On 13 Jan 2005 22:00:48 -0500,
lid (dwright) vaguely
proposed a theory
.......and in reply I say!:

remove ns from my header address to reply via email
I have no idea how diy came up with that address for me. I didn't
type it anywhere when signing up. It's just designstrategies.net.

Well it sounds as if somebody cares about your bum for you. Anti-spam
addresses on the newsgroup are very common, to stop....well...spammers
G. Hence my little request to remove ns when replying by email.

You've got a good hunch there. They had to include a bypass mode, and
I wouldn't be surprised if the first person who gets bitten while
using that mode sues SawStop claiming that they weren't running in
bypass.

I have discussed the technology and the resulting saw's engineering at
length with Steve Gass, as part of deciding whether or not to get one
so early, but didn't get around to asking if the cartridge holds a
record of operating patterns. It tells you if contact is sensed
while in Bypass...would be trivial for it to record that info.

I remain neutral about SawStop. Which to say against, really, as I
have not bought one G. But this one seems to be for _their_
protection.


Most of the saw's smarts are in the cartridge. That make upgrades
easier. If you happen to have endured reading my review you might
have noticed that my saw received such an upgrade after I noticed an
operational irregularity. At some point someone's got to try hacking
the cartridge.