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Buffistechnology 3: "Press Some Buttons, See What Happens."

Got a question about technology? Ask it here. Discussion of hardware, software, TiVos, multi-region DVDs, Windows, Macs, LINUX, hand-helds, iPods, anything tech related. Better than any helpdesk!


Tom Scola - Oct 09, 2008 2:49:47 pm PDT #7812 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

What kind of cable box do you have?


Jesse - Oct 09, 2008 3:04:47 pm PDT #7813 of 25501
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Explorer is different than Internet Explorer. Explorer is kind of what runs Windows.

I definitely mean the browser, but will double-check the error message. It's just so weird.


Dana - Oct 09, 2008 3:08:31 pm PDT #7814 of 25501
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Oh, no, I believe you. Explorer.exe has certainly been known to crash. I just can't even tell you what kind of problem causes it.

Maybe re-install IE?


Juliebird - Oct 09, 2008 3:12:07 pm PDT #7815 of 25501
I am the fly who dreams of the spider

What kind of cable box do you have?

Motorola.

Or, um, Comcast RCA Digital Broadband. I have three boxes and the only one I can identify is the router.


Juliebird - Oct 09, 2008 3:32:18 pm PDT #7816 of 25501
I am the fly who dreams of the spider

Nevermind, she pressed more buttons and the sound came back.

Just in time for Supernatural!

(also finally remembered that the other box is my modem)


Jesse - Oct 09, 2008 3:37:14 pm PDT #7817 of 25501
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Maybe re-install IE?

Yeah, or maybe I'll just suck it up and try to remember not to close windows that still think they are loading -- I think that's when it happens.


omnis_audis - Oct 11, 2008 3:56:51 pm PDT #7818 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

any camera historians on the list? We are doing a play set in 1962. There is a press conference. The Sound Designer has camera sounds going off. But they are of the shutter/motor sound to take the picture and auto advance the film. It looks to me that the auto advance came around 1972. So I'm guessing the sounds would be more flash bulb pop/sizzle than shutter/advance. Anyone know for certain?


amych - Oct 11, 2008 4:16:00 pm PDT #7819 of 25501
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

No idea on dates, but a strong sensory memory that the rhythm of shutter, then hand-crank to advance with the thumb-lever-thingie was a very distinctive sound.


Sue - Oct 11, 2008 4:30:51 pm PDT #7820 of 25501
hip deep in pie

It looks like Nikon introduced the motor drive to their cameras in 1978. [link]

The Nikon F 35mm SLR film camera was introduced in 1959 and it was quickly popularized by photojournalists as a “news” camera. The chrome body and a viewing prism that allowed the photographer to see exactly what the lens was seeing, regardless of which lens was in use, with a single-stroke film advance, made it easier to use than a rangefinder camera for many while photograph rapidly-moving subjects or changing scenes. Nikon followed with the Nikon F Photomic in 1962, basically a Nikon F except with an interchangeable prism “finder” that included a built-in light meter. The Photomic T version of it came along in 1965 and the TN model in 1967.

The Nikon F Photomic TN (all black, with no brand icons) was developed for NASA in 1968 for use on America’s space shuttle, and the first major advance on the F model came with the release of the Nikon F2 in 1971. Consumer (or “pro-sumer”) models first came out in 1977 with the Nikon FM, and the Nikon FE in 1978 and the EM in 1979. A high-speed motor driven version of the F2/T was released in 1978 in advance of the Moscow Olympics (the “boycotted” Olympics) with a top speed of 10 frames per second and a maximum shutter speed of 1/1000th second.


Sue - Oct 11, 2008 4:36:27 pm PDT #7821 of 25501
hip deep in pie

The Olympus introduced the PEN EM in 1965 with the first automatic advance, but it was only in the market for a year before production ceased. [link]