Mike Johnston wrote: > I was going to throw out a suggestion for everybody to consider--do you > think it might be useful for us to pick an "official book" that might help > provide examples for us when we engage in discussion?
<snip> > then we could refer to it when trying to > illustrate a point, ask somebody else to provide an example from it, or > otherwise refer someone else somewhere else in the world to the same page > from the same book so we can be looking at the same thing. Sort of like a > "PDML Handbook." > > Do people think that might be useful? > > If so, I'd like to propose a candidate: the George Eastman House compendium > published by Taschen, called _Photography from 1839 to Today_ (ISBN > 3-8228-7073-0). Go to www.taschen.com or find it at amazon.com: > > http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-form/002-6666612-5578426 > No, No, No, Mike! We don't WANT a reference. That'll lend credence to our words and opinions. We would just rather state whatever we want, regardless of it's having any basis in fact or science and then rant for days. This is the PDML here you're talking about. The Pentax Doit Myway List. What could you have been thinking? :-) Besides, arguments will then shift to "What did the author really mean?". It'll be like interpreting the constitution. I'll take a look at the book, BTW. Tom C. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
