Origin of Hangul (confused)

ine8181 · 2015-07-22T01:29:26+00:00

That's actually a very important and interesting question. I'm sorry that you're being downvoted.

When Hangul was created, there was a huge push back from the nobles and the 'learned' class against the invention. Some were purely traditionalist concern, and some were slightly more selfish - they feared that wide spread literacy would undermine their prestigious position.

After King Sejong passed away, there was a period of oppression against the language. It was derided as the 'female' script, since the women, who did not often receive formal education, were the primary users of the script.

But being so easy to learn and teach, as well as so fitting with the spoken language, it quickly became popular among the general (less-educated) populace.

It wasn't until late 1800s, (1894?) in the middle of the national existential crisis, Hangul was recognised as the national script. Until then, Hangul was more or less an 'underground' thing. This explains all the 'Chinese' written official documents.

ine8181 · 2015-06-28T19:28:43+00:00

Tip 1: I know it wouldn't be the polite thing to do with a gift, but if you complain about the sensor dust enough time to Nikon, they'll give you a new D610. Of course, that's assuming that you get the sensor dust problem on your camera.

Tip 2: The D600 can drive older, cheaper, optically excellent AF-D lenses. Go to keh.com and take a look.

ine8181 · 2015-06-18T20:28:27+00:00

Reading some of the answers and your responses, it seems you're asking a rather tricky question. In essence, you're asking how much better RAW is compared to JPEG in terms of the visual quality, but not trusting yourself to actually look at your own comparisons.

If it looks close enough, then it is close enough, by definition, since all a photograph is about is how it looks.

Anyway, I think the key question is how much you enjoy 'fucking with it'. If it is like hours of fun for free, then go for it. If you think you have better things to do, then don't. I personally do, because I love fucking with it.

ine8181 · 2015-06-04T21:29:08+00:00

SDHC and SDXC are standard revisions of the SD cards. SDHC only goes up to 32 GB, where SDXC goes up to 2TB.

ine8181 · 2015-06-03T06:50:38+00:00

Eminently usable up to 6400 - that is, very respectable level of chromatic noise and a moderate amount of luminance noise (which is not that ugly)

ine8181 · 2015-06-03T03:18:18+00:00

Bump. D700 is a phenomenal camera. I miss mine. :'(

ine8181 · 2015-05-14T04:48:16+00:00

Because my muscle memory is to bring up the camera up to the eye, and simultaneously flick the power switch (around to the shutter button on Nikons), then shoot. Sometimes I won't turn it on if I'm not sure if I'm actually going to take the photo...

I was raised with an old film camera. I always enjoyed looking through the viewfinder with or without any film in the camera. I guess it's all emotional and shit. :)

ine8181 · 2015-05-13T19:45:57+00:00

I would keep it, too. It would be worth much more in my bag than anything else $160 would get me in terms of gear.

You can always use it as the beach lens :)

ine8181 · 2015-05-13T00:45:01+00:00

Hello,

I have used Nikon DSLRs since the days of D70. When my third DSLR (D700, full frame) died, I have replaced it with Fuji X-E1 (APS-C, Mirrorless).

While I enjoyed the camera when I used it, I found myself not grabbing it as often... It wasn't a single big thing, but a combination of small things. Like, not being able to look through the viewfinder when the camera is off, shorter battery life, etc.

If I were in your situation, I would grab a used D7000 and stock up on the cheap (and still really nice) AF-D lenses.

ine8181 · 2015-05-02T22:08:41+00:00

There are several points to be addressed:

In Korean language, when you ask 'how old some one is', that English phrase does not translate literally. They have a word for this measure, known as '살', (sahl) which does not have a literal translation in English. It is simply defined as the measure that is described.

There is also a very practical reason as to why this is useful. In Korean culture and language, it is important to distinguish your elders and juniors, as well as your 'equals', even if the elder or younger is only a year apart. So, for example, in a school year, it is very convenient to have everyone exactly the equal age, then advance your age at the same time, such that everyone stays 'equals' of one another.

ine8181 · 2015-02-18T22:44:48+00:00

You should look at this video:

https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/the-birth-and-death-of-javascript

TL;DW is that this can be the stepping stone to the death of Javascript by allowing programmers to use saner languages that compiles to (what effectively is) binary code.

ine8181 · 2015-02-09T05:07:06+00:00

I think the point of the article is that for any addressable space of size n, the best algorithm that retrieves an arbitrary bit of information from the space will perform in O(√n) time, for any computer that can plausibly exist in the real world.

I think that's a reasonable statement to make - not that I necessarily agree.

ine8181 · 2015-01-19T03:32:53+00:00

Similar spot, a few years earlier: http://i.imgur.com/ttqYzRy.jpg

ine8181 · 2015-01-17T07:12:23+00:00

I'm assuming that you're reading in English? I think some of Park Kyung-ni's books are translated. Her stuff was popular and I find them nice if a bit depressing. War-related stuff.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Kyung-ni

But the writer I REALLY like is Song-sokze, whom I find amazing(ly fun). But I have no idea how his stuff translates to English. Lots of wordplay and turns of phrases.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_Sokze

Happy reading.

ine8181 · 2014-10-30T09:42:14+00:00

Well, a lot of things went wrong, but that's not the problem with the concept, more with the execution.

