Matt_82 wrote:@WorKid Thanks man. It's an inherited, outdated Olympus SP-510 UZ. Having looked about to see what the reviews said when it came out, it seems the best thing folk could say about it is that it could take loads of photos before the batteries went. Which is true. It does the job for me though. Fits in my tank bag beside my lunch and my juice and doesn't need any adjusting before I can use it.
Wouldn't mind getting a better camera but I couldn't justify the price. I know fuck all about photography and simply point and shoot at nice scenery. This camera has loads of features I wont use and wouldn't really know how to if I wanted to anyway. A better, newer camera will just have more features that I can't use.
SpaceGazelle wrote:I've never quite understood why maths graduates didn't get the argument that everything is made out of maths. They always think it's made out of "matter", possibly because they assume words made up by physicists are in some way real. You'd think they'd understand the most but they never do.
Vela wrote:At uni (physics and maths and astronomy), our class used to joke that somewhere, some physicist will be working away in his office, on a grand unifying theory of everything. Basic premise is they will be balancing out terms in the equations... 'Cancel, cancel, cancel, ... Z... Zero?' And poof, the universe disappears. Turns out that might well be exactly the case. Minus the poof.SpaceGazelle wrote:I've never quite understood why maths graduates didn't get the argument that everything is made out of maths. They always think it's made out of "matter", possibly because they assume words made up by physicists are in some way real. You'd think they'd understand the most but they never do.
A student of mine is in his 50s and has a youngish daughter. He explained that he had to develop a precise schedule and stick to it exactly; this allowed him to keep on top of everything. Seems obvious, but he had it planned out to the minute near enough.GooberTheHat wrote:I have decided I'm going to do a degree in engineering. I don't know if I want to do general, mechanical or electronic but engineering it is. I'm at least 5 years away from the end, but that is the goal. Just need to work out how I'm going to fit that around work and life now.
SpaceGazelle wrote:I remember vividly when my supervisor told me that gravitational fields have negative energy, and it was likely the universe had a combined energy of zero, so popping into existence was really no trouble at all. I got wondering if the conservation of energy law existed first in order for that argument to work out, and by first I mean existed before the universe and therefore time itself. It's no wonder I drink.Vela wrote:At uni (physics and maths and astronomy), our class used to joke that somewhere, some physicist will be working away in his office, on a grand unifying theory of everything. Basic premise is they will be balancing out terms in the equations... 'Cancel, cancel, cancel, ... Z... Zero?' And poof, the universe disappears. Turns out that might well be exactly the case. Minus the poof.SpaceGazelle wrote:I've never quite understood why maths graduates didn't get the argument that everything is made out of maths. They always think it's made out of "matter", possibly because they assume words made up by physicists are in some way real. You'd think they'd understand the most but they never do.
GooberTheHat wrote:I have decided I'm going to do a degree in engineering. I don't know if I want to do general, mechanical or electronic but engineering it is. I'm at least 5 years away from the end, but that is the goal. Just need to work out how I'm going to fit that around work and life now.
GurtTractor wrote:I'll talk about my robotics thoughts later today for sure. Sorry I haven't so far, fairly busy. It's proper blue sky piepdremage, though I do think the beginning of a golden age is surely almost upon us.
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