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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	2017-04-21 15:21 +0100
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Message-ID	<op.yy1t5dmejs98qf@red.lan> (permalink)
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On Fri, 21 Apr 2017 15:13:46 +0100, nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:

> In article <op.yy1nocmojs98qf@red.lan>, James Wilkinson Sword
> <imvalid@somewear.com> wrote:
>
>> >> >>> 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.
>> >
>> > nothing is perfect.
>>
>> But both are equally perfect.
>
> nothing is perfect.

Silly pedant.

>> >> > 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.
>> >
>> > film is worse than digital in every metric.
>> >
>> > digital can be downgraded to look like film if the user wants, but that
>> > would be stupid if quality is the goal.
>>
>> Decent film is as good as digital.
>
> definitely not.
>
>> I mean professional quality low ASA
>> film on a camera with a good lens.
>
> doesn't matter.

Maybe not nowadays, digital improves all the time.

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Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-21 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

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