Well now, don’t you think that the improbability of the horse taking a drink can be influenced by immediately prior events? Such as, running it hard for an hour in warm weather, feeding it dry grain before presenting water, or depriving it of water for 24 hours. I doubt the horse has the last word. My final point is: if irregardless means the same as regardless, then certainly improbability means the same as probability! Frank

Thank you.

Does anyone have experience with Shimoda backpacks? If so, what are your impressions? Are they worth the price?

I think I do have a “modicum of knowledge,” but I am surprised that you decided to add how much I know or don’t know to the topic we are discussing. I am sure that nearly everyone can understand expressions that utilize words which do not accurately convey an intended meaning. One of the reasons people engage in discussion is to clarify what each other means. The more accurate the expressions the easier the process of understanding that. Frank

Occasionally having a little play time with words can be fun.

Because someone said flammable and inflammable mean the same.

Do incorrect and correct have the same meaning?

Either that or I’m too serious!
Frank

Actually, “I couldn’t care less,” may be an accurate expression of what some one means, e.g., I care so little that I could not care any less. Therefore no contradiction — the expression means what it says.

On the other hand, if one said, “I could care less,” that would mean there is room for me to care even less, which may contradict the intended meaning.

[quote=SteveR]Just like inflammable means not flammable.[/quote

Right. The general point being, why add an extra syllable or word that contradicts one’s intended meaning? A similar example is something like, “I don’t have no money,” which literally means that I do have money.

“Irregardless” means not regardless!
Frank

It seems that photography is gradually becoming more sedentary with emphasis on reconstructing images with pieces of other photographs and other forms of post processing. Personally I’d rather be out in the world looking for scenes of interest and/or natural beauty to capture. While not a purist, I want to spend less time behind a computer, not more. Just a point of view. Frank

When the motive is to maximize profits, by any means ethical or not, that sounds capitalistic to me. Don’t get me wrong, for I would agree that some functions in society are better served by capitalistic systems, but not all. Frank

Capitalism and socialism as systems for getting things done each have limits. For example, the reason many mid-class and lower mid-class families did not have health insurance before ACA is because the amount such families could pay would not provide profits for insurance companies (i.e., capitalism). So, we came up with Medicaid and ACA. Socialism also has limits, the main one being that it does not produce a profit. But some services to society are arguably better provided by a social system. A good example would be our public school system, one that provides a basic K-12 education to every child from the poorest to the wealthiest, without providing a profit for anyone. However, I’d rather buy a new pickup from an investor owned manufacturer that competes with all the other pickup manufacturers. My argument is not in favor of capitalism or socialism. But I think that every advanced western country has a mixture of capitalistic and socialistic systems as a basis for their economy and to provide essential services to their citizens. Each system provides different benefits for a nation. Frank

Alan, thank you for your post. You and others have added a lot more to my knowledge of JPEG and RAW which I appreciate much. Frank