:D Still, itis indeed weird some publishers do feel mandatory to mention that kind of stupid statement. I can understand Tim feeling.
2007/4/13, Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Well the answer to your question was so obvious, I didn't want to imply that > you were a dunderhead, dunce, or numbskull by asking it. :-) > > > > Tom C. > > >From: Tim Øsleby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: RE: The mysterious ways of marketing > >Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 00:41:51 +0200 > > > >Congratulation. You are the first to pass the test ;-) > > > > > >Tim Typo > >Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > >Thibouille > >Sent: 13. april 2007 00:05 > >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >Subject: Re: The mysterious ways of marketing > > > >So they can sell it 3 times more? LOL. > > > >2007/4/12, Tim Øsleby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Couldn't agree more. > > > > > > But then why revise the book three times? > > > > > > > > > Tim Typo > > > Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > >Tom > > > C > > > Sent: 12. april 2007 23:23 > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: RE: The mysterious ways of marketing > > > > > > Windows 95 > > > Windows 98 > > > Windows 2000 > > > Windows XP > > > > > > Where do you want to go today? > > > > > > The basic principles of photography and dealing with exposure, light, > > > composition do not expire. Technology moves on and things change a > >little, > > > but not alot. > > > > > > Tom C. > > > > > > > > > >From: Tim Øsleby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >Subject: RE: The mysterious ways of marketing > > > >Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 23:03:18 +0200 > > > > > > > >I see your point. But this guy isn't so bad. In fact it could be used > >as > >a > > > >coffee table book. Not at a classy coffee table, but, you get the idea. > > > > > > > >The thing that really caught my attention was the does not expire part. > >How > > > >dumb do they think we are? > > > > > > > > > > > >Tim Typo > > > >Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) > > > > > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > >Bob > > > >W > > > >Sent: 12. april 2007 22:22 > > > >To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' > > > >Subject: RE: The mysterious ways of marketing > > > > > > > >Most technical photo books are very poor, and just an excuse for the > > > >photographer to show off some of his pictures (they're almost all by > > > >men). > > > > > > > >-- > > > > Bob > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > > > > Behalf Of Tim Øsleby > > > > > Sent: 12 April 2007 16:27 > > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > Subject: The mysterious ways of marketing > > > > > > > > > > I just received a marketing mail. > > > > > > > > > > It's a about a book, the title translates to something like > > > >"Practical > > > > > digital photography". I know it is a good book because I > > > > > already have the > > > > > first edition. A few months after I bought it, a new revised > > > > > "much improved > > > > > edition" came. Smart as I am I skipped that, and I was right. > > > > > Now it is > > > > > improved even more in a third edition. > > > > > > > > > > Ok. That's the background. The smart marketing people are > > > > > selling the book > > > > > v3.0 with the words "This book does not expire". It goes on, > > > > > "because this > > > > > book is about basic photography and not about the latest fashion of > > > > > equipment". > > > > > Yeah, right. I'll have one of those, not ;-) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Tim Typo > > > > > Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >-- > > > >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >-- > > > >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > > > >-- > >Thibault Massart aka Thibouille > >---------------------- > >K10D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... > > > >-- > >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > > >-- > >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille ---------------------- K10D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
