Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!deimos!uxc!tank!mimsy!cvl!tk From: tk@cvl.umd.edu (Tharakesh Siddalingaiah) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: Assembly or ....ok Message-ID: <3358@cvl.umd.edu> Date: 7 Dec 88 23:35:22 GMT References: <11915@cup.portal.com> <6286@killer.DALLAS.TX.US> <915@ncrcce.StPaul.NCR.COM> Reply-To: tk@cvl.UUCP Organization: Center for Automation Research, Univ. of Md. Lines: 31 > >Amen! This debate reminds me of a comment in a book on blacksmithing I once >read. The author had the benefit of German technical school training in >metalworking. He told of how the entire first year was spent on metal filing. > >There's a lot to be said for knowing the basics. >-- > >Bob Rogers rogers@stpaul.ncr.com or rogers@pnet51.cts.com >NCR Comten, St. Paul, MN GEnie: R.C.ROGERS A story related to me by a Swiss machine shop head: the first piece you're given is a solid steel cube (approx. 2"). The object is to make a sphere out of it using only a file. Theinspects it, and, if he likes it, you can go on to the next job. What is the next job? You guessed it. Make it square again. I guess that's why only the Swiss make Swiss watches. . . . . . . -- Tharakesh Siddalingaiah --- University of Maryland Computer Vision Lab, (301) 454-5858 ARPA:tk@cvl.umd.edu UUCP:{seismo,allegra,brl-bmd}!mimsy!cvl!tk