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After thinking and thinking and thinking...
My decision is now official: I will buy a Nikon Coolpix P100.
At first, I was continuously dreaming a video camera. But in the price range of 800$-850$ I could only find crap ones. Even at that price range, they are still camcorders(small ones). The main advantage is that they have a different type of sensor that doesn't produce the wobble when you move them fast.
So then I start changing my mind... I saw there are a lot of new cameras supporting 720p or even 1080p filming, the main disadvantage here is that most of them shoot at 24fps and some of them have disastrous jelly-like filming when you move them.
At first I said: alrighty, I'll save some money for a Nikon DSLR. D5000 will be my choice. Then another day I thought for a couple more bucks I can get the D90 which has superior image quality.
But after thinking and thinking and thinking...
I realised I couldn't save that much until at least next year. DSLRs cost much because they have that functionality: you can change the lenses(or objectives or how do you tell them in english). But they are fucking expensive. And I aspire to be a semi-pro photographer, but I'm not yet. I even don't have a pocket camera, my whole experience is based on reading and using for a short period of time other people's cameras!
So the natural way to go was to search for compact cameras that are almost DSLR-like. People call these "bridge" cameras, because it's an intermediate class between the two.
And I found Nikon Coolpix P100.
Just watch the review. For me, it was instant love...
Yes, I am aware how many disadvantages it has. But damn, it shoots 1080p at 30fps with stereo sound! And it can go as far as 240fps at smaller resolutions without sound. That just kicks ass. And it's half-price of the D90. And boy I will love that fucking awesome 26x optical zoom and awesome macro photography. Combined with a tripod to reduce that wobble, this will just KICK ASS.
I have about 70% of the money. I hope I can buy it before the summer ends. Wish me luck!
My decision is now official: I will buy a Nikon Coolpix P100.
At first, I was continuously dreaming a video camera. But in the price range of 800$-850$ I could only find crap ones. Even at that price range, they are still camcorders(small ones). The main advantage is that they have a different type of sensor that doesn't produce the wobble when you move them fast.
So then I start changing my mind... I saw there are a lot of new cameras supporting 720p or even 1080p filming, the main disadvantage here is that most of them shoot at 24fps and some of them have disastrous jelly-like filming when you move them.
At first I said: alrighty, I'll save some money for a Nikon DSLR. D5000 will be my choice. Then another day I thought for a couple more bucks I can get the D90 which has superior image quality.
But after thinking and thinking and thinking...
I realised I couldn't save that much until at least next year. DSLRs cost much because they have that functionality: you can change the lenses(or objectives or how do you tell them in english). But they are fucking expensive. And I aspire to be a semi-pro photographer, but I'm not yet. I even don't have a pocket camera, my whole experience is based on reading and using for a short period of time other people's cameras!
So the natural way to go was to search for compact cameras that are almost DSLR-like. People call these "bridge" cameras, because it's an intermediate class between the two.
And I found Nikon Coolpix P100.
Just watch the review. For me, it was instant love...
Yes, I am aware how many disadvantages it has. But damn, it shoots 1080p at 30fps with stereo sound! And it can go as far as 240fps at smaller resolutions without sound. That just kicks ass. And it's half-price of the D90. And boy I will love that fucking awesome 26x optical zoom and awesome macro photography. Combined with a tripod to reduce that wobble, this will just KICK ASS.
I have about 70% of the money. I hope I can buy it before the summer ends. Wish me luck!
Here's some footage with the much-more-bigger-than-normal river Crisul Repede from my village.
Read my previous journal to see what happened, it's 3 AM and I'm really tired to write again.
Read my previous journal to see what happened, it's 3 AM and I'm really tired to write again.
[EDIT] I LIIVEEE. Takes some cake MNON MNOM MNOM
Nothing serious happened. At least in my area. The river didn't pass the dams in my area, but some of them were damaged a little more down the stream. On the upper part of the stream, a few tens of kilometers away there were serious damages and some people died. Some people told me this morning they saw pigs and household items floating on the river.
I'm still a little alarmed though because upstream the river there is a barrage that's now overwhelmed by waters... and this is the main reason I was very frightened yesterday(well, today at 3 am :P).
