[Healeys] Computer Question

[Alan Seigrist]

Peter -

The wife is always right.  How on earth did you get so confused?

By the way, they are starting to come out with 8 and 16 gig flash
memory cards, they cost somewhere around $100 to $200 USD.


Back to cars - I thought you'd like to know I finally decided to get a
Jag Saloon, although I decided to go for the full whack rather than a
MkII or S-Type:

http://www.saloondata.com/cars/detail/?car=772606BW

As they say, that's a "proper car."  RHD from Sydney via California, 3
owners from new, 70,000 documented miles.  Now if I only had the dosh
to fill up her mega dual tanks!

Best,

Alan



On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 12:49 PM, Quinn, Patrick
<Patrick.Quinn at det.nsw.edu.au> wrote:
> G'day
>
> Many thanks to everyone who took the trouble to write with their advice
> and recommendations.
>
> It's been very interesting as I have learnt quite a bit about digital
> image storage over the last few days.
>
> I have 2 cameras. A Sony point and shoot which takes the Sony Memory
> Stick thingies and an all singing, all dancing Canon SLR digital that
> does everything including making coffee that takes a Compact Flash card.
>
> My wife and I will be overseas for 4 weeks and I don't want to take my
> lap top with me. If I do I know what will happen. I'll be looking at
> emails when I should be looking at some historical artefact and I'll be
> in strife. It would be different of course if the artefact had 4
> camshafts and 12 cylinders.
>
> I have been into a few shops and told them what I wanted to do. I was
> very patient advising the 17 year old (computer whiz) shop assistant
> that I really didn't want to buy the world's smallest laptop at $500 not
> did I want a gold plated Epson thing that stored 6 zillion images and
> came equipped with a Imax size screen for just $1,200.
>
> I find it amazing that no one makes a gizmo with a built-in 12 to 16 gig
> storage for downloading from digital cameras. Why do I need another
> screen when the camera already has one?
>
> Anyway I have decided to buy more storage cards.
>
> And you know what really pisses me off?
>
> When I first mentioned to my wife a week ago that I didn't want to take
> the laptop, she suggested that I buy more storage cards. Don't you hate
> it when they're right in the first place and you have spent ages
> fartarsing around only to realise that later?
>
> Hoo Roo
>
> Patrick Quinn
> Sydney, Australia
>
> Ps Last night she delivered the final blow. I asked what do we do if we
> run out of space. : "Buy another card." Came the logical answer.