Or maybe, the sort of man who rides a bird, casts no shadow ....
On Dec 3, 10:56 am, Hairless_ape <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I can tell it's a fake: Look at the birds shadow! The man riding it
> casts no shadow!!!!
>
> On Dec 3, 7:16 am, "Amarjeet Singh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> >http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3145/3072952565_68a28ba7bf_o.jpg
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> > Regards
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> > On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 10:55 AM, Joshua Marinacci <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > > I suddenly had a vision of a crane (the bird kind, not the
> > > construction kind) in flight with a gigantic jet turbine strapped to
> > > it's back. :)
> > > On Dec 2, 2008, at 11:19 PM, Christian Catchpole wrote:
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> > > > Yeah. I want to get a crane and put a turbine on it... That would be
> > > > cool.
>
> > > > On Dec 3, 3:01 pm, Joshua Marinacci <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > >> On Dec 2, 2008, at 7:33 PM, Alexey Zinger wrote:
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> > > >>> There was a discussion about predictability of custom design vs mass
> > > >>> production. Yes, a lot of software developers work on highly
> > > >>> customized solutions. But why would it be any other way? Software
> > > >>> development is by definition writing new software. And most of the
> > > >>> clients that can afford a significant amount of good developers'
> > > >>> time are in enterprise space. So a lot of us are working on custom
> > > >>> solutions for big players and in our spare time we play with
> > > >>> projects near and dear to our heart. While many of us are keen on
> > > >>> writing software for fun as well as work, no one in their right mind
> > > >>> would sit down and write a custom web browser for their relatives;
> > > >>> rather, we tell them to go download Firefox.
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> > > >>> I see this is as being no different than what you see with, let's
> > > >>> say, mechanical engineering. Highly customized solutions exist and
> > > >>> are in demand, just not by your average person, who is content with
> > > >>> going to a store and buying a mass-produced solution (car, drill,
> > > >>> vacuum cleaner), whereas enterprise customers usually work closely
> > > >>> with R&D and get that turbine or plane or crane designed and
> > > >>> manufactured to their specifications. It's just that most of us not
> > > >>> working in those industries, we're not as aware of that type of
> > > >>> work. And when those people go home, a lot of them devote their
> > > >>> time and expertise to "fun" projects.
>
> > > >> So do they work on open source cranes and turbines at home? That
> > > >> would
> > > >> be pretty damn cool!
> > > >> -j
>
> > > >>> Alexey
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> > Amarjeet Singh
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