I anyway went for a walk on the shore of the river, and took the camera with me. I'm now processing the video. I'll post it later. I wasn't amazed by how deep it looks now, but I was amazed when I saw a lot of bent and torn apart grass near the dams. Well, that means there really was a flood(we are lucky that we have tall dams especially for floods like this, but that's only in our village...).
I couldn't fell asleep. Something seemed wrong.
I went to the toilet. My toilet's window is facing the river(well, the river is at about 200-300 m I guess). I can hear it how furious it is( and our river is a fast type one, when it grows it's very dangerous).
Then I could hear a siren in the village. After that, at the emergency tower( yes we have loud emergency towers) I could hear a voice warning us of flood.
It should occur at 4 am.
Well, T-25 minutes :\.
I'm really frightened because people near the river are being evacuated. I anyway live in a block of apartments, but it still scares me. From what old people say, it's not something to joke with.
Well, I hope nothing bad happens... if something bad happens though, I hope I can save at least my computer tower. Or at least the Hard-Disks.
Nothing serious happened. At least in my area. The river didn't pass the dams in my area, but some of them were damaged a little more down the stream. On the upper part of the stream, a few tens of kilometers away there were serious damages and some people died. Some people told me this morning they saw pigs and household items floating on the river.
I'm still a little alarmed though because upstream the river there is a barrage that's now overwhelmed by waters... and this is the main reason I was very frightened yesterday(well, today at 3 am :P).
I anyway went for a walk on the shore of the river, and took the camera with me. I'm now processing the video. I'll post it later. I wasn't amazed by how deep it looks now, but I was amazed when I saw a lot of bent and torn apart grass near the dams. Well, that means there really was a flood(we are lucky that we have tall dams especially for floods like this, but that's only in our village...).
I couldn't fell asleep. Something seemed wrong.
I went to the toilet. My toilet's window is facing the river(well, the river is at about 200-300 m I guess). I can hear it how furious it is( and our river is a fast type one, when it grows it's very dangerous).
Then I could hear a siren in the village. After that, at the emergency tower( yes we have loud emergency towers) I could hear a voice warning us of flood.
It should occur at 4 am.
Well, T-25 minutes :\.
I'm really frightened because people near the river are being evacuated. I anyway live in a block of apartments, but it still scares me. From what old people say, it's not something to joke with.
Well, I hope nothing bad happens... if something bad happens though, I hope I can save at least my computer tower. Or at least the Hard-Disks.
So like I said in the ShoutBox, a huge lighting(it happened in the back of the flat, so I didn't actually catch the bolt in the footage) scared the shit out of me.
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I bought Team Fortress2. Great investment :D.
Btw, nobody posted a new journal for a long time now, what's up? Broke on stories to tell?
[EDIT] Also found out strange medieval methods of obtaining KNO3 from, well, cow shit and urine. Medieval methods of producing chemicals FTW.
Btw, nobody posted a new journal for a long time now, what's up? Broke on stories to tell?
[EDIT] Also found out strange medieval methods of obtaining KNO3 from, well, cow shit and urine. Medieval methods of producing chemicals FTW.
Well, holidays are officially here. Today was the last day of school. Friday will be the ending festivity, then 3 months of so-called freedom comes.
I say "so-called" because, strangely, even though I can't wait for the holidays, I know I only have 2 years of school left. Then the stress of exams will come, going to a college, not being sure of having a job in the future... ahh. It's becoming really hard to enjoy the moment and not think of tomorrow.
I borrowed some books from the school library over the holidays:Big Bang(it's actually a history of the understanding of the universe) and The elegant Universe about the theory of strings(because it has always been a mystery to me, and I want to understand them at least a bit).
Holidays also open the opportunity of experiments to me :D. I'm currently researching some ways of producing good rocket fuel with materials around the house. The current combination I'm trying is the substance from the match heads with sugar. I only tried it once, but I want to try some more, to see what proportions are good. I also think I should use powdered sugar.
Of course, it would be cool if I had some potassium nitrate or sodium nitrate. But that's hard to find these days
(because of the terrorists, we who have good-intended hobbies have to suffer...).
[EDIT] Oh btw, remember this journal entry a bit of time ago?
