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Bret Cahill
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 Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 5:25 am Post subject: A Mid Summer>s Contraption Invention Convention |
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As fun as the Woody Allen movie.
Bret Cahill
"The indescrible joy of creation."
-- Steinbeck |
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Immortalist
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| Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 5:36 am Post subject: Re: A Mid Summer>s Contraption Invention Convention |
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On Jul 29, 10:25 pm, Bret Cahill <BretCah...@aol.com> wrote:
[quote]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 |
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| Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 5:58 am Post subject: Re: A Mid Summer>s Contraption Invention Convention |
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On Jul 29, 10:25 pm, Bret Cahill <BretCah...@aol.com> wrote:
[quote]As fun as the Woody Allen movie.
Bret Cahill
"The indescrible joy of creation."
-- Steinbeck
[/quote]
Been dipping into the ketamine again? |
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Paul E. Schoen
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| Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 7:02 am Post subject: Re: A Mid Summer>s Contraption Invention Convention |
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"Bret Cahill" <BretCahill@aol.com> wrote in message
news:843088d9-f681-4925-8b4c-8711583cb65e@n33g2000pri.googlegroups.com...
[quote]As fun as the Woody Allen movie.
Bret Cahill
"The indescribable joy of cremation."
-- A careless high voltage experimenter
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IFYPFY
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Bret Cahill
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| Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 3:27 pm Post subject: Re: A Mid Summer>s Contraption Invention Convention |
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[quote]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?
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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 |
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Bret Cahill
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| Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 4:38 pm Post subject: Re: A Mid Summer>s Contraption Invention Convention |
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[quote]Literary and artistic creation are easier than engineering creation.
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Cite?
Show your calculations.
Huge |
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Bret Cahill
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| Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 4:39 pm Post subject: Re: A Mid Summer>s Contraption Invention Convention |
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[quote]Wow!
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Cite?
Huge.
Show your calculations |
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John Larkin
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| Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 8:33 pm Post subject: Re: A Mid Summer>s Contraption Invention Convention |
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On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:25:46 -0700 (PDT), Bret Cahill
<BretCahill@aol.com> wrote:
[quote]As fun as the Woody Allen movie.
Bret Cahill
"The indescrible joy of creation."
-- Steinbeck
[/quote]
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 |
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John Fields
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| Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 9:10 pm Post subject: Re: A Mid Summer>s Contraption Invention Convention |
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On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 08:27:55 -0700 (PDT), Bret Cahill
<BretCahill@aol.com> wrote:
[quote]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.
[/quote]
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Wow!
Then a mousetrap must really boggle your mind and leave you dazed and
confused.
JF |
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John Larkin
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| Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 1:45 am Post subject: Re: A Mid Summer>s Contraption Invention Convention |
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On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:38:38 -0700 (PDT), Bret Cahill
<BretCahill@aol.com> wrote:
[quote]
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 |
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Bret Cahill
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| Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 3:47 am Post subject: Re: A Mid Summer>s Contraption Invention Convention |
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[quote]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.
[/quote]
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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John Fields
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| Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 4:08 pm Post subject: Re: A Mid Summer>s Contraption Invention Convention |
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On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:47:38 -0700 (PDT), Bret Cahill
<BretCahill@aol.com> wrote:
[quote]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.
[/quote]
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I find it mildly amusing that you follow that course with such wild
abandon.
JF |
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| Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 5:13 pm Post subject: Re: A Mid Summer>s Contraption Invention Convention |
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[quote]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.
[/quote]
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?
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| Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 5:16 pm Post subject: Re: A Mid Summer>s Contraption Invention Convention |
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On Jul 31, 7:05�am, "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terr...@earthlink.net>
wrote:
[quote]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.
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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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Michael A. Terrell
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| Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 7:05 pm Post subject: Re: A Mid Summer>s Contraption Invention Convention |
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John Fields wrote:
[quote]
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
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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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