luigi bertolotti Posted May 13, 2011 Share #61 Posted May 13, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) Lars, Luigi—why are you accusing DHL when the offender obviously is Posten Logistik? I do not accuse DHL in itself... but simply observe that the delivery system, in today's economy, is such that often, and expecially in private people to private people (Erwin to Lars) one that choses a high ranking important player, by definition trustable, cannot be sure that, at the other end, the quality (and, in this case, final cost) of the service is up to the expectations one has when has decided to use, in this case, DHL. At the end, is one of the many examples of the frequent concept of outsourcing, which diluites the chain of responsability of a certain task, passing in other hands a piece of it: unavoidable, today, for a number of logistic/economic reasons... but often annoying for the people. BTW... I 'm still waiting my book... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted May 13, 2011 Posted May 13, 2011 Hi luigi bertolotti, Take a look here Anyone received Mr Puts new Compendium yet?. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
lars_bergquist Posted May 14, 2011 Share #62 Posted May 14, 2011 I have been told that the book will be delivered on Monday ... sometime between 09:00 and 16:00. So I will be expected to sit meekly at home for one full day, waiting. Now what if I had been unable to do so? No wonder that Danish mail delivery is a mess. Danish Mail is in cahoots with the Swedish Post Office nowadays, and the business plan is that the common citizenry are just mailboxes for dumping mass advertising in. The idea that citizens should be served is obsolete, and it's high time that we learn about our obsolescence. And DHL are of course tainted by their consorting with gangsters like these. Money don't smell. They stink. The old man Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted May 14, 2011 Share #63 Posted May 14, 2011 I have been told that the book will be delivered on Monday ... sometime between 09:00 and 16:00. So I will be expected to sit meekly at home for one full day, waiting. Now what if I had been unable to do so? No wonder that Danish mail delivery is a mess. Danish Mail is in cahoots with the Swedish Post Office nowadays, and the business plan is that the common citizenry are just mailboxes for dumping mass advertising in. The idea that citizens should be served is obsolete, and it's high time that we learn about our obsolescence. And DHL are of course tainted by their consorting with gangsters like these. Money don't smell. They stink. The old man Monday !!! Well, happens that I'm in Sweden just on Monday... pity is a short business trip, and not in Stockholm... otherwise I could have plotted a maybe not too complex plan to arrange the final joke to you... staying anonimously a bit out of your door, intercepting the courier, declaring myself as Lars... damn ! the LANGUAGE !!!... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ho_co Posted May 15, 2011 Share #64 Posted May 15, 2011 We remaining few should receive our copies this week. The book is sold out. See Blog. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
k-hawinkler Posted May 16, 2011 Share #65 Posted May 16, 2011 Howard, Thanks. I am still waiting as well. Best, K-H. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ho_co Posted May 16, 2011 Share #66 Posted May 16, 2011 I think he may be a bit enthusiastic about delivery times; but he has paid for better than postal delivery, so maybe they're all on the DHL tarmac ready to be delivered. I hope. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IkarusJohn Posted May 16, 2011 Share #67 Posted May 16, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) - Ordered mine 23 Jan, - Acknowledged by Mr Puts 25 Feb, - Payment received by Mr Puts 27 March, - Advised ready for shipment 5 May. I expect mine sometime in June - that's if the courier company here doesn't lose it (it's a long way to NZ from the Netherlands). Our Post Office service is actually one of the better delivery companies here, it has finally worked out that success might be linked to service! Cheers John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
k-hawinkler Posted May 16, 2011 Share #68 Posted May 16, 2011 When Solms CS shipped my M9 back after repair, they used DHL via Phoenix. It took them less than 24 hours from Phoenix to my house in NM. K-H. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ho_co Posted May 16, 2011 Share #69 Posted May 16, 2011 Fingers crossed! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted May 16, 2011 Share #70 Posted May 16, 2011 Ah-yes I see what you mean. Obviously he has had no time to delve into the theory of map projections and confuses it with distortion. Well, outside the geographical world it is a bit esoteric. We are mostly Mercatorial creatures. Several messages have shown me this post is a bit obscure and too elliptical. I'll elaborate. 01AF claims the the part about the Elmarit "contains nonsense". I think that is not the case. There are different ways to project three dimensions onto two. We are used to the rectilinear one, as dictated by the Camera Obscura and followed in mapmaking by Mercator (Mercatorial, not mercenary, respondent B;)) which, as a Dutchman, I cannot resist mentioning. Fisheye lenses are originally made for meteorological use, and don't have a rectilinear projection, but an equiangular one. It would take elaborate gear to measure it, but I think that the lens has virtually no distortion in an equiangular universe. To describe that as "extreme pincushion distortion" is an oversimplification imo, but to call it nonsense is incorrect. The end effect is the same. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicakillen Posted May 16, 2011 Share #71 Posted May 16, 2011 Ordered the Compendium on the 10th of February - and got it today the 16th of May. Looks very well worth waiting for!! /Anders Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosuna Posted May 16, 2011 Share #72 Posted May 16, 2011 I have received my copy today. I expected a good book, but it is beyond my expectations. Huge in size, with tons of graphical information (photos, graphs, diagrams...), well edited, very well bound... I was impressed. This book is a work to be proud of. Good job Erwin! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightwrangler Posted May 16, 2011 Author Share #73 Posted May 16, 2011 According to Mr. Puts Blog the book is already sold out I am happy i received my copy already. Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delfi_r Posted May 16, 2011 Share #74 Posted May 16, 2011 I'm reading my copy now! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vintola Posted May 16, 2011 Share #75 Posted May 16, 2011 I'm reading my copy now! Same here. - vintola - Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlennB Posted May 16, 2011 Share #76 Posted May 16, 2011 I see by the above posts that many folks in Europe have received their copies. Has anyone in the U.S. received theirs? I'm still looking forward to receiving mine (in the southeast USA). Glenn Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ho_co Posted May 16, 2011 Share #77 Posted May 16, 2011 Texas here, haven't seen mine. Getting antsy. LFI 4/2001 even has a nice article on the Compendium. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
k-hawinkler Posted May 16, 2011 Share #78 Posted May 16, 2011 Texas here, haven't seen mine. Getting antsy. LFI 4/2001 even has a nice article on the Compendium. ??? K-H Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
christer Posted May 17, 2011 Share #79 Posted May 17, 2011 Texas here, haven't seen mine. Getting antsy. . France here, ditto. Ditto. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbretteville Posted May 17, 2011 Share #80 Posted May 17, 2011 According to Mr. Puts Blog the book is already sold out He has been clear from the start of the project that he would do a one-time limited print of the book. He might be publishing it electronically in the future. Carl Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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