"My desk is covered with maths formulas and types of exercises and math exercises papers... I'm tired. I hope I get at least 8 out of 10.
The semester test is tomorrow.
Wish me luck! :D"
I got 8 eventually :)).
I say "so-called" because, strangely, even though I can't wait for the holidays, I know I only have 2 years of school left. Then the stress of exams will come, going to a college, not being sure of having a job in the future... ahh. It's becoming really hard to enjoy the moment and not think of tomorrow.
I borrowed some books from the school library over the holidays:Big Bang(it's actually a history of the understanding of the universe) and The elegant Universe about the theory of strings(because it has always been a mystery to me, and I want to understand them at least a bit).
Holidays also open the opportunity of experiments to me :D. I'm currently researching some ways of producing good rocket fuel with materials around the house. The current combination I'm trying is the substance from the match heads with sugar. I only tried it once, but I want to try some more, to see what proportions are good. I also think I should use powdered sugar.
Of course, it would be cool if I had some potassium nitrate or sodium nitrate. But that's hard to find these days
(because of the terrorists, we who have good-intended hobbies have to suffer...).[EDIT] Oh btw, remember this journal entry a bit of time ago?
"My desk is covered with maths formulas and types of exercises and math exercises papers... I'm tired. I hope I get at least 8 out of 10.
The semester test is tomorrow.
Wish me luck! :D"
I got 8 eventually :)).
Made a mini-project for school today that I also posted on youtube.
It's with the beautiful landscapes from my village(ok it's part from the village but maybe 2-3 km away from the center of it).
Here it is: LINK
I know, the text is in romanian, but the ideea is that you should skip those parts and just see some of the landscapes from my area :).
It's with the beautiful landscapes from my village(ok it's part from the village but maybe 2-3 km away from the center of it).
Here it is: LINK
I know, the text is in romanian, but the ideea is that you should skip those parts and just see some of the landscapes from my area :).
Things are getting worse in my country. It's so bad that even us, pupils, risk to not finish the school year.
We only have 3 weeks of school left, but starting from 1 june nobody will put marks in the catalog(you know, that massive book that holds the pupils's marks- idk the name in english).
This situation is unclear, most of us(including me) already have enough marks to have their averages(again, idk the name in english, but it's basically... the "average" at each subject) closed. The problem is- will they close our averages before 1 june or let them not closed?
All this is happening after the government borrowed a large amount of money from IMF and now they have to put drastic measures in application.
One of these measures is reducing the by 25% the professors salaries and by 15% the pensions.
Well, I guess professors just couldn't stand this started revolts.
Oh, but the situation in Greece is much worse...
Politicians...
You know, when Ceausescu was at power, through his ideas and powerful industrialization, our country reached the point where it had no debts.
I know, conditions were much worse then, but I think this was only until Romania could be a true independent country. After that, living conditions could rise. But oh well, he was killed in 89'. The so-called democracy(I have to say I'm in a neutral position about these regimes, none of them are perfect) succeeded to bring Romania to its knees. From a strong exporter, we now import almost all of the products. Industries have fell, and everything that's left from them is stolen. And I strongly believe the politicians are a bunch of wealth hunters( big salaries for sleeping in the Parliament ?)
The most painful thing is that us, normal people, can change nothing. It's all driven by leaders- and most of them are corrupt.
tldr: Long Story Short
We only have 3 weeks of school left, but starting from 1 june nobody will put marks in the catalog(you know, that massive book that holds the pupils's marks- idk the name in english).
This situation is unclear, most of us(including me) already have enough marks to have their averages(again, idk the name in english, but it's basically... the "average" at each subject) closed. The problem is- will they close our averages before 1 june or let them not closed?
All this is happening after the government borrowed a large amount of money from IMF and now they have to put drastic measures in application.
One of these measures is reducing the by 25% the professors salaries and by 15% the pensions.
Well, I guess professors just couldn't stand this started revolts.
Oh, but the situation in Greece is much worse...
Politicians...
You know, when Ceausescu was at power, through his ideas and powerful industrialization, our country reached the point where it had no debts.
