Author: Yves Roumazeilles
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A logo for High-Definition TV – This is a mess
The EICTA (European Information and Communications Technology Association) just announced publication of a logo to clearly identify future equipements compatible with High Definition TV (HD TV). But the problem is to know what consumers will really understand. How can they differentiate between HD-ready and HD-TV logos. For example, HD-ready requires the presence of both analog…
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Masai Mara – Birds, too
The Masai Mara park hosts not only felines (I went there specially to watch them) and their preys (all kinds of antelopes), but also a large number of birds of all kinds. Travelling with Alain Saunier, reknowned ornithologist photographer, and with some other bird watchers allowed to stop and contemplate some very colourful (or less…
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Minolta compatibility
For all those who wonder about the compatibility of Minolta lenses and accessories bought before the move to digital technology with the recent Konica-Minolta Digital SLR (Dynax 7D and Dynax 5D), I can give some bits of advice that may be useful before buying a body from Konica-Minolta. First, the Minolta lenses seem to have…
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Masai Mara – high point (female cheetah)
During my recent photo safari to the Masai Mara park, there is a time to be singled out. It allowed me to take the following photo. As a matter of fact, this magnificent female cheetah is less that two meters from me…
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Felines from Mara river – some figures
I’m back from a full week of photo safari in the Masai Mara park (Kenya). Here are a few figures to sum it up (before the photos).
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Masai Mara National Park, Kenya
Some information for the photographer going to Masai Mara. Maps Some maps collected on the Internet to give you minimal directions or some orientation. As you can see, this is really bordering the Tanzanian Serengeti reserve (South to Masai Mara). The safari from Objectif Nature happens in the Western part of the Park, South of…
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All about counterfeit money (dollars and the United States Secret Service)
On the web site of the United States Secret Service, you will find a very deep article about money, banknotes and counterfetied banknotes, describing american dollars of course. But, more generally, this information is also applicable to countless other currencies. If you find a similar article about Euro banknotes, thanks to inform me in order…
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Webmasters, check your robots.txt
This little file is used to protect part of your web site against the visits of some automated robots (like the one sent by Google to index the pages of yuor site). The syntax My own web site was checked
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Reliability Glossary
This glossary contains brief definitions of terms frequently used in reliability engineering and life data analysis. The purpose of these entries is to provide a quick explanation of the terms in question, not to provide extensive explanations or mathematical derivations. For those desiring such detailed descriptions, links have been provided when possible for more extensive…