# Well, Somebody's Gotta Do The MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [March 18, 2013, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-somebodys-gotta-do-the-mmp/653241 "2013-03-18T10:14:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2013, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-somebodys-gotta-do-the-mmp/653241/141 "2013-03-20T14:31:38Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Sounds like a great place for a dope fest don’t it! I’ve done some pretty cool things in my life & have a few more on my bucket list; however, becoming a human crop is **not** one of them! I’ll pass on this DopeFest. Thanks for asking though. :rolleyes: > [@sahirrnee](#): > > \*\*Spidey \*\* You don’t have to worry, you are too tough and lean to worry about **Swampy** making a meal of you. Thanks, I think. 😕 Just one question, though: Tough as I’d kick their arse if they tried or tough as in gamey & not tender & I’d fail the QC checks? ---
**Author:** ![2gigch1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2gigch1/32/3313_2.png) [@2gigch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2gigch1)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2013, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-somebodys-gotta-do-the-mmp/653241/142 "2013-03-20T14:40:07Z")
> [@gotpasswords](#): > > **Giggity** … So whose fault was it that the new edit controllers are so different? And couldn’t they just change the decks and leave the controls alone? > > When I was in high school, some \ years ago, we had a Sony edit controller that drove a pair of U-Matic decks, and if we ever had the massive bucks to upgrade, it could also handle Betacam decks. I’d like to think that today, going from EDTV (guessing you used to shoot 480i?) to full-on HD would be even easier than it was back when our “portable” ENG rig weighed 30 pounds and used 20 minute tapes, and engineers stared at vectorscopes while twiddling things. (Is there really even anything left to twiddle now that everything between the camera lens and my eyes is digital?) I think the big difference today is everything is software driven. We moved from Avid editing to Edius editing. The _idea_ of nonlinear editing remains the same; the workflow, keyboard layout and methods of making effects are all different. I don’t have a good analogy beyond perhaps being used to working with a PC and Microsoft Office for the last 10 years and being handed a Mac with Pages and being told “make a 20 page technical document like you did yesterday by 5pm and don’t make any errors!” As for camera twiddling there is plenty to do, in fact high def is far less forgiving when it comes to focus & other details. White balance, audio levels, filter wheel, shutter - it’s all still there. There is however, I shit you not, an “Easy” button on the side of the camera you can hit for the moment when too much is happening and you need to get that shot RIGHT NOW and don’t have time to preset anything. That puts everything other than focus into AUTO mode and you just have to worry about point / focus / record. I have had to use that once or twice. ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2013, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-somebodys-gotta-do-the-mmp/653241/143 "2013-03-20T14:42:43Z")
> [@Filbert](#): > > Not married, just had a long-term boyfriend type thing. And I’m 30 (not that you lot noticed my birthday last month 😛 ). I just act 6. I’m nearly 50 and act about 10. I sense a pattern here… 🙂 Not single, yet, though. Still waiting for the @%\*$ parole board… :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2013, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-somebodys-gotta-do-the-mmp/653241/144 "2013-03-20T14:43:46Z")
> [@2gigch1](#): > > There is however, I shit you not, an “Easy” button on the side of the camera you can hit for the moment when too much is happening and you need to get that shot RIGHT NOW and don’t have time to preset anything. That puts everything other than focus into AUTO mode and you just have to worry about point / focus / record. > > I have had to use that once or twice. Consumer point-&-shoot cameras are sometimes referred to as PhD’s as in “Push here, Dummy” ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2013, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-somebodys-gotta-do-the-mmp/653241/145 "2013-03-20T14:46:58Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > Thanks, I think. 😕 Just one question, though: Tough as I’d kick their arse if they tried or tough as in gamey & not tender & I’d fail the QC checks? Yes. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2013, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-somebodys-gotta-do-the-mmp/653241/146 "2013-03-20T14:58:31Z")
> [@Noone\_Special](#): > > \ according to [this contraption](http://www.timeanddate.com/date/duration.html) 10,694 days for me - it’ll be 30 years on Dec 9. Not bad for only knowing him 4 weeks before we eloped. 😃 Almost lunch time - at last! Three unexpected drawing crawled out of the woodwork. I’ve been saying naughty things about the alleged “engineer” who came up with this monstrosity. I know for a fact the guy had no engineering education - he was a draftsman who convinced someone that he could design. Um, no he couldn’t. :rolleyes: I could have designed something to serve the same purpose which would have cost less, been built faster, and weighed less (a consideration in a UAV.) Instead, I’m redrawing his crap because that’s what they built. What a waste… ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2013, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-somebodys-gotta-do-the-mmp/653241/147 "2013-03-20T15:01:16Z")
> [@Filbert](#): > > (not that you lot noticed my birthday last month 😛 ). You can’t be shy about advertising events in your life - they eventually are incorporated into someone’s reminder calendar so \*\*swampy \*\*can sing. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Jynxster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jynxster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jynxster)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2013, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-somebodys-gotta-do-the-mmp/653241/148 "2013-03-20T15:14:52Z")
Neat Link \*\*Noone Special \*\*(what is your nickname?and do we have sticky on nicknames?) I has been married to Mr. Jynx for 108,604,800 seconds, give or take a few 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2013, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-somebodys-gotta-do-the-mmp/653241/149 "2013-03-20T15:18:50Z")
Yay, thanks for the ‘duration’ link, it’s reassuring to know that I can count proper 😃 I’m worryingly hungover today, considering I only had two drinks last night. Tis 3pm, and I’m still extremely blurfy. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2013, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-somebodys-gotta-do-the-mmp/653241/150 "2013-03-20T15:21:41Z")
