.... out of concrete.

Video:

http://www.foxbusiness.com/on-air/varney-co/index.html#/v/3113495827001

On 01/27/2014 04:35 PM, Oren wrote:
... out of concrete.

Video:

http://www.foxbusiness.com/on-air/varney-co/index.html#/v/3113495827001




Even though the refill cartridges are cement-filled rather than ink...
they are /really/ expensive!


Also: There are no XP drivers for the printer.

On 1/27/2014 4:35 PM, Oren wrote:
.... out of concrete.

Video:

http://www.foxbusiness.com/on-air/varney-co/index.html#/v/3113495827001


That's pretty cool.

On Mon, 27 Jan 2014 16:47:51 -0600, philo* wrote:

On 01/27/2014 04:35 PM, Oren wrote:
... out of concrete.

Video:

http://www.foxbusiness.com/on-air/varney-co/index.html#/v/3113495827001

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Even though the refill cartridges are cement-filled rather than ink...
they are /really/ expensive!


Not unless the mix expires before the pour.

Also: There are no XP drivers for the printer.

This is why one should ask a 12 -year-old to write the driver code.

On 01/27/2014 06:59 PM, Oren wrote:

Not unless the mix expires before the pour.

Also: There are no XP drivers for the printer.

This is why one should ask a 12 -year-old to write the driver code.



I have a friend who knows how to write drivers, he used to work for HP.

Of course he would have to get paid.

philo* posted for all of us...

And I know how to SNIP


On 01/27/2014 04:35 PM, Oren wrote:
... out of concrete.

Video:

http://www.foxbusiness.com/on-air/varney-co/index.html#/v/3113495827001




Even though the refill cartridges are cement-filled rather than ink...
they are /really/ expensive!


Also: There are no XP drivers for the printer.

Are they available at Walgreen's?

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Tekkie

"Oren" wrote in message ...
On Mon, 27 Jan 2014 16:47:51 -0600, philo wrote:

On 01/27/2014 04:35 PM, Oren wrote:
... out of concrete.

Video:

http://www.foxbusiness.com/on-air/varney-co/index.html#/v/3113495827001

[blank lines cut]

Even though the refill cartridges are cement-filled rather than ink...
they are /really/ expensive!


Not unless the mix expires before the pour.

Also: There are no XP drivers for the printer.

This is why one should ask a 12 -year-old to write the driver code.

3D printer stuff, robotics, etc., are fascinating, but I just think about that SF plane crash where the pilots relied on the automation and robotics. Or the big BP refinery explosion and fire in Texas City a few years ago, where the operators relied on the automation controls. Or the runaway Camry crashes because of faulty automatic controls.

Our wonderful media likes all this "new" stuff. They should spend some time promoting the need for educating and training young folks and retraining out-of-work folks. Learning to read and do basic math so that people can get a good job, support their families and pay taxes is more important than robotics, private space travel, poorly thought-out solar energy projects and self-parking cars.

On 01/27/2014 07:21 PM, Guv Bob wrote:
"Xe.

3D printer stuff, robotics, etc., are fascinating, but I just think about that SF plane crash where the pilots relied on the automation and robotics. Or the big BP refinery explosion and fire in Texas City a few years ago, where the operators relied on the automation controls. Or the runaway Camry crashes because of faulty automatic controls.

Our wonderful media likes all this "new" stuff. They should spend some time promoting the need for educating and training young folks and retraining out-of-work folks. Learning to read and do basic math so that people can get a good job, support their families and pay taxes is more important than robotics, private space travel, poorly thought-out solar energy projects and self-parking cars.




Where I worked...
one of the guys could not do even the most basic arithmetic without a
calculator.

Another guy could not recite the letters of the alphabet.


They were both high school graduates.


I could not have even made it to 3rd grade without knowing that stuff.

Really sad.

On Mon, 27 Jan 2014 16:47:51 -0600, philo* wrote:

On 01/27/2014 04:35 PM, Oren wrote:
... out of concrete.

Video:

http://www.foxbusiness.com/on-air/varney-co/index.html#/v/3113495827001




Even though the refill cartridges are cement-filled rather than ink...
they are /really/ expensive!

The shelf life isn't very long, either.


Also: There are no XP drivers for the printer.

On 01/27/2014 07:19 PM, Tekkie® wrote:
X
Even though the refill cartridges are cement-filled rather than ink...
they are /really/ expensive!


Also: There are no XP drivers for the printer.

Are they available at Walgreen's?




I would not doubt it.

On 01/27/2014 08:10 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 27 Jan 2014 16:47:51 -0600, philo wrote:

On 01/27/2014 04:35 PM, Oren wrote:
... out of concrete.

Video:

http://www.foxbusiness.com/on-air/varney-co/index.html#/v/3113495827001




Even though the refill cartridges are cement-filled rather than ink...
they are /really/ expensive!

The shelf life isn't very long, either.

X


That's /literally/ true.

Though the cement cartridges can be stored for a long time ...
the /shelves/ soon break down from holding those 20 ton refills!

A very short shelf life indeed.


BTW: Best to ask them to double-bag.

On Mon, 27 Jan 2014 19:37:40 -0600, philo* wrote:

Our wonderful media likes all this "new" stuff. They should spend some time promoting the need for educating and training young folks and retraining out-of-work folks. Learning to read and do basic math so that people can get a good job, support their families and pay taxes is more important than robotics, private space travel, poorly thought-out solar energy projects and self-parking cars.




Where I worked...
one of the guys could not do even the most basic arithmetic without a
calculator.

Another guy could not recite the letters of the alphabet.


They were both high school graduates.


I could not have even made it to 3rd grade without knowing that stuff.

Really sad.

Oh be nice. Where I once worked you only had to count to 100. Then
you could start over. Those that could not, were given 100 rocks in
one pocket, told, every time he sees a convict - move a rock to the
other pocket. We will count the rocks in that pocket when you finish
counting.

It worked for decades.

Then came "Shaky Pete". He was counting convicts. Messed up the count
twice, complained every time he counted one cell, the prosthetic leg
leaning against a wall locker confused him. This was a stand up 4 PM
mandatory stand up count.

After this adventure, he tried to explain his confusion.

"Slow Joe" said to him. Count feet! If you get and odd number, add
one and divide by 2, it tells you how many inmates are present.

Oh the fun we had.

On Mon, 27 Jan 2014 19:37:40 -0600, philo* wrote:

On 01/27/2014 07:21 PM, Guv Bob wrote:
"Xe.

3D printer stuff, robotics, etc., are fascinating, but I just think about that SF plane crash where the pilots relied on the automation and robotics. Or the big BP refinery explosion and fire in Texas City a few years ago, where the operators relied on the automation controls. Or the runaway Camry crashes because of faulty automatic controls.

Our wonderful media likes all this "new" stuff. They should spend some time promoting the need for educating and training young folks and retraining out-of-work folks. Learning to read and do basic math so that people can get a good job, support their families and pay taxes is more important than robotics, private space travel, poorly thought-out solar energy projects and self-parking cars.




Where I worked...
one of the guys could not do even the most basic arithmetic without a
calculator.

Another guy could not recite the letters of the alphabet.


They were both high school graduates.


I could not have even made it to 3rd grade without knowing that stuff.

Really sad.

In my class, we could all read by January of the first grade, 1953.
And I know because each of us had to read things aloud in class. I
don't think there was any effort to teach reading in kindergarden,
though neither I nor my best friend went.

OTOH, as I recall it, we spent 2 years on addition. Maybe we got to
subtraction in the second year. We didn't get to mulitplication until
grade 3 or 4, or division until grade 4 or 5. Endless repitition as I
recall it.