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Starting to get the hang of this Responsive Web Design stuff. That article is a must-read. One design fits all!
From a Reddit thread asking for “things the public doesn’t know about your job”:
One last thing…the myth of the $500 hammer (or wrench), which I learned in a logistics class. During the cold war there was a need for a milspec tool for use on nuclear subs. This thing had to be exact in its measurements, not retain radiation, survive extreme temperature changes, and perform several functions. The tool took a few years to design, some new applications in material science had to be invented, but they got it done. A congressman sees this item listed in the budget with a really long and confusing item name, and a price of $325. He asks his staffer, what is this? The staffer makes some calls, some people try to explain it to him, and the staffer reports back, “It’s some sort of wrench or something.” The price is inflated to $500, it gets called a hammer, and everyone ignores the fact that while they were needed, the Navy only needed about 100 of them. Meanwhile, congress spent several million “investigating” this, including trips to the naval base / golf club we had on Bermuda at the time, and everyone promptly ignored the findings, but it still makes a great empty talking point.See also, Leo McGarry talking about submarine ashtrays.
Kitten’s first towel burrito.
Kittens first bath.
Look what I found wandering on the side of I-270
To summarize:
- A photographer took these photos of a BP oil refinery while standing on the grass median of a public road. (With very few exceptions, it’s perfectly legal to take pictures of anything visible from a public place, even if the subject is privately owned.)
- BP’s security noticed, called the city police, and followed him by car to a gas station.
- The police forcefully detained, harassed, and threatened him for more than 20 minutes for something that is not a crime and that they did not witness.
- The police disclosed all of his personal information, including his Social Security number, to a BP security guard.
- The police effectively forced him to reveal the photos he had taken and continued to detain, harass, and threaten him even after an officer had evaluated them and decided that they were not a threat to Homeland “Security”.
- He was further detained, harassed, and threatened by a Homeland Security agent who arrived at the scene and forced him to reveal the publication he was working for.
There’s a good chance that a crime was committed there, but not by the photographer.
Is there any doubt who’s running our country?
Lightbike teaser (by robjdlc)
Special lightshow ride next month. My bike is going to be nuts.
GPOYW v. fresh paint, not necessarily feeling nor looking my best.
…And: “Framing is what you do by zooming in and out, by moving the camera up and down and left and right, and by rotating it to any angle, including vertical and horizontal. Framing has almost nothing to do with composition.”
And this, ladies and gents, is why Ken Rockwell is a tool. No self-respecting photographer would ever listen to ANY advice he has. He’s a commercial product of big companies. He’ll say anything about your product as long as you pay him. He’s not a real photographer, he’s a snap shooter and a commercialist. He sucks balls.
I fully endorse epicleicaness’ comment on Ken Rockwell.