> [@Noone\_Special](#): > > I’m nearly 50 and act about 10. So for you, 70 is the new 30? I’m approaching 10,000 days of wedded [del]hell[/del]bliss. Should happen sometime in July. ---
**Author:** ![2gigch1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2gigch1/32/3313_2.png) [@2gigch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2gigch1)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2013, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-somebodys-gotta-do-the-mmp/653241/151 "2013-03-20T15:22:26Z")
> [@Filbert](#): > > I’m worryingly hungover today, considering I only had two drinks last night. Tis 3pm, and I’m still extremely blurfy. Hair of the dog? Surprisingly it does work. Tomorrow, on the other hand… ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2013, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-somebodys-gotta-do-the-mmp/653241/152 "2013-03-20T15:30:54Z")
> [@Filbert](#): > > Yay, thanks for the ‘duration’ link, it’s reassuring to know that I can count proper 😃 Hey, that link wasn’t because I thought your math required checking, it was because I **knew** mine would be way off it I tried to do it manually! :o \*\*Bobbio \*\*-- according to the ratio we’ve come up with, 70 will be the new 14. By the time I’m 80 I’ll be allowed to drive. Of course by then I’ll probably be too _dangerous_ on the road to drive… (or not. My father is nearly 82 and drives just fine.) ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2013, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-somebodys-gotta-do-the-mmp/653241/153 "2013-03-20T15:34:31Z")
This is the first day this week I haven’t come to work tired. I still didn’t manage to get here early, but that’s probably not too likely. (I swear my bed’s gravitational field is triple in the mornings). I really need to do something with my windows. I have those cheap ugly venetian blinds. They don’t block enough light at night - that side of the apt. is lit up by the street lamps. I wonder if I can get or make an automatic curtain opening thingy… And I’m thinking heavily of putting frosted vinyl cling on the windows so I don’t have to worry about people peeking in when I do have the blinds open. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2013, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-somebodys-gotta-do-the-mmp/653241/154 "2013-03-20T16:02:47Z")
> [@Noone\_Special](#): > > I’m nearly 50 and act about 10. > [@VunderBob](#): > > So for you, 70 is the new 30? I’ve often said that my heart and mind are still in their early 30s (figuratively speaking) and my physical body feels like it’s in its 80s - so it all balances out to my chronological age. ---
**Author:** ![Capt\_Kirk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@Capt\_Kirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt_Kirk)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2013, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-somebodys-gotta-do-the-mmp/653241/155 "2013-03-20T16:02:58Z")
Well the duration thingy spurred me into action. I sent Mrs. Jim a note and the divorce ball is rolling. It is time to end the marriage that was a bad idea from the beginning and never really was a marriage at all. 4066 days, sh@t what a waste Thanks guys I needed a push **Jim** ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2013, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-somebodys-gotta-do-the-mmp/653241/156 "2013-03-20T16:10:54Z")
> [@Filbert](#): > > And I’m 30 (not that you lot noticed my birthday last month 😛 ). I just act 6. Don’t take it personally, **Nuts** , I think it has something to do with being over this side of the pond - they miss my buffday every year too :rolleyes: I am somewhat blurfy today, this whole stoopit HR thing has given me a sick headache. I was feeling rough yesterday and not much better today. I just want to go back to work, dammit! ---
**Author:** ![2gigch1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2gigch1/32/3313_2.png) [@2gigch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2gigch1)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2013, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-somebodys-gotta-do-the-mmp/653241/157 "2013-03-20T16:29:07Z")
> [@Capt\_Kirk](#): > > Well the duration thingy spurred me into action. > > I sent Mrs. Jim a note and the divorce ball is rolling. It is time to end the marriage that was a bad idea from the beginning and never really was a marriage at all. > > 4066 days, sh@t what a waste > > Thanks guys I needed a push > > **Jim** Ear available as needed. Here, email or PM. Experienced 2x with this, one a 10 year, another much less. Good luck sir. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2013, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-somebodys-gotta-do-the-mmp/653241/158 "2013-03-20T16:33:17Z")
Taco soup for N.O.L. Good choice on a coolish day. I do not have a list of Mumper birthdays. I sing real loud when I happen to know but I don’t always know. Mayhaps we should do sump’n about this? Do folks want to PM me with birthdays so’s I can compile a list? Does somebody have another suggestion about this? I’m good either way. **Spidey** have you found a restaurant that sells tires yet? I ask cause you said you wanted to eat at a restaurant with tires or recommended by a tire manufacturer or some such. **Sari** I’ve been to two dopefests, a good sized one in Seattle (that got titled “swampfest” cause I started a thread about goin’ to Seattle and wantin’ to meet dopers) and a smaller one in Tampa. Both were a ton 'o fun! ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2013, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-somebodys-gotta-do-the-mmp/653241/159 "2013-03-20T16:41:30Z")
☹ I want Taco Soup! ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2013, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-somebodys-gotta-do-the-mmp/653241/160 "2013-03-20T17:20:55Z")
> [@Jynxster](#): > > Why is it \*\*\*ONLY \*\*\*Wednesday? _mini-sob_ {{{Jynxster}}} Showery weather here today, projected high 59. We’re supposed to hit 70 by the weekend. Must do some defilthifying and cooking ahead today myself, since tomorrow’s the day I’m gone basically all day volunteering. At least I might even have a useful energy level today (been really tired for most of the last week, I suspect due to no caffeine in system. I really needed to at least cut back quite a bit). Princess Razorfang Scissorpaws is feeling a bit clingy today, apparently. Usually she does that on Friday. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-somebodys-gotta-do-the-mmp/653241.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-somebodys-gotta-do-the-mmp/653241.md?page=9)