On Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:00:12 -0700, the infamous Winston
scrawled the following:

Larry Jaques was heard from the next city to say:
On Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:48:30 -0700, the infamous Winston
scrawled the following:

(...)

That's amazing, Winston.

Don't get me wrong. They guy is definitely smarter than I am, ...


I agree. (You don't wanna know with which parts.

Did I ever claim to be the sharpest knife in the drawer?



To your credit, no.


Uh, I _knew_ that much.


Do you have a license for Advanced Lexicogrification or is it
just a hobby?

I have a poetic license which I waft around on occasion. Otherwise,
it's purely hobbitical. /waft


I unscrewed the pad from the top and welded on a piston extension to
drive the table mechanism. I made a connecting rod to couple a gear motor
to the master cylinder.


_That_ is what I referred to as a rotary-to-linear pump adaptor, sir.

Ah. Indeed. Right you are!

"Oh, is _that_ what I'd made?" cooed Winnie.


See, after I was happy with the design, I
grabbed each of the pieces and made G-Code files. The mill made all
the parts and I welded them up.


"Wow!" he said, bowing to the man with a CNC mill.

It's *real* casual. RT Linux driving a Xylotex card.
http://www.linuxcnc.org/

I love EMC!

E=MC(squared). It's the law. (Ask Uncle Al) Oh, sorry. You're
talking about acronymical software. My bad.


Ah, another satisfied customer. Oh, what do upgrades cost, or is it
one of the fantastic free-upgrade programs? I love those.

Upgrades are not free. But they are very reasonably priced, given the
added functionality. In 6.5 years, I've upgraded once and was delighted
with the increased functionality.


"Reasonably priced" from the man who thinks $1k is lunch money.
shrug

It was about 300 as I recall. Worth every penny!

That's not too bad, but still... So, what upgrades/fixes did you get
for that fee?


See, I played with Red Hat Linux for a few years, too.
I got *real tired* of sending them $170 every few months for support.

Grok that, in spades. Is that where you got the "the first taste is
free" leader?


I love Rhino. (D'oH!)

We'll all send cards on your anniversary.

Carry on!

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