My gentle bitch squatted over a bit of lawn this morning while we were on our morning walk, and then moved on. A solitary walker scolded me, "You're supposed to clean up after your dog. Some people have no shame!" I told him that I do, and pointed out the newspaper bags I keep tied to the leash. He said that I had evidently ignored a turd, and I asked him to show me so I could get it. We walked back to where Poochina had peed and he pointed to an object of the right color, shape, and size, but entirely wrong texture. I picked it up and held it out to him: "It's a pine cone." He sneered, "Weird dog. Shits pine cones!" Jerry -- Engineering is the art of making what you want from things you can get. �����������������������������������������������������������������������
Completely off topic. Some people are never wrong
Started by ●December 19, 2007
Reply by ●December 19, 20072007-12-19
Jerry Avins <jya@ieee.org> writes:> My gentle bitch squatted over a bit of lawn this morning while we were > on our morning walk, and then moved on. A solitary walker scolded me, > "You're supposed to clean up after your dog. Some people have no > shame!" I told him that I do, and pointed out the newspaper bags I > keep tied to the leash. He said that I had evidently ignored a turd, > and I asked him to show me so I could get it. We walked back to where > Poochina had peed and he pointed to an object of the right color, > shape, and size, but entirely wrong texture. I picked it up and held > it out to him: "It's a pine cone." He sneered, "Weird dog. Shits pine > cones!"Thanks Jerry! Say hello to the gentle bitch for me. -- % Randy Yates % "I met someone who looks alot like you, %% Fuquay-Varina, NC % she does the things you do, %%% 919-577-9882 % but she is an IBM." %%%% <yates@ieee.org> % 'Yours Truly, 2095', *Time*, ELO http://www.digitalsignallabs.com
Reply by ●December 19, 20072007-12-19
Randy Yates wrote:> Jerry Avins <jya@ieee.org> writes: > >> My gentle bitch squatted over a bit of lawn this morning while we were >> on our morning walk, and then moved on. A solitary walker scolded me, >> "You're supposed to clean up after your dog. Some people have no >> shame!" I told him that I do, and pointed out the newspaper bags I >> keep tied to the leash. He said that I had evidently ignored a turd, >> and I asked him to show me so I could get it. We walked back to where >> Poochina had peed and he pointed to an object of the right color, >> shape, and size, but entirely wrong texture. I picked it up and held >> it out to him: "It's a pine cone." He sneered, "Weird dog. Shits pine >> cones!" > > Thanks Jerry! Say hello to the gentle bitch for me.Thank Randy, I will. Her portrait is at http://users.rcn.com/jyavins/snow_dog.jpg Jerry -- Engineering is the art of making what you want from things you can get. �����������������������������������������������������������������������
Reply by ●December 19, 20072007-12-19
Jerry Avins <jya@ieee.org> writes:> Randy Yates wrote: >> Jerry Avins <jya@ieee.org> writes: >> >>> My gentle bitch squatted over a bit of lawn this morning while we were >>> on our morning walk, and then moved on. A solitary walker scolded me, >>> "You're supposed to clean up after your dog. Some people have no >>> shame!" I told him that I do, and pointed out the newspaper bags I >>> keep tied to the leash. He said that I had evidently ignored a turd, >>> and I asked him to show me so I could get it. We walked back to where >>> Poochina had peed and he pointed to an object of the right color, >>> shape, and size, but entirely wrong texture. I picked it up and held >>> it out to him: "It's a pine cone." He sneered, "Weird dog. Shits pine >>> cones!" >> >> Thanks Jerry! Say hello to the gentle bitch for me. > > Thank Randy, I will. Her portrait is at > http://users.rcn.com/jyavins/snow_dog.jpgIs that really her? She is absolutely BEAUTIFUL! What a wonderful dog. What is that? Chow? Miniature Collie? -- % Randy Yates % "How's life on earth? %% Fuquay-Varina, NC % ... What is it worth?" %%% 919-577-9882 % 'Mission (A World Record)', %%%% <yates@ieee.org> % *A New World Record*, ELO http://www.digitalsignallabs.com
