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Photo Forum / General Photo Topics / Australian Photography / August 2008Bloody magpies - Aussie for a collector of all things useless
When Magpies build their nests it's not unusual to find it made from human items they found laying around. Thus it is said by true blue Aussies that a collector or horder of 'stuff' is a "Bloody Magpie" Native Australian birds, Protected by law, they often develop a relationship with humans who feed them and attack those who don't. A bit like trolls, I imagine. http://www.d-mac.info/POD/POD-Aug-2008.htm  SignatureMeet the trolls... http://www.d-mac.info/trolls.htm > When Magpies build their nests it's not unusual to find it made from > human items they found laying around. Thus it is said by true blue [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > http://www.d-mac.info/POD/POD-Aug-2008.htm Nice shot. You ought to be posting full size 1024 x 768 images. These little teasers just don't cut it. Rita SignatureStamping out Internet stupidity one idiot at a time. Never empower the idiot, embrace it and stimulate it. For more details go to the Usenet Stimulus Project page. http://ritaberk.myhosting247.com >> When Magpies build their nests it's not unusual to find it made from >> human items they found laying around. Thus it is said by true blue [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Rita sage advice Rita............. Signature"Calling Atheism a religion is like calling bald a hair color." Don Hirschberg >> When Magpies build their nests it's not unusual to find it made from >> human items they found laying around. Thus it is said by true blue [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Rita I'm not sure what you mean by "Should" but I'll do that just for you sweety! Try the link again now. Er... 1024 pixels wide only comes out to 683 high of an uncropped image. You do realise almost never crop my pictures, don't you? Old habits die hard. I prefer composing the shot in the viewfinder. I use Photoshop to "save for web" but I might start using a different program for it soon. Sammy wants the laptop (with Photoshop on it) back. I didn't realise how much stuff I have on board that belongs to her now! SignatureMeet the trolls... http://www.d-mac.info/trolls.htm > When Magpies build their nests it's not unusual to find it made from > human items they found laying around. Thus it is said by true blue [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > http://www.d-mac.info/POD/POD-Aug-2008.htm Perhaps it is just a temporary isp/name server issue but that link, and indeed your entire site, isn't loading right now (10:45am local time).. (overwhelmed by keen visitors perhaps, or did you forget to pay your bills?) Just out of interest I pinged it, (and then Google to be sure it wasn't me..) and here's the result. C:\>ping http://www.d-mac.info/POD/POD-Aug-1808.htm Ping request could not find host http://www.d-mac.info/POD/POD-Aug-1808.htm. Please check the name and try again. C:\>ping www.d-mac.info Ping request could not find host www.d-mac.info. Please check the name and try again. C:\>ping google.com Pinging google.com [72.14.207.99] with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 72.14.207.99: bytes=32 time=267ms TTL=237 Reply from 72.14.207.99: bytes=32 time=268ms TTL=237 Reply from 72.14.207.99: bytes=32 time=268ms TTL=237 Reply from 72.14.207.99: bytes=32 time=268ms TTL=237 Ping statistics for 72.14.207.99: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 267ms, Maximum = 268ms, Average = 267ms > Perhaps it is just a temporary isp/name server issue but that link, and > indeed your entire site, isn't loading right now (10:45am local time).. > (overwhelmed by keen visitors perhaps, or did you forget to pay your > bills?) Thank heavens!!, whatever the problem was has now been resolved, so you can ignore the above post. >> When Magpies build their nests it's not unusual to find it made from >> human items they found laying around. Thus it is said by true blue [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > (overwhelmed by keen visitors perhaps, or did you forget to pay your >bills?) It loaded instantly for me a few minutes ago at about 8:45 PM (Tuesday) local time. Just now clicked it again and no problem. Did you forget to pay your ISP? SignatureTony Cooper - Orlando, Florida >>> When Magpies build their nests it's not unusual to find it made from >>> human items they found laying around. Thus it is said by true blue [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Did you forget to pay your ISP? Actually Tony It's a server farm where all 128 of the sites I manage are hosted. Every so often switching for load sharing happens and for the blink of an eye, the sites are error 404. I don't think that happened today, I've been uploading data to them for a few hours. I am more likely to blame your ISP for not polling their DNS more frequently. The IP address of my site changed earlier today 4:00AM GMT + 10 hours. DNS updates should be no worse than 15 minutes apart but many ISPs try and be smart and do it nightly or worse, weekly. The account is direct debited to my bank account and paid yearly. Troll being what they are think they'll start a fight by suggesting I'm like them - living from day to day on hand outs from the Government. In Aus it's called Dole