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Article #624232Re: Computers, anyone?
From: Scott Lurndal
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2018 18:06
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2018 18:06
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Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> writes: >On 2018-06-28, Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> wrote: > >> But all the new gadgets? Most of them leave me cold. After every >> browser upgrade (or Emacs upgrade, for that matter) I spend a lot of >> time figuring out how to disable all the new features. > >Or downgrade back to something that works. Stan Kelly-Bootle coined >the term "sidegrade" for these not-really-upgrades. > >> I was getting pretty good with a 35mm SLR but now I'm reduced to the >> equivalent of ny 1955 Brownie Hawkeye or else a pricey camera that >> takes 10 minutes and good eyesight just to set up all the options >> for a shot. > >I took some pretty decent underwater photos with my Nikonos V. >Then I tried a little digital camera and found I had no more TTL >metering, a crappy strobe that scared fish away with its preflashes, >and an autofocus that insisted on focusing on what it wanted, rather >than what I wanted. And that's when I retired from underwater photography. > >> I guess I should get a cell phone pretty soon. Old guy, y'know, can >> no longer be sure of walking home from anywhere in any weather and all >> the pay phones are gone. > >Flip phones are still available. Keep your eyes open. For that matter, so are cheap unlocked androids. And you can use them as just phones (disable data, never connect to wifi).
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