begin quoting Bob La Quey as of Wed, Oct 25, 2006 at 10:33:43AM -0700: > On 10/25/06, Andrew Lentvorski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >Personally, I would argue against 2 even for partitioning. It doesn't > >have enough extra factors. 10 isn't bad (you get 2 and 5). 12 would be > >better (2,3,4 and 6). > > I do a lot of physical construction, wood butchery, boats, > sheds, etc. Mostly crude. It is far easier to put a nail or > screw in the middle of a panel, then another in the middle > of the halves, etc. then to futz with a ruler ... etc.
One can do a pretty good job estimating thirds, too. > There is huge amout of work where excess precison is just > a waste of time. But then I am not and have no desire to > be a craftsman. My grandfather was a surperb woodworker, I'm told. He did a lot of things "by eye". Or with bits of string. > "Worse is better." "Imperfections are part of the charm" -- _ |\_ \| -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
