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Bret Cahill

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As fun as the Woody Allen movie.


Bret Cahill


"The indescrible joy of creation."

-- Steinbeck
 
On Jul 29, 10:25 pm, Bret Cahill <BretCah...@aol.com> wrote:
As fun as the Woody Allen movie.

Bret Cahill

"The indescrible joy of creation."

-- Steinbeck
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Do you have any links to whatever your talking about, or maybe a
little more of a description?

Nick Bottom, a stage-struck weaver, is spotted by Puck, who transforms
his head into that of an ass (donkey).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Midsummer_Night's_Dream#Synopsis
 
On Jul 29, 10:25 pm, Bret Cahill <BretCah...@aol.com> wrote:
As fun as the Woody Allen movie.

Bret Cahill

"The indescrible joy of creation."

-- Steinbeck
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Been dipping into the ketamine again?
 
On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:25:46 -0700 (PDT), Bret Cahill
<BretCahill@aol.com> wrote:

As fun as the Woody Allen movie.


Bret Cahill


"The indescrible joy of creation."

-- Steinbeck
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Literary and artistic creation are easier than engineering creation.

Engineering design requires not only a *lot* of radical ideas, but the
ability to evaluate the quantitative features and prectical/economical
virtues of each; that a mighty sifting process. Then it requires the
engineering skill to implement the best idea.

And almost all the low-hanging fruit has been picked, by hundreds of
years of amateur and professional thinkers.

About the worst thing you can do here is fixate on a single idea in
fields where you have little experience or talent. The opposite is
more likely to work: brainstorm a lot of ideas about things you can
actually understand.

John
 
On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 08:27:55 -0700 (PDT), Bret Cahill
<BretCahill@aol.com> wrote:

As fun as the Woody Allen movie.

Bret Cahill

"The indescrible joy of creation."

-- Steinbeck

Do you have any links to whatever your talking about, or maybe a
little more of a description?

Not unless you can download the Allen movie and _East of Eden_.

The movie came flooding back with the electric tractor discussion.

There's just something about kinematics in the summer on a farm that
attracts / distracts guys like nothing else. That explains why there
are so many funky looking farm impliments.

Writers and women chuckle at it. Small children love it.

What's even funnier is a lot of contraptions are still in use and seem
to work reliably.

I may suffer from this tendency more than anyone. Even a gate latch
will sear itself in my mind more than any text or face or music.
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Wow!

Then a mousetrap must really boggle your mind and leave you dazed and
confused.

JF
 
As fun as the Woody Allen movie.

Bret Cahill

"The indescrible joy of creation."

-- Steinbeck

Do you have any links to whatever your talking about, or maybe a
little more of a description?
Click to expand...
Not unless you can download the Allen movie and _East of Eden_.

The movie came flooding back with the electric tractor discussion.

There's just something about kinematics in the summer on a farm that
attracts / distracts guys like nothing else. That explains why there
are so many funky looking farm impliments.

Writers and women chuckle at it. Small children love it.

What's even funnier is a lot of contraptions are still in use and seem
to work reliably.

I may suffer from this tendency more than anyone. Even a gate latch
will sear itself in my mind more than any text or face or music.


Bret Cahill
 
On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:38:38 -0700 (PDT), Bret Cahill
<BretCahill@aol.com> wrote:

Literary and artistic creation are easier than engineering creation.

Cite?

Show your calculations.
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I suppose that would mean releasing my tax returns, alongside the tax
returns of a bunch of artists.

John
 
Literary and artistic creation are easier than engineering creation.

Cite?

Show your calculations.

I suppose that would mean releasing my tax returns, alongside the tax
returns of a bunch of artists.
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We all already know you make as much as a rock star.

When are you going to take your moronic ass over to another thread?

I'm bored watching you make a fool of yourself.
 
On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:47:38 -0700 (PDT), Bret Cahill
<BretCahill@aol.com> wrote:

Literary and artistic creation are easier than engineering creation.

