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Re: wifi cameras?

Date 2013-12-09 07:59 -0600
Subject Re: wifi cameras?
From George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Message-ID <CECB28E8.A50B0%ghost_topper@hotmail.com> (permalink)
References (1 earlier) <slrnla7pvf.u5u.g.kreme@mbp55.local> <dorayme-B7858F.16275408122013@news.albasani.net> <zi138zcwg4rl.1wdq48mpty7dt.dlg@40tude.net> <091220130918196522%YourName@YourISP.com> <slrnlaa3r9.1jac.g.kreme@mbp55.local>

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On 12/8/13 6:31 PM, in article slrnlaa3r9.1jac.g.kreme@mbp55.local, "Lewis"
<g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:

> In message <091220130918196522%YourName@YourISP.com>
>   Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
>> On Sun, 08 Dec 2013 16:27:55 +1100, dorayme wrote:
>>> 
>>> OK, on a scale of 0 to 10 how irritating is it? Let me give you an
>>> idea of my ideal. On my Sony I connect via a USB cable. All I need do
>>> is turn the camera on and it appears on my desktop. I would say that
>>> was a 6 to 8 out of 10 depending on how irritating it is to find and
>>> connect the cable.
> 
>> Plugging in a USB cable?!?
>> Irritating factor: 2 out of 10 ... or less if you actually keep the
>> cable in the camera's bag.
> 
> 
>> Fiddling about getting the memory card out to put into a card reader
>> and then back again - irritating factor: 6 out of 10.
> 
> Boy, do you have those backwards.
> 
> Plugging in the camera is way more of a pain in the ass. First of all,
> if you're like most people you have to unplug something first. Second,
> cameras have dog-slow USB interfaces, so the transfer will take much
> longer, Third, you have to drain the camera's battery for the transfer.
> 
>> Having a wi-fi connection fail part way through the transfer process -
>> irritating factor: 25 out of 10.   :-)
> 
> Yeah, because that happens... right, never.

"your Name" like to argue just for the sake of it. This one is a prime
example of the "glass half empty" syndrome...

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  Re: wifi cameras? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-12-08 03:30 +0000
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            Re: wifi cameras? George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2013-12-09 07:59 -0600
        Re: wifi cameras? dorayme <dorayme@optusnet.com.au> - 2013-12-09 07:44 +1100

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