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Re: Canon EOS 6D Mark II DSLR Camera (Body Only) $1200 - Yesterday

How does the 6d mk2 compare to the original 6d? I hear that it wasn't that great of an upgrade, but I would like to hear from the knowledgeable ones here, as $1200 seems to be a pretty good price.

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Re: Would like to ask for some opinions from the forum... - Yesterday

I agree with the other sentiments, the winter picture is strong on its own, but it doesn't work in the grouping with the other seasons. Winter can be spectacular with white, pristine snow, and crisp, sunny blue skies. For that matter, I can see two series here, just as winter can be dreary and drab, so can fall. Heck all the seasons can be grey, so it could be interesting to do a melancholy gr

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Re: What tv show do you want to see resurrected? - Yesterday

Warehouse 13 The Pretender

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Re: you will never hear prog rock the same again. ........ - 3 days ago

...and so I fell into the YouTube hole with my eyeballs and ears getting sucked into more videos of Nyango Star, the cat who fell into a pile of apples and died, but was resurrected into a hyper-drumming cat apple. Or is it apple cat?

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Re: Best place to develop disposable camera film these days? - 4 days ago

Just beware that some places that develop film, like Walmart, CVS, Walgreens, WILL NOT return original negatives, but cheaply scanned digital copies on a CD. Here are a couple of places that still will send you back the negatives:

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Re: Hidden Tribes of America - 5 days ago

QuoteAcer Traditional liberal, though I did not like the "either-or" word pairs. I think obedience/respect/etc. are not exclusive with creativity/curiosity/etc. I completely agree with you, and I think that one can be both, we are raising are daughter to be respectful, but yet curious, creative, but yet obedient, etc.

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Re: Melania most bullied person in the world ! - 8 days ago

Gee, tell that to the scores of parents who have lost their children to suicide due to bullying.

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Re: October 6, 1997: Michael Dell says Apple, should “shut it down and give the money back to the shareholders.” - 8 days ago

QuoteS. Pupp The PowerMac 8600 was a fantastic machine, capable of OS 7 all the way up to OSX Tiger (with G4 upgrade/XPostFacto). Mine is still in intermittent use with OS9 installed. I was amazed at the time that it took lollipop-colored iMacs with limited abilities to turn Apple's fortunes around. They were cheap at $1299, as in middle to low in the PC price arena. Something that Apple is m

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Re: Instagram is claiming to detect and combat bullying on their platform - 10 days ago

QuoteRacer X so much for freedom of speech. The United States government cannot restrict the freedom of speech, Instagram, a private company, can.

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Re: Canon, Nikon, and Sony mirrorless camera contenders: What is the best looking design? - 10 days ago

If talking about full-frame, then the Sony. I like the angular look. But if one includes other manufacturers of crop sensor cameras, then I concur with freeradical, the Fuji XT-3 is a fave. It has a nice retro look to it. Olympus OM series also are quite nice looking with their retro look.

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Re: Flake, Collins are a Yes vote - 11 days ago

Thanks for that stat. I didn't know that many Maine residents were against Kavanaugh.

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Re: Flake, Collins are a Yes vote - 11 days ago

QuoteLemon Drop Quote$tevie I knew Collins would vote yes. She likes the media and internet attention she gets when she pretends to have an open mind about an issue, but she always votes in line with the old farts squadron of the GOP. She's a phony. Except when she doesn't. Like that time in 2017 she prevented the appeal of Obamacare, along with Murkowski and McCain. She's not all bad, jus

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Re: Follow Up: Used camera purchase advice-Sony, Fuji, or Pentax? - 12 days ago

I've had the urge to go mirrorless, (and have had an itch to get a new camera) so have been reading reviews and viewing Youtube video reviews of cameras, and have been impressed with the Fuji line. I played with an XT-2 at our local camera store, and the sales person was knowledgeable, he had one and knew the in's and out's regarding it. I really liked the ease of control, with having the knobs t

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Re: Moderate Dems, moderate Republicans? Dying breed? - 12 days ago

QuoteRolando Both parties have been running right for 20 40 plus years. Dems moderate and compromise, Repugs run right and ask for more compromise. Rinse and repeat! The Current DemocRat leadership is slightly right of Eisenhower. I'd venture to say right of Nixon, Ford.

