thats cool.

i've also seen a model airplane that was modeled after a dragonfly, using 2 sets of wings. it could even hover like a dragonfly.

lol, great, another thing i got to toss in my camera bag.


wouldn't pretty much anything work though?

not all drives are mechanical. solid state drives are growing in capacity and i wouldn't be the least bit surprised if they completely replaced mechanical drives in 5-10 years. to the best of my knowledge, they are made the same way sd cards etc are made.

besides, its rare that a mechanical drive fails without giving warning signs days, even weeks in advance. thus allowing for time to replace it.

just found this site (via a gmail advertisement for the newsletter) and figured i'd join.

i've always loved photography, but couldn't afford anything nice until this year. so over the summer i got my first DSLR, a Cannon T3i which came with an 18-55mm lens. Last week i got a Tamron 70-300mm lens as well. also have some macro filters, macro extension tubes, and a .45x wide angle filter.

i mostly do nature photography and have always loved macro.
landscapes, forests, animals, bugs, pretty much anything having to do with nature.

can't say i know anything about macs. but every 3rd party burning program i have seen lets you select the speed that the disc was burnt at.

tests using ovens or uv light to basically rapidly age CDs and DVDs have shown that DVDs will degrade much faster then CDs. in order to fit more data on a dvd then on a cd, the individual recording spaces are much smaller and as a result, less damage is needed to render files unreadable. its mainly the laminate that holds the layers of the discs together that degrades over time.

personally, i just keep my pictures on my hard drive, and have a lot uploaded to my website for storage.

first, format the card with the camera
then if it still doesn't work, try a different card in the camera. if it works, its likely the card was bad. if its a new card, it could be defective. if its old, it could just be wearing out.
if a different card doesn't work in the camera either, and both cards can be read by a computer, then i'd start to question the camera itself. even if it is new, defects are possible.

i always have my small point and shoot in my car.
its also waterproof so can use it in the rain as well

i've also used a dashboard camera for the past few years. caught many near misses and last spring caught an accident that i was in. it was my fault and there was no damage, just bumped somebodies bumper because i wasn't paying enough attention after a long, tiring day of work. its nice to have a camera to show exactly what happens and in my case, it showed there was no damage and that the guy was uninjured.

can get cheap ones for under $50 on amazon.com
they are cheap, but they do their job.