling. First one, then
another and then the one after that ....

When you think you are getting simultaneous control from two devices
you are actually getting rapidly alternating control.

rapid enough to not be noticeable at all. it's nanoseconds.

as i wrote in another post, the same exists for running multiple apps,
where the processor rapidly switches between each context.

to the user (which is all that matters), it's simultaneous.

It's like moving pictures, where the viewer doesn't realise that they
are looking at a sequence of still images. But they are still 'still'
images.

did you have a point? or are you arguing to argue?

What are you worrying about? We seem to be in agreement.

why even bring it up? did you have a point?

If you care trace back the thread I was expanding on Bill W's post of
earlier that day. My later comment about moving pictures was to help
illustrate the point. I wasn't arguing with you. I wasn't even
responding to you. I don't understand why you a getting so wound up
about my posts.
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Regards,

Eric Stevens