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herman,

those things use film?
how can overexposure be fixed?
you a photobug?

best,
jeff

allegretto

Used to be. Undersxposures can be lightened in the "darkroom" overexposures are lost due to the ceiling of emulsions. But I'm sure they are digital as you implied. In that case data is "never" lost of course. But there may be practical limits to recovery. Again, I would guess that even in digital the above applies. Perhaps as a practical matter the sensor (CCD whatever) could be bleached by sufficent overexposure, so that the data is not really captured.

As the Physicists here can tell us, there was recently a debate on whether or not even a Black Hole could destroy data. I believe that even Hawking thought it could, but in the end relented and agreed with the majority that even data drawn into a Black Hole could be preserved.

Ben...?

OCBen

It all depends on whose black ho we're talking about.....and what it is you're putting inside this black hole that you've oddly named "data."

Edgy01

Perhaps the XPL option with Porsche was what you should have selected:

XPL Reversing Plates 1485.00


First seen on an Aston Martin DB-5 around 1965.


Dan

allegretto

again, a fine point. overexposure that overwhelms the sensor of the camera means the data was never obtained, therefore it cannot be "lost".

However, if it has been recorded, it cannot be lost unless it is completely overwritten.

So you are correct. That's why I think you can cheat the photo radar by the strobe Dan spoke of.

allegretto

Did my statement above not register with anything you were aware of, or are you just playing with me?

BTW, Black Ho's in LA have been the downfall of several guys.

Coochas

True, however both Hugh Grant and Eddie Murphy recovered nicely.

mglobe

If that is the only solution, might as well sell the Porsche!

OCBen

I don't dabble in theoretical astrophysics much - I find it rather boring and a waste of time, frankly. Arguments such as that often devolve into battles of opinions expressed by those who are supposedly in authority. And many try to win their arguments by the logical fallacy of appealing to authority, or more formally referred to as argumentum ad verecundiam. Such as by saying that if Stephen Hawking says it's so, then it must be so, without providing conclusive proof, which is very elusive in this realm.

My area of expertise is applied physics, the more mundane science that is used in designing spacecraft (currently) and launch systems (formerly - yes Jeff, rocket science ) - the stuff you can touch and feel and make do what you want it to do, reliably and predictably - that's what I deal with.

Well, it depends if you consider losing Elizabeth Hurley nothing to cry over.

mglobe

I was a physics major. In '76, our department had to rename a conference on black holes to "Are Gravitationally Collapsed Configurations Excitable". No joke.

allegretto

[QUOTE=OCBen]I don't dabble in theoretical astrophysics much - I find it rather boring and a waste of time, frankly. Arguments such as that often devolve into battles of opinions expressed by those who are supposedly in authority. And many try to win their arguments by the logical fallacy of appealing to authority, or more formally referred to as argumentum ad verecundiam. Such as by saying that if Stephen Hawking says it's so, then it must be so, without providing conclusive proof, which is very elusive in this realm.

My area of expertise is applied physics, the more mundane science that is used in designing spacecraft (currently) and launch systems (formerly - yes Jeff, rocket science ) - the stuff you can touch and feel and make do what you want it to do, reliably and predictably - that's what I deal with.

Well, it depends if you consider losing Elizabeth Hurley nothing to cry over.
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I do understand your distaste. And your taste too for that matter. She is a Babe

And Coochas, remember what Eddie says,"the Bitch gets half".
Which in his case will be a LOT!!!

SilverSteel

State of Texas requires you to display plates on front and back. Only a state trooper will pull you over for it, though. Local cops may write you up for it if they pull you over for something else. I've been given two tickets for it over the past five years on different cars. Good luck. I don't have one on the front of my 997S either.