bludging. SignatureMeet the trolls... http://www.d-mac.info/trolls.htm >>>> When Magpies build their nests it's not unusual to find it made from >>>> human items they found laying around. Thus it is said by true blue [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > them - living from day to day on hand outs from the Government. In Aus > it's called Dole bludging. And not being registered for GST is called a "A Mediocre Performer" <SHIFT-6>TEMS<SHIFT-6> >>>> When Magpies build their nests it's not unusual to find it made from >>>> human items they found laying around. Thus it is said by true blue [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] >10 hours. DNS updates should be no worse than 15 minutes apart but many >ISPs try and be smart and do it nightly or worse, weekly. I clicked to your site without a problem. It is Mark, not me, who allegedly has a problem. SignatureTony Cooper - Orlando, Florida >>>>> When Magpies build their nests it's not unusual to find it made from >>>>> human items they found laying around. Thus it is said by true blue [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > I clicked to your site without a problem. It is Mark, not me, who > allegedly has a problem. I'm in the process of banning his ISP's entire IP range from access to my site. He's on my black list so I can't see his posts only yours. SignatureMeet the trolls... http://www.d-mac.info/trolls.htm >>> When Magpies build their nests it's not unusual to find it made from >>> human items they found laying around. Thus it is said by true blue [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Did you forget to pay your ISP? Why'dya cut out the ping result from Google? Umm, I think if I hadn't paid my bills, that would have stopped me getting a ping from other sites too..! As I said above, it has come back online now so it was obviously something temporary. Phew!! >>>> When Magpies build their nests it's not unusual to find it made from >>>> human items they found laying around. Thus it is said by true blue [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > >Why'dya cut out the ping result from Google? Because I really don't give a rat's a.s why you decided to insinuate he doesn't pay his bills when there was no problem. SignatureTony Cooper - Orlando, Florida >>>>> When Magpies build their nests it's not unusual to find it made from >>>>> human items they found laying around. Thus it is said by true blue [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > Good-oh. We've established that you didn't think it was funny (or not when *I* said it..) and that you respond by doing exactly what I did, presumably thinking that two 'wrongs' make a right. Fine by me! If it was me, I'd *want* to know if my site was down (and Douglas has now given an indication that it probably did disappear), for one of two reasons, and that the problem wasn't at my end, as indeed it clearly wasn't when you first posted.. Finally, I'm puzzled as to why you didn't give a rat's a.s but posted anyway. But whatever. Everyone's happy now, right! >>>>>> When Magpies build their nests it's not unusual to find it made from >>>>>> human items they found laying around. Thus it is said by true blue [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] >Finally, I'm puzzled as to why you didn't give a rat's a.s but posted >anyway. I agree that he'd want to know if his site was down. That's why I checked and mentioned that it wasn't. The part I don't give a rat's a.s about is why you decided to change a helpful post into a dig. SignatureTony Cooper - Orlando, Florida > I agree that he'd want to know if his site was down. And it *was*, as was proven by my pings - even Douglas himself accepted there was probably a brief dns propagation problem. > That's why I checked and mentioned that it wasn't. The thing that is missing here is that it wasn't WHEN YOU CHECKED. So because you rechecked, you assume it was up continuously? Sheeeeesh. You'll notice that I rechecked shortly after, and immediately posted that it was back up when it returned about 6 minutes after my first post. > The part I don't give a rat's > a.s about is why you decided to change a helpful post into a dig. Let's just clarify that too - I *actually* said this: ".. overwhelmed by keen visitors perhaps, or did you forget to pay your bills?" YOU changed that into "..insinuate that he doesn't pay his bills". Do you really think that is the same as asking someone, quite nicely (try reading my words in a pleasant voice..) if they *forgot*? Now I dunno about you, but I do forget the odd bill. And if someone saw my site was down, I would have no problem whatsoever if they asked if I forgot to pay the bill. Had I have said "You obviously can't afford it", or "you must be unemployed", then Douglas could have been justifiably miffed. (But wait, Douglas *does* say that sort of thing - so perhaps I should have...) >> I agree that he'd want to know if his site was down. >And it *was*, as was proven by my pings - even Douglas himself accepted [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > >Do you really think that is the same as asking someone, quite nicely I do not believe for a minute that you were being quite nice. >(try reading my words in a pleasant voice..) if they *forgot*? SignatureTony Cooper - Orlando, Florida >>> I agree that he'd want to know if his site was down. >> And