Very cool! N. Christopher Perry
On Jun 12, 2013, at 17:50, Sven Wesley <svenne.d...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2013/6/12 Matt Shaver <m...@mattshaver.com>: >> On Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:17:05 +0200 >> Sven Wesley <svenne.d...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> ...and why isn't it promoted at http://linuxcnc.org? >> >> Mostly because we're a bunch of knuckleheads. Is this you? >> https://www.facebook.com/sven.wesley I ask because if it is, you >> probably don't live in the US (if you're wondering, it was the >> diacritical marks that gave you away). >> >> Anyway, Wichita, Kansas is where Stuart Stevenson has his airplane >> parts making shop. Every once in a while he (and Roland Friestad >> in Galesburg, Illinois before him) has a get together of the linuxcnc >> developers. It's hard to recommend that someone attend these meetings >> unless they are a hard core linuxcnc enthusiast. If you've never >> been to one, whatever you imagine these meetings to be like is probably >> wrong. Let's just say they are a rather singular experience, kind of >> like Burning Man but a lot smaller and without girls. >> >> Anyway, if I have the right Sven Wesley, you seem to be one of those >> X-Games/Extreme Sports guys so I can't rule out the possibility that >> you might own an airplane. If so, and you decide to show up, call me on >> my cell at (443)789-4628 and I'll get you picked up from the airport >> (ICT). If you come, I'll buy you a steak dinner (apologies if you're >> vegan). >> >> Thanks, >> Matt > > > Yes, that's me. And it's not very difficult to find me, with or > without diacrit's (NSA; is it good or bad from a terrorist point of > view to have a 1 in a 9-billion unique name?). > > This is more or less the only communication channel I'm using for > LinuxCNC. As I see it it's kinda sad that here is a large open > community but the core(?) developers get together without anyone > outside the developer's list knowing about it. I would say I'm very > pro LinuxCNC and even though I don't have time to code anything right > now because of other software projects it might be possible that I > chime in somewhere in the future. And with that said, I think more > people like me would involve themselves in the project if we could at > least get a glance what's happening. Don't get me wrong here, you all > do a terrific job, my machines runs daily thanks to your work and of > course you should meat up and have a bear or two. Carrots aren't for > pilots. > > On the other hand (I have expressed the same opinion before) I think > there are too many communication channels for this project. Several > mailing list, IRC, forum here forum there, wiki documents everywhere. > I could have missed it, there probably was a note somewhere (several > people do know about it for sure) but I couldn't find a reference what > it is all about. > > Where I live, companies can clear out VAT against investments. I have > too much VAT generated by sales right now and a business trip to the > states could easily been covered by the firm. You never now, next time > I might show up. If I know about it. > > BTW, I do have a license. But I prefer it engineless. ;) > http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=J3NyptGJzLo#t=159s > And my carrot soup is kicking. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: > > Build for Windows Store. > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
