Subj : Re: 3d printing
To : Nitewaves
From : Vk3jed
Date : Fri Oct 04 2019 02:52 pm
-=> On 10-02-19 05:18, Nitewaves wrote to Jamestyree <=-
Ni> James, I'm sorry, but it's always been that way and it's absolutely
Ni> ridiculous to expect otherwise. We geeks live in a bubble that's tinier
Ni> than we'd like to admit, made full with our obsessive drive to
Ni> understand minutae. We are fools to expect that from other people,
Ni> especially end users that just want the damn technology to work. And I
Ni> wouldn't have it any other way -- call it job security.
Yes, everyone has their niche of knowledge, and when you spend your time soley
within that bubble, it's easy to lose perspective.
Ni> And these same people we could easily criticize for not knowing tcp/ip
Ni> and 802.11 will surprise you with skills, talents, insights, and
Ni> hobbies most geeks wouldn't imagine.
True. I have my feet in a few camps. I'm definitely a tech geek, and know my
way around networks and related things. However, I'm also a Masters athlete,
and that comes with its own level of jargon, technical stuff, measurements and
metrics, processes, procedures and culture, every bit as intricate as IT. :)
... Have you ever imagined a world with no hypothetical situations?
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