[or-roots] Staying Vigilant - cameras

[Bill & Chris Strickland]

> I was refering to the Pixals mine will not go below
>
> 1280?  By 16?? and many programs cannot use
>
> anything over 800 by 1200 pixals.
>

Yeah, some company marketing duds try to make us think, like the current 
ad on TV, that Bigger & Faster is Better -- not necessarily.  When you 
buy one of those big mega pixel cameras, the one thing you want to check 
is how small a pic will it take -- mine will go down to 640 x 480, as 
well as them high pixel shots that are only good for cropping out a 
little section or 11x 17 prints.

Reminds me of a story -- *

A C-130, a prop driven cargo plane,
was lumbering along when a cocky F-16 flashed by. *
*The jet jockey decided to show  off.
**/
The fighter jock told the  C-130 pilot, 'watch this!'/**/
and promptly went into a  barrel roll followed by a steep climb../*
*
He then finished with a sonic boom as he broke the sound barrier.*
*/The F-16 pilot asked the C-130  pilot what he thought of that?/**/

The C-130  pilot said, 'That was impressive, but watch this!'/*

*//*
*/The C-130 droned along for about 5 minutes and then the C-130 pilot 
came back on and said:/**
*
**/'What did you think of that?'

/*Puzzled, the F-16 pilot asked, 'What the heck did you do?'**

The C-130 pilot chuckled.**

'I stood up, stretched my legs,  walked****to the back,**
used the facilities,****then got a cup of coffee and a****cinnamon roll.'**

When you are young & foolish - speed & flash may seem a good thing!*
*/
/*

**
*When you get older & smarter -*
*/comfort & dull is not such a bad thing!/*

*//*
*Us older folks understand this one, it's called  S.O.S.*
*/
Slower,  Older and Smarter..../*


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