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From: Cliff on 23 Apr 2010 06:36 On Thu, 22 Apr 2010 08:33:46 -0400, "Existential Angst" <UNfitcat(a)UNoptonline.net> wrote: >"jim" <"sjedgingN0Sp"@m(a)mwt,net> wrote in message >news:NcmdnWaYBos3GlLWnZ2dnUVZ_tCdnZ2d(a)bright.net... >> >> >> Cross-Slide wrote: >>> >>> On Apr 21, 12:34 pm, "Existential Angst" <UNfit...(a)UNoptonline.net> >>> wrote: >>> > "Black Dragon" <b...(a)nomail.invalid> wrote in message >>> > >>> > news:hqnbm1$2aic$1(a)bdhi.local... >>> > >>> > > Existential Angst wrote: >>> > >>> > >> This is all, of course, waaaay of jb's head, but then so are >>> > >> spreadsheets >>> > >> and manual contouring, and, or course, mastercam. >>> > >>> > > You gotta' admire Jon's thorough ownership of a small group of >>> > > people. >>> > >>> > > The man is indeed a True Master of his Craft. :) >>> > >>> > Partial truth there -- We all DO seem willing to dance, on command!! >>> > >>> > But, the other truth remains, that jb fancies himself a puppeteer, and >>> > that >>> > in itself is deranged. >>> > He puppeteers because he can't really contribute. >>> > >>> > That we respond to tugs on our strings is another issue. >>> > Mebbe a bunch of us miss JHS as well, eh?? >>> > -- >>> > EA >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > > -- >>> > > Black Dragon >>> > >>> > > I'd love to kiss you, but I just washed my hair. >>> > > -- Bette Davis, "Cabin in the Cotton" >>> >>> The real truth is more accurately described as a wino constantly >>> wanders into a restaurant and pisses into the salad bar. >>> After a while the patrons will rise up and try to drive the idiot out >>> of the restaurant. >> >> That is pretty much correct - except that there is no restaurant, no >> wino, no salad bar, no pissing. What really exists is just a small >> number of fools hallucinating that their salad is getting pissed on. > >Criticizing someone for reacting to jb is like criticizing a parent for >slapping their brat. > >jb is simply an aesthetic violation, and ergo offensive. >People react. Some over-react. No biggie. > >Think of it, tho: > Someone who can't manually contour or use a spreadsheet proclaims Or even properly use simple features in MasterCAM (after claiming to use it for two YEARS) TO DRILL HOLES !!! >themselves to be an industry sage in cadcam.... beyond a hoot. -- Cliff
From: Cliff on 23 Apr 2010 06:37 On Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:35:53 +0000 (UTC), Black Dragon <bd(a)nomail.invalid> wrote: >Joe788 wrote: > >> call anybodies internet service provider and threaten a lawsuit? > >Are you implying someone did that? Are you hard of reading? -- Cliff
From: Cliff on 23 Apr 2010 06:39 On Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:55:09 +0000 (UTC), Black Dragon <bd(a)nomail.invalid> wrote: >Methinks it's time to make myself available for employment once again. There is an entry-level but really easy job available in San Diego I'd guess. Can you drill holes using MasterCAM? -- Cliff
From: Gunner Asch on 21 Apr 2010 01:57 On Tue, 20 Apr 2010 23:00:30 -0400, "Existential Angst" <UNfitcat(a)UNoptonline.net> wrote: >"Gunner Asch" <gunnerasch(a)gmail.com> wrote in message >news:f0pss5t6ujujt5lt6m9ilm19k36akuhlhk(a)4ax.com... >> On Tue, 20 Apr 2010 22:13:48 -0400, "Existential Angst" >> <UNfitcat(a)UNoptonline.net> wrote: >> >>>"Joe788" <larryrozer(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message >>>news:04b2f706-2e6d-466c-be33-258838a50b5b(a)r1g2000yqb.googlegroups.com... >>>> Emotion And Commotion >>>> >>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwNx-SG_vr8&feature=related >>> >>> >>>Nothing against jeff beck per se, but watching rock'n'rollers recruit >>>claissical musicians/orchestras for their I-IV-V chord extravaganzas >>>(think >>>Grand Funk Railroad) is like taking Mona Lisa's, Systine Chapels, and >>>Picasso's, and using them for table mats in a fast food restaurant. >>> >>>In a word, musical hubris...... goodgawd..... >>> >>>This applies to the Beatles, as well. >>> >>>If you want a musical thrill AND education, listen to Jacques Loussier >>>doing Vivaldi's Seasons. >>>Every person with a kid in music class/school/studying an instrument >>>should >>>get this CD. >>> >>>Loussier's Play Bach series was, of course, legendary, but a bit more >>>esoteric. The Vivaldi thing is more "understandable", surprisingly true >>>to >>>the original. >>>Vivaldi: >>>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3H-eybKbi4 starts at 0:30; not crazy >>>about the bossa nova improv, but OK >>> >>>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-wQKNBvfpM Winter -- starts slow, but >>>hang >>>in there.... 01:20 will knock you out.... catch the bass.... Note the >>>stunningly low 1,274 hits.... compare to the Jonas Bros... a true >>>commentary on our effingly useless bankrupt culture. >>> >>>You can find a bunch of his Play Bach series, as well. >>> >>>This is all, of course, waaaay of jb's head, but then so are spreadsheets >>>and manual contouring, and, or course, mastercam. >> >> >> What..you didnt like the music links I posted? > >Ackshooly, I did! Some of that celtic stuff is really niced stuff. >BUTT.... >I sort of bristle at the las vegas-type mega productions they turn all this >into -- Reminds me of the Yanni mega-productions -- which I think turns >effing music into a methamphetamine injection, which I don't think was god's >original intent for music, but then we (the cultural "we") tend to megafy >everygoddammthing. > >At this point, about all's I can handle is one instrument at a time..... >cain't take the effing drama anymore. - Thats why you download the various songs...there are freebies that allow you to record all those songs so you can store them on your puter..and simply enjoy them <G>.....and not worry about the bullshit that went on behind the scenes. <G> Ive got about 17 gigs of music on my main computer drive and about double that on the backup drive that everyone in the house shares. I pick and choose, put into a play list and depending on my mood...play a shitload of hours of whatever Im into at the moment. I have the same on an old laptop out in the shop..so Im never without music. <VBG> Gunner
From: Cliff on 22 Apr 2010 06:19
On Wed, 21 Apr 2010 13:29:04 -0400, "Existential Angst" <UNfitcat(a)UNoptonline.net> wrote: >Altho, I think UseNet and all this online chat stuff has ushered in a new >kind of split personality syndrome, where people's online behavior often >appears quite different from their real-life social interactions. He's much nicer online I gather. Plus he can use his spelling checker & copy ads .... But he still cannot drill holes <snicker>. Truck driver. -- Cliff |