I know, conditions were much worse then, but I think this was only until Romania could be a true independent country. After that, living conditions could rise. But oh well, he was killed in 89'. The so-called democracy(I have to say I'm in a neutral position about these regimes, none of them are perfect) succeeded to bring Romania to its knees. From a strong exporter, we now import almost all of the products. Industries have fell, and everything that's left from them is stolen. And I strongly believe the politicians are a bunch of wealth hunters( big salaries for sleeping in the Parliament ?)
The most painful thing is that us, normal people, can change nothing. It's all driven by leaders- and most of them are corrupt.
tldr: Long Story Short
My desk is covered with maths formulas and types of exercises and math exercises papers... I'm tired. I hope I get at least 8 out of 10.
The semester test is tomorrow.
Wish me luck!
The semester test is tomorrow.
Wish me luck!
I sometimes say that I have to represent in some way the most intense dreams I have sometimes. I had some dreams with meteors crashing(the representation I'm showing you now), and an atomic bomb, which was kind of intense.
The Meteor Dream
The Meteor Dream
[EDIT!]
Thanks for your response TWHL. Ok, the half-life logo change was a joke, I was just interested to see your opinions of the peace logo. It has a lot of history behind it, and because it implies religious problems I'm not going to provoke a disaster on these forums.I'll just say I prefer to "dodge" this sign. You can read wikipedia, but search more about it on the internet ;).
Most serious one was Daubster. Of course, Spag couldn't resist talking about penises, some others like Penguiboy seemed to be hungry, and others had a small ideea about what it is.
I enjoy discussing real, serious problems on these forums. Gives me a feeling of life, you know? =))
What does this mean to you?
Thanks for your response TWHL. Ok, the half-life logo change was a joke, I was just interested to see your opinions of the peace logo. It has a lot of history behind it, and because it implies religious problems I'm not going to provoke a disaster on these forums.I'll just say I prefer to "dodge" this sign. You can read wikipedia, but search more about it on the internet ;).
Most serious one was Daubster. Of course, Spag couldn't resist talking about penises, some others like Penguiboy seemed to be hungry, and others had a small ideea about what it is.
I enjoy discussing real, serious problems on these forums. Gives me a feeling of life, you know? =))
I just saw a video on youtube that made me sad...
Warning! This video is also a little disturbing. It made me sad and furious. Those teenagers should be in a correction school(or even jail, or just be punished) for what they did.
Very sad video, about some fucktards beating a dog to death
I can't believe we have such humans in our world...
[EDIT] Also, here's something interesting: Humanthesizer
Warning! This video is also a little disturbing. It made me sad and furious. Those teenagers should be in a correction school(or even jail, or just be punished) for what they did.
Very sad video, about some fucktards beating a dog to death
I can't believe we have such humans in our world...
[EDIT] Also, here's something interesting: Humanthesizer
Just bought GTA4(7,5 euro). Oh man, I've been waiting for this for ages(yes I played it before, but it's a much better feeling when you're legal).
Go get it! Fast!! Only 3 hours remaining for the 75% off!
[EDIT]
Oh, passed the 5000th login milestone !
Go get it! Fast!! Only 3 hours remaining for the 75% off!
[EDIT]
Oh, passed the 5000th login milestone !
Today the Canon Pixma MP270 was delivered to me. I'm happy now! Yay!
Transport was free. Double yay!
So now I'm going to scan some handwriting :D.
Btw, here's a video I've found about the printer:
Full Review by some guy...
And another one, just showing it in action.
Print Job(don't get naughty on this). => it sounds funny :D.
Transport was free. Double yay!
So now I'm going to scan some handwriting :D.
Btw, here's a video I've found about the printer:
Full Review by some guy...
And another one, just showing it in action.
Print Job(don't get naughty on this). => it sounds funny :D.
This is the most beautiful song you'll ever hear... you will cry :))
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShTm8MnUAjo
Just be patient and watch it from the beginning.
[EDIT] Just found out in my bookmarks an old archive with LOTS of hl prefabs:
http://www.atomicgamer.com/directory.php?id=1861
It seems you have to make an account for those download queues.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShTm8MnUAjo
Just be patient and watch it from the beginning.
[EDIT] Just found out in my bookmarks an old archive with LOTS of hl prefabs:
http://www.atomicgamer.com/directory.php?id=1861
It seems you have to make an account for those download queues.