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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on HP recommends throwing their cameras -- a lot]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/13/hp-recommends-throw-your-camera-in-the-air-a-lot/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/13/hp-recommends-throw-your-camera-in-the-air-a-lot/</guid><description><![CDATA[Yeah, like we're gonna buy a new camera from HP if we break ours.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Lai]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 13th 2007 9:32AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on HP recommends throwing their cameras -- a lot]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/13/hp-recommends-throw-your-camera-in-the-air-a-lot/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/13/hp-recommends-throw-your-camera-in-the-air-a-lot/</guid><description><![CDATA[yeah most people will. we all aren't fat 1337 nerds like you.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[dnt worry]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 14th 2007 3:20AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on HP recommends throwing their cameras -- a lot]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/13/hp-recommends-throw-your-camera-in-the-air-a-lot/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/13/hp-recommends-throw-your-camera-in-the-air-a-lot/</guid><description><![CDATA[I can't think of a better brand of camera to throw in the air than a HP.<br><br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[csnoke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 13th 2007 9:34AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on HP recommends throwing their cameras -- a lot]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/13/hp-recommends-throw-your-camera-in-the-air-a-lot/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/13/hp-recommends-throw-your-camera-in-the-air-a-lot/</guid><description><![CDATA[csnoke: a better brand to throw in the air:<br><br>How about Polaroid?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Solomon]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 13th 2007 10:02PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on HP recommends throwing their cameras -- a lot]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/13/hp-recommends-throw-your-camera-in-the-air-a-lot/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/13/hp-recommends-throw-your-camera-in-the-air-a-lot/</guid><description><![CDATA[If they recommend this kind of thing wouldn't they be opening themselves up to being responsible for cameras that break in the process?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Smudded]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 13th 2007 9:35AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on HP recommends throwing their cameras -- a lot]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/13/hp-recommends-throw-your-camera-in-the-air-a-lot/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/13/hp-recommends-throw-your-camera-in-the-air-a-lot/</guid><description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/cameratoss/" rel="nofollow">http://www.flickr.com/groups/cameratoss/</a><br><br>It's been done HP]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Marc]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 13th 2007 9:39AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on HP recommends throwing their cameras -- a lot]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/13/hp-recommends-throw-your-camera-in-the-air-a-lot/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/13/hp-recommends-throw-your-camera-in-the-air-a-lot/</guid><description><![CDATA[Oh sweet irony, their cameras are the only piece of consumer electronics that I have never considered tossing.  Their notebooks and printers on the other hand.......]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 13th 2007 9:41AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on HP recommends throwing their cameras -- a lot]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/13/hp-recommends-throw-your-camera-in-the-air-a-lot/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/13/hp-recommends-throw-your-camera-in-the-air-a-lot/</guid><description><![CDATA[I think it's even stranger that they recommend tying some string around your camera to lower into potentially dangerous, off-limits places.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pal]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 13th 2007 11:14AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on HP recommends throwing their cameras -- a lot]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/13/hp-recommends-throw-your-camera-in-the-air-a-lot/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/13/hp-recommends-throw-your-camera-in-the-air-a-lot/</guid><description><![CDATA[Let's all go to that HP page and vote for its usefullness. Let's see if they can come up with more of these gems.<br><br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[f00b4r]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 13th 2007 10:13AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on HP recommends throwing their cameras -- a lot]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/13/hp-recommends-throw-your-camera-in-the-air-a-lot/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/13/hp-recommends-throw-your-camera-in-the-air-a-lot/</guid><description><![CDATA[I m pretty sure that no insurance policy will cover this camera.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[harpreet]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 13th 2007 10:59AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on HP recommends throwing their cameras -- a lot]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/13/hp-recommends-throw-your-camera-in-the-air-a-lot/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/13/hp-recommends-throw-your-camera-in-the-air-a-lot/</guid><description><![CDATA[One can picture the meeting... "Bob, sales are flat. We need some out-of-the-box thinking to get people buying our cameras again."<br>"Let's encourage them to break the things, so they have to buy more!"<br>"Genius, let's do it."]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[victor]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 13th 2007 1:57PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on HP recommends throwing their cameras -- a lot]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/13/hp-recommends-throw-your-camera-in-the-air-a-lot/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/13/hp-recommends-throw-your-camera-in-the-air-a-lot/</guid><description><![CDATA[Better have Best Buy accidental coverage if you were not to catch your camera upon landing.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 13th 2007 11:59AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on HP recommends throwing their cameras -- a lot]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/13/hp-recommends-throw-your-camera-in-the-air-a-lot/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/13/hp-recommends-throw-your-camera-in-the-air-a-lot/</guid><description><![CDATA[seems fair to me.. from HP's standpoint. You can either catch the camera or not... either way, after a few attempts, you have a busted camera, that will not be replaced by HP. Maybe repaired, on your dime... Then you get to buy a new camera, maybe still from them... <br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Froggy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 13th 2007 12:02PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on HP recommends throwing their cameras -- a lot]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/13/hp-recommends-throw-your-camera-in-the-air-a-lot/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/13/hp-recommends-throw-your-camera-in-the-air-a-lot/</guid><description><![CDATA[When planned obsolescence just isn't enough.