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Model Forum / General / Railroads / September 2008Changes to my fotopic site - advance warning
A message to all those who've been following my fotopic postings As I've now got more that 150 photos on the South Shore part of my fotopic site and over 120 on the 'real' trains part of the site I realise that it is getting a bit more difficult for people to find specific items of interest to them. Therefore I will shortly be adding new collections and moving some of the existing photos over to these new collections as and when I find out exactly how to do it (I think I've got it sorted but I have to be certain that I've got it right before I go too far). Two examples of the kind of collections I hope to create are photos I've taken of Charlie Fox-Wilson's Broke Brick Mountain and Cliff South's Ashley Danville and Deanstown layouts. It should also make it easier if anyone wants to link to a specific 'theme'. This should take place by Tuesday or Wednesday next week but in the meantime this is your chance to view the whole of the gallery at http://mikehughes627.fotopic.net/ If I get enough time I may also 'rationalise' some of the photos and delete those which are out of date or no longer relevant e.g. older photos of Broke Brick or the AD&D - unless you want me to keep the older photos on my site so that you can see the progress that has been made between photo shoots. Just in case you miss anything follow the link above. The photos are currently viewed as last first so you may want to go to the back photo on the index and then work forward as I will probably delete the older photos first. I should also have some news for you about a new 'collection' which will feature my loft layout - if I can remember to take the camera up there! I have in mind to take photos of the installation of a Lenz 150 DCC auxiliary (point motor) decoder which will operate up to 6 turnouts at a time. As I'm using this with Tortoise motors it did originally present me with a few problems which I've managed to solve and which may help others. Anyone interested in this?  SignatureMike Hughes A Taxi driver licensed for London and Brighton at home in Tarring, West Sussex, England Interested in American trains real and model? Look here http://mikehughes627.fotopic.net/ >A message to all those who've been following my fotopic postings You're going to stop spamming your website? Oh no, of course not. Enough. In the trollbox with you. Guy SignatureMay contain traces of irony. Contents liable to settle after posting. http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk 85% of helmet statistics are made up, 69% of them at CHS, Puget Sound > You're going to stop spamming your website? He's not selling anything, so he's not "spamming": just offering to share his pictures with any other model railroaders who might be interested. If you're *not* interested, just don't go look at the pictures. Simple, no? BTW: your sig line as well as your post lead me to believe you may have fallen on your head without a helmet once too often. -Pete > He's not selling anything, so he's not "spamming": just offering to > share his pictures with any other model railroaders who might be > interested. If you're *not* interested, just don't go look at the > pictures. Simple, no? Not at all simple - these messages are being cross-posted to other groups including uk.rec.models.rail - this group has a very specific charter limiting posting to topics directly relating to the modelling of UK prototypes. In that context (and that group is where I for one have read these postings), such off-topic messages are very definitely spam. John. > > He's not selling anything, so he's not "spamming": just offering to > > share his pictures with any other model railroaders who might be [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > prototypes. In that context (and that group is where I for one have read > these postings), such off-topic messages are very definitely spam. Nope, it still ain't "spam", but maybe if you lie down and cry yourself to sleep tonight things will look better in the morning. Get a grip. -Pete In message <5079b51b-b7ad-453c-858c-800e5b5463f3@s1g2000pra.googlegroups.com>, Twibil <jose.noway6@gmail.com> writes >> > He's not selling anything, so he's not "spamming": just offering to >> > share his pictures with any other model railroaders who might be [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > >Get a grip. He doesn't need to get a grip, you need a prolonged session with a clue stick. The term "spam" was actually first used to describe posts across multiple Usenet forums, regardless of whether they were for financial gain or not. