I'll cherish the smiley, Tom :)
Tom C wrote: > Yes. I was attempting to make a statement that competent is a > somewhat ambiguous term. In the context of this discussion that's a deliciously funny line :) we could start a whole knew thread of word play here! xo, ann > If I'm competent in my job, it's not really that large of a > compliment, as competent is only one step above incompetent. No one > goes around with self-congratulatory notions in their head because > "I'm competent". > > In many aspects of life I struggle JUST TO BE competent. Like in > repairing a rain gutter, hanging a door, fixing a faucet. My measure > of success there is that it works satisfactorially, even though it > took me 3 tries and 10x as long as it should have. Was I competent? > Well yes, I got the job done. OTOH, no, I made numerous mistakes and > took too long, and who knows how long my work will hold up. The job > would be laughable to someone who really knew what they were doing. > > Likewise, a person with a camera can use it competently, but that > judgement of competence is relative to what one was hoping to achieve > and how/why they are presenting the image. > > Here's a smiley just for you. :-) > > > Tom C. > > > >> From: ann sanfedele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: Cut or Keep? A Question About Editing >> Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 12:54:23 -0400 >> >> Tom - not sure how many smiley's are in your mind at this point -- but >> in my experience in all artistic endevours over >> 50 years, "competent" is pretty much a "damned with faint praise" kind >> of thing. In the journeyman world, it is less so. >> >> ann >> >> >> Tom C wrote: >> >> > Insult away, most people here can see through that. >> > >> > There are degrees of competency, of which I'm sure your aware. >> > >> > Everybody and their brother that dabbles with a PC is a computer >> > expert. How competent does one need to be to take a photograph? >> > >> > Assuming the prerequisites of a camera, a recording medium, and a >> > power supply if it's an electronic device, one must: >> > >> > 1. Know to look through the viewfinder (unless they are shooting from >> > the hip) >> > 2. Know where the shutter release is and understand the neccesity of >> > depressing it. >> > >> > I won't mention where focus is at, whether it's desired, or if montion >> > blur is acceptable. >> > >> > Voila, we have a photographer. >> > >> > Tom C. >> > >> >> From: graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >> >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >> >> Subject: Re: Cut or Keep? A Question About Editing >> >> Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 18:06:35 -0400 >> >> >> >> Geeze, you don't know what the word means? OK, here's the >> >> definition, next time >> >> look it up yourself. >> >> >> >> competent >> >> >> >> competent (kòm´pî-tent) adjective >> >> 1. Properly or sufficiently qualified; capable: a competent >> typist. >> >> 2. Adequate for the purpose: a competent performance. >> >> 3. Law. Legally qualified or fit to perform an act. >> >> >> >> [Middle English, adequate, from Old French, from Latin competêns, >> >> competent-, >> >> present participle of competere, to be suitable. See compete.] >> >> - com´petently adverb >> >> >> >> The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Third >> Edition >> >> copyright © 1992 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Electronic version >> >> licensed from >> >> INSO Corporation; further reproduction and distribution restricted in >> >> accordance >> >> with the Copyright Law of the United States. All rights reserved. >> >> >> >> >> >> Tom C wrote: >> >> >> >> > >> >> > 1. Graywolf, define competent. Competent <> This particular image >> >> is a work >> >> > of art. >> >> >> >> -- >> >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> >> [email protected] >> >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >> >> and follow the directions. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >> and follow the directions. > > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
