I agree. What *I* want is a super-duper (mic, Bluetooth and speaker-equipped) webcam that I can leave in the meeting room when I just know that someone's about to make a stupid point.
That way, I can pretend to excuse myself for something Really Important and go to the bathroom and then flush at exactly the right time.
Aperture grille? Shadow mask? WTF is that all about?
If everyone is not using LCD monitors by now they should be shunned and tsked at by the general population for being energy-wasters.
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Most of the "engineers" reading here are not the "engineers" you (or I) consider to be real engineers. People typing at a keyboard and causing a display to show something are not engineers. 'Architect' might be a better description.
Now, it seems to me that if your *ex-wife* is giving you an alibi when you're already a convicted sex offender, she's probably telling the truth. What possible motive could she have other than to just see justice done?
A possible best-selling book/movie deal down the road perhaps? This case was huge in the media (and now it's back), what with the circumstances, and some people will do anything for money/fame/notoriety. There will be big profit made on this (see schadenfreude). Does anyone know if the ex-wife has a "media handler" yet? I'll bet she does.
The drafter drawing layouts uses different techniques than he does drawing the isometrics, doesn't he?
Not at all, why would technique or the approach be different just because of the visual output? Maybe you are thinking of compartmentalized computer skills that are popularly offered as "training". I'm gradually figuring out that you haven't done a lot of detail design work using CAD or pencil. That's OK though, I can ramble on and bore you to tears if you have the time to read. You see, in my day, we used to tie an onion to our belt and...
As you might have already figured, my experience is with process piping design (refineries, chemical plants, cryogenics, etc.) so we may be doing the apples vs. oranges thing when it comes to experience with CAD and engineering design.
You do write quite well but you sell yourself short by saying things like, "I'm concerned that I'm still not expressing myself adequately" and "Sometimes I just don't get my point across".
Yeah, I know that was a cheap shot but you fired first.
Maybe you're right, maybe the US should pull out of the middle east altogether, leave Israel to it's own devices (you *do* know what that might actually mean, right?) and leave that area of the world alone. After all, Canada has more than enough oil to keep the machine running for quite a few decades while the western world weans itself from the teat of petroleum.
Would you mind explaining why you suggest that BRL-CAD might be even a beginning tool for a city, county, borough or state?
Because it's open-source? Do you know of any other professional-level 3D CAD software (BRL-CAD is 3D solids, no?) that doesn't cost an arm and a leg and uses an open data file format?
You are likely correct in most of your observations, but CAD data rationalization has to start somewhere. A sophisticated 3D program is not a bad place to start. It's all X-Y-Z data anyway, isn't it.
You say that you enjoy AutoCAD - ACAD has been clunky since the beginning for those of us that try to do real 3D work with it. Maybe you're just a dabbler in CAD who is unaware of the limitations.
I was trained on the board 25 years ago and I find that many "software solutions" actually hurt the design process.
The existing market is dominated by a few major players whose file formats don't play so well together. There is a slow but steady rumbling that CAD data should be easily-readable without having to spend piles of cash. This notion is being largely driven by smaller municipalities who think that the data they generate belongs to them and not the software vendor. BRL-CAD was released for Windows recently and I foresee this forcing the hand of the big guys after smaller, dedicated teams of programmers start customizing it and denting the established vendors' licenses and support fees. This is a huge, mature, fragmented market that needs a technological kick in the pants.
Someone save us. Please. 2/3ds of American citizens need your help.
We have like 28 tanks and 431 snowmobiles ready to rush across the border at various points. Please pull the power plugs from your military bases and all will go OK, eh. Can you wait until there is a good snow pack before we proceed?
Just because others can afford things you cannot doesn't mean you have to be jerkish. I can't afford a plane or fancy car but dumping on those who can isn't a source of glee for me either. Of course if the affluent person is a proven asshole, go right ahead.
I'm sorry, but this has really incensed me! This is absolute crap, I am incredibly organised when it comes to email
I'm slowly getting the impression that most people don't store the contents of thousands of email messages in their heads. That's what I do, but sometimes I forget how to use a fork or how to uhh...stuff and junk or whatever.
And by and large, humans are greedy, amoral, unethical creatures that left to their own devices lie, steal, cheat, murder and rape their way through life
Correction: my estimatometer calculates that the asshole percentage is well under 5%. It just *seems* like there are more jerks and oxygen-wasters than there really are.
I agree with your comments, most "security" is theatre designed to placate the 5% hysterical and deter the 2% wannabes. Tuesday I innocently carried a blade through security while escorting a passenger to the boarding area. Security seemed to be focused on my keychain screwdriver while missing the pointy things in my wallet. On the other hand, given that they had me IDd, they might have already known that I wasn't a threat.
I have allergies that can be quite debilitating. That's my problem, and I don't expect others to change what is considered "normal" behaviour in order to suit me. Did I miss your point? Take out all your references to your psychological problem and I'd be more willing to listen.
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I agree. What *I* want is a super-duper (mic, Bluetooth and speaker-equipped) webcam that I can leave in the meeting room when I just know that someone's about to make a stupid point.
That way, I can pretend to excuse myself for something Really Important and go to the bathroom and then flush at exactly the right time.
It's also good business practice to create local bylaws that force people to separate their own garbage in the name of "saving the planet".
Aperture grille? Shadow mask? WTF is that all about?
If everyone is not using LCD monitors by now they should be shunned and tsked at by the general population for being energy-wasters.
