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Re: This Incredible Picture Frame Uses a Clever Lighting Trick to Slow Down Time

Steve_Calvert — Fri, 19 Aug 2016 15:47:49 -0000

Now that is cool

Re: Golf Caddy Design 2.0: Ditch the Human, Use the GolfBoard

Steve_Calvert — Thu, 11 Aug 2016 07:10:57 -0000

Why don't we just have the robot play the game, too?

Re: Golf Caddy Design 2.0: Ditch the Human, Use the GolfBoard

Steve_Calvert — Thu, 11 Aug 2016 07:10:34 -0000

Yes, because aerodynamics is so important to golf...

Re: Designer Paul Foeckler Turns to Firewood to Create His Latest Lighting Collection

Steve_Calvert — Tue, 09 Aug 2016 13:18:40 -0000

cool...

Re: CAD with a Stylus. It’s a thing.

Steve_Calvert — Tue, 09 Aug 2016 07:12:02 -0000

need the Wacom account rep to come by and do a user group meeting and maybe give me one to try.

Re: CAD with a Stylus. It’s a thing.

Steve_Calvert — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 09:28:37 -0000

I have a very old, I mean very very old, SummaSketch tablet that sits on my desk and acts as a positional device for my mouse pad.

How do I get started using a Wacom table? Is there a way to do so "on loan"?

Great story, BTW...

Re: Kenneth Smythe's New Chair Design Is The Epitome of Baroque Modern

Steve_Calvert — Thu, 04 Aug 2016 06:51:14 -0000

Will I go Baroke buying one...

Re: Judge Orders Colorado Cake Maker To Serve Gay Couples

Steve_Calvert — Mon, 09 Dec 2013 08:06:14 -0000

shelleyn411, you see, by your answer you've set back decades of belief that it wasn't about "sex" with you gay people. This isn't about being "gay" this is about private property rights. This business is HIS business, if you don't like it, go somewhere else. Tell all your gay frends about it and they won't go there either. It's the free market, deal with it...

Re: Gov. Rick Perry checks on the Circuit of The Americas site

Steve_Calvert — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:10:37 -0000

No tax money will be given to Formula One. The race, the single F1 race, will generate the economic impact and bring in ~$288 million dollars. Texas will, through the METF, rebate the approximate amount of $25 million. Please get your facts straight before reporting.

Re: Is Formula One taking Texas taxpayers for a ride?

Steve_Calvert — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 08:59:23 -0000

Thad, Austin is just the location. Nobody needs to know who, what or why to have a race.

You're fooling yourself if you think NJ has somekind of TV deal. Bernie owns the rights and doesn't give them up.

Re: Will U.S. Fans Turn Out for Formula One's Stateside Return? - TIME

Steve_Calvert — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 19:59:30 -0000

Funny Rock, is that you somehow believe that Texas taxpayers are giving up a cent from their pockets. The METF use Sales Tax revenue from the event to fund the event. How can you anti-business people ever understand that this event will brill in millions of dollars to our community. Even the consevative estimate of $288 million next year is a 1000% ROI. The Texas event funds have been used for 248+ events for approx $177 million. This one event will bring in $288 million. Stop looking at just the tax revenue and see the big picture.

Re: Home | Latest Headlines | Ecclestone relieved by Indian GP success | ESPNSTAR.com

Steve_Calvert — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 14:06:33 -0000

No money from Texas tax payers has gone to F1. Stop saying that. Texas has a fund called the Major Events Trust Fund (METF). It is designed to bring in large events to the state by giving back some cost that the hosting city/community incur for the event. Sales Tax dollars are put into a fund and then AFTER the state comptroller has done an audit, the money is rebated back to the local city or community. If you have no race there will be no economic impact.

Re: Texans Send $250 Million to Formula One; CEO’s Son Pays $85 Million for a House!

Steve_Calvert — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 14:08:09 -0000

Wow mohawk where do I start? First of all: The money isn't going to Bernie, it's going to the company that he's the CEO of to pay for hosting the F1 event. It's like when you go get a mohawk, you're not paying the hairdresser - you're paying the company she works for. See the difference?

Second: Go study up on the METF and then come back and tell me how that sales tax dollars are used.