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newsgroup_spam The OP is in fact posting a message promoting his crappy website. Promotional messages (aka advertisements) are also regarded as spam. And before some intellectual midget tries to argue that this response is itself cross-posted, it is indeed. However, at least I have enough of a clue to reset follow-ups. SignatureEd Banger > He doesn't need to get a grip, you need a prolonged session with a clue > stick. Feel free to try. I'm easy to find but I tend to shoot back. > The term "spam" was actually first used to describe posts across > multiple Usenet forums, regardless of whether they were for financial > gain or not.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newsgroup_spam Uh-huh. And definitions change as time goes by; the protestations of English teachers and idealogues notwithstanding. > The OP is in fact posting a message promoting his crappy website. If you think it's a crappy website, don't go there. > And before some intellectual midget tries to argue that this response is > itself cross-posted, it is indeed. Intellectual midgets are those who waste their limited time in this life by being net-nannies and trying to control every aspect of their surroundings: a hopeless task. As the old saw goes: "Lord, give me the strength to change the things that I can, the grace to accept the things I cannot change, and the wisdom to tell the difference between the first two." > Nope, it still ain't "spam" Repeating a lie won't make it true. Most children learn that early on. I suppose the retarded ones still playing with trainsets after others have grown out of it can be expected to be backwards in other respects. > > Nope, it still ain't "spam" > > Repeating a lie won't make it true. Most children learn that early on. I > suppose the retarded ones still playing with trainsets after others have > grown out of it can be expected to be backwards in other respects. I'm still sitting on that 168 IQ you envy/hate so much, Steve. But don't feel bad about yourself: *somebody* has to occupy the bottom end of every bell curve. > > > Nope, it still ain't "spam" > > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > I'm still sitting on that 168 IQ you envy/hate so much, Steve. And you've been sitting on it all your life. > But don't feel bad about yourself: *somebody* has to occupy the bottom > end of every bell curve. How is it down there, bozo? >I'm still sitting on that 168 IQ you envy/hate so much, Steve. Alleging all those smarts but still, somehow, insecure enough to have to mention it. And jive enough to crosspost as well. RE >> > Nope, it still ain't "spam" >> [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > But don't feel bad about yourself: *somebody* has to occupy the bottom > end of every bell curve. Greg Proctor trying on another personna ... (YAWN). As the OP on this one I think I owe some (many?) of you an apology and an explanation. First of let me *apologise* for cross posting. I've been around the net long enough that I should know better but was just trying to save time (see below) My fotopic site I referred to has several different types of photos, including North American models, UK models, and full size Canadian trains. I chose 4 newsgroups as being ones that would attract like minded individuals who *may* be interested in seeing some of my photos (thanks to those who took the trouble to let me know by the way) as these are amongst the groups that I look at every day. I have also come to realise by having a 'generalised' set of pictures that there would inevitably be some that would not be of interest to certain groups. That is why I am now starting to separate the photos into more distinct 'collections' that have a more specialised appeal. This would mean that in future I would only post to the relevant group when I have any new photos. There was never any intention to 'spam'. I was just trying to save time by only making one posting. Again I will apologise if I have upset anyone. I am new to this fotopic lark and so I am still finding my feet when it comes to these matters. I welcome any *constructive* criticism and advice I *think* I've managed to remove all but one group to this reply so there should no longer be any cross posting. SignatureMike Hughes A Taxi driver licensed for London and Brighton at home in Tarring, West Sussex, England Interested in American trains real and model? Look here http://mikehughes627.fotopic.net/ >He's not selling anything, so he's not "spamming": just offering to >share his pictures with any other model railroaders who might be >interested. Which explains his posting to a group (uk.transport) which has no known association with railway modelling, yes? Posting to multiple groups with no substantive content other than self-promotion is