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Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution

From "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.system, alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.cellular-phone-tech
Subject Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution
Date 2017-04-19 18:55 +0100
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Message-ID <op.yyyeq5odjs98qf@red.lan> (permalink)
References (15 earlier) <201704111720307730-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom> <op.yyq0lri0js98qf@red.lan> <2017041513224348762-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom> <op.yyq8abkbjs98qf@red.lan> <2017041514500270776-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom>

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On Sat, 15 Apr 2017 22:50:02 +0100,  wrote:

> On 2017-04-15 20:52:49 +0000, "James Wilkinson Sword"
> <imvalid@somewear.com> said:
>
>> On Sat, 15 Apr 2017 21:22:43 +0100,  wrote:
>>
>>> On 2017-04-15 18:06:53 +0000, "James Wilkinson Sword"
>>> <imvalid@somewear.com> said:
>>>
>>>> On Wed, 12 Apr 2017 01:20:30 +0100,  wrote:
>>>>> On 2017-04-12 00:04:23 +0000, "James Wilkinson Sword"
>>>>> <imvalid@somewear.com> said:
>>>>>> On Tue, 11 Apr 2017 23:50:14 +0100,  wrote:
>>>>>>> On 2017-04-11 22:34:22 +0000, "James Wilkinson Sword"
>>>>>>> <imvalid@somewear.com> said:
>>>>>>>> On Tue, 11 Apr 2017 23:29:57 +0100,  wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On 2017-04-11 22:07:10 +0000, "James Wilkinson Sword"
>>>>>>>>> <imvalid@somewear.com> said:
>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, 11 Apr 2017 22:43:47 +0100,  wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> On 2017-04-11 21:23:38 +0000, "James Wilkinson Sword"
>>>>>>>>>>> <imvalid@somewear.com> said:
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, 11 Apr 2017 21:12:54 +0100, Mark Lloyd <not@mail.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 04/10/2017 07:09 PM, nospam wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> [snip]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> it's cyan. it's not light blue. that's why it's called cyan ink and not
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> light blue ink.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I used to have a printer with SIX ink cartridges. IIRC they were cyan,
>>>>>>>>>>>>> light cyan, magenta, light magenta, yellow, black.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Mine has NO ink cartridges.  You actually buy a new little plastic
>>>>>>>>>>>> container all the time?  I have huge tanks sat on the desk beside it.
>>>>>>>>>>>> When one looks a bit low, I pour some in from a bottle.  Equivalent to
>>>>>>>>>>>> 3p (4c) a cartridge.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> So you don't give a damn when it comes to color printing?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Why would having the ink in a different container change the colour output?!
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> For many good photo printers you will usually find 6 or more inks. My
>>>>>>>>>>> Epson uses 8 UltraChrome K3 inks; Photo Black, Light Black, Light Light
>>>>>>>>>>> Black, Yellow, Vivid Magenta, Vivid Light Magenta, Cyan, Light Cyan,
>>>>>>>>>>> and when using matte paper Photo Black is exchanged for Matte Black.
>>>>>>>>>>> The newer photo printers user 10 tanks.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> And it makes no difference at all to the output.  All you need is
>>>>>>>>>> decent paper and fine ink nozzles.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> ...and a color managed workflow with a properly calibrated system.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Printer manufacturers must love you.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ...and yet I can produce superb color prints from my dedicated Epson
>>>>>>> photo printer, and fairly good color prints from my general purpose
>>>>>>> Epson "all-in-one" printer.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What do you use for your photo prints?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> An Epson with 4 colours, on decent paper, in the mode with the highest
>>>>>> resolution.  They look just like photos from a 35mm camera done in a
>>>>>> professional lab.
>>>>>
>>>>> An Epson 4 color printer is going to give you acceptable, sometimes
>>>>> very good color prints, but in no way the best photo reproduction. My
>>>>> general document and occasional photo printer is an Epson XP-610, a 4
>>>>> color printer capable of producing good photo prints no larger than
>>>>> 8"x10". However, there is no comparison when I compare what it produces
>>>>> against my 8 color photo printer, especially when using high quality
>>>>> papers, and matching printer/paper specific icc profiles in my color
>>>>> managed workflow.
>>>>
>>>> If I set mine to maximum quality (which takes fucking ages) it's
>>>> perfect quality.
>>>
>>> "Perfect quality", whatever that means out of a 4 color printer. When
>>> it comes to photography, especially color photography and the resulting
>>> prints, the results are always subjective, and an opinion of "perfect
>>> quality" is going to be just as subjective. So if what you produce is
>>> good enough for your eye, just go ahead. I am working to attain a
>>> different level of "perfect quality" to yours.
>>
>> It's as good as my monitor, which is indistinguishable from the
>> original scenes I photographed.
>>
>>>>> As for making prints look just like those from a 35mm camera, that sort
>>>>> of degradation is easily done with software.
>>>>
>>>> I take it you didn't have a professional SLR 35mm camera.
>>>
>>> WTF is a professional SLR 35mm camera?
>>
>> What a ridiculous question.  Ask a journalist who wasn't born this century.
>
> I was curious as to what you thought was a "profesional SLR 35mm
> Camera". I know what I would have considered a Pro 35mm SLR in the
> 1960's.