Reply by ●December 19, 20072007-12-19
Randy Yates wrote:> Jerry Avins <jya@ieee.org> writes: > >> Randy Yates wrote: >>> Jerry Avins <jya@ieee.org> writes: >>> >>>> My gentle bitch squatted over a bit of lawn this morning while we were >>>> on our morning walk, and then moved on. A solitary walker scolded me, >>>> "You're supposed to clean up after your dog. Some people have no >>>> shame!" I told him that I do, and pointed out the newspaper bags I >>>> keep tied to the leash. He said that I had evidently ignored a turd, >>>> and I asked him to show me so I could get it. We walked back to where >>>> Poochina had peed and he pointed to an object of the right color, >>>> shape, and size, but entirely wrong texture. I picked it up and held >>>> it out to him: "It's a pine cone." He sneered, "Weird dog. Shits pine >>>> cones!" >>> Thanks Jerry! Say hello to the gentle bitch for me. >> Thank Randy, I will. Her portrait is at >> http://users.rcn.com/jyavins/snow_dog.jpg > > Is that really her? She is absolutely BEAUTIFUL! What > a wonderful dog. What is that? Chow? Miniature Collie?Siberian Husky. She just turned 16; the picture is a year old. Snow delights her. She dug a hole in it and just sat. The snow on her is what was falling. There was nothing on her when she first sat in the hole. It accumulated while I got my camera. It's 30F outside right now. She's lying on the bare ground and doesn't want to come inside. Seen head on, in black-and-white, coloring and features are like a wolflike. Here are other pictures: http://users.rcn.com/jyavins/Poochina.jpg http://users.rcn.com/jyavins/La%20Poochina%20y%20el%20cisne.jpg Jerry -- Engineering is the art of making what you want from things you can get. �����������������������������������������������������������������������
Reply by ●December 20, 20072007-12-20
On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 13:10:45 -0500, Jerry Avins wrote:> My gentle bitch squatted over a bit of lawn this morning while we were > on our morning walk, and then moved on. A solitary walker scolded me, > "You're supposed to clean up after your dog. Some people have no shame!" > I told him that I do, and pointed out the newspaper bags I keep tied to > the leash. He said that I had evidently ignored a turd, and I asked him > to show me so I could get it. We walked back to where Poochina had peed > and he pointed to an object of the right color, shape, and size, but > entirely wrong texture. I picked it up and held it out to him: "It's a > pine cone." He sneered, "Weird dog. Shits pine cones!" > > JerryAnd you touched it -- ick! -- Tim Wescott Control systems and communications consulting http://www.wescottdesign.com Need to learn how to apply control theory in your embedded system? "Applied Control Theory for Embedded Systems" by Tim Wescott Elsevier/Newnes, http://www.wescottdesign.com/actfes/actfes.html
Reply by ●December 20, 20072007-12-20
Jerry Avins wrote:> Randy Yates wrote: >> Jerry Avins <jya@ieee.org> writes: >> >>> My gentle bitch [..] "Shits pine cones!" >> >> Thanks Jerry! Say hello to the gentle bitch for me. > > Thank Randy, I will. Her portrait is at > http://users.rcn.com/jyavins/snow_dog.jpgNice dog. I was so bold to improve (IMHO) the picture somewhat. I hope you like them: http://www.huennebeck-online.de/download/foto/snow_dog-1.jpg http://www.huennebeck-online.de/download/foto/snow_dog-2.jpg bye Andreas -- Andreas H�nnebeck | email: acmh@gmx.de ----- privat ---- | www : http://www.huennebeck-online.de Fax/Anrufbeantworter: 0721/151-284301 GPG-Key: http://www.huennebeck-online.de/public_keys/andreas.asc PGP-Key: http://www.huennebeck-online.de/public_keys/pgp_andreas.asc
Reply by ●December 20, 20072007-12-20