Most of the "engineers" reading here are not the "engineers" you (or I) consider to be real engineers. People typing at a keyboard and causing a display to show something are not engineers. 'Architect' might be a better description.
Surely your family and friends must have considered exorcism by now, what are you waiting for?
"I help out unwed mothers... hey, I just help them get their start!"
Now, it seems to me that if your *ex-wife* is giving you an alibi when you're already a convicted sex offender, she's probably telling the truth. What possible motive could she have other than to just see justice done?
A possible best-selling book/movie deal down the road perhaps? This case was huge in the media (and now it's back), what with the circumstances, and some people will do anything for money/fame/notoriety. There will be big profit made on this (see schadenfreude). Does anyone know if the ex-wife has a "media handler" yet? I'll bet she does.
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You are obviously correct. I didn't mean to confuse the issue by bringing up other complicated stuff and I apologize.
The drafter drawing layouts uses different techniques than he does drawing the isometrics, doesn't he?
Not at all, why would technique or the approach be different just because of the visual output? Maybe you are thinking of compartmentalized computer skills that are popularly offered as "training". I'm gradually figuring out that you haven't done a lot of detail design work using CAD or pencil. That's OK though, I can ramble on and bore you to tears if you have the time to read. You see, in my day, we used to tie an onion to our belt and...
As you might have already figured, my experience is with process piping design (refineries, chemical plants, cryogenics, etc.) so we may be doing the apples vs. oranges thing when it comes to experience with CAD and engineering design.
You do write quite well but you sell yourself short by saying things like, "I'm concerned that I'm still not expressing myself adequately" and "Sometimes I just don't get my point across".
Yeah, I know that was a cheap shot but you fired first.
Maybe you're right, maybe the US should pull out of the middle east altogether, leave Israel to it's own devices (you *do* know what that might actually mean, right?) and leave that area of the world alone. After all, Canada has more than enough oil to keep the machine running for quite a few decades while the western world weans itself from the teat of petroleum.
Would you mind explaining why you suggest that BRL-CAD might be even a beginning tool for a city, county, borough or state?
Because it's open-source? Do you know of any other professional-level 3D CAD software (BRL-CAD is 3D solids, no?) that doesn't cost an arm and a leg and uses an open data file format?
You are likely correct in most of your observations, but CAD data rationalization has to start somewhere. A sophisticated 3D program is not a bad place to start. It's all X-Y-Z data anyway, isn't it.
You say that you enjoy AutoCAD - ACAD has been clunky since the beginning for those of us that try to do real 3D work with it. Maybe you're just a dabbler in CAD who is unaware of the limitations.
I was trained on the board 25 years ago and I find that many "software solutions" actually hurt the design process.
People usually keep their laptops with because of the theft risk
Forgive me for being a possible language jerk, but did you intentionally leave out a word in order to write cool?
The existing market is dominated by a few major players whose file formats don't play so well together. There is a slow but steady rumbling that CAD data should be easily-readable without having to spend piles of cash. This notion is being largely driven by smaller municipalities who think that the data they generate belongs to them and not the software vendor. BRL-CAD was released for Windows recently and I foresee this forcing the hand of the big guys after smaller, dedicated teams of programmers start customizing it and denting the established vendors' licenses and support fees. This is a huge, mature, fragmented market that needs a technological kick in the pants.
Those US soldiers in Iraq are not protecting MY freedoms
Not directly, no. But they are providing a focus point for aggression.
Someone save us. Please. 2/3ds of American citizens need your help.
We have like 28 tanks and 431 snowmobiles ready to rush across the border at various points. Please pull the power plugs from your military bases and all will go OK, eh. Can you wait until there is a good snow pack before we proceed?
They're a buck (Canadian, three dollars for the "deluxe" version) with WestJet.
Just because others can afford things you cannot doesn't mean you have to be jerkish. I can't afford a plane or fancy car but dumping on those who can isn't a source of glee for me either. Of course if the affluent person is a proven asshole, go right ahead.
I'm sorry, but this has really incensed me! This is absolute crap, I am incredibly organised when it comes to email
I'm slowly getting the impression that most people don't store the contents of thousands of email messages in their heads. That's what I do, but sometimes I forget how to use a fork or how to uhh...stuff and junk or whatever.
I have on file [...] about 15 to 20 thousand e-mails, and it's always been a dilemma what to keep and what to throw away.
I'm a Windows user, so that particular problem is taken care of for me every couple of years whether I like it or not.
hemp was a threat to the paper and plastic industries
Was plastic a big industry in 1937?
And by and large, humans are greedy, amoral, unethical creatures that left to their own devices lie, steal, cheat, murder and rape their way through life
Correction: my estimatometer calculates that the asshole percentage is well under 5%. It just *seems* like there are more jerks and oxygen-wasters than there really are.
I agree with your comments, most "security" is theatre designed to placate the 5% hysterical and deter the 2% wannabes. Tuesday I innocently carried a blade through security while escorting a passenger to the boarding area. Security seemed to be focused on my keychain screwdriver while missing the pointy things in my wallet. On the other hand, given that they had me IDd, they might have already known that I wasn't a threat.
I agree that that was insightful. You've been on quite a tear in this story's comments, well done.
I have allergies that can be quite debilitating. That's my problem, and I don't expect others to change what is considered "normal" behaviour in order to suit me. Did I miss your point? Take out all your references to your psychological problem and I'd be more willing to listen.
Baby food is allowed IF the mother tastes some of it
Where do I sign up to be breast milk checker? When verifying stuff and junk you always have to go back to the source.