spamming. Guy SignatureMay contain traces of irony. Contents liable to settle after posting. http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk 85% of helmet statistics are made up, 69% of them at CHS, Puget Sound > >He's not selling anything, so he's not "spamming": just offering to > >share his pictures with any other model railroaders who might be > >interested. > > Which explains his posting to a group (uk.transport) which has no > known association with railway modelling, yes? Uh, no. He's (A) modelling a form of transportation, and (B) model railroaders come from all walks of life; including people involved with transportation. In fact, I know a number of *real* railroaders who play with trains in their spare time as well, and it's not unlikly there are a number of such guys in the UK as well. >>> He's not selling anything, so he's not "spamming": just offering to >>> share his pictures with any other model railroaders who might be [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > who play with trains in their spare time as well, and it's not unlikly > there are a number of such guys in the UK as well. Simple fact - this has been posted in parallel to several lists only one of which I subscribe to. THEREFORE it is spam. Personally I would prefer to see newsgroups reject ANYTHING that has multiple to addresses. It is simply not acceptable. The CONTENT is irrelevant in this case. The simple curtsy of posting an appropriate message to EACH group would be acceptable and then THIS crap would not also be propagated multiple times! SignatureLester Caine - G8HFL ----------------------------- Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/lsces/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk// Firebird - http://www.firebirdsql.org/index.php > A message to all those who've been following my fotopic postings > [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > me with a few problems which I've managed to solve and which may help > others. Anyone interested in this? Where were the BC Rail photos taken? I see you are in UK but the photos kinda look like Vancouver, BC, Canada. Us Canadians really object to being called "Americans", as in your header: - American Railroad photos real and model by Mike @ fotopic.net -- Cheers Roger T. See the GER at: - http://www.islandnet.com/~rogertra/ > Us Canadians really object to being called "Americans", as in your header: - Object all you like: Canada will *still* be located in North America, as is the U.S. I thought you guys only got this bored in the winter. "Twibil" wrote: - > Us Canadians really object to being called "Americans", as in your > header: - Object all you like: Canada will *still* be located in North America, as is the U.S. --------------------------------------------- This is correct, "North America". Canadians don't object to "North America". "America" has been stolen by the U.S.A. as the name of their country, which is why Canada is not part of "America". The continent name is "North America" not "America". Why? See preceeding sentence. However, why is it that when Canadians object to being called "Americans" people like yourself say we are wrong yet if some other country changes their name and decides to be called something else, "Mirimar" rather than "Burma" for example, or a city says you must now call us "Bejing" instead of "Peking" you go along with it? If Canadians insist that they are not "Americans", then you should respect that and not put Canadians down for not wanting to be "Americans". -- Cheers Roger T. See the GER at: - http://www.islandnet.com/~rogertra/ I thought you guys only got this bored in the winter. >"Twibil" wrote: - > [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] >"Americans", then you should respect that and not put Canadians down for not >wanting to be "Americans". You're still Americans. -- Ray "Ray Haddad" > You're still Americans Never. -- Cheers Roger T. See the GER at: - http://www.islandnet.com/~rogertra/ >"Ray Haddad" > >> You're still Americans > >Never. Of course you are. You come from the Americas just like El Salvadorans do. And Brazilians. And Mexicans. Deal. -- Ray > > You're still Americans > > Never. And you're still Earthlings as well. Deal. -Pete >> > You're still Americans >> >> Never. > And you're still Earthlings as well. Deal. Like that's something to brag about!! -- Excuse me, I'll be right back. I have to log onto a server in Romania and verify all of my EBay, PayPal, bank and Social Security information before they suspend my accounts. Working the rockie road of the G&PX > > And you're still Earthlings as well. Deal. > > Like that's something to brag about!! Be it ever so humble... On Fri, 5 Sep 2008 21:25:19 +0100, Roger T. wrote > However, why is it that when