Re: My last word on building computers!

2016-01-15 Thread Jon Elson
On 01/15/2016 11:25 PM, Fred Cisin wrote: A guy in France built a 1/3 scale Ferarri roadster. He made EVERYTHING himself. Dashboard instruments, tires, ignition coils and spark plugs, and on and on. I saw it at the NAMES show in 2004, I think. Totally awesome. And, it took him 12 years!

Re: My last word on building computers!

2016-01-15 Thread Jon Elson
On 01/15/2016 09:44 PM, ben wrote: On 1/15/2016 6:59 PM, Jon Elson wrote: A guy in France built a 1/3 scale Ferarri roadster. He made EVERYTHING himself. Dashboard instruments, tires, ignition coils and spark plugs, and on and on. I saw it at the NAMES show in 2004, I think. Totally aweso

Re: My last word on building computers!

2016-01-15 Thread Fred Cisin
A guy in France built a 1/3 scale Ferarri roadster. He made EVERYTHING himself. Dashboard instruments, tires, ignition coils and spark plugs, and on and on. I saw it at the NAMES show in 2004, I think. Totally awesome. And, it took him 12 years! On Fri, 15 Jan 2016, ben wrote: Smaller cars

Re: My last word on building computers!

2016-01-15 Thread ben
On 1/15/2016 6:59 PM, Jon Elson wrote: A guy in France built a 1/3 scale Ferarri roadster. He made EVERYTHING himself. Dashboard instruments, tires, ignition coils and spark plugs, and on and on. I saw it at the NAMES show in 2004, I think. Totally awesome. And, it took him 12 years! Smal

Re: My last word on building computers!

2016-01-15 Thread Jon Elson
On 01/15/2016 12:33 PM, Murray McCullough wrote: I’m not sure to what degree one can/wish to build there own car. If one puts their mind to it; then anything is possible. I’m sure this applies only to die-hard builders and not representative of the ‘average’ guy/gal. A guy in France built a 1/3 s

Re: My last word on building computers!

2016-01-15 Thread Brent Hilpert
On 2016-Jan-15, at 10:33 AM, Murray McCullough wrote: > ... > My friend’s grandson, > he’s 7, told me the computer is a tool for getting ahead not for > looking back. Yikes! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PF7EpEnglgk "Where's the mouse?" "Error? This computer IS an error" "That was, li

Re: My last word on building computers!

2016-01-15 Thread Paul Koning
> On Jan 15, 2016, at 1:56 PM, Ian S. King wrote: > > A number of years ago, I read an interesting book titled "Buehler's > Backyard Boatbuilding". In the front matter, the author decried the > decrease in DIY, whether that was fixing your own car or (his topic) > building your own boat. For t

Re: My last word on building computers!

2016-01-15 Thread Ian S. King
A number of years ago, I read an interesting book titled "Buehler's Backyard Boatbuilding". In the front matter, the author decried the decrease in DIY, whether that was fixing your own car or (his topic) building your own boat. For the author, it was a clear sign of the intellectual apocalypse.

My last word on building computers!

2016-01-15 Thread Murray McCullough
I’m not sure to what degree one can/wish to build there own car. If one puts their mind to it; then anything is possible. I’m sure this applies only to die-hard builders and not representative of the ‘average’ guy/gal. One, and I may be stereotyping here, does not have the time to build much of any