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[John Stracke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 13th 2007 12:13PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on HP recommends throwing their cameras -- a lot]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/13/hp-recommends-throw-your-camera-in-the-air-a-lot/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/13/hp-recommends-throw-your-camera-in-the-air-a-lot/</guid><description><![CDATA[You could make some kick-ass desktop wallpapers doing this though.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nando]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 13th 2007 12:15PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on HP recommends throwing their cameras -- a lot]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/13/hp-recommends-throw-your-camera-in-the-air-a-lot/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/13/hp-recommends-throw-your-camera-in-the-air-a-lot/</guid><description><![CDATA[That's how the cover photo on the Latest Adobe Acrobat was made:<br><br><a href="http://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/2007/03/acrobat_makes_p.html" rel="nofollow">http://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/2007/03/acrobat_makes_p.html</a><br><br>--Bill]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bill]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 13th 2007 1:07PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on HP recommends throwing their cameras -- a lot]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/13/hp-recommends-throw-your-camera-in-the-air-a-lot/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/13/hp-recommends-throw-your-camera-in-the-air-a-lot/</guid><description><![CDATA[It seems to me that this would make tossing the camera "within recommended usage guidelines".<br><br>While it seems silly to claim that throwing something is "within recommended usage guidelines," most sporting equipment is warrantied and is fully intended to be thrown/kicked/hit/punted/etc. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[SuperChuck]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 13th 2007 3:08PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on HP recommends throwing their cameras -- a lot]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/13/hp-recommends-throw-your-camera-in-the-air-a-lot/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/13/hp-recommends-throw-your-camera-in-the-air-a-lot/</guid><description><![CDATA[I imagine that this doesn't apply to DSLR's? D:]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 13th 2007 4:04PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on HP recommends throwing their cameras -- a lot]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/13/hp-recommends-throw-your-camera-in-the-air-a-lot/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/13/hp-recommends-throw-your-camera-in-the-air-a-lot/</guid><description><![CDATA[Anyone else read this and then immediately try it? Pretty cool. I think "spinning" is probably a safer  technique than "throwing" - as in, just set the camera spinning about its axis without chucking it high in the air. If you're worried about breaking your camera either do it over something soft, or if your camera has a strap just swing it around by that (though this is a bit more restrictive to where it can go).]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[treetrunk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 13th 2007 6:15PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on HP recommends throwing their cameras -- a lot]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/13/hp-recommends-throw-your-camera-in-the-air-a-lot/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/13/hp-recommends-throw-your-camera-in-the-air-a-lot/</guid><description><![CDATA[Let's use a modicum of common sense here. Obviously, you catch the camera when you throw it. And it's not as if you'll be throwing it 6 feet in the air.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[kheller]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 15th 2007 5:10PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on HP recommends throwing their cameras -- a lot]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/13/hp-recommends-throw-your-camera-in-the-air-a-lot/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/13/hp-recommends-throw-your-camera-in-the-air-a-lot/</guid><description><![CDATA[Tossing has been done for a long time.  Folks are routinely throwing cameras way more than 6 feet in the air.  Have a look at this weblink to an on-going exhibit at the Torrance CA Art Museum.<br><br><a href="http://projects.ryangallagher.name/cameratoss/gallery/show/web.php" rel="nofollow">http://projects.ryangallagher.name/cameratoss/gallery/show/web.php</a><br><br>3 megapixels just don't cut it in my opinion.  Toss away.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dave]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 14th 2007 1:04AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on HP recommends throwing their cameras -- a lot]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/13/hp-recommends-throw-your-camera-in-the-air-a-lot/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/13/hp-recommends-throw-your-camera-in-the-air-a-lot/</guid><description><![CDATA[Come back when you know more about the camera market, kid. And grow up.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Lai]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 14th 2007 5:22AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on HP recommends throwing their cameras -- a lot]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/13/hp-recommends-throw-your-camera-in-the-air-a-lot/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/13/hp-recommends-throw-your-camera-in-the-air-a-lot/</guid><description><![CDATA[Try calling HP for tech support over camera damage<br>You will not even get past the voice prompts<br>Remember to demand a supervisor<br>www.aceemploymentservices.net]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[ace]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 14th 2007 2:48AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on HP recommends throwing their cameras -- a lot]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/13/hp-recommends-throw-your-camera-in-the-air-a-lot/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/13/hp-recommends-throw-your-camera-in-the-air-a-lot/</guid><description><![CDATA[Actually, its been done at <a href="http://lightxposed.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://lightxposed.blogspot.com/</a> <br><br>Click on free downloads and see what I have to offer. I agree, camera tossing isnt right for everyone. You gotta be confident in your tossing (and catching) abilities while also focusing on artistry and physical  rotation of the camera itself.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jonathan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 15th 2007 7:34PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
