[Leica] August 29th Apocalyptic Dysphoria; Pictures on your watch.

Mark Rabiner mark at rabinergroup.com
Wed Sep 2 14:25:04 PDT 2015 

A lot of people don't need and excuse to look at their iPhone. They'd prefer
to be looking at it every minute and be walking down the sidewalk looking at
it and be driving their car looking at it.  I like to put it in my pocket
and not look at it for five or ten  minutes at a time. Give it a chance to
cool down


On 8/30/15 9:29 PM, "Bob Adler" <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote:

> When I retired I took my watch off and put it in a drawer. If I want the
> time, I look at my iPhone.
> I don't miss it one bit: it's liberating. I don't care what time it is or
> what day it is. If I need to make an appointment, I look at my iPhone.
> Free at last, free at last...
> It's all about your frame of mind I guess...
> 
> On Sun, Aug 30, 2015 at 5:48 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote:
> 
>> Its confusing perhaps the apple watch coming in two sizes and there is the
>> pixel size vs. the millimeter size of both. I'm betting that had Dick Tracy
>> had the option he'd have gone with a smaller dial size. That thing had to
>> get in the way when he was collaring a perp... get  caught on something.
>> Coincidently I'm down a watch.  There is no watch on my wrist for a month
>> now this is a new first a new low I was saving for a new lens now I'm
>> saving
>> for a new laptop.
>> I have like a lot of people (guys?) a cigarbox filled with cheap watches
>> which don't work. The question being which one to bring in and try to get
>> fixed and for how much? This is complicated by living in NYC with everyone
>> sworn to rip you off like the dog which you are.
>> Getting one fixed cost the same as fixing an old one would be the thing.
>> The
>> thing which has made for a cigar box filled with mystery watches  (what
>> went
>> wrong with this one?)
>> All I really want is a Timex like I had as a kid in the 50's (in NY). To
>> get
>> one I need a Time machine you sit in and a big wheel goes round and round
>> as
>> designed by George Pal.
>> Using an iPhone for a pocket watch is very common right not but its not me.
>> I'm a watch  guy.
>> I want something on my wrist which shows me the time and looks like a
>> watch.
>> It dos not have to light up and say "kiss me baby".
>> The step counter in my iPhone I find to be quite a deal changer since May
>> I've done well with it its called Pacer and like many things free it acts
>> like it. I've lost a ton of weight and can see clearly when I'm sloughing
>> off or being erratic and by how much.
>> I need something which cost real money and works really with an interface
>> not designed by a mouseketeer. .
>> A Fitbit on my wrist might be the thing. Or another of the dozen brands.
>> They all look like watches. I guessing they are watches.
>> My price point is $99.
>> When its overcast my sundial does not work so well.
>> 
>> 
>> On 8/30/15 7:49 PM, "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> Mark,
>>> 
>>> What you are quoting is the overall case size.  The screen size on the
>>> large one is slightly larger than 24x30mm, and they show an add whereby
>>> the entire screen is filled with thumbnails, so I assume you can display
>>> a single image to that size.
>>> 
>>> Jim Nichols
>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>> 
>>> On 8/30/2015 6:05 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote:
>>>> The apple watch shows you an image just slightly larger than an
>> individual
>>>> image in a 35mm contact sheet.  Around 40mm long.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 8/29/15 10:48 PM, "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> During the depression years of the 1930s, the Direct Positive "4 for a
>>>>> dime" pictures served that purpose.  They were inexpensive and filled a
>>>>> need at the time.  I still have a few of them.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Jim Nichols
>>>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 8/29/2015 9:43 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote:
>>>>>> I have a photo history book and they are talking about
>> Daguerreotypes  also
>>>>>> Tintypes being made 1 inch square or smaller and the size was called
>> "Gem".
>>>>>> The little gems that they were. I think often copied from a larger
>> image.
>>>>>> The issue being I think not size but the bottom line. Money.
>>>>>> Shrink it till they feel they can afford it. So what if they cant see
>> it.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 8/29/15 10:25 PM, "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I have no interest at all in the watch.  It may be handy for
>> reminders,
>>>>>>> etc.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Images that size remind me of the stickpin portrait that my
>> great-great
>>>>>>> aunt had of her dead husband.  It was sepia, and about the size of a
>>>>>>> "pinky" nail.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Jim Nichols
>>>>>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On 8/29/2015 9:19 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote:
>>>>>>>> The point of the small screen is to just see what you can see and
>> not
>>>>>>>> care
>>>>>>>> about what you can't. The point is instant ness and ease. IPhone
>>>>>>>> photography
>>>>>>>> has established that. Most won't take it from there. Now if you
>> could
