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Re: Prodigy Sues Gannon Buhr for Breach of Contract

Damon Clark — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 09:14:37 -0000

While it may be a rule, it is also basically unenforceable as this happens naturally for the flashing I am talking about. No one can distinguish a disc that was lightly sanded only to remove elevated flashing. I'm not talking about reshaping the wing with a dremel here :)

Re: Prodigy Sues Gannon Buhr for Breach of Contract

Damon Clark — Mon, 20 Feb 2023 11:28:09 -0000

This was inevitable. Up until recent times, these "contracts" have been very loose, with players walking whenever they felt like it and without repercussions. As more money gets involved, this will come to a screeching halt as any moves outside of normal contract timelines will become expensive, structured, and litigated. Sure, the players deserve money and all, but the companies that help players build their career should also not be treated like dirt and abandoned when other companies dangle dollars in front of them. Companies need protection too, as they are typically investing lots of money on players and counting on income from them as part of their fiscal planning.

I find it hard to believe that any major manufacturer has big quality issues. Flashing is not a defect, more of an annoyance that is easily fixed with a 25 cent piece of sandpaper. That seems to be a silly thing to proclaim, especially when he has so much success using their discs. Objection!

Re: Tournament Talk: Northwood Challenges And Stifles

Damon Clark — Wed, 11 Aug 2021 14:57:14 -0000

I loved it. While it can be fun to watch pros crush towering hyzers, it isn't everything. There are plenty of birdie-fest courses on tour already, we need more of these difficult tests in my opinion. As the author mentioned, what this really emphasized was positional play, which is something that should be tested more at the top tiers. I enjoyed seeing Drew work a Buzzz all over that course. Did it lean too far the other direction? Possibly, but this is what Nate was going for. I applaud the effort and the result, and really enjoyed watching it unfold.

Personally, my favorite courses are those that successfully blend open park-style golf with some wooded holes. Of the courses I have played, Waco is the best example that comes to mind...

Re: Building a Slack Bot with Node.js and Chuck Norris Super Powers

Damon Clark — Fri, 18 Nov 2016 15:36:00 -0000

Sam, could I trouble you for examples of how to do this? I am a noob with node

Re: meg liz

Damon Clark — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 13:49:09 -0000

Very cool, Megan! Looking forward to more in the future.

Peace,
Damon

Re: Life, technology, and pursuit of happiness - Sunset in neighborhood

Damon Clark — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:48:03 -0000

Yes, taken with phone! Not bad eh?

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Re: ur gonna love me

Damon Clark — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:52:17 -0000

This post made me hungry!

Re: Life, technology, and pursuit of happiness - Priceless! (via LuisDS) The latest ads from...

Damon Clark — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 07:27:35 -0000

One could easily think that. The truth is most marketing is done by ad agencies, and they use whatever tools they want. Even mighty Microsoft can't dictate how big agencies work their magic ;)

Re: Automation vs Craftsmanship

Damon Clark — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 10:05:13 -0000

Although well articulated (I would expect nothing less from you), I must
disagree. I am not saying that the presence of automation always implies
less skill. What I am saying is that when you look at the big picture,
overall craftsmanship has taken a big hit because there is typically not a
need to understand the fundamentals. Going a little beyond that, people are
put in positions that they would not be able to be in because their skill
level is not sufficient. I shall give examples to help clarify my point:

Cashiers: I have witnessed, on numerous occasions, a computer crash
necessitating that register operation be done manually. It is shocking that
people are put in a position of handling money, whom cannot even make change
without the computer telling them how much to give the customer! I have
actually had to compute it for them on a couple of occasions, and watched
painfully on others as they drug out a calculator to do very simple
subtraction.

Software: This is omni-present in the IT industry, as the introduction of
certification "boot camps" and such have entitled people to proudly display
they have mastered something. The truth is that they have mastered
something, typically at a high level, but have no idea what is going on
beneath the sophisticated tools they are using. So for example, someone is
an MCSE. That title indicates that they are very proficient with most
facets of Windows administration. I would wager that a large number of
MCSE's could not do their jobs if MMC (Microsoft Management Console)
wouldn't run on the pc/server. Why? Because they might not understand what
is going on underneath that GUI console or even know that a simple
command-line utility can accomplish the same thing.

Trigonometry: In high school I took a trigonometry class. In that class,
calculators were not permitted at all for the entire first half of the
class. The students had to use tables and manual calculations to solve the
problems in the class. In fact, we even had to learn how to calculate the
tables themselves! After the first half of the class was over, we could use
calculators because they only served to speed up the process that we had all
mastered manually. It was very satisfying to me, even at the time, to know
that I could solve any problem, whether or not I had a calculator, because I
had truly mastered the fundamentals.

You mentioned my motorcycle. Yes it performs well and is a shining example
of how good automation can be. However, would I call most of the people
that had a hand in making it "craftsmen" ... NO. Most of the people on the
production line just know their area of responsibility, and likely just the
operation of the machine ... nothing about the details of what the machine
is actually doing. The only craftsmen were the ones who designed the
motorcycle, and those that designed the machines to repeat what *they could
do manually*.

Overall, I don't like the fact that people are tasked with things without
the fundamentals of that task being understood. Some of this has to do with
my own values, it doesn't matter if I am a key-maker at Lowe's, I would
strive to be the best key-maker I could be and would like to understand how
to make a key without the machine to do it for me. So that is me, not
everyone wants to go that deep. Don't you think that they should at least
have enough understanding to be able to compare a key to a blank and tell if
it is the right one? If you cannot do that you shouldn't be in the
position. I think we, as a society, have placed way too much value on speed
over quality. As for my crotchety old man, he would not make that mistake
whether the machine did it or he filed it by hand. Why? He would know what
it takes for a key to work, and have the skills to ensure it did before
handing it to me.

In summary, I think automation is a good thing, if it exists to speed up
what one can do manually. Without that fundamental knowledge, quality may
be sacrificed without the operator even knowing it! All too often these
days, the fundamental knowledge is devalued because "cranking them out" is
what matters most.

"The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing
it." - Chinese Proverb

Damon Clark

Re: Google Chrome Review

Damon Clark — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 17:03:12 -0000

Interesting, because I have only seen one or two sites that didn't work with
it and have had no big hangs. I guess YMMV... I did notice that because it
is based on WebKit, it does act just like Safari on some sites (SQL
Reporting Services for one).

Re: Automation vs Craftsmanship

Damon Clark — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 08:36:12 -0000

Exactly, and thanks for your comments! I bet one could put up two
key-making (or violin-making) stores side by side. One with a master having
years of experience and guaranteeing his keys would work every time, the
second with the slogan "keys made in less than five minutes". Which one do
you think would have a line in front of it?

The point of the post was to express my opinion that fast is not always
good. This is easy to illustrate with my post above. Now, I have to make a
return trip to the store to get new keys made, or get a refund and go
somewhere else and hope for the best. So already, I have wasted more time
than I would have had an old man with a file made it for me! Even when I do
eventually get my keys made, I will still be no wiser about how they are
made either.

Re: Scrapblog

Damon Clark — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:44:08 -0000

It is my belief that many things can be considered sexy. That's my story and I'm sticking to it!

Re: Introduction

Damon Clark — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:24:04 -0000

There, adjustments made. I just had a mental block on that post ... it was also my first post! Geez, give a guy a break ;)