[AccessD] OT:Old Dog, New Tricks - Ferrari's ?

John check these 2 out.  Maybe you can make an offer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiQSHiAYt98 Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znM0-arQvHc Part 2

Mike


> I would pay $40 to have that as a real machine (in metal) just as a
> conversation piece.  As a LEGO
> it would be too fragile.
>