Jerry Avins wrote:> Siberian Husky. She just turned 16; the picture is a year old. Snow > delights her.No wonder for a Husky. I once met a guy with a sledge and four dogs in the Hardanger Vidda in Norway on a cross country ski trip. He had slept in a tent at -35 degree Celsius in the night. His dogs slept outside in the snow - you could see small hills of snow with just the nose sticking out. The dogs were two Huskies and two greenland dogs. Later in the day he passed me and we talked for 5 minutes about the trip and the dogs, and then he said that he must continue otherwise the dogs would faint because they are getting too hot when stopped immediately. Imagine: too hot at maybe -20 degree Celsius! I asked him what happens at summer time with these dogs, and he just said: "They don't feel well in summer". And the norwegian summer is quite cool (although sometimes it can be hot). bye Andreas -- Andreas H�nnebeck | email: acmh@gmx.de ----- privat ---- | www : http://www.huennebeck-online.de Fax/Anrufbeantworter: 0721/151-284301 GPG-Key: http://www.huennebeck-online.de/public_keys/andreas.asc PGP-Key: http://www.huennebeck-online.de/public_keys/pgp_andreas.asc
Reply by ●December 20, 20072007-12-20
Andreas Huennebeck wrote: ...> Nice dog. I was so bold to improve (IMHO) the picture somewhat. > I hope you like them: > > http://www.huennebeck-online.de/download/foto/snow_dog-1.jpgThis looks better on my monitor. The original looks very nice with my printer on photo paper. I'll print yours and see.> http://www.huennebeck-online.de/download/foto/snow_dog-2.jpgThat's an excellent monochrome rendering. Did you simply use the intensity axis in hue-saturation-intensity space? Poochina was our reward for being good neighbors. A neighbor's friend died, leaving Poochina to be cared for. The surviving brother's lease didn't permit pets, and we agreed to care for the dog until brother's lease was up and he could find a new apartment. (The alternative would have been costly and confining boarding at a kennel.) She was to have been with us for four months, but it's been a bit over two years and the brother hasn't been heard from. No matter; Poochina is ours now. It's time for our daily walk. We usually go about a mile. Bye! Jerry -- Engineering is the art of making what you want from things you can get. �����������������������������������������������������������������������
Reply by ●December 21, 20072007-12-21
Jerry Avins wrote:> Andreas Huennebeck wrote: > > ... > >> Nice dog. I was so bold to improve (IMHO) the picture somewhat. >> I hope you like them: >> >> http://www.huennebeck-online.de/download/foto/snow_dog-1.jpg > > This looks better on my monitor. The original looks very nice with my > printer on photo paper. I'll print yours and see.The difference between display and print can be enormous if you don't have consistent adjustment and workflow. My monitor (HP LP2065) is not calibrated but it is adjusted so that at least the contrast levels of a few % above black and below white are visible. At home I have a Samsung 204 which is also adjusted (not calibrated) and 1% above lack and below white is visible. Also the visible contrast on paper is much lower than on screen, so it is possible that a low contrast picture which looks dull and flat on screen looksfine on paper.>> http://www.huennebeck-online.de/download/foto/snow_dog-2.jpg > > That's an excellent monochrome rendering. Did you simply use the > intensity axis in hue-saturation-intensity space?I used gimp to transform it from color to BW, and then used the 'curve' tool to adjust intensity and contrast. At last I sharpened quite a bit (filter->enhance-sharpen = 55). The best monochrome renderings I managed so far was using the 'Andy' Black&white plugin in bibble (this is a raw converter, but it can handle jpg as well). bye Andreas -- Andreas H�nnebeck | email: acmh@gmx.de ----- privat ---- | www : http://www.huennebeck-online.de Fax/Anrufbeantworter: 0721/151-284301 GPG-Key: http://www.huennebeck-online.de/public_keys/andreas.asc PGP-Key: http://www.huennebeck-online.de/public_keys/pgp_andreas.asc
