At first I read your reply and said, "Oh, that totally makes sense!" But then I pulled out my camera, and my ability to support my lens doesn't really seem to be impacted at all by shooting grip-down. Granted, I was using a 50-250mm lens, but I would assume larger, longer lenses would at the very least get no more…

The lady in the photo above seems to be a righty, though. Or, at least, she shoots the way I've shot... and I've shot that way because it seems more natural. Apparently I look like a moron, though, so what do I know? ;-)

So how is one supposed to shoot a portrait, then? The grip pointed up seems like a lot more work, especially if you're shooting a lot of pictures (just hold your arm up in the air for 10 minutes). Grip down seems more natural, but I'm not a fancy photographer.

Well said. I read the whole thing expecting to find the urges interacted, because previous research has shown things like hunger, libido, risk-taking and status-seeking mutually enhance (or suppress) each other. So, this was interesting to me.

One perfect score usually doesn't ruin a study. If the sample size was large enough you would have simply been an outlier that budged the mean recalled words a little up, but the standard deviation would show that most people were not as good... though you probably warranted a mention in a lab meeting between an RA…

I bought an HP TouchPad when they went on fire sale and used it for web browsing/facebook exclusively for about a month... then it went on a shelf, and it only comes out when I travel. I thought there must be something to them, but for the life of me I can't figure out what it is. Maybe I'm officially old now, and…

Technically, they have to charge tax in any state they do business, which includes where their warehouses and distribution centers are.

Unless you live in stupid Washington state, where Amazon HQ is... aw, who am I kidding? I don't pay state income tax, I have some of the most incredible scenery (mountains, ocean, desert, rainforest, evergreens, rivers and lakes galore), and microbreweries and vineyards as far as the eye can see (there are something…

So it still doesn't sound responsible in the denotative sense of the word. Perhaps in the legal sense of following one's legal obligations, but not in the sense of "the best use of one's money." Although, I find the case for a dividend more compelling in the case of Apple (who already seems to leverage R&D and buyouts…

I wonder how a woman starts emailing the president of Syria. Does al-Assad have a [match.com] profile where he meets these ladies, or do the ladies think one day, "I wonder what the president is doing?" and decide to send him an email?

I'm curious. How is paying a dividend financially responsible? I mean, sure, you're rewarding people who have invested in you... but you're essentially giving money away. That doesn't seem responsible. Investing in R&D seems responsible. Purchasing startups with useful tech seems responsible. Genetically engineering…

Yeah, to be honest, I'm leaning toward it not being exploitation. The only reason I'm not sure if because there's a lot of data we don't have. The video showed Mark outside. Someone named Emma commented saying she was with the group who organized the human hotspots. She said they only worked 4-5 hours, and mentioned…

I love living in the Pacific Northwest. I've gotten to the point where I don't even check my data usage anymore. I use less than 300Mb a month, because free wifi is everywhere. Coffee shops, sure, they've had free wifi for a decade. At work, and at home, naturally. But I get free wifi in grocery stores. Seattle's…

You're adorable! :-D

I just have a feeling the issue is more complicated than whether or not being a walking hotspot is equivalent to fast food. I mean, the question of who gets hired is a relevant one, isn't it? It's why we don't allow 12-year-olds to work in factories, after all. If the homeless are chosen because they can be…

No. You've completely missed my point.

*woosh*

I didn't take a position on this one way or the other. I haven't thought about it deeply, and I'd rather not take an unexamined or poorly thought out position. OP seemed to be implying that giving someone a job couldn't be exploitative (e.g., "this is called a job, not exploitation"), which is inherently false and…

Regardless of any other point, a job can be exploitative. The fact they're being paid doesn't mean it isn't exploitation. A situation is exploitation if one person benefits unfairly from the work of another. Sweat shop laborers usually get paid, after all, but they're still being exploited.

Hmm... yes. The crux of the video clip did seem to focus on giving people money. Why is giving homeless people free money the only thing Jon Stewart ever talks about? Doesn't he know there are horrible, dehumanizing things happening to people in this country? The poor and powerless being taken advantage of by others…