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It was a joke, but if you must have an explanation: I said Republican because of your lackluster solution. I see a more progress future for the city once all of the old people that have been holding the city back (Tom Delay) go away. If you want to be world class you have to think big! Managed lanes and Quick Line buses are not the only components world class cities have. You might look at METRO Light Rail as a world class system, but its not. Its just a starter!

Mentioning Atlanta in 3....2....1...

What's a "Radio commercial?"

I'm not sure I've ever encountered any of these thugs. There are plenty of people muttering to themselves and guarding their plastic bags, but I've never felt threatened. Only assault has been the smell of urine.

That just means its time to change your undergarment.

Bah! Double post.

I think everyone here should be opposed to a subway from a feasibility and cost standpoint. If you're going to utilize ground seperation... like niche said elevated is the way to go.

But one of the arguments that have been used in the past is that they dont want an elevated rail system to blot out the sun.

I don't think anyone would be opposed (too much) to a subway. The problem is to justify the cost of one to the Feds who has to approve it. From what I understand, even New York can't really get the funds that they need for new lines.

Here are the stats from Metro's January report:

For the 81 for a weekday, saturday and sunday: 4,865 2,836 1,897

Avg it out and multiplied by 7 days is: 22395.

For the 81 for a weekday, saturday and sunday: 6,544 4,647 3,106

Avg it out and multiplied by 7 days is: 33360.

Those aren't bad numbers, and that doesn't take into account for special events that would swell numbers significantly.

The Elevated would be shot down by the NIMBY's at A-Oaks as they did the monorail back in the 80's, and there is surely a chance they'd protest like crazy against a street level alignment (which wouldn't be a good idea anyway), but I wouldn't doubt they'd protest anything that MIGHT have a stop at their neighborhood.

We all know thugs love using public transportation.

ANYHOO, I think a subway alignment would probably be best along this route, even though the numbers don't quite justify the cost of one.

If one is constructed, the ridership numbers would increase substantially simply by the amount of people that work on the west side and don't wish to get involved with the insane traffic in the galleria, along with the workers that have to be involved with that insanity, as well as the visitors at the many hotels in the area (what is it now? About 15 hotels in Uptown alone?).

They are going to have to offer a substantial amount of cash to The Houston Club to make it worth their while. That thing is a major money maker, believe it or not.

I went a little crazy when I saw the that douche' location name was picked alongside the "Stadium" station. In fact, I had a (admittedly) insane argument when someone said "EaDo" in a conversation.

What surprised them was how many people were nodding their heads as they were agreeing with me.

It is my most sincere hope that if they do put some lanes on this thing, they elevate them and engineer them so a light rail can eventually go up there.

Given that we haven't seen a single rendering of a highrise and that the press release specifically described low-rise buildings, let's test the credibility of that statement.

10 buildings x 20 stories x 25,000sf floorplates + many more low-rises = 5,000,000 square feet + many more low-rises

Nope. Not credible.

Neither was it when we first started speculating about this piece of land.

The overhead pictures that were taken seem to show they are building something, and I get the distinct impression they're not going to build just a ton of 5 storey buildings.

If you're talking about white collar workers, then I might say the number might be just a BIT high. However, I don't think this is a sign that sky scrapers won't be in use in the future.

It could just be that if you're running a larger company, a place MUST exist for employees to gather for a variety of reasons.

My god we're a bunch of nerds.

I feel so....teased.

I'm thinking they stringing out the attendees, building up anticipation and waiting till close to 8 to reveal it.

I'm thinking they are stringing out the attendees, building up anticipation and waiting till close to 8 to reveal it.

Unless they are offering free booze (for that 50 buck ticket), I'd want to know what's going on.

I just hope a HAIFer is inside there.

I'm joking, but yeah, sneak in to the conference with your camera

Am I going to have to stop by the Westin Galleria on the way home?

Just remember to take a fast lens. You might have to run after you walk in.

I just ran across this:

Culture Map

Basically, they are pondering giving the building over to the city of Houston. Would this be a good thing or not?

BTW: Can mods move this to an appropriate place?

I just ran across this:

Culture Map

Basically, they are pondering giving the building over to the city of Houston. Would this be a good thing or not?

Kinda' wished they went a big bigger, but this should help out quite a bit with people who work in the area that can't afford to live in any of the high rises in the area. I'm guessing this will be "affordable" living in the area. Then again, once this is built, it might force some of the other apartment buildings to be a bit more competitive.

Relatively speaking of course. Galleria area prices are always going to be crazy high.

While cruising the Internets, I found this mentioned on another site that helps with one of the fundamentals with photography.

Damn. So I can't flick a cig in the canopy to make it turn into a giant torch?

I'd have to practice considering I don't smoke.

http://www.chron.com...p#photo-2759597

I don't get it. Why doesn't METRO just remove the tree and lay the track? If the community wants this, then the community should pay for it through a mechanism other than its transportation agency.

I totally agree.

screw the tree.

Let the community activists build a better memorial as they see fit from their own pockets.

Now, if Ike blew down that tree, this whole thing wouldn't even be an issue.

Never even knew of them until I heard a brief mention of them on an episode of The Big Bang Theory.

I just thought they were some made up place for a punchline.

It'll be interesting to see how they compare/survive against Taco Bell (which should be no big deal) and other local joints.

I mean, really? Can't we use another good Mexican joint in this city, that is located over 4 hours away from the border?

you should have different modes that allow you to change the Aperture (Av or something like that), Exposure (Tv) and full time manual. If you set your aperture in Av, you can let the camera pick the right shutter speed and take a mental note (push the shutter button halfway and it should tell you the settings if you want to quickly step through things, or click away and you can look at display in review mode, or the exif data later). You can go to Tv and play with shutter speeds and see what Aperture stops it sets. After playing with that, you'll get an idea of the possibilities (this is the camera making decisions based on the amount of light, etc). Then as you get used to those settings you can start playing with fill time manual and adjusting both settings yourself. You'll probably get in to situations where the camera won't let you shoot (mine the setting in question will blink) because there's not enough light or it can't focus.

Aug 10, 2011

ISO: 100

Exposure: 30.0 sec

Aperture: 18.0

Focal Length: 18mm

This is an example of one of my first attempts at full manual, adjusting the armature, white balance, and focus. There is the "starring" we talked about previously, but I was also using the 17-50mm kit lens.

This was me using my new (to me) 28mm 2.8 lens. Note: No starring.

ISO: 100

Exposure: 2.0 sec

Aperture: 3.5

Focal Length: 28mm

The trick I found with not finding someplace to focus on is to simply aim to a viable object to focus, move to your object and shoot. the other is to simply learn how to focus manually, or set the lens to Infinity and you should be able to get decent results.

I took an opportunity to sneak a camera into a concert and was able to take good pictures, problem was that I had to really push up the ISO.

ISO: 800

Exposure: 1/100 sec

Aperture: 2.8

Focal Length: 28mm

I am by no means an expert at it, but practice and tips always help.

Edit: Just realized I essentially did a double post and already covered this. Good god, how will I be when I get old(er)?

Yes.

Biba's One's a meal>one's a meal>Theo's.

Baba's One's a meal>Vacant for a couple of years>Opens new place at old location.

From what I was able to get from the people at One's a meal after they had moved, was that Biba's kitchen was a total disaster and he refused to do any upgrades or repairs.

It seems like an easy thing to remember, but for some reason, I can't seem to get the full grasp of "DOF" and I think I fail miserably at it.

Recently, I just purchased a 50mm 1.7 and I'm thrilled about the potential of getting some awesome night shots. Does this mean I can get only one thing in focus? I'll try to find an example a bit later.