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gonzogolf
16th of February 2010 (Tue), 16:10
Godwins's law of online discussions says that the longer a topic is debated the more likely that someone will be called a **** (4 letter word beginning with N for national socialist party) or Hitler. (a version of this law also says that is the functional end of the discussion as going foward is pointless).

I think there is a corollary to that for POTN that says the longer a photo topic is debated the greater the liklihood that someone will invoke Ansel Adams to prove a point.

Can you think of any other of photo specific laws like this?
fly my pretties
17th of February 2010 (Wed), 11:21
My surname is Godwin!

Yeah, I have one. The longer a thread goes, someone will inevitably post "It's not the equipment that matters it's the photographer".
russ_hillis
18th of February 2010 (Thu), 16:49
My surname is Godwin!

Yeah, I have one. The longer a thread goes, someone will inevitably post "It's not the equipment that matters it's the photographer".

Which is of course, entirely true and I wish I would remember that every time I get a silly idea that a better camera body is going to magically fix my crappy compositions.
20droger
18th of February 2010 (Thu), 17:53
A better lens will make your crappy composition sharper, but not necessarily better. Some things just can't be shined. I know this all too well.
Stregone
21st of February 2010 (Sun), 10:35
Huh, **** is censored? Bizarre.
gonzogolf
21st of February 2010 (Sun), 11:33
Huh, **** is censored? Bizarre. one suspects that term might be lobbed at moderators from time to time...
Quad
21st of February 2010 (Sun), 11:51
A better lens will make your crappy composition sharper, but not necessarily better. Some things just can't be shined. I know this all too well.

Ansel Adams said something similar. It was....... :lol:


Once someone (usually someone fairly new to the fourm) say in evidence of some point they had read something on Ken Rockwell's site (and provides a link) well that thread is only going in one direction from there on in and it is not toward a pretty (or happy) place.
Big G
23rd of February 2010 (Tue), 09:11
Once someone (usually someone fairly new to the forum) say in evidence of some point they had read something on Ken Rockwell's site (and provides a link) well that thread is only going in one direction from there on in and it is not toward a pretty (or happy) place.

Nearly feel foul of that one myself :)
neilwood32
23rd of February 2010 (Tue), 11:24
Any discussion related to KR is bound to go in one direction (the same direction his "advice" should go)- flushed down the sewers!
gonzogolf
23rd of February 2010 (Tue), 11:43
I think the same thing could be said about any post that includes the words Should and Fong.....
F/M Bill
23rd of February 2010 (Tue), 15:41
This Fong you speak of, is he the one that came up with the Fing Fong Faddle?
gonzogolf
23rd of February 2010 (Tue), 16:08
This Fong you speak of, is he the one that came up with the Fing Fong Faddle?


A fing fong faddle would be just as effective as a light modifier.
neilwood32
23rd of February 2010 (Tue), 18:52
I think if i had been daft enough to buy a fong bong, I would just use it as a flower pot.

At least that way it would actually be useful!
Stealthy Ninja
26th of February 2010 (Fri), 03:31
You're all wrong.
gonzogolf
26th of February 2010 (Fri), 06:37
You're all wrong.
we generally are. You just didnt say about what.
20droger
26th of February 2010 (Fri), 08:50
That's because he's all wrong in the way he told us we were all wrong.
Stealthy Ninja
27th of February 2010 (Sat), 06:07
You're all in denial.
20droger
27th of February 2010 (Sat), 13:38
I'll have you know that, while I admit to be far, far out in the sticks, I'm nowhere near any African river.
Stealthy Ninja
27th of February 2010 (Sat), 20:20
^^ That's what YOU think.

You're in denial about being on the Nile, you old crocodile.
20droger
27th of February 2010 (Sat), 23:28
^^ That's what YOU think.