Canadians object to being called "Americans" > people like yourself say we are wrong yet if some other country changes > their name and decides to be called something else, "Mirimar" rather than > "Burma" for example, Sorry? "Mirimar"??? Are you *sure* about that? > "Twibil" wrote: - > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > "Burma" for example, or a city says you must now call us "Bejing" instead of > "Peking" you go along with it? Except people don't. Beijing and Mumbai yes (though we pronounce Beijing "wrongly", and I wonder if people actually realise Mumbai is the same place as Bombay?), Kolkata maybe, but how about Banglore? Or Pretoria? Myanmar is particularly complicated because of the politics - if you say Burma, you are an evil western colonialist. If you say Myanmar, you are an evil propaganda tool of the junta. Some of the Indian changes aren't quite as simple and universally welcomed as, say, replacing the previous name of Theodor Heuss Platz in Berlin. There is no hope of being "correct" in places like Spain or Belgium. No-one gets upset about Munich or Florence, and the Czechs don't seem to have a problem with (perhaps needlessly) feeding names like Carlsbad to English speakers, but the Poles get upset when someone gives up on a heap of Zs and says Stettin instead. FYROM, anyone? > If Canadians insist that they are not > "Americans", then you should respect that and not put Canadians down for not > wanting to be "Americans". If Britons don't want to be considered Europeans, should the rest of the world obey? SignatureArthur Figgis Surrey, UK > If Britons don't want to be considered Europeans, should the rest of the > world obey? Yes. Calling Canadians "American" is analogous of call the Scots, the Welsh and the Irish, "English". And you all know how they feel about that! :-) -- Cheers Roger T. See the GER at: - http://www.islandnet.com/~rogertra/ >> If Britons don't want to be considered Europeans, should the rest of the >> world obey? [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > See the GER at: - > http://www.islandnet.com/~rogertra/ Humbled? ;-) SignatureMoving things in still pictures! >> If Britons don't want to be considered Europeans, should the rest of the >> world obey? [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Calling Canadians "American" is analogous of call the Scots, the Welsh and > the Irish, "English". And you all know how they feel about that! :-) It is more like calling nationalists from those places British. SignatureArthur Figgis Surrey, UK >Calling Canadians "American" is analogous of call the Scots, the Welsh and >the Irish, "English". And you all know how they feel about that! :-) Never ask a man if he is American. If he is, he will surely tell you soon enough, and if not, why risk offending? Guy SignatureMay contain traces of irony. Contents liable to settle after posting. http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk 85% of helmet statistics are made up, 69% of them at CHS, Puget Sound >> Calling Canadians "American" is analogous of call the Scots, the Welsh and >> the Irish, "English". And you all know how they feel about that! :-) > > Never ask a man if he is American. If he is, he will surely tell > you soon enough, and if not, why risk offending? Not to be confused with a Yorkshireman. If he is, he'll tell you, if he isn't, why embarrass him? SignatureArthur Figgis >>> Calling Canadians "American" is analogous of call the Scots, the >>> Welsh and [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Not to be confused with a Yorkshireman. If he is, he'll tell you, if he > isn't, why embarrass him? You can always tell a Yorkshireman but you can't tell him much. SignatureBruce Fletcher Stronsay, Orkney UK <http://preview.tinyurl.com/3b54af> > You can always tell a Yorkshireman but you can't tell him much. Thaz reet theer owd luv! :-) John. > Object all you like: Canada will *still* be located in North America, > as is the U.S. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > This is correct, "North America". Canadians don't object to "North > America". Nobody cares what you object to. Your notions of political correctness do not concern anyone but the small minority of Canadians who have nothing better to do with their time than fret about nomenclature that was put in place over 200 years ago and is not going to change. > "America" has been stolen by the U.S.A. as the name of their country, which > is why Canada is not part of "America". The continent name is "North > America" not "America". Why? See preceeding sentence. Garbage. To "steal" means to illegally take something from the person or legal entity that actually owns it. Nobody ever owned the name "America", and your use of the word "steal" in this