SniperD, you should read what i wrote on my blog at
http://sehsuan.clubsnap.org . he is this type of person - buys a DVD player, only to have THREE DVDs at home, doesn't rent, nor buy new ones at all. in the end, the DVD player is consigned to play *pirated* VCDs instead.
a few years ago, he bought a spanking Sony VCD/LD player - he uses "The Mask" VCD to judge how well the hardware decoding of the player is, and says it's not perfect - as if he's qualified to review things that way. it never occurred to him that it may be the poor framerate that the movie was encoded into a MPEG-1 stream on the VCD then.
i subscribe and pay for SCV cable modem at home, asked him on several occasions if he wants to have me set up Internet Connection Sharing for him, and do all the necessary work - he flatly turns me away, and tells me that he can access internet from work. but when he wants to check things at home, he would come into my room and ask me to check URL's for him. he doesn't even have the basic capability to figure out what's an email address and a URL even after his company gave him an email account over one-half years ago.
and the worst part?
he tells me that if he wants to get a lens for the 10D, he'll buy a new one
anytime, and disses your fantastic offer for your 70-210 f/3.5-4.5. i've decided, i'll buy my OWN 10D, own lens and everything else once i've saved enough. this old man is one who consigns things to spoil not from overuse, or misuse, but
lack of use.
pentiumpc, you know the sheer excitement that i had over the last couple of days that the 10D is at home - but i'm not allowed to bring it out. fine, but if i don't have the chance to practice photography, what good is even a D1x or 1Ds for him?
magixshoe, CFO = chief financial officer. in this case, chief
f***ed-up officer.