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Rather than sweat why MinGW's gettext-0.17 has a dependency on libgcc_s_dw2-1.dll or rebuild gettext, it was much easier to punt and install gcc 4.4.0.

First mass-produced camera heads to auction

From The Reg Hardware pages:

An extremely rare model of the world’s first commercially produced camera will be auctioned later this year.

The Daguerreotype originally cost 400 French Francs - an average yearly salary in 1839

The Giroux Daguerreotype camera was designed by Louis-Jacques-Mande Daguerre and produced in 1839. It will be auctioned on 29 May in Vienna for a starting price of €200,000 (£173,027), though auction house West Photographica Auction warned that the camera could fetch as much as €700,000 (£605,594).

Unofficially referred to as the Daguerreotype camera, the shooter has a sliding or “double box” body.

The photographer achieves a fixed focus by pulling the smaller inner box away from the front-mounted 15in “achromatic landscape lens”.

Image exposure time takes anywhere between three and 30 minutes – depending on light intensity – and greyish stills are the standard.

The camera is described as being in “excellent original condition” and comes with the original 24-page instruction manual, written in German.

If you can’t stretch to 600 grand for a camera that doesn’t even feature facial recognition, geo-tagging or interchangeable lenses, fear not. The Daguerreotype’s manual will soon be translated into numerous languages and published alongside the original blueprint

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Seen on BMB:

With profound apologies to Helen Reddy:
(and anyone else reading)

I am Bear, Hear me Grrrr
Cause I'm covered in manly fur
And I've got way too much back hair to pretend
I'm a slut but not a whore
Yea I've made a few cub butts sore
And hopefully I'll make them sore again

Oh, yes I am Woof
But it's woofdom born of pain
Yes I've paid the price
But look how much I gained
If I have to, I can eat anything

I am strong
I am Woof-tacular
I am Bear!

Why, Yes. Yes He Does.

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Does anyone have the link to the two bear guys kissing - one in a Yankees jersey the other in RedSox jersey?

If I recall correctly, both are on LJ

Neologism of the Day

danthered supplies the Word of the Day:

Blankenhorning \ˈblaŋ•ˈken•ˈhȯr•niŋ\ (v): Methodological malpractice wherein disjoint and/or unrelated research is compiled, cursorily surveyed without scrutiny of its veracity, cherrypicked on the basis of confirmation bias, then redacted and proffered without citation to draw conclusions.
2010, from David Blankenhorn, a putative star defense witness in Perry vs. Schwartzenegger whose testimony provided more support for the plaintiffs' case than for that of the defendants.

Context is entire post and QWP.

Glory, glory hole-eh-luia.

from a post to randompictures: