Wife is away at a Quilt Retreat, goes every year. I drag out all of the photo gear and cover the dining room table. Usually I play with stuff and run a few old lenses on new (and old ) cameras. We had a pretty bad Fire Season this year, three big fires close. I remembered that I couldn't recall my last inventory update. On top of that, another wonderful rainy day to keep me in! You might think this is an easy project, but I've been with Nikon since '67 or '68 haven't gotten rid of much, and bought a bunch. Film first then digital. Complete description, serial number, and lens accessories. Filters and Hoods add up fast, so I make note of them as well. Other accessories, an endless list, more filters, batteries, chargers, cases, remote releases, etc., etc. Will wait for another day. One tip, almost drove me crazy, just before the D series, and continuing with it, a minute, etched, black on black number just above the mount. My eyes are good, but I had to grab a pair of my wife's readers! The inventory goes to the bank box and secure online storage. If I have good light tomorrow, I'll photograph everything.

Crashes of Telsa vehicles using their "Auto-Pilot' software have been in the news again lately and I am wondering how others feel about sharing our roads and highways with software driven vehicles. While I realize that the manufacturer says that the software is meant to reduce accidents and the percentage of crashes is still rather low, they are obviously not without errors. All in all, I find this "Auto-Pilot" trend to be a rather disturbing and I'm not sure I'm comfortable with the use of auto-pilot on our roads and highways at all. Sure human drivers make mistakes as well, but these computer driven vehicles can only do what they are programmed to do and I think it is impossible to write software that covers every possible scenario they may encounter. Anyway, is this really the wave of the future or is it possibly a misguided trend? Is the development of this kind of "Artificial Intelligence" really important enough to test it's use on our public roads and highways?

In any case, what are the laws that govern the use of this type of software and shouldn't we take a hard look at how we intend to proceed or not to proceed with this type of development before it goes much further? At least in my State, the operator of any motor vehicle must have a valid Operator's license, which requires at least some testing, etc. Do these computers have a license to operate in this manner or is just having a licensed operator on board enough to qualify, even if the licensed operator is paying no attention whatsoever? Frankly, there are enough technology distractions for drivers already and having auto-pilot available and by it's very nature and intent only encourages drivers to pay even less attention to the operation of their vehicle. I for one don't see how this is a good thing for all involved and I look forward to your responses on the subject. Good luck and good shooting to all.

Alan - think like a businessman. If someone orders 5 cards and decides they're the wrong format, or whatever reason, returns the cards. The cards are 'new', but you can't sell them new anymore, such as the packages open or for whatever reason. What price would you try to resell them for? How much effort will you put into preparing them for sale, given time is money? Would you even reformat a card you'll sell for 50% the original price? Why would you be fixing a broken card that sells new for $16 for 32GB. That task needs equipment, time, expertise. What volume of broken SD cards could you fix to sell before you could ever even breakeven? Refurbished is a rather fancy word for used.