Re: [PipingDesign] Old-Fashioned Hand Drawings

Christopher Wright wrote:
> On Jan 22, 2009, at 12:33 PM, Paul Bowers wrote:
>
>> No, you are wrong. Those are just nice, relatively accurate
>> illustrations. Where CAD goes wrong is when clicking buttons
>> equates to
>> knowledge.
> Actually that's another area I forgot to mention. Having knowledge
> and the ability to communicate are two different things, but without
> one, the other is useless. You can teach a monkey to doodle with CAD
> software, just like you can teach a horse to count. However a horse
> that can count is only a remarkable horse, not a remarkable
> mathematician.
>> There's nothing wrong with advanced button-clicking skills, of course,
>> the problem happens much later on when "senior designer button-
>> clicker"
>> downloads his/her knowledge.
> And a monkey that can click buttons is only a remarkable monkey, not
> a remarkable designer.
>
>> Yo! Gnome sain?
> Communication--it's all about communication. Proper usage is 'Noam
> sane?'

Good question, but what does Chomsky have to do with anything relevant?

I'm presuming that you're aware that the horse was prompted. Nod your head twice if you get what I mean.

Paul Received on Thu Jan 22 14:06:00 2009