On 08/03/2010 11:41 AM, jack craig wrote: > > > On 08/02/2010 05:46 PM, Rick Stevens wrote: >> On 08/02/2010 02:41 PM, Claude Jones wrote: >> >>> No one responded on this query, but, for the sake of posterity, here's >>> the fix: >>> Many modern digital cameras have two modes in which the flash memory >>> operates, USB and PTP; I do not know what PTP means >>> >> I believe it means "Push-to-Print", permitting you to print photos >> directly from the camera to a PTP-capable printer. The camera retains >> control of the memory in that mode as opposed to becoming a USB memory >> card reader in the "USB" mode. >> > minor point, but, PTP may also be known as... > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picture_Transfer_Protocol And I think you're right, that sounds much more likely than my name, but the concept is identical. > my recollection was a peer to peer definition, also wrong. :-) Yes, and (being the car racing nerd I am) it can also mean "push to pass" as used in Indycar racing's time-limited turbo boost button. Ah, acronyms. Remember when ATM meant "asynchronous transfer mode" as used in networking and not "automated teller machine" as in "I need $20 NOW!" Sometimes being a geek sucks. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer, C2 Hosting ricks@xxxxxxxx - - AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 22643734 Yahoo: origrps2 - - - - "Microsoft is a cross between The Borg and the Ferengi. - - Unfortunately they use Borg to do their marketing and Ferengi to - - do their programming." -- Simon Slavin - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