I thought you were implying there was no such thing.

>>> I haven't shot 35mm film for years now, especially since APS-C, FF, and
>>> MF digital has exceeded 35mm film in all respects. In all respects that
>>> is, except for those folks refusing to accept that ugly truth because
>>> they are locked into Kodachrome nostalgia.
>>
>> I used 35mm before digital was invented.
>
> So what? I started shooting 35mm with my father's C3 in the 1950's. I
> got my first 35mm SLR in 1963 and two more after that. I still have my
> last Pentax. I bought my rangefinder 35mm in 1968 when I was in the
> Army. I still have that.

I was simply pointing out I didn't use it in preference to digital.

>> The main reason I stopped wasn't quality, it was the ability to take
>> 1000s of photos without taking out a second mortgage or constantly
>> reloading film.
>
> Quality, darkroom chemicals, and film/processing costs.
>
>> I'd go to a racetrack day and take 5000 photos on digital (motorbikes
>> are bloody fast and it's easier to take 10 rapid shots as each one
>> passes).
>
> Been there, done that.
> <https://www.dropbox.com/s/5f6xbgibt5bmvmd/DNC5067-Edit.jpg>
> <https://www.dropbox.com/s/fi39trnaoroj2st/DNC_4900-Edit.jpg>

Nice.

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Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-15 19:06 +0100
  Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-15 14:45 -0400
    Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-21 13:01 +0100
      Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-21 10:13 -0400
        Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-21 15:21 +0100
          Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-21 10:32 -0400
            Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-21 15:35 +0100
              Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-21 10:40 -0400
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-21 15:46 +0100
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-21 11:04 -0400
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-21 16:11 +0100
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-21 11:28 -0400
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-21 16:39 +0100
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-21 11:41 -0400
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-23 18:47 +0100
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-23 13:56 -0400
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-23 20:01 +0100
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-23 15:05 -0400
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-23 20:11 +0100
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-23 15:16 -0400
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-23 21:21 +0100
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-23 16:34 -0400
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2017-04-23 11:22 -0700
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-23 19:56 +0100
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-23 15:05 -0400
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-23 20:09 +0100
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-23 15:16 -0400
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-23 21:23 +0100
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-23 16:34 -0400
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-23 12:20 -0700
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-23 21:20 +0100
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-23 16:34 -0400
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-23 14:34 -0700
  Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2017-04-15 13:22 -0700
    Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-15 21:52 +0100
      Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2017-04-15 14:50 -0700
        Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-19 18:55 +0100

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