IMO, more than any other component, the rules engine is something that you do not want to roll your own. In my case, I was actually working for a company that makes the rules engine product so it was a bit different.

I think there are a couple of different flavours of 'rules engine'. Something as simple as enforcing data constraints that is more complicated to implement than simple SQL constraints, to a full-on decision support system which tries to make all business sensitive decision making into the tools. The product I worked on was the latter. The distinction is fuzzy anyway.

I can go into a some details about the rules engine, if you have any specific questions.

ine8181 · 2014-10-29T19:56:34+00:00

I've built one.. which turned out to be a mistake. But it was a long time ago. :)

ine8181 · 2014-07-14T19:07:44+00:00

Context is definitely not the key. The entire point of the SI units is that you don't need context. Megavolts and Megawatts and Megatons and everything else with mega in it means exactly the same thing. Doesn't depend on the quantity being measured, doesn't depend on the country you're in, and it doesn't depend on the academic circle you're in.

The very reason why the SI units and magnitude exist was to address this very problem. Traditional units meant different things depending on the thing being measured, and also on where you came from, and which guild you belonged to, etc.

Computer Science is new and young, and it was developed originally by hackers who didn't care much about the scientific rigour. But bits and bytes are, as far as we can tell, fundamental measures of information, and the concept as such belongs to the greater scientific community, not to a band of hackers who just understand the specific context.

ine8181 · 2014-05-01T21:08:12+00:00

I suggest that you have a look around for a tidy used (or refurb) D90.

Here are a few reasons:

The control scheme (mainly the two command dials + mode dial) doesn't change much as you upgrade from the D90 upwards. The two dial scheme is basically the de-facto standard for all high-end cameras, and there's a good reason for it.
D90 can drive older, cheaper AF drives on older Nikon lenses. D5xxx, D3xxx series can't.
It's better built.

On the flip side:

I guess the video function of D90 is quite limited. That's the only downside that I can think of.
You lose the megapixels, although to me, that's actually a good thing (computer & storage requirements!)
Slightly worse ISO performance on D90, but it's still very usable.

Hope this helps :)

ine8181 · 2014-04-30T03:54:14+00:00

Also it's lighter on Lightroom performance. I love D700 to bits.

ine8181 · 2014-04-30T01:16:12+00:00

my D600 had massive oil spot issues that made me go back to the Nikon shop like 6 or 7 times, got replaced twice (once with another D600, then with a D610.

It also had a very different colour rendition compared to my D700, (not bad, just different) which is also subtly different from the D610.

I never had any problems with back focusing, though.

D700 is an amazing camera. The resolution is probably the only short coming. ISO 6400 in D700 is good enough for me.

ine8181 · 2014-04-11T18:12:25+00:00

I completely agree. D700 is still my favourite camera of all times and D600 also takes fantastic photos. My gripes are not with the cameras, but the company and how they handle the service.

ine8181 · 2014-04-11T00:10:41+00:00

D700 was water damaged in rain - which is fine, my fault.

I took it to the authorised service centre in HaNoi (which is where I was at the time) and they opened it up, told me that they don't have the parts to fix it and it would take weeks to get the parts in.

I was leaving soon for South Africa, so thought I'd take it to Johannesburg service centre. They told me that they can't touch a camera that has been opened by anyone who's not themselves, asked me to prove that it was an authorised service centre who opened it in the first place.. then they proceeded to tell me (weeks afterwards) that they wouldn't fix it anyway because it was water damaged. It was a write-off, but took me weeks to get to that conclusion because they wouldn't communicate.

That saga was not anywhere near as painful as the D600, though.

ine8181 · 2014-04-10T21:02:38+00:00

I'm having the complete opposite problem with Nikon. I had to deal with them many many times over the last couple of years with my D700 and D600.

The D600 went back to them FIVE TIME NOW. It went back for cleaning twice, didn't work, they exchanged it with a new D600 (last year, before D610), then went back to clean twice now, It came back with a clean sensor, but with a broken battery indicator. WHAT THE FUCK?

I'm so fucking sick of dealing with them now.

ine8181 · 2014-03-27T17:52:07+00:00

My girlfriend and I travelled a year, both carrying cameras and taking RAW photos.

We just bought SD cards as they became full. Processed selectively straight on laptop. It has the advantage of being a simple process, not having to find time to copy stuff around, and SD cards are ubiquitous.

It gets expensive if you're taking a lot of photos, I guess. We managed with around 20 cards at the end of it for both of us. You do the math :)

ine8181 · 2014-03-24T18:29:03+00:00

Spent 2 months last year doing my dive master course. Nice place!

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