Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2023 20:47:07 -0600
Reply-To: Jeff Palmer <w.jeff.palmer@ICLOUD.COM>
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From: Jeff Palmer <w.jeff.palmer@ICLOUD.COM>
Subject: Re: Photos and other nonsense
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Even better than Costco was the Apple service. Made great calendars :)
Jeff
Sent from my iPhone
> On Mar 5, 2023, at 3:33 PM, Dan N <dn92610@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Yes and yes... I miss the Costco printing service... I quit using inkjet at
> home long ago... :-)
>
>> On Sun, Mar 5, 2023 at 1:02 PM Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@sbcglobal.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>> I agree with Dan.
>>
>> Meanwhile....Costco has gotten rid of that superb thing, that instantly
>> produced pictures in totally accurate color..for a cheapo price. Big
>> ones! Cheap. All of you guys know what I mean. Far superior than trying
>> to do it at home on an ink jet.
>>
>> On Sunday, March 5, 2023 at 11:57:16 AM PST, Dan N <dn92610@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>> I am not a computer expert but I know enough to find my way around the
>> hardware and software that I have. Sorry to hear about your experience with
>> dropbox...
>> I don't see how dropbox can delete your files. Dropbox is a kind of
>> cloud/virtual storage. The user copy/upload a file to dropbox and send a
>> notification/email inviting his/her client or friend telling that the file
>> is there so go get it. In the meantime the original file sits on the user's
>> computer - so where did the original file go after the upload?. In fact
>> there are 2 copies of the file - one in dropbox and one in the user's
>> computer.
>> Someone somehow must have access to the user's computer in order to delete
>> the files - dropbox or not.
>>
>>> On Sun, Mar 5, 2023 at 11:25 AM Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Dropbox is horrible, I consider it a virus. I once worked for a
>> non-profit
>>> of which a board member convinced the rest of the board to adopt
>> dropbox. I
>>> worked for the board as the executive director. When dropbox gained
>> access
>>> to my computer, it cleaned out every single folder that had a file in it
>>> that I developed for the non-profit. It also cleaned out hundreds of
>> images
>>> that belonged to me that I had used in the various projects I did for
>> this
>>> non-profit over a decade. Those folders are empty to this day and many of
>>> my photos are gone. I had no warning of this, I just discovered it one
>>> morning. Fortunately, I have multiple archives of everything I do but
>>> sometimes it might take me a couple of hours to find what once was at my
>>> fingertips. No thanks, dropbox.
>>>
>>> Jim
>>>
>>>> On Sun, Mar 5, 2023 at 12:46 PM Dan N <dn92610@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> There's a service called Dropbox that I use sometimes. The basic service
>>>> is
>>>> free.
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Mar 5, 2023 at 10:40 AM OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@comcast.net>
>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Being a photographer & videographer I have always missed the
>>>> fact
>>>>>
>>>>> We are unable to attach images to Our EMs but do understand the
>> reasons
>>>>>
>>>>> for that,,, But these days with all of the places that images can be
>>>>> uploaded
>>>>>
>>>>> to & shared via links on the www it seems almost silly that We haven’t
>>>> done
>>>>>
>>>>> something to make our Vanagon Related images available to Us all ~
>>>>>
>>>>> I really do like the Ease Of Use of this EM List & would not
>>>> like
>>>>> to see it
>>>>>
>>>>> altered in any way & do believe that establishing a venue for images
>>>> that
>>>>> are
>>>>>
>>>>> pertinent to Our discussions would only add Frosting to this Yummy
>> Cake
>>>> ~
>>>>>
>>>>> Certainly there are other www based places where dialog &
>> images
>>>>> are
>>>>>
>>>>> easily shared simultaneously but they can & do become confusing messes
>>>> for
>>>>>
>>>>> some reason,,, I avoid TheSamba because to Me it is the proverbial
>>>> HayStack
>>>>>
>>>>> & as for FaceBook, there is a fine example of a HayStack in a Tornado
>> ~
>>>>>
>>>>> ORR ~ DeanB
>>>>>
>>>>> & I really do like that YouGuys don’t give Me a hard time about
>>>> My
>>>>>
>>>>> Rebellious Punctuation ~
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 5 Mar , 2023, at 11:04 AM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Funny how this all comes around. Ten years ago, I was lobbying for
>> the
>>>>>> ability to post photos as that was an option at the time, during one
>>>> of
>>>>> our
>>>>>> major switchovers. I argued that it would make us more effective at
>>>>>> communication which part, where, how, etc. The purists would hear
>>>> none of
>>>>>> it. Where are they now? Did they die off? I think they all migrated
>> to
>>>>>> Facebook when they got the chance and this list suffered for it. But
>>>> here
>>>>>> we have a real discussion, not the morass-like structure of FB which
>>>> is
>>>>>> like a river--anything put into it floats downstream to never be
>> seen
>>>>>> again, the one-upsmanship, the smartassery of of internet anonymity.
>>>> Just
>>>>>> wish we could have both.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jim
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sun, Mar 5, 2023 at 11:31 AM Richard Koerner <
>>>> rjkinpb@sbcglobal.net>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Yes Dean....you are on to something good. Google Photos is an
>>>> excellent
>>>>>>> passageway. OK....next step is to have all of this happen.
>>>> Seamlessly.
>>>>>>> Hardly a thought. That is why Facebook is so successful and
>> popular.
>>>>> Not
>>>>>>> us Vanagon Folks....but in general, people are lazy.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sunday, March 5, 2023 at 09:25:45 AM PST, OlRivrRat <
>>>>>>> olrivrrat@comcast.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 5 Mar , 2023, at 9:50 AM, Richard Koerner <
>> rjkinpb@sbcglobal.net>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Yes Dean, that thing works! Could absolutely see all of the
>> detail.
>>>>> So
>>>>>>> marvelous. Now...we have got to find a way to transmit this
>>>> knowledge
>>>>> to
>>>>>>> the rest of the gang. So that this stuff can become a common
>>>>> occurrence.
>>>>>>> Doing so, will absolutely transform this List....in a good way.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Maybe if all of us have access to Google Photos, a GerryVanagon
>>>>> account
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> could be established & SignIn info made available to All
>> Interested ~
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Albums can be created within the Account, if need be, for
>> various
>>>>>>> subject
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> matters like Parts, Maint’, Accessories, Trips ~
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Flickr is also another option & I suspect there are many others
>> ~
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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