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Photo Mechanic, anyone? - 15 days ago

I have a few thousand rowing picture to cull down, but have dreaded doing it because of the immensity of the project. My normal workflow is to import the pictures into the Mac by means of Image Capture, using my own folder naming scheme. Then I would open them in Preview and go through them and delete the ones that I don't want and maybe edit some that I like. With a lot of photos this tends to b

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Re: which phone? - 15 days ago

Late to the party, but... The 7 is still sold, making it more future-proof with regards to iOS updates. It looks like the Apple Lightning to headphone jack dongle is no longer included, however.

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Re: C'mon Apple! - 17 days ago

So this would be the SE-X?

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Re: Kim and Donald are in love? - 17 days ago

Quote$tevie OHHH..... MY EYES!!!!!!

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Re: Did anyone get a new Apple Watch 4? how useful/realiable is the electro-cardiogram feature? - 22 days ago

According to the Apple store employee I talked to, while the FDA has given tentative approval, they are still working out the legal details, which is why it is coming later this year.

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Re: Kavanaugh vote this weekend. Your prediction? - 22 days ago

If the Republicans think that they are going to lose in the midterms anyway, then there is really no reason for them not to go ahead and confirm, they are willing to throw some of their colleagues under the bus to insure a right-wing court for the next generation. Roe v Wade - gone Environmental protection laws - gone Consumer protection laws - gone Voter protection laws - gone Civil Right

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Re: LEADER ! in DC ! - 22 days ago

Quotecbelt3 Quotedeckeda The Genius sitting with him is showing him the key sequence shortcut for "convict." "And this is how you use Terminal to run Unix commands to mass generate arrest warrants for the entire Cabinet and Republican leadership. " "Oh hey, that's gonna save me a lot of typing. Thanks !"

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Re: SCOTUS judges above the law?? - 22 days ago

Quoterjmacs As has been mentioned, a justice can be impeached by the House (50%+1 majority vote) and convicted (2/3 majority vote) by the Senate to be removed from office. This has never happened in the history of the SCotUS, even in cases of suspected murder and corruption. If successfully indicted in state court, a justice might face criminal trial. It's not entirely clear whether a justi

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Re: dancing in the dark?!....1st 'Dark Phoenix' trailer [ next X-men movie ]...... - 23 days ago

They must not have high hopes for it, or it's pretty bad, to get a February release date.

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SCOTUS judges above the law?? - 23 days ago

I'm reposting this comment that I made below, as I think it merits it's own thread, and I am confused. Am I understanding this correctly, that if he gets confirmed, it doesn't matter if the accusations are 100% spot on, he has the job and can't be removed? In other words SCOTUS judges are above the law???

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Re: "Senate probing new allegation of misconduct against Kavanaugh" - 23 days ago

Quotetimg Quotedeckeda “... but as I said, no one seems to be waiting for that to judge the guy. “ timg, do yourself a FAVOR and re-read $tevie’s last comment. Senate Republicans are wanting to, and I’m quoting their leader here, “plow through” with this approval, sans any legit investigation. And you’re OK with that, because an allegation(s) of sexual assault somehow require

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Re: "New Kavanaugh accuser Julie Swetnick details parties where girls allegedly were drugged and raped" - 23 days ago

Am I understanding this correctly, that if he gets confirmed, it doesn't matter if the accusations are 100% spot on, he has the job and can't be removed? In other words SCOTUS judges are above the law???

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Re: A few recent photos - BW warning - 25 days ago

I don't know if it's been asked before, but what camera/lens are you using for these? The images pop and they seem to have a wide dynamic range.

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Re: here in the woods - 30 days ago

Quotemrlynn QuoteKraniac walked by here a thousand times. tree down. . . . you missed it, it was disorienting and awesorta. Was there a picture? /Mr Lynn My question as well.

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Re: Hillary on Rachel’s show tonite - 4 weeks ago

QuoteSpeedy Is this the same Clinton that Pres. Trump is always raving about? You'd think she beat him the way he talks about her. She did. By 3 million votes.

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Re: 12" iPad owners - Do you like or regret buying? - 4 weeks ago

I also like the 12.9" iPad Pro, besides surfing, email and social media, I'm learning Affinity Photo for iPad, I would like to see if I can get away from a laptop for picture manipulation. I've dabbled a little with Procreate as well. My daughter loves it and is using it more than me, she likes using Procreate to draw and paint.

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