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I see it differently. I think low tech is simpler, but it's a balance. I sometimes fantasize about life before the internet swallowed a good portion of the world. I have more at my fingertips, but at what cost?
Back in my 35mm SLR days, I would dream of the ability to have the day's shots on the conference table that night so the plan for the next day to be decided. That is now but is there a cost?
Well, at least two things I have learned. First of all, the shot speed in 35mm worked out to one a minute so an active day was calculated at 8 hours or 480 shots. Now, an active day is usually 600-800 shots but it could reach almost twice that. For all the advantages digital has over 35mm such re-usable cards for each mission over buying new rolls, cost of development, and copying the card files, there is a down side if slight. A lot more information is being collected, both in the number of the shots and in the amount of video data in each shot and that is a lot more for the human brain to process if it has to (that is, is it looking at pictures for memories or looking at pictures to decide to buy land).
And secondly? I had a DSLR wash out last year while shooting during a terrific rainy day. The older 35mm SLRs were more weather durable.
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Originally Posted by Rastafellow
Having to use a conventional stove every time is not simple life. Just to warm things up would be aggravating. A microwave does it so quickly. I have an Android phone (no landline) but do not take it with me when leaving home except when going out of town. I just don't care for the dependency of checking it. I don't have cable and only watch TV on FREE broadcast stations during football season. The Internet is great for many things.
I actually do take my cells (smart and Razor) with me when I leave home..........coming into town is when they come into range of the towers and I get any messages and missed calls.
Submarine games indeed!
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Having to use a conventional stove every time is not simple life. Just to warm things up would be aggravating. A microwave does it so quickly. I have an Android phone (no landline) but do not take it with me when leaving home except when going out of town. I just don't care for the dependency of checking it. I don't have cable and only watch TV on FREE broadcast stations during football season. The Internet is great for many things.
I warm things up on top of stove in a pot. Takes a few minutes. I am totally retired and time I have..even when I worked for 40 yrs and raised a kid I cooked, planned ahead etc. Picked foods up. I don't like to nuke my foods. Most today don't even think about the nuking issue. I do.
I warm things up on top of stove in a pot. Takes a few minutes. I am totally retired and time I have..even when I worked for 40 yrs and raised a kid I cooked, planned ahead etc. Picked foods up. I don't like to nuke my foods. Most today don't even think about the nuking issue. I do.
ok, but that isn't simplicity. It's an aversion to that method of cooking.
Cameras integrated into phones is one of the best things to ever happen! How many times did I wish I had my digicam on me, but I didn't? Now, it's no problem, pull out the cell. I use the phone even at home with the digicam available because I can instantly text or otherwise communicate the pic instead of plugging in the digicam, extracting photos, and then sending.
I see it differently. I think low tech is simpler, but it's a balance.
I challenged my Mom with a search. Her with her phone book and phone, me with the internet. She won. Not that one is necessarily better than the other, but the point being that way is still just as effective for many things. It could be seen as better insofar as she was contacting actual people who could answer the question directly.
yes that's what they use NOW but come time to replace them it might be a different story. i'm just saying what I've been told, its probably only old fogies like me that use laptops, kids do everything on their smartphones and that's the customers of tomorrow.
Well, I won't accept a phone or a tablet as a substitute for a computer... I want to type on a full-size keyboard and look at a big readable screen.
I see it differently. I think low tech is simpler, but it's a balance. I sometimes fantasize about life before the internet swallowed a good portion of the world. I have more at my fingertips, but at what cost?
And "more" isn't a good thing. Studies have proven the "more" choices (such as what to do with out free time, which the Internet makes virtually limitless) actually make us UNHAPPIER.
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