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Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#21 - 2013-04-25 06:03:15 UTC
pussnheels wrote:
well it is Texas one of the few places in the western world where schools do not teach kids about evolution and where anything that isn't made in the USA is treated as a commie terrorist jihad conspiracy




There are stories now about the delayed opening this Labor Day of the new eastern section of the Oakland-San Francisco Bay Bridge. Why ??? Most of the bridge parts were built in China, but a little over 200 special metallic bolts have now cracked and unusable and must be replaced and they are not sure how to do it. They are the only bridge parts manufactured in the USA.

Of course.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
pussnheels
Viziam
#22 - 2013-04-25 07:22:50 UTC
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
pussnheels wrote:
well it is Texas one of the few places in the western world where schools do not teach kids about evolution and where anything that isn't made in the USA is treated as a commie terrorist jihad conspiracy




There are stories now about the delayed opening this Labor Day of the new eastern section of the Oakland-San Francisco Bay Bridge. Why ??? Most of the bridge parts were built in China, but a little over 200 special metallic bolts have now cracked and unusable and must be replaced and they are not sure how to do it. They are the only bridge parts manufactured in the USA.

Of course.

overspecialization the bane of todays society and not only in the USA

I see that on in my office floor every day , recently graduated and with a air like they just invented the wheel full of ideas on how people should do this , but please do not ask them to make a simple spreadsheet

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Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#23 - 2013-04-25 08:09:34 UTC
pussnheels wrote:

overspecialization the bane of todays society and not only in the USA

I see that on in my office floor every day , recently graduated and with a air like they just invented the wheel full of ideas on how people should do this , but please do not ask them to make a simple spreadsheet



For real. American Manufacturing has sunk so low the past 25 years, it's literally embarrassing.

But I'm still up in Tampa, FL listening to the amazing EVE Symphony Thing for the 5th Time.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
silens vesica
Corsair Cartel
#24 - 2013-04-25 15:09:47 UTC
pussnheels wrote:

that piece of machine belongs in a museum...
Why? It's doing just fine and exactly what the company needs it to be doing.

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Angelique Duchemin
Team Evil
#25 - 2013-04-25 19:33:55 UTC
silens vesica wrote:
pussnheels wrote:

that piece of machine belongs in a museum...
Why? It's doing just fine and exactly what the company needs it to be doing.



So did asbestos. It didn't go out of use because it all of a sudden was no longer flame-retardant.

The very sun of heaven seemed distorted when viewed through the polarising miasma welling out from this sea-soaked perversion, and twisted menace and suspense lurked leeringly in those crazily elusive angles of carven rock where a second glance shewed concavity after the first shewed convexity.

silens vesica
Corsair Cartel
#26 - 2013-04-25 20:19:57 UTC
Angelique Duchemin wrote:
silens vesica wrote:
pussnheels wrote:

that piece of machine belongs in a museum...
Why? It's doing just fine and exactly what the company needs it to be doing.



So did asbestos. It didn't go out of use because it all of a sudden was no longer flame-retardant.
So... You're saying this old computer is a health threat, then? What?

Sorry, you'll have to try again.

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Marie Hartinez
Aries Munitions and Defense
#27 - 2013-04-26 01:20:20 UTC
silens vesica wrote:
Angelique Duchemin wrote:
silens vesica wrote:
pussnheels wrote:

that piece of machine belongs in a museum...
Why? It's doing just fine and exactly what the company needs it to be doing.



So did asbestos. It didn't go out of use because it all of a sudden was no longer flame-retardant.
So... You're saying this old computer is a health threat, then? What?

Sorry, you'll have to try again.


It may, or may not, be drawing more power then a modern computer. But why stop using it if it still does the job?

Surrender is still your slightly less painful option.
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#28 - 2013-04-26 01:27:05 UTC
I just can't believe it is still working, and apparently without too much fussy maintenance. That would have driven them to replace it.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Commissar Kate
Kesukka
#29 - 2013-04-26 01:32:10 UTC
Can it play Crysis?Lol


On a more serious note, I hope they keep using that thing, screw modern technology. Twisted

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Kirjava
Lothian Enterprises
#30 - 2013-04-26 01:33:05 UTC
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
pussnheels wrote:
well it is Texas one of the few places in the western world where schools do not teach kids about evolution and where anything that isn't made in the USA is treated as a commie terrorist jihad conspiracy




There are stories now about the delayed opening this Labor Day of the new eastern section of the Oakland-San Francisco Bay Bridge. Why ??? Most of the bridge parts were built in China, but a little over 200 special metallic bolts have now cracked and unusable and must be replaced and they are not sure how to do it. They are the only bridge parts manufactured in the USA.

Of course.

This doesn't surprise me in the slightest. US Steel is mostly recycled which yields an inferior strength against initial production. You can increase the strength of the recycled material but thats more expensive than using raw ore and coke in the first place.

Its getting interesting, doing Structural Engineering in Scotland at the moment and it looks like large chunks of my year are moving to America to work on the rebuilding of the US infrastructure networks. Seems like the US has been so focused for so long on programming which is being outsourced to India, and finance which is stagnating/imploding/being sucked in by London/Singapore that it lacks Engineers.

pussnheels wrote:

overspecialization the bane of todays society and not only in the USA

I see that on in my office floor every day , recently graduated and with a air like they just invented the wheel full of ideas on how people should do this , but please do not ask them to make a simple spreadsheet


I ask this every chance I get, but in your workplace what would you consider overspecialised? PhD? Masters? Just a general overspecialisation across the board?...

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Chainsaw Plankton
FaDoyToy
#31 - 2013-04-26 02:44:44 UTC
silens vesica wrote:
Micheal Dietrich wrote:
Unsuccessful At Everything wrote:
They just dont make them like they used to.


::sigh::



That is too true. Yesterday my dad was showing me a 1965 mixer that they've had in storage for years. Not only does it mix, but it also comes with a blender attachment and a meat grinder. A freaking meat grinder. When's the last time anyone ever had something like that as part of their standard kitchenware?
His google-fu is weak:
http://www.kitchenaid.com/flash.cmd?/#/page/home

Readily available all over the place.

Edit:
Meat grinder, grain mill, slicer, and can-opener attachments - just to start.


I've heard lots of good things about those, I think the worst I've heard is they put a plastic gear in there that is designed to break if you over torque it. To me that sounds like a good thing as then you just have to replace one gear instead of a whole bunch of other parts that go boom if that gear doesn't break, but they still offer it in metal because some want it that way.

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