Cliff wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:47:19 -0500, Steve Mackay
<steve_mackay@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> wrote:
>
>> Your jokes are NEARLY as old
>
> When it's funny ...
>
>> as your jurassic cad/cam knowledge.
>
> Knowing what the stuff does (& how) & what it's for
> helps a bit now & then <G>.
>
> The latest & greatest in glossy ads may not always result in
> much in the way of really new end functionality nor, I suspect,
> do you get better G01s & G02s with deca-quadruple cores , 200 GB & a
> 500 gigahertz clock speed on a 1024 bit machine.
Yeah, that couldn't be why we've gotten much faster at what we've done
in the past couple of decades, now could it?
Maybe just getting rid of worthless, know it alls, who like to just
point the finger of blame to others, helped. But I'm sure the software
ease of use has dramatically increased productivity.
>
> No matter what jb (or you?) sez about how antique developable
> & non-developable surfaces are. Or NURBS or kernels or trig or
> basic shop math or reading docs, instructions & manuals, etc.
Yup, stick your fingers in your ears, and your hands over your eyes, and
keep thinking you're actually knowledgeable on the subject of cad/cam.
|
