Does Tape Glow?

[AgX]

This is surprising.

In German it means just to reduce.

The original meaning was to reduce by 10% (thus yielding 90%).

 

[Doremus Scudder]

Do you know what decimated means? It means reduced by 10% Steve.

As long as the language police have chimed in...

The word decimate literally means to kill one in ten, describing the practice of the Roman military, which would punish disobedient or substandard units by randomly selecting 10% of the men in the unit and putting them to death (presumably this motivated the other 90% to get with it...).

In its more modern and extended meaning, it can be defined as: killing large numbers of things (as in "The population of darkroom mice has been decimated in recent years due to their getting caught in light traps."), or it can mean large scale destruction or severe reduction ("Film manufacture has been decimated in the last decade." [just had to use the Latin "ten" twice...], or "Al Qaeda has been decimated." [Pres. Obama] ).

Note that "decimate" always has a negative implication, that of destruction or death; it is not simply a neutral 10% reduction. I'd never say "I've decimated my weight." if I lost 10% of my bulk... that would be positive, wouldn't it?

The above from Cambridge and Longmans.

Best,

Doremus

 

[Steve Smith]

The word decimate literally means to kill one in ten, describing the practice of the Roman military, which would punish disobedient or substandard units by randomly selecting 10% of the men in the unit and putting them to death (presumably this motivated the other 90% to get with it...).

That was my understanding too.


Steve.

 

[Thomas Bertilsson]

Do you know what decimated means? It means reduced by 10%


Steve.

Do you know what pedantic means?

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/decimate

 

[E. von Hoegh]

This is surprising.

In German it means just to reduce.

The original meaning was to reduce by 10% (thus yielding 90%).

They certainly reduced the Romans at Teutoberger Wald.

 

[Mustafa Umut Sarac]

They certainly reduced the Romans at Teutoberger Wald.

Remembering good old days...

I think that what happened to Germany , never happened to fried chick for last 100 years.

 

[Sirius Glass]

Do you know what pedantic means?

Me thinks you will tell us anyway.

 

[lxdude]

They certainly reduced the Romans at Teutoberger Wald.

Remembering good old days...

I think that what happened to Germany , never happened to fried chick for last 100 years.

MMmmmm...Teutobergers from Teutoberger Wald... very tasty! I never tried their fried chicken...

 

[Sirius Glass]

How long will we have to wait for Thomas Bertilsson pontificates of the definition of pedantic?

 

[Quinten]

Different brands have different glows

The AGFA APX tape you can pull pretty quick without seeing anything.
With Kodak there is a little glow if you watch carefully and pull quick.
But the party piece is Ilford's PANF. It's easy tape and you can actually see your hands in the light it generates. Never seems to effect the film, good thing it's only iso 50. Still, pull slow, just in case!

 

[AgX]

AgfaPhoto plant = gone

Kodak = is going to be gone

Ilford Photo = kicking

I guess this explains the different glow effects...

 

[Thomas Bertilsson]

How long will we have to wait for Thomas Bertilsson pontificates of the definition of pedantic?

I'm not mad at Steve anymore.

 

[Sirius Glass]

Good. I was holding my breathe. Talk about turning blue!

 

[GRHazelton]

Love this thread!

I've seen the "demon glow" from film tape for many, many years, but not all the time. Well, that's obvious since I don't spend ALL my time developing film!

What a pity I didn't keep records. Imagine, fifty years of tape glow.I never saw any fogging as a result, unless I'm foggy enough. Hmm, since I'm becoming an old fogy....

 

[AgX]

"Fifty years of Tape Glow"

Would make a great title for a book...

 

[GRHazelton]

"Fifty years of Tape Glow"

Would make a great title for a book...

Yes, and with self-publishing easy enough. Although a title revision to "Fifty Shades of Tape Glow" would probably help sales.

 

[Cold]

Is this the same magic behind lifesaver sparks?