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[SI] Runoff vote for next mandate
"Alan Browne" wrote in message ... Here is the voting result: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/62816810/SI%...ate%20list.pdf (30 kB). So, please vote between: Abstractions Signs Macro/Closeup Pairs - Repetitions, echoes, series Doors Food Three (3) votes per person. We'd love to wrap this up by Sun evening. If the results are too spread we'll just use them as the next few mandates. Macro/Closeup Doors Food Tim |
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[SI] Runoff vote for next mandate
On Sat, 5 May 2012 16:29:55 -0700, Savageduck
wrote: : On 2012-05-05 16:00:48 -0700, tony cooper said: : But, I'm losing interest. It was fun when several people commented on : all of the shots and you got to see what other people saw and thought : about your photo. Now, the thread dies after the results are posted. : : Guilty as charged, but i do not accept full responsibility for the lack : of comments. For this past SI the only two providing meaningful : comments were Dudley, who did so with the help of some who could give : him sighted assistance, and PeterN who was unable to contribute in any : other way. : The exchange Noons aimed at Alan could hardly be termed anything other : than a swipe at Alan. : : In the past I have done my best to comment, and I am feeling a tad : jaded. I admit I find it odd that from the bunch of opinionated SI : contributors, opinionated non-contributors, and lurkers to be found in : these photo-groups, that there aren't more who would give us more than : the "Bruce" or "Noons" condemnation. : I also feel that piggy-backing on an other's comments is just shear : laziness and poor form. ... OK, I was more or less with you, up to this point. But if we need more comments (and we do), knocking people for how they provide their comments seems self-defeating to me. Not everybody in the group is retired and has time to kill. I'm sitting here on a weekend, trying to work my way through the 340 images I took at an awards ceremony yesterday, to try to be ready for next week, when I have to photograph a public meeting on strategic IT planning, replete with multiple focus groups. And a "dress rehearsal" for said meeting earlier in the week. Then the week after, another awards ceremony (with 50 recipients); and the week after that, a reception (with national diginitaries supposedly present) for the late Congressman "Tip" O'Neill's 100th birthday; the Arts Council's "River Festival" the first weekend in June; etc., etc. Don't get me wrong: I'm not bitching. I'm damned lucky that they like my work well enough to let me do photography on company time. But that, and the "real" rest of my job, keep me awfully busy. Sometimes I find time to participate in the SI, sometimes not. And even when I do, I don't always have time to provide comments on others' work. (I take commenting seriously and try not to do a half-assed job.) So please cut me, and others in my situation, some slack. I'm afraid I'm not in a good mood this evening. The once-a-year "supermoon" is socked in with clouds and cannot be photographed. It peeked through for a few minutes, but I forgot to turn on spot metering and pretty much missed the show. Now it seems unlikely to appear again. grumble! Bob |
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[SI] Runoff vote for next mandate
On 2012-05-05 20:36:49 -0700, Robert Coe said:
On Sat, 5 May 2012 16:29:55 -0700, Savageduck wrote: : On 2012-05-05 16:00:48 -0700, tony cooper said: : But, I'm losing interest. It was fun when several people commented on : all of the shots and you got to see what other people saw and thought : about your photo. Now, the thread dies after the results are posted. : : Guilty as charged, but i do not accept full responsibility for the lack : of comments. For this past SI the only two providing meaningful : comments were Dudley, who did so with the help of some who could give : him sighted assistance, and PeterN who was unable to contribute in any : other way. : The exchange Noons aimed at Alan could hardly be termed anything other : than a swipe at Alan. : : In the past I have done my best to comment, and I am feeling a tad : jaded. I admit I find it odd that from the bunch of opinionated SI : contributors, opinionated non-contributors, and lurkers to be found in : these photo-groups, that there aren't more who would give us more than : the "Bruce" or "Noons" condemnation. : I also feel that piggy-backing on an other's comments is just shear : laziness and poor form. ... OK, I was more or less with you, up to this point. But if we need more comments (and we do), knocking people for how they provide their comments seems self-defeating to me. More original comments provided in whatever manner are desirable. So are the individual reactions and responses from the photographers otherwise making the comments is just blowing so much wind. Not everybody in the group is retired and has time to kill. Just because I am retired does not necessarily mean that I have time to kill. I'm sitting here on a weekend, trying to work my way through the 340 images I took at an awards ceremony yesterday, to try to be ready for next week, when I have to photograph a public meeting on strategic IT planning, replete with multiple focus groups. And a "dress rehearsal" for said meeting earlier in the week. Then the week after, another awards ceremony (with 50 recipients); and the week after that, a reception (with national diginitaries supposedly present) for the late Congressman "Tip" O'Neill's 100th birthday; the Arts Council's "River Festival" the first weekend in June; etc., etc. Wonderful! It is a good thing to have a rewarding job to keep you occupied. I just shot 700+ at The Lake San Antonio Wildflower Triathon today, and I am working my way through those. Here are a few of the siftings: http://db.tt/ioGqCgLZ Don't get me wrong: I'm not bitching. I'm