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Message #06883
To: "'beam@sgiblab.sgi.com'" beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Wilf Rigter Wilf.Rigter@powertech.bc.ca
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 18:27:19 -0700
Subject: [alt-beam] Let Dreaming Bedbugs lie (Was: Ever the wet blanket (Was: I am a
Dreamers often lie while they do dream things come true.
Wilf Rigter mailto:wilf.rigter@powertech.bc.ca
tel: (604)590-7493
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: John A. deVries II [SMTP:zozzles@lanl.gov]
> Sent: Monday, October 18, 1999 1:19 PM
> To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
> Subject: Ever the wet blanket (Was: I am a dreamer (WAS: Radio
> Communications))
>
> At 07:21 AM 10/18/99 , Arno Jansen wrote:
> >Hmmm, I keep dreaming about communicating scrapbugs.
>
> From Romeo and Juliet:
>
> >ROMEO: I dream'd a dream to-night.
> >MERCUTIO: And so did I.
> >ROMEO: Well, what was yours?
> >MERCUTIO: That dreamers often lie.
> >ROMEO: In bed asleep while they do dream things true.
>
> It is really tough to decide with dreams, isn't it? Still, I've got to
> ask
> the questions:
>
> (1) if the scrapbugs ('bots) are communicating, WHAT are they
> communicating? Emotion? Location? Power level? Existence?
>
> (2) if you know WHAT they are communicating, how does it make that 'bot
> different (on an evolutionary basis) from the same 'bot that doesn't have
> the ability? Of what VALUE is it to the robot? In the last analysis, of
> what value is the ability to YOU once you've "tamed" such a 'bot? Is it
> merely cool or is it cool and makes a difference as well?
>
>
> Curmudgeonly,
>
> Zoz
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> John A. deVries II
> zozzles@lanl.gov
6884 Mon, 18 Oct 1999 18:41:34 -0600 [alt-beam] Re: PCB etching beam@sgiblab.sgi.com Senior They work pretty well if you turn the contrast and darkness all the way
up so it puts as much toner on the transperancy as possible. Usually you
ahve to do some touch up with a pen after you've ironed it onto the
board, but it's cheep!!!
Kyle
Sathe Dilip wrote:
>
> Make that transfer sheets. I do not think ordinary transparency sheets
> (like the ones used for overhead projection) can do the job.
>
> Dilip
>
> Richard Caudle wrote:
> >
> > You need to have some transperancy sheets. Copy your artwork(using a
> > copier) and iron on your design. Tricky work, this!
> >
> > Richard
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> SNIP
> --
> Pl. remove *s from the e-mail address to reply
6885 Mon, 18 Oct 1999 20:55:24 -0500 [alt-beam] Re: Stupid mistake [NON BEAM we probably need to start a new gory stories newsgroup] cbrenizer | while helping the soon-to-be-ex-brother-in-law build his house. the
| pneumatic nailer with a faulty safety on the tip, mis-fired, sending a 16
| penny nail along the edge of the 2x4 i was holding. it pierced and pinned
| the last three fingers on my right hand together.
|
I've had the distinct pleasure of dealing with a couple of these injuries,
but my favorite nailer story is not one that I actually witnessed, thank
Goodness.
A fellow who built my deck for me (good carpenter) once mis-fired the nailer
into his kneecap, nailing it to the tibia. All of a sudden couldn't
straighten out his leg! :-(
BTW, I would recommend against just yanking the nail out of a finger, you
could pull out some tendon, nerve or bone with the nail, depending on its
exact path on the way in.
Great tool, pneumatic-nailer. But Nasty, too; NOT for amateurs, IMHO.
jlz, MD
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