Cite?

Show your calculations.

I suppose that would mean releasing my tax returns, alongside the tax
returns of a bunch of artists.

We all already know you make as much as a rock star.

When are you going to take your moronic ass over to another thread?

I'm bored watching you make a fool of yourself.
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I find it mildly amusing that you follow that course with such wild
abandon.


JF
 
John Fields wrote:
On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:47:38 -0700 (PDT), Bret Cahill
BretCahill@aol.com> wrote:

Literary and artistic creation are easier than engineering creation.

Cite?

Show your calculations.

I suppose that would mean releasing my tax returns, alongside the tax
returns of a bunch of artists.

We all already know you make as much as a rock star.

When are you going to take your moronic ass over to another thread?

I'm bored watching you make a fool of yourself.

---
I find it mildly amusing that you follow that course with such wild
abandon.

JF
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What else is he going to do? Build a web page? O wait! He already
spent six seconds on that joke website! I guess he has absolutely
nothing else to do, but play the plonked fool.


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If you have broadband, your ISP may have a NNTP news server included in
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Sporadic E is the Earth's aluminum foil beanie for the 'global warming'
sheep.
 
On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:13:54 -0700 (PDT), BretCahill@peoplepc.com
wrote:

Literary and artistic creation are easier than engineering creation.

Cite?

Show your calculations.

I suppose that would mean releasing my tax returns, alongside the tax
returns of a bunch of artists.

We all already know you make as much as a rock star.

When are you going to take your moronic ass over to another thread?

I'm bored watching you make a fool of yourself.

---
I find it mildly amusing that you follow that course with such wild
abandon.

Nut jobs find all kind kinds of stuff amusing.

When was the last time you commented on a tech issue?
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Yesterday, but why would you care since you wouldn't have understood
what was being discussed, anyway?

But here, if you want to play, what's this: (View in Courier)

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| | | | | |
| | | [10k] |K | O------C
[47k] [30k] | | [CR1] [COIL]- - -|
| | +---|--[1M]--+ | | O--> |<--O--NC
| | | | | +-----+ |
| | | | | | +-----------NO
+---+---------+--|+\ | D
| | | | >------+--+-----G 2N7000
[RTH] | [10k]<--+--|-/ U1A | S
| | | | | LM393 | |
+---+ | | | | |K |
| | | | | | [Z15V] +---|+\
| [39k] | [30k][0.1ľF]| | | | >
| | | | | | | +---|-/ U1B
[0.1ľF]|[0.1ľF]| | | | |
| | | | | | | |
GND>--+---+---+---+-----+---+-----------+-------+


JF
 
Literary and artistic creation are easier than engineering creation.

Cite?

Show your calculations.

I suppose that would mean releasing my tax returns, alongside the tax
returns of a bunch of artists.

We all already know you make as much as a rock star.

When are you going to take your moronic ass over to another thread?

I'm bored watching you make a fool of yourself.

---
I find it mildly amusing that you follow that course with such wild
abandon.
Click to expand...
Nut jobs find all kind kinds of stuff amusing.

When was the last time you commented on a tech issue?

Or are you afraid you'll make a fool of yourself?


Bret Cahill
 
On Jul 31, 7:05�am, "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terr...@earthlink.net>
wrote:
John Fields wrote:

On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:47:38 -0700 (PDT), Bret Cahill
BretCah...@aol.com> wrote:

Literary and artistic creation are easier than engineering creation.

Cite?

Show your calculations.

I suppose that would mean releasing my tax returns, alongside the tax
returns of a bunch of artists.

We all already know you make as much as a rock star.

When are you going to take your moronic ass over to another thread?

I'm bored watching you make a fool of yourself.

---
I find it mildly amusing that you follow that course with such wild
abandon.

JF

� �What else is he going to do?
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Well we know _you_ aren't going to do anything except dodge a
question:

Why are you clicking on posts you know will waste your time?


Bret Cahill
 
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