it *was*, as was proven by my pings - even Douglas himself accepted [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > >> (try reading my words in a pleasant voice..) if they *forgot*? One of the more eloquent trolls hell bent on stalking me and disrupting any thread I start. Hardly what you'd call useful, is it. SignatureMeet the trolls... http://www.d-mac.info/trolls.htm >>>> I agree that he'd want to know if his site was down. >>> And it *was*, as was proven by my pings - even Douglas himself [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > One of the more eloquent trolls hell bent on stalking me and disrupting > any thread I start. Hardly what you'd call useful, is it. Only a loser like you would get announce he has someone killfiled then reply to them via someone else's post. But the best one is when you claim to have someone killfiled then reply via one of your socks. It must suck to be you Doggy, not just today but your whole life >>>>> I agree that he'd want to know if his site was down. >>>> And it *was*, as was proven by my pings - even Douglas himself [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > > It must suck to be you Doggy, not just today but your whole life I suppose the notion I have more than one computer is too advanced for your miniscule brain, is it Brooksie? >>>>>> I agree that he'd want to know if his site was down. >>>>> And it *was*, as was proven by my pings - even Douglas himself [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] > I suppose the notion I have more than one computer is too advanced for > your miniscule brain, is it Brooksie? I suppose the notion of setting killfiles on more than one computer is too advanced for your miniscule brain, is it Doggy? > When Magpies build their nests it's not unusual to find it made from > human items they found laying around. Thus it is said by true blue [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > http://www.d-mac.info/POD/POD-Aug-2008.htm Nice work. Pretty well sharpened for a change, good exposure, background quite unobtrusive, composition good. Just a touch more contrast and a more interesting subject/pose, and it would be a winner. But I've never seen a magpie attack anyone for not giving them food - however, during nesting season you need a hardhat if you plan to enter the exclusion zone around their nest. >> When Magpies build their nests it's not unusual to find it made from >> human items they found laying around. Thus it is said by true blue [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > however, during nesting season you need a hardhat if you plan to enter > the exclusion zone around their nest. Only if you don't feed them! > When Magpies build their nests it's not unusual to find it made from > human items they found laying around. Thus it is said by true blue [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > -- > Meet the trolls...http://www.d-mac.info/trolls.htm Nice capture. Catch light in the eye gives a more alive feeling to the image. The background is just soft enough to not distract from the magpie yet shows enough of the habitat. Colors seem a bit muted but they could be a realistic rendition. Good focus. Good background. Good colors. Keep at it. My hat's off to you to continuing shooting every day. Draco >> When Magpies build their nests it's not unusual to find it made from >> human items they found laying around. Thus it is said by true blue [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > Draco Thanks Draco but it's all due to Photoshop. There was no catch light. The whole dark area of the head around the eye was 50.10.20 before I used layering and some blending on it. I haven't normally bothered working over POD shots but not having any brides to play with now, I'm down to doing it on bloody magpies! There is an ever decreasing likely hood I'll continue with the POD. I can't get grass skirts, dark skinned people and big icebergs off my mind. Ryadia is stocked to the max with tucker and I've just had a reverse osmosis water system installed. It would be quite possible to stay at sea with half a dozen people for many months at a time. I advertised for a crew at the club and got no replies. I think I'll try an ad in the papers and see what I get. For where I have in mind, I'll need at least 3 crew. Everything is hydraulic but just getting a sail out on deck is impossible for one person. Sadly they have to bond themselves now on many South Pacific Islands. Too many jumped ship and went bush with the natives in the past. Now they want all skippers to put up a bond equal to the cost of deporting all the crew (skipper included) or you can't land. The $4000 is what stops otherwise willing crew members. > I advertised for a crew at the club and got no replies. I think I'll try > an ad in the papers and see what I get. Why not just get Julian, Graham, Chris and the rest of the gang together? Those guys all work cheap. >> When Magpies build their nests it's not unusual to find it made from >> human items they found laying around. Thus it is said by true blue [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > Draco Don't you mean continuing posting everyday? You will notice he calls it photo of the day not Best photo I took today. At least 2 of the photos of the day are over 2 years old. |
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