Hi, This is one pictorial example of the word "cool." http://barryshields.com/startrekpage.htm [-Rick-]
OT: For Star Trek fans
Started by ●February 16, 2013
Reply by ●February 18, 20132013-02-18
On Saturday, February 16, 2013 9:09:55 AM UTC-5, Rick Lyons wrote:> Hi, > > This is one pictorial example of > > the word "cool." > > > > http://barryshields.com/startrekpage.htm > > > > [-Rick-]Order one?
Reply by ●February 18, 20132013-02-18
On Sat, 16 Feb 2013 06:09:55 -0800, Rick Lyons wrote:> Hi, > This is one pictorial example of > the word "cool." > > http://barryshields.com/startrekpage.htmI suppose I'm too damn picky. I look at that table, and while part of me thinks that yes, I can see that it's just painfully cool, another part of me doesn't like the external braces he had to put on the thing, identifies where you could run a brace inside the wood from the bottom part up to the saucer, and wonders why, for $3100, he couldn't come up with the same arrangement. I think if it were a "look at me, I did something cool" page it would be fine. But if he's going to charge a big lump of money for it, can't he just do a bit more metalwork and get it _right_? -- My liberal friends think I'm a conservative kook. My conservative friends think I'm a liberal kook. Why am I not happy that they have found common ground? Tim Wescott, Communications, Control, Circuits & Software http://www.wescottdesign.com
Reply by ●February 18, 20132013-02-18
Tim Wescott <tim@seemywebsite.com> wrote in news:SfWdncKsuoKJJb_MnZ2dnUVZ_qmdnZ2d@giganews.com:> On Sat, 16 Feb 2013 06:09:55 -0800, Rick Lyons wrote: > >> Hi, >> This is one pictorial example of >> the word "cool." >> >> http://barryshields.com/startrekpage.htm > > I suppose I'm too damn picky. I look at that table, and while part of me > thinks that yes, I can see that it's just painfully cool, another part of > me doesn't like the external braces he had to put on the thing, > identifies where you could run a brace inside the wood from the bottom > part up to the saucer, and wonders why, for $3100, he couldn't come up > with the same arrangement. > > I think if it were a "look at me, I did something cool" page it would be > fine. But if he's going to charge a big lump of money for it, can't he > just do a bit more metalwork and get it _right_? > >Come on Tim, Doesn't your inner geek, have to like it? It is art after all, not engineering. Are you expecting it to have a functional warp drive too? It's too geeky for me, but don't think its overpriced at all. I agree with Rick, it's cool! Al
Reply by ●February 19, 20132013-02-19
Reply by ●February 19, 20132013-02-19
On Saturday, 16 February 2013 14:09:55 UTC, Rick Lyons wrote:> Hi, > > This is one pictorial example of > > the word "cool." > > > > http://barryshields.com/startrekpage.htm > > > > [-Rick-]Sarah wants one for the hallway :-)
Reply by ●February 19, 20132013-02-19
On Tue, 19 Feb 2013 03:49:50 +0000, Al Clark wrote:> Tim Wescott <tim@seemywebsite.com> wrote in > news:SfWdncKsuoKJJb_MnZ2dnUVZ_qmdnZ2d@giganews.com: > >> On Sat, 16 Feb 2013 06:09:55 -0800, Rick Lyons wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> This is one pictorial example of >>> the word "cool." >>> >>> http://barryshields.com/startrekpage.htm >> >> I suppose I'm too damn picky. I look at that table, and while part of >> me thinks that yes, I can see that it's just painfully cool, another >> part of me doesn't like the external braces he had to put on the thing, >> identifies where you could run a brace inside the wood from the bottom >> part up to the saucer, and wonders why, for $3100, he couldn't come up >> with the same arrangement. >> >> I think if it were a "look at me, I did something cool" page it would >> be fine. But if he's going to charge a big lump of money for it, can't >> he just do a bit more metalwork and get it _right_? >> >> >> > Come on Tim, Doesn't your inner geek, have to like it? It is art after > all, not engineering. > > Are you expecting it to have a functional warp drive too? > > It's too geeky for me, but don't think its overpriced at all. > > I agree with Rick, it's cool!Well, it is art, after all -- and those braces really break up the lines. Yes, I'm being curmudgeonly -- but I still think that if the guy is going to charge for his work he should step up to the plate and do it _right_. (And, if he wants to charge an extra $500 for the improved model, that's fine). -- My liberal friends think I'm a conservative kook. My conservative friends think I'm a liberal kook. Why am I not happy that they have found common ground? Tim Wescott, Communications, Control, Circuits & Software http://www.wescottdesign.com
Reply by ●February 19, 20132013-02-19
On 19/02/2013 21:02, Tim Wescott wrote: ..> Well, it is art, after all -- and those braces really break up the lines. > > Yes, I'm being curmudgeonly -- but I still think that if the guy is going > to charge for his work he should step up to the plate and do it _right_. > (And, if he wants to charge an extra $500 for the improved model, that's > fine). >If it's "art", it should either hang on a wall, be out of harms way in a corner, or displayed in a gallery. If, however, as is the case here, it is presented in the middle of a lounge in close proximity to sofas and armchairs, it is a table. People lean on tables. They put cooked turkeys on them. Kids sit on them, pets jump on them, and all manner of other unsubtle perils lie in wait, so it is more than sensible to brace what is otherwise a cantilever already under strain, aka a break waiting to happen. As it happens, I see those braces as suggestive of phaser beams, and am perfectly happy that they are there. Can't afford the thing, though :-( Richard Dobson
Reply by ●February 19, 20132013-02-19
On Tue, 19 Feb 2013 22:33:27 +0000, Richard Dobson wrote:> On 19/02/2013 21:02, Tim Wescott wrote: .. >> Well, it is art, after all -- and those braces really break up the >> lines. >> >> Yes, I'm being curmudgeonly -- but I still think that if the guy is >> going to charge for his work he should step up to the plate and do it >> _right_. (And, if he wants to charge an extra $500 for the improved >> model, that's fine). >> >> > If it's "art", it should either hang on a wall, be out of harms way in a > corner, or displayed in a gallery. If, however, as is the case here, it > is presented in the middle of a lounge in close proximity to sofas and > armchairs, it is a table. People lean on tables. They put cooked turkeys > on them. Kids sit on them, pets jump on them, and all manner of other > unsubtle perils lie in wait, so it is more than sensible to brace what > is otherwise a cantilever already under strain, aka a break waiting to > happen. As it happens, I see those braces as suggestive of phaser beams, > and am perfectly happy that they are there. > > Can't afford the thing, though :-(I believe that it could be quite adequately braced internally, by building a metal structure then building a wooden shell around it. -- My liberal friends think I'm a conservative kook. My conservative friends think I'm a liberal kook. Why am I not happy that they have found common ground? Tim Wescott, Communications, Control, Circuits & Software http://www.wescottdesign.com
Reply by ●February 20, 20132013-02-20
On Sat, 16 Feb 2013 06:09:55 -0800, Rick Lyons <R.Lyons@_BOGUS_ieee.org> wrote:> >Hi, > This is one pictorial example of >the word "cool." > >http://barryshields.com/startrekpage.htmIt's not Truly Cool unless there are documented orders for it by Shatner, Nimoy and Hadfield.> >[-Rick-]