>>>>>>>> project the image like a clock radio on the ceiling....!! THEN you
>> could
>>>>>>>> see
>>>>>>>> how really bad it is.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On 8/29/15 10:13 PM, "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> I realize that, Leo, but have not really looked into what can be
>> seen on
>>>>>>>>> the small screen.  I'm not sure my eyes would work with details
>> that
>>>>>>>>> small. :-)
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Jim Nichols
>>>>>>>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> On 8/29/2015 9:10 PM, Leowesson wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Jim,
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> The Iwatch acts as a remote for the iPhone it is paired with.
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Leo Wesson
>>>>>>>>>> leowesson.com
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> On Aug 29, 2015, at 21:01, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> Mark,
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> I have to admit that I have gone part way down that route.  In
>> order
>>>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>>> conveniently use text messaging, I recently purchased an iPhone.
>> Now,
>>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>> camera is quite good, but I don't like the images as they come
>> out of
>>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>> camera.  I run them through my editing workflow like any other
>> camera
>>>>>>>>>>> images, except they are jpg, which limits the process.  Finished
>>>>>>>>>>> images
>>>>>>>>>>> are
>>>>>>>>>>> pretty good.
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> Now, the second part.  I have my LUG gallery bookmarked.  If I
>> want to
>>>>>>>>>>> share
>>>>>>>>>>> an image or two with a friend or relative, I just open up my LUG
>>>>>>>>>>> gallery
>>>>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>>>> touch the thumbnails along the side until I find what I want.
>> It has
>>>>>>>>>>> been
>>>>>>>>>>> quite useful, and, on the iPhone 6 screen, the images look pretty
>>>>>>>>>>> good,
>>>>>>>>>>> though limited in size.
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> Incidentally, my grandson's wife has an Apple watch, and likes
>> it. I
>>>>>>>>>>> haven't
>>>>>>>>>>> asked if it can do images.
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> Jim Nichols
>>>>>>>>>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> On 8/29/2015 8:33 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> One of the rare occasions in which Brian got involved in a
>> thread way
>>>>>>>>>>>> way
>>>>>>>>>>>> back in the turn of the century or millennium  we were talking
>> about
>>>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>>> demise of craft and print making and how things were going the
>> way of
>>>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>>> jpeg and people not showing you their prints but showing you
>> their
>>>>>>>>>>>> jpegs
>>>>>>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>>>>>>> a small screen like from an iPod. (a thing which played music)
>>>>>>>>>>>> Someone
>>>>>>>>>>>> joked maybe it was me that soon we'd be viewing each others pix
>> on
>>>>>>>>>>>> our
>>>>>>>>>>>> Dick
>>>>>>>>>>>> Tracy wrist watches and that was shot down as being too
>> Apocalyptic
>>>>>>>>>>>> Dysphoric. I wonder if its still in the archives?
>>>>>>>>>>>> In the past few years when the iPhones took over and those
>> screens
>>>>>>>>>>>> became
>>>>>>>>>>>> the main viewing ground for seeing sobodies photo work; it was
>>>>>>>>>>>> looking
>>>>>>>>>>>> bad
>>>>>>>>>>>> but it got worse. The Apple watch came out and I've not seen
>> one in
>>>>>>>>>>>> person
>>>>>>>>>>>> yet. But I was wondering if you can view pix on them. I just
>> checked.
>>>>>>>>>>>> You can.
>>>>>>>>>>>> *
>>>>>>>>>>>> http://www.apple.com/watch/built-in-apps/
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> "the smaller 38mm Apple Watch has a resolution of 272 x 340,
>> while
>>>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>>> larger 42mm Apple Watch has a resolution of 312 x 390. "  they
>> are
>>>>>>>>>>>> about
>>>>>>>>>>>> 40mm's in height.
>>>>>>>>>>>> So things will get dumbed down even further. Or they already
>> have.
>>>>>>>>>>>> If things can get worse but I think it would have to start with
>> the
>>>>>>>>>>>> Apple
>>>>>>>>>>>> iGlass.  Little high tech eye glasses.
>>>>>>>>>>>> So when it used to be people were really listening to you
>> talking to
>>>>>>>>>>>> them
>>>>>>>>>>>> instead of their little earphone  ( just happened in the apple
>> store)
>>>>>>>>>>>> now
>>>>>>>>>>>> its not just not you they are listening to. They're not seeing
>> you
>>>>>>>>>>>> either.
>>>>>>>>>>>> They are watching the readout. What Arnold saw in T1.
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> * The system goes online August 4th, 1997. Human decisions are
>>>>>>>>>>>> removed
>>>>>>>>>>>> from
>>>>>>>>>>>> strategic defense. Skynet begins to learn at a geometric rate.
>> It
>>>>>>>>>>>> becomes
>>>>>>>>>>>> self-aware at 2:14 a.m. Eastern time, August 29th. In a panic,
>> they
>>>>>>>>>>>> try
>>>>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>>>> pull the plug.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Sarah Connor: Skynet fights back.
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>> Mark William Rabiner
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