Re: Texans Send $250 Million to Formula One; CEO’s Son Pays $85 Million for a House!

Steve_Calvert — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 13:52:15 -0000

Rock, the fact that we are fans of F1 doesn't at all mean any of Steve's column is completely wrong. Stand up for what he said, I bet you can't.

Re: Texans Send $250 Million to Formula One; CEO’s Son Pays $85 Million for a House!

Steve_Calvert — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 13:49:00 -0000

OK, so you go to the store and buy some make-up for you face. You're paying for the make-up and a sales tax is added to the price, right? You have a choice to buy that make-up right? When you turn in your time sheet to collect your weekly paycheck and then get your check from your company, you're paying income taxes and state taxes. These taxes are not voluntary, you have them taken from your paycheck.

Now, the METF takes Sales Tax dollars from people spending their money at events like the F1 race. Without the race, we would not only not have any sales tax revenue but also not have any of the economic impact of the spending itself.

Now surely you can see the difference.

Re: Texans Send $250 Million to Formula One; CEO’s Son Pays $85 Million for a House!

Steve_Calvert — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 22:10:45 -0000

Wow, what a bunch of crap. Steve, hope you don't do this for a living because based on this one article you'd starve.

It was his daughter not son.

There's ZERO public funds going to build the track, it's entirely private investor building it.

The METF was created to bring large events to Texas and uses sales tax dollars to fund it NOT tax payers money.

You need to make sure you have the facts before you write this stuff.

Re: Solve It! Make Every SolidWorks Assembly Part a Random Color?

Steve_Calvert — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:20:52 -0000

Being colorblind, I tend to like colors because it makes things stand out more. However, when someone comes by and asks me to make the blue one larger I go bonkers. The other problem with colors is our PDM admin person doesn't like any color unless it is part specific (painted blue part for instance) so we all have to work in shades of grey, yuck.

A macro would be nice to just mix things up.

Re: Drawing Center Mark Improvements & The Lack Thereof

Steve_Calvert — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 08:15:28 -0000

Nice catch Brian... I would hope that SW didn't do this on purpose and that this would be updated in a service pack but we all have to wonder about other software companies doing the same thing.

Like sdotson said, "By then, users have developed workarounds and even if the features are completed, it takes a huge effort to overcome the ingrained workaround and use the completed feature the way it was intended." I've always thought (to myself) that maybe companies do this because they want to see reaction to the feature.

Steve

Re: External References – Why I hate them

Steve_Calvert — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 10:10:09 -0000

I use external references on occasion but as Rodney Hall has stated, working in PDM with all those referenced files can be a nightmare.

I think with proper understanding of external references one can make a complex assembly as required. It sounds if though someone else started this mess and you're having to clean it up.

Good Rant, Jeff

Steve

Re: SWW 2010 Apology

Steve_Calvert — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 09:03:47 -0000

Dude, don't sell yourself short. It's hard to get up in front of potentially hundreds of people and talk, even about something you know very well.

Re: The ‘Why’ behind the SWW (not so) special event

Steve_Calvert — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:43:58 -0000

Jeff, thanks for posting this. I see myself agreeing with the others because as much as I didn't enjoy the special event, I did enjoy the rest of the week. All but one of the sessions I attended were very good, the layout was good, the rooms were sized correctly (not too crowded) and I got a lot out of it (as well as my company).

See you in San Antonio next year.

Re: Me, coming to a monitor near you.

Steve_Calvert — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:59:49 -0000

LIVE, you'd better wear make-up...

See ya,

Steve

Re: Whaddya mean it’s not supported?

Steve_Calvert — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 08:18:30 -0000

Nice rant Jeff. We seem to update every three years, sooner for some of us power users.

I seriously doubt 80% are running on 10 year old equipment, maybe the operating system but not the computer its self.

Steve

Re: SolidWorks 2010: Mouse Gestures

Steve_Calvert — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:11:47 -0000

Very neat, can't wait until I can use it.

Re: 20 of My Favorite Improvements in SolidWorks 2010

Steve_Calvert — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:05:12 -0000

Brian, I used your list because it was so well done. Noce job telling us what's coming up.

Steve