Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/07/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This is one of those ideas that lead me to ask, does it matter? We have to live in the reality we experience. It's possible to come up with all kinds of ideas and explanations for things that in the end really don't matter. Those Luminous Landscape ratios of throat size to array diagonal that were discussed recently is another example. Damned if I can tell how those ratios relate to image quality in any meaningful way. Regards, Dick On Jul 15, 2009, at 9:21 PM, Ken Carney wrote: > Don't know. I read Julian Barbour's "The End of Time" (an infinite > series > of nows as opposed to a direction in time...the dog that catches your > Frisbee is not the same dog that jumped up to catch it and so on). > I read > an interview with him where he says he still sets an alarm clock. > > Ken > (If this doesn't qualify as topic drift, nothing does. I will post > a photo > to make amends. Not of the past or future, though, just the present, > whatever that is) > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net at leica-users.org [mailto:lug- >> bounces+kcarney1=cox.net at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Sonny Carter >> Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 1:06 PM >> To: Leica Users Group >> Subject: Re: [Leica] The Leica M8.2 Experience >> >> On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 12:35 PM, Richard Taylor >> <r.s.taylor at comcast.net>wrote: >>> >>> >>> ... not so sure about that statement about time. You'd have a >>> hard time >>> convincing me I could somehow revisit the lunch I just had. Time's >> arrow >>> flies... >> >> >> I would love to revisit my lunch today. Kathy invited me to the >> clinic >> where she works. One of the men had brought in fresh tomatoes, and >> they >> had >> cooked bacon. Bacon is the chief reason many people give for not >> being >> vegetarian. >> >> We made our own BLT's and drank sweet tea, and talked about the birds >> nesting around our houses. I am traveling in time as I write this. >> >> On the other hand . . .an interesting photo that fits into the >> discussion: >> >> http://www.makemymood.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/015-time.jpg >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Regards, >> >> Sonny >> http://www.sonc.com >> http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/ >> Natchitoches, Louisiana (+31.754164,-093.099080) >> USA >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information