On 10/19/2012 02:31 AM, Bruce Layne wrote: > On 10/18/2012 10:28 PM, Jon Elson wrote: >> jeremy youngs wrote: >>> so make the file yourself >>> >> No, that's the idea. Unless the file has some kind of encrypted code >> authorized by the manufacturer of the printer in collaboration with the CAM >> system, the >> printer will refuse to print it. > So make THE PRINTER yourself! > > Like Jeremy, I'm trying to stay out of the politics of this, too, but > this is one of the times when it's helpful to view humanity as roughly > divided into two distinct groups - those who want to control others, and > those who want to be left alone to build, create, work and accomplish. > Those who seek to control others do so in order to prosper from their > creativity, harnessed intellect and hard work. I further subdivide the > control people into two groups - those who want direct control (mostly > government types) and those who empower the direct controllers and live > off their table scraps (monopolies, patent hoarders, corporations that > aren't competitive in a free market but make a lot more money by > corrupting government, etc.)
No, there are 3 distinct groups of people in this world... There are those that want to be told what to do, so that they don't have to make decisions for themselves. This group is the worst group of all, because they will go along with whatever is popular at the moment. it is my belief that the bulk of the people on this list would fall into the second group. All you have to do is look at the links attached to my tagline to see what I've given back to the "community at large" recently. As long as the G keeps their nose out of my business, I'm happy. I just hope that printing, and CNC'ing doesn't get saddled with restrictions on their usage. This patent only shows what lengths people are willing to go to, to find ways to restrict what this community does everyday. I'm not a purist, I believe in the best tool for the job, even if I have to make it. I don't use Linux, or LinuxCNC, because they are free... I use them because I'm free to do what "I" want to do with them. When I upgraded my laptop from 10.04, to 12.04, I got a very big surprise. but that didn't stop me from ripping unity out, and installing mate. -- MC Cason Eagle3D: http://www.matwei.de/doku.php?id=en:eagle3d:eagle3d http://developer.berlios.de/projects/eagle3d/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/46689581@N03/sets/72157631724417372/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_sfd2d_oct _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
