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A polite observation.
You can have any piece of equipment, but unless you have the nuts to
rip it apart with your bear hands and figure out how it works you don't have jack for understanding. -- Reality-Is finding that perfect picture and never looking back. www.gregblankphoto.com |
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A polite observation.
How about a screwdriver?
"Greg "_"" wrote in message ... You can have any piece of equipment, but unless you have the nuts to rip it apart with your bear hands and figure out how it works you don't have jack for understanding. -- Reality-Is finding that perfect picture and never looking back. www.gregblankphoto.com |
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A polite observation.
In article , Greg
\"_\ wrote: You can have any piece of equipment, but unless you have the nuts to rip it apart with your bear hands and figure out how it works you don't have jack for understanding. The way my father used to put it: "Until you've had it apart at least once, you don't own a machine - it owns you." |
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A polite observation.
You can have any piece of equipment, but unless you have the nuts to rip it apart with your bear hands and figure out how it works you don't have jack for understanding. My microprocessor has 153 million transistors. It is not possible to "rip it apart", but I can assure you I know more than jack about computer architecture. |
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A polite observation.
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Mike wrote: You can have any piece of equipment, but unless you have the nuts to rip it apart with your bear hands and figure out how it works you don't have jack for understanding. My microprocessor has 153 million transistors. It is not possible to "rip it apart", Send it to me I'll be more than happy to rip it apart @ N/C. but I can assure you I know more than jack about computer architecture. Glad to hear it. -- Reality-Is finding that perfect picture and never looking back. www.gregblankphoto.com |
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A polite observation.
On Mon, 17 Jul 2006 22:11:35 -0400, "Greg \"_\""
wrote: You can have any piece of equipment, but unless you have the nuts to rip it apart with your bear hands and figure out how it works you don't have jack for understanding. -- Speaking from a recent experience ? == John S. Douglas Photographer & Webmaster Legacy-photo.com - Xs750.net |
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A polite observation.
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John wrote: On Mon, 17 Jul 2006 22:11:35 -0400, "Greg \"_\"" wrote: You can have any piece of equipment, but unless you have the nuts to rip it apart with your bear hands and figure out how it works you don't have jack for understanding. -- Speaking from a recent experience ? == John S. Douglas Photographer & Webmaster Legacy-photo.com - Xs750.net Yes I have begun stripping down a used ATL 3 I got for peanuts. It was in full working order but heavily corroded and caked with chemistry. Ultimately because of where I now work, I may be able to refurbish it completely. -- Reality-Is finding that perfect picture and never looking back. www.gregblankphoto.com |
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A polite observation.
"Greg "_"" wrote in message
... You can have any piece of equipment, but unless you have the nuts to rip it apart with your bear hands and figure out how it works you don't have jack for understanding. I have this mental picture of you sitting on a couch with bits and pieces of a camera all over your lap, a case of empty beer cans littering the floor, typing away. You WILL wake up tomorrow, probably with microscrews embedded in your flesh. |
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A polite observation.
"Greg "_"" wrote
Ultimately because of where I now work, I may be able to refurbish it completely. Recycle center? |
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A polite observation.
On Sat, 29 Jul 2006 10:01:47 -0500, "j" wrote:
"Greg "_"" wrote in message ... You can have any piece of equipment, but unless you have the nuts to rip it apart with your bear hands and figure out how it works you don't have jack for understanding. I have this mental picture of you sitting on a couch with bits and pieces of a camera all over your lap, a case of empty beer cans littering the floor, typing away. You WILL wake up tomorrow, probably with microscrews embedded in your flesh. How Borg-ish ! == John S. Douglas Photographer & Webmaster Legacy-photo.com - Xs750.net |
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