damned lucky that they like my work well enough to let me do photography on company time. But that, and the "real" rest of my job, keep me awfully busy. Sometimes I find time to participate in the SI, sometimes not. And even when I do, I don't always have time to provide comments on others' work. (I take commenting seriously and try not to do a half-assed job.) So please cut me, and others in my situation, some slack. If you are up to it, comment, if not don't, but do try to get a shot or two in for the SI. I didn't feel much like commenting on the last SI so I didn't. I am going to do by best to comment on the next SI if the mood takes me. I'm afraid I'm not in a good mood this evening. The once-a-year "supermoon" is socked in with clouds and cannot be photographed. It peeked through for a few minutes, but I forgot to turn on spot metering and pretty much missed the show. Now it seems unlikely to appear again. grumble! Curses! I also missed it. -- Regards, Savageduck |
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[SI] Runoff vote for next mandate
Savageduck escribió:
I also feel that piggy-backing on an other's comments is just shear laziness and poor form. And speaking of laziness, has anyone else noticed that the voting seems mostly in favour of not having to open one's front door? -- Pablo http://www.flickr.com/photos/wibbleypants/ http://paulc.es/piso/index.php |
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[SI] Runoff vote for next mandate
On 2012-05-06 04:37:12 -0700, Savageduck said:
On 2012-05-06 02:52:45 -0700, Pablo said: Savageduck escribió: I also feel that piggy-backing on an other's comments is just shear laziness and poor form. And speaking of laziness, has anyone else noticed that the voting seems mostly in favour of not having to open one's front door? Oh? I have a few doors in mind, which to shoot them, would require opening my front door and exert myself to reach them. BTW Pablo: It is also poor form to add a changed "Followup-To" header, when the subject is "On Topic" for all the groups to which it is X-posted. Particularly a subject which has been responded to from each of those photo-groups. It is presumptive of you to make such an arbitrary move. The SI has been OT for the photo-groups, and you seem to be the only individual who has taken this step with an SI post recently. If you are not a particular fan of the SI, which your lack of participation seems to indicate, don't be a disruptive ass, and hide behind a clandestine header change without at least advising what you had done. "Followup-To" reset. -- Regards, Savageduck |
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[SI] Runoff vote for next mandate
Savageduck escribió:
don't be a disruptive ass, and hide behind a clandestine header change without at least advising what you had done. First of all, **** off. Looking back to try and find out what the hell you are talking about, it seems that my newsreader automatically sets followups to whatever group I'm reading at the time. Not something I've consciously done. Noone has mentioned it before. Perhaps you should take it up with the kde people. If it offends enough people, I'll consider investigating how to change the program's behaviour. followups bodged back for your benefit -- Pablo http://www.flickr.com/photos/wibbleypants/ http://paulc.es/piso/index.php |
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[SI] Runoff vote for next mandate
On 2012-05-06 05:52 , Pablo wrote:
Savageduck escribió: And speaking of laziness, has anyone else noticed that the voting seems mostly in favour of not having to open one's front door? Mostly true. -- "A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds." -Samuel Clemens. |
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[SI] Runoff vote for next mandate
Savageduck escribió:
On 2012-05-06 05:19:51 -0700, said: Looking back to try and find out what the hell you are talking about, it seems that my newsreader automatically sets followups to whatever group I'm reading at the time. So you have no idea how your Usenet client, KNode 4.4.8 works? I have some issues with it, but overall it's ok. It snips sigs, replies at the bottom, complains about long lines etc. Apparently, out of the box it does something that you don't like. That makes me an idiot, obviously. Not something I've consciously done. Then I guess I should apologize for implying that you might be a conscious and deliberate disruptive ass. There are some character traits you just don't notice when you are that close to them. You are a bit silly. I can't believe that we still have netkops. I thought they died out in the 90s. Noone has mentioned it before. I have now. Do you have a killfile? Perhaps you should take it up with the kde people. Why? I don't use KNode 4.4.8, you do. But you're the one with the problem. Oh, you're just showing off that you know how to read usenet headers. You're very clever. If it offends enough people, I'll consider investigating how to change the program's behaviour. Good idea. But until then... followups bodged back for your benefit Much appreciated. ....that was a one-off. Continuing now to be "disruptive by default". -- Pablo http://www.flickr.com/photos/wibbleypants/ http://paulc.es/piso/index.php |
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knode default behaviour and a whingeing duck.
Savageduck escribió:
BTW Pablo: It is also poor form to add a changed "Followup-To" header, when the subject is "On Topic" for all the groups to which it is X-posted. Particularly a subject which has been responded to from each of those photo-groups. It is presumptive of you to make such an arbitrary move. http://fixunix.com/kde/92569-knode-follow-ups.html http://www.spinics.net/linux/fedora/.../msg01666.html http://lists.debian.org/debian-qt-kd.../msg00191.html -- Pablo http://www.flickr.com/photos/wibbleypants/ http://paulc.es/piso/index.php |
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