tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post114846779806538268..comments2023-11-03T11:37:04.473+00:00Comments on nothing new under the sun: Transiencebyron smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-43624250939529706992008-03-28T06:10:00.000+00:002008-03-28T06:10:00.000+00:00The rewards of ascribing perversity to the blogger...The rewards of ascribing perversity to the blogger. <BR/><BR/>*shakes head ruefully*Anthony Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16277745466192451883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-76308050130586060572008-03-07T13:47:00.000+00:002008-03-07T13:47:00.000+00:00Ah, you are truly inspired today. Have eight more ...Ah, you are truly inspired today. Have eight more <A HREF="http://nothing-new-under-the-sun.blogspot.com/2006/09/pics-and-points.html" REL="nofollow">points</A>.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-66383205154784557672008-03-07T11:31:00.000+00:002008-03-07T11:31:00.000+00:00Nothing - no alteration. It's a trick question (wo...Nothing - no alteration. It's a trick question (worth a try).Matthew Moffitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00546422699620482793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-70604264881136823462007-11-12T09:04:00.000+00:002007-11-12T09:04:00.000+00:00Tim - sorry, good try but incorrect.Tim - sorry, good try but incorrect.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-65885578228685546372007-11-12T05:44:00.000+00:002007-11-12T05:44:00.000+00:00Byron,I'm procrastinating here doing anything but ...Byron,<BR/>I'm procrastinating here doing anything but uni work, but having just read your latest post (12 Nov, '07), I've found the unsolved image (above). I think you've doctored something to do wtih the water, removed an island perhaps? It appears you've taken the photo from somewhere in the woolwich area but I was sure that Cockatoo Island (and snapper?) was in the way of the balmain tim rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01123604395524598855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-56755101788061794952007-09-05T08:45:00.000+01:002007-09-05T08:45:00.000+01:00No.No.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-81234125199895884822007-09-05T07:48:00.000+01:002007-09-05T07:48:00.000+01:00Have you doctored the Harbour Bridge at all?Have you doctored the Harbour Bridge at all?Matthew Moffitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00546422699620482793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-43125129840504757572007-05-03T06:25:00.000+01:002007-05-03T06:25:00.000+01:00Good guess though, Dave.Good guess though, Dave.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-28534604081755519252007-05-03T06:24:00.000+01:002007-05-03T06:24:00.000+01:00have you removed a plane from the sky?Sounds like ...<I>have you removed a plane from the sky?</I><BR/>Sounds like an accusation of an act of violence... No, I leave planes be, even while encouraging everyone to avoid using them as much as possible.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-3980226308021515892007-05-03T04:01:00.000+01:002007-05-03T04:01:00.000+01:00have you removed a plane from the sky?have you removed a plane from the sky?Dave Barriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10890664187276008177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-19749989246029791172007-04-05T05:21:00.000+01:002007-04-05T05:21:00.000+01:00No and no.No and no.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-8102758706144157452007-04-04T22:44:00.000+01:002007-04-04T22:44:00.000+01:00You dialled up the blue? Or dialled down the other...You dialled up the blue? Or dialled down the other colours?<BR/><BR/>(I had to find another way to guess twice)Anthony Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16277745466192451883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-15446427933880578332007-04-03T07:24:00.000+01:002007-04-03T07:24:00.000+01:00Two more guesses? You can't seem to help yourself ...Two more guesses? You can't seem to help yourself on this one...<BR/><BR/>But no.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-68395137408552173862007-04-03T07:09:00.000+01:002007-04-03T07:09:00.000+01:00Wait! It's obvious - you turned your camera side-o...Wait! It's obvious - you turned your camera side-on.<BR/><BR/>Ok, seriously, how about you removed the clouds (mostly)?Anthony Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16277745466192451883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-47372318369581522032007-03-30T01:49:00.000+01:002007-03-30T01:49:00.000+01:00Again, you've made two guesses (fish eye, photosti...Again, you've made two guesses (fish eye, photostich). Neither is correct.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-29855139415632798422007-03-30T00:01:00.000+01:002007-03-30T00:01:00.000+01:00It looks like the city buildings lean in a little ...It looks like the city buildings lean in a little towards each other. I don't know whether it's a minor fish-eye effect or not, or whether it's a side effect of stitching two photos together - which is what I suspect is going on.Anthony Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16277745466192451883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-60206368938017412142007-03-29T05:01:00.000+01:002007-03-29T05:01:00.000+01:00That's two guesses! One at a time (a new rule - on...That's two guesses! One at a time (a new rule - only one guess each until I respond, then you can guess again. This gives others more of a chance).<BR/><BR/>Neither guess is correct.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-72908311187530690022007-03-29T04:42:00.000+01:002007-03-29T04:42:00.000+01:00Have you flipped it? (Horizontally, obviously!) Or...Have you flipped it? (Horizontally, obviously!) Or did you just edit out the Opera House?Anthony Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16277745466192451883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-1148538910120477152006-05-25T07:35:00.000+01:002006-05-25T07:35:00.000+01:00time undergirds our knowledge of GodA good friend ...<I>time undergirds our knowledge of God</I><BR/>A good friend of mine just wrote me an email saying much the same thing. No sure why he didn't just post it here, though.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-1148538604455256802006-05-25T07:30:00.000+01:002006-05-25T07:30:00.000+01:00I think it was my lack of clarity as much as anyth...I think it was my lack of clarity as much as anything!<BR/><BR/><I>a/the mode of creation</I><BR/>The good order of creation seems contingent on time... or at least I think Gen 1-2 (and science in general) suggests that. <BR/><BR/>You could also parallel that with the resurrection bodies in 1 Cor 15 which are also contingent on time (ie. the contrast between perishable and imperishable).<BR/><BRDrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03148452877425621293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-1148537276717086472006-05-25T07:07:00.000+01:002006-05-25T07:07:00.000+01:00Surely this affects the 'transience' as much as an...<I>Surely this affects the 'transience' as much as anything else?</I><BR/>Yes, that's what I was trying (somewhat unclearly) to affirm by saying that the fall makes transience 'deadly'.<BR/><BR/><I>Even if time remains unchanged, it's effects on the body, our bodies, the heavenly bodies, seems altered?</I><BR/>I assume you're here talking about fulfilled or redeemed time? If so, then I do not byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-1148512249665404972006-05-25T00:10:00.000+01:002006-05-25T00:10:00.000+01:00But what does it mean for that good order to be fr...But what does it mean for that good order to be frustrated, apart from humanity's influence? <BR/><BR/>Surely this affects the 'transience' as much as anything else? <BR/><BR/>What about Ecclesiastes; one of the problems seems to be transience - that things do not abide, they are a mere breath - here today, but tomorrow rusted, forgotten, worn down or in the grave. <BR/><BR/>Even if time Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03148452877425621293noreply@blogger.com