You mean like when Hans Solo brags about making a specific run in so
many parsecs as if parsecs (parallax seconds) were a unit of time
instead of distance. What a gaff!
Most commercial work is on a tight budget in both both time and money
domains and getting it right is not always near the top of the
prioritized to do list. The photographer probably composed the picture
while the tower was not being climbed. Safety personnel may not have
been on scene if no real climbing was scheduled. OK, girl not
endangered. Bad editorial review. Poor example of how to climb a tower
safely. So don't be a jerk and harangue the QST staff. Instead mention
to them their demonstrated need for better technical oversight,
especially in safety related matters.
Patrick NJ5G
On 2/27/2017 1:03 PM, jimlux wrote:
On 2/27/17 10:43 AM, Herb Krumich via TowerTalk wrote:
Is there anyone that saw the cover, actually going to use the picture
as an instruction manual for how to climb a tower.My immediate
thought, it was nice to have a young person involved in the greatest
hobby in the world
nope..
But I think the tenor of some of the comments is "it would have been
easy to make it right", and that's sort of true.
It's kind of like science/engineering inaccuracies in TV and movies
(so far, I've not seen significant inaccuracies in any stage
presentation, but then, there's not much science in Shakespeare).
Most producers/directors will try to get it basically right, but
there's always time/money/artistic pressure. The best you hope for is
no extreme gaffes, particularly if it's an incidental detail (like
someone in the background sending Morse code with the mode selector on
the transceiver set to AM). When they get it right, it's like finding
an easter egg in software.
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