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Bill Gates came from a wealthy family. Looking at his elite private school alumni, there are several people who did quite well. He's not some poor kid who got out; he's the son of a rich attorney who sent him to the best school he could find. So, yeah, if you come from money, you're in a stronger position to make money. There is nothing new here. Maybe you can come up with a better example because Bill Gates isn't it. Edit: This is where Bill Gates went to School:

The worst thing we can possibly do as a result of the riots is to apply more restrictions on freedom. Harsh sentences and knee-jerk politics do nothing to stem the causes or reasons for the riots. I also don't understand how this is being blamed here on immigrant. It has nothing to do with immigrants, race or religion. Not a single thing. It was caused by a perfect storm of conditions and opportunity. Ask anyone the cause and they will explain it in a way that supports their philosophy and politics. If you're a racist [censored]tard, you'll blame it on Muslims. If you're a trot, you'll blame it on Thatcherism. I don't know what caused it, but I'm not pretending I do. One thing that is clear is the photographic evidence that the looters were mixed races, socio-economic backgrounds and income levels. The mix happens to coincide with whoever lived in the area.

Not a rep today, I'm afraid. click to embiggen

I can't help popping back every now and then, reviving old dead threads.

Yes I still have this watch. It's still lovely.

This will work in about a month when iOS 5 is released. As for anyone wanting to see my new pics, sorry I've not done many watch ones recently as I've been focussing on world championship motorcycle racing photos.

That's an iOS5 or jailbreak feature.

It's an IWC day here.

Are you just after the date wheel? Cousins UK have ETA wheels with oddly placed dates.

1951, by some estimates.

It's about 60 years old.

Sometimes, you have to go Vintage:

I used a 30-second exposure or so. The watch was charged for a while with a table lamp and the camera was focussed with the lights on. The background is the night sky. This shot was from the same session, with distant street lights as the background. There's no reason lume shots can't be interesting.

I recognised it and thought "I have one of those ... wait, I sold it to ... oh, yeah."

I can't see the advert because it's Flash. If you want to just read books, the Kindle is probably the better bet. I use the Kindle app on the iPad because the book selection is better than Apple's iBooks, so I can imagine that you're not missing out on any books if you use a Kindle, and it's better for just reading than an iPad for numerous reasons, the biggest of which is the e-ink screen. However, books is the only think the Kindle is better at. I'd not be surprised to see iPad owners with the new cheap Kindle for reading books.

Eep! Love!

No change in a while. To not hijack this thread, I looked back to see how old my UPO is and it's nearly 4 years old.

Here's one I took a while ago:

This old thing: (iPhone 4 HDR shot)

I've had mine for quite some time. It's been worked on a bit and it still runs, but I broke the stem and haven't replaced it. It still works, though.

I'm glad this thread is finally dead. No-one ever post here again!

Oh, and for those who think phone cameras are not good enough, here are two I took with my iPhone 4. I've not used a light tent or tripod as that would not show the camera off as much as my studio skills.

Yeah, any of them.

The DIgital Rebel is the bag full of DSLR and lenses so scratch that, even though I'm a big bag o' Canon 'n' lenses guy now. Essentially, you have two choices: Bridge or Compact. My personal advice would be the Lumix LX5 if you can afford $500 for a compact. However, you may prefer the Canon offering; the G11. That's your choice, but yeah, I prefer the Panasonic non-SLRs. While this review is one model out of date, it does a good job summarising the high-end Compact market: http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/Q408enthusiastgroup/ Or, you could go for a Bridge, which isn't as small, but you usually get honking great zooms on them. The Panasonics offer a 24x zoom, for instance. Or, get a decent phone. The iPhone 4 replaced my need for a compact and I hear there are some good Android cameras out there. ps. For watches, you don't want a Macro unless you're taking ridiculously close up shots. All of my regular watch shots are taken with normal lenses or non-macro cameras.