context unwittingly reveals your revisionist intent: I.E. to pretend that the U.S. took something that rightfully belonged to you in the first place and that they must therefore be the ogres in your fairy tale. > However, why is it that when Canadians object to being called "Americans" > people like yourself say we are wrong yet if some other country changes > their name and decides to be called something else, "Mirimar" rather than > "Burma" for example, or a city says you must now call us "Bejing" instead of > "Peking" you go along with it? You're perfectly welcome to call yourselves anything you want to, and should the Canadian government suddenly announce that Montreal will hense-forth be spelled and pronounced "Whiffleball", we'll happily go along with the joke. But that's not the same thing as pretending that you personally speak for all Canadians and acting as if everyone else should suddenly bow to your individual wishes. Last I heard, the government of Canada had not officially announced to the world's press that they will no longer accept being part of the inclusive term "Americans". (And to put a little perspective on your claim, can you imagine the Chinese announcing that they are no longer "Asians"?) > If Canadians insist that they are not > "Americans", then you should respect that and not put Canadians down for not > wanting to be "Americans". Again you've confused Canada -the legal entity and government- with yourself. Look in the mirror. Are you three thousand miles wide, do you extend to the Arctic ocean in your northern extremities, the Pacific on your west, the Atlantic on your east, and border the U.S. on your south? No? Do you contain some 33 million people of widely varying ethnic and social backgrounds and political views to match? Not that either? Do you happen to have any wheat fields, forests, lakes, cities, or rivers on your immediate person? Still no luck? Then *you* aren't "Canada". (It's easy for most people to tell the difference.) Funny how you -you the *individual*, that is- are so willing to decide what Americans should do in terms of political correctness, but quite properly resent it when we do the same to you in in return. Goose, gander, sauce for. -Pete > You're perfectly welcome to call yourselves anything you want to, and > should the Canadian government suddenly announce that Montreal will > hense-forth be spelled and pronounced "Whiffleball", we'll happily go > along with the joke. Actually the correct name for Montreal and the rest of Quebec is SWAMP. No joke. On Sep 5, 3:10 pm, Brian Smith <""Halifax\"@ NovaScotia.Canada"> wrote: > Actually the correct name for Montreal and the rest of Quebec is > SWAMP. No joke. I wouldn't touch that line with a ten-foot seperatist. > I wouldn't touch that line with a ten-foot seperatist. The phrase you attempted to use is; I wouldn't touch that with a ten foot Pole or a five foot Chinaman. On Sep 5, 5:56 pm, Brian Smith <""Halifax\"@ NovaScotia.Canada"> wrote: > > I wouldn't touch that line with a ten-foot seperatist. > > The phrase you attempted to use is; I wouldn't touch that with a ten > foot Pole or a five foot Chinaman. Editor: (n.) A form of parasite that feeds from the blood of authors who knew what they meant to say in the first place. And did so. > Editor: (n.) A form of parasite that feeds from the blood of authors > who knew what they meant to say in the first place. And did so. Go away Twitil. >> Editor: (n.) A form of parasite that feeds from the blood of authors >> who knew what they meant to say in the first place. And did so. > > Go away Twitil. Now children, there'll be tears before bedtime. ;o) > Now children, there'll be tears before bedtime. ;o) LOL! He started it <vbg>. In message <j5fwk.486$Dj1.417@trnddc02>, Big_Al <BigAl@MD.com> writes >> A message to all those who've been following my fotopic postings >> As I've now got more that 150 photos on the South Shore part of my [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] >Where were the BC Rail photos taken? >I see you are in UK but the photos kinda look like Vancouver, BC, Canada. They were indeed taken in Vancouver by one of my fellow club members. I've also got several Canadian photos taken in Winniandy (Grande Cache, Alberta) on what was a very unusual day for them - they actually had two trains there on one day, one with 6 locos and one with 4. SignatureMike Hughes A Taxi driver licensed for London and Brighton at home in Tarring, West Sussex, England Interested in American trains real and model? Look here http://mikehughes627.fotopic.net/ > A message to all those who've been following my fotopic postings What, both of them? Why not f.ck off and keep your spam to the toy trains group? |
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