For whatever it is worth

[sury]

Yesterday I crossed 10000 clicks on my A900 in 14 months. I thought I lost half of my images since it automatically stored them in a different folder starting at DSC0001.

Sury

[David Kilpatrick]

That's why I use the Date Format for folders. There is still a problem - in 2011, it starts using the same date formats as for 2001... the date-format for folders repeats every ten years.

David

[sury]

I am surprised that they haven't fixed the problem. Since they have already added a leading "0" after DSC, I presume the field is already there unlike on A100. Anyway, I use an utility called Rename Master for mass update and it is only a few secs. job. I name my folders with date and use the serial number to keep the count.

Sury

[David Kilpatrick]

I have too many cameras, and every month, I probably use at least one camera with a random frame count sent to me for review. Organising my shoots can be a bit complex but so far, I have never over-written a folder or files...

David

[sury]

David,
You are in a different league compared to us mortals. What can I say.

Sury

[David Kilpatrick]

Well, being down here with the immortal demons in Hell is a bit better than living a regular mortal life under a Lib-Con coalition government!

David

[sury]

Well, being down here with the immortal demons in Hell is a bit better than living a regular mortal life under a Lib-Con coalition government!

David

I know it is off the topic. Do you think it will be that bad...?

Sury

[David Kilpatrick]

Not really. I don't think they can do much to change what has been done in the last 30 years or so, especially in the last 10. I think that with an absolute majority, the Conservatives would have protected 'their own' whether guilty or not; with Liberals on board, they may not be able to.

You go out and shoot some pictures. You click the shutter thirty times or whatever. You are happy with some great pictures. The City of London private 'traders' (no longer really trading anything!) sit down at a terminal and click a mouse thirty times, and they've just earned the same as your annual income, tax-free, on SpreadEx. Gambling with money which actually doesn't exist!

I'll reckon the Lib-Dems have a good influence on the Conservatives if they make financial spread betting winnings taxable. That and a dozen other similar measures which are never likely to happen!

David

[bakubo]

I don't follow it closely but I know that for years there has been a portion of the UK government and population that were anxious to switch to the euro. Weren't Tony Blair and others in the Labour party for this? Maybe it was a different party, as I say, I don't follow UK politics all the time. I am wondering if there is still this same hope to move to the euro?

[David Kilpatrick]

If the pound disappeared, the financial world would invent another currency. They need it. Imagine if there was only one world currency. They would be unable to speculate, bet, buy or sell - charge rates for exchange, charge fees for conversion at banks, prevent loans being taken out across country borders. The whole engine of world finance would collapse.

Britain joining the euro is seen by a lot of city folk as one step closer to that doom scenario (for them - wonderful for the rest of the world).

David

[bakubo]

Just a few minutes ago, interesting timing, I read this article.

Germany, Greece and Exiting the Eurozone

http://www.stratfor.com/weekly/20100517 ... 20b7968b5d

By the way, I have been reading Stratfor for years. Stratfor is not a news website. Here is what they call themselves:

STRATFOR’s global team of intelligence professionals provides an audience of decision-makers and sophisticated news consumers in the U.S. and around the world with unique insights into political, economic, and military developments. The company uses human intelligence and other sources combined with powerful analysis based on geopolitics to produce penetrating explanations of world events. This independent, non-ideological content enables users not only to better understand international events, but also to reduce risks and identify opportunities in every region of the globe.

[Greg Beetham]

Hmm good article Henry, I think Germany might cut it's losses with the EU and the Euro at some point and bring back the Deutschmark. Spending such a huge amount with dim prospects of repayment rescuing failing economies that are in a three trillion Euro financial hole is not going to be popular with German voters.
Greg

[pakodominguez]

Hmm good article Henry, I think Germany might cut it's losses with the EU and the Euro at some point and bring back the Deutschmark. Spending such a huge amount with dim prospects of repayment rescuing failing economies that are in a three trillion Euro financial hole is not going to be popular with German voters.
Greg

That's a misconception.
Germany is the richest economy within the EU, but the exchange with the "poorest" countries like Greece, Spain or Portugal is huge, and Germany need them too in order to keep growing. They are not giving away that money. They are investing in their future (and having more power than they expected in Greece)

[Dusty]

That's a misconception.
Germany is the richest economy within the EU, but the exchange with the "poorest" countries like Greece, Spain or Portugal is huge, and Germany need them too in order to keep growing. They are not giving away that money. They are investing in their future (and having more power than they expected in Greece)

It's only an investment if you can get a return on it. Otherwise, it's forced charity. When the poorer countries go bankrupt, all those Euros aren't going to get repaid.

Dusty

[Greg Beetham]

I don't quite get how it's supposed to work, the Greek bonds are held in the Eurobank but Germany and France etc. stands guarantor..I think, and if Greece defaults on some prearranged payment of the interest, France and Germany have to cough up...I think it's more involved than that even, because if I'm reading it right, the previous bond issue has lost value and someone has to try and pay for that as well...anyway however it works, according to that article the total debt from the Countries in arrears is something like three trillion (if I remember it correctly) and that's a lot of money, it might be too much for Germany and France to stand guarantor for, in the end.
Greg