You're in denial about being on the Nile, you old crocodile.
You remind me of the genetic biologist who crossed a crocodile with an abalone. He was trying to make an abodile, but all he got was a crocabalone.
Stealthy Ninja
28th of February 2010 (Sun), 07:55
^^ ahah! Brunch is now called lunfast.
20droger
28th of February 2010 (Sun), 10:25
^^ ahah! Brunch is now called lunfast.
We often have two-meal days. We call them "brunch" and "lupper."
neilwood32
28th of February 2010 (Sun), 17:56
You're all in denial.

I deny being in denial!
Stealthy Ninja
28th of February 2010 (Sun), 22:11
We often have two-meal days. We call them "brunch" and "lupper."

I call them lunfast and brinner.
gonzogolf
28th of February 2010 (Sun), 22:15
I call them lunfast and brinner.
I prefer to call them lunch and maurice.
20droger
28th of February 2010 (Sun), 23:16
I call them lunfast and brinner.
Shouldn't that be lunfast and dinch?

You've gotta be consistent with your pseudowords.
Stealthy Ninja
1st of March 2010 (Mon), 01:03
Shouldn't that be lunfast and dinch?

You've gotta be consistent with your pseudowords.

Nope I mix Dinner with Breakfast. It's super.
Stealthy Ninja
1st of March 2010 (Mon), 01:08
BTW Ken Rockwell once said...

You know, I like to get close, you know. The only reason to use telephoto is 'cause your not good enough to get close. If you're shooting sport, you know, if you know the guy you go to his house. Get better pictures than, you know like, shooting them down the field...

Link: "Click if you dare (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3S0_7xKOIc)"

It's about 55 seconds in...

How's THAT for Godwin's Law?!?!
neilwood32
1st of March 2010 (Mon), 06:21
BTW Ken Rockwell once said...



Link: "Click if you dare (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3S0_7xKOIc)"

It's about 55 seconds in...

How's THAT for Godwin's Law?!?!

Now why didnt you have a NSFW on that? :mad:
Stealthy Ninja
1st of March 2010 (Mon), 06:32
^^ you're the one who dared to click. :p
20droger
1st of March 2010 (Mon), 09:14
I used to have a box on my desk with a big red button that said "Do Not Press."

Trust me. You didn't want to press it! But people did! All the time!
neilwood32
1st of March 2010 (Mon), 10:11
I'm sure there is a rule about that - the more you tell someone they dont want to do something, the greater the chance they will do it.
gonzogolf
1st of March 2010 (Mon), 10:13
I'm sure there is a rule about that - the more you tell someone they dont want to do something, the greater the chance they will do it.
Pretty sure thats called marriage.
neilwood32
1st of March 2010 (Mon), 10:40
Pretty sure thats called marriage.

QFT.
CyberDyneSystems
1st of March 2010 (Mon), 11:00
... Can you think of any other of photo specific laws like this?

Photo Specific:

".. but, I don't understand how this is effected by the crop factor?"

"If your shooting jpeg, you might as well get a P&S"
"If your shooting RAW it means you can't get it right in camera"
etc.. infinity.

"Well it's not as good as the new Noink, why won't Canon make a body exactly cloning the Noink D2000SUX? If isn't exactly the same as the D2000SUX, it's just not good enough and Canon is robbing us by not including all of those features" followed by "Then just get the Noink!"



Non Photo Specific:


"Macs are better for anything creative."
"Macs are for crunchy granola VW Bug driving seltzer spitting biodegradeable toilet paper users."
20droger
1st of March 2010 (Mon), 19:23
"Macs are for crunchy granola VW Bug driving seltzer spitting biodegradeable toilet paper users."
This one I like.
Stealthy Ninja
1st of March 2010 (Mon), 22:20
Photo Specific:

"Well it's not as good as the new Noink, why won't Canon make a body exactly cloning the Noink D2000SUX? If isn't exactly the same as the D2000SUX, it's just not good enough and Canon is robbing us by not including all of those features" followed by "Then just get the Noink!"
runchy granola VW Bug driving seltzer spitting biodegradeable toilet paper users."


How many times has this happened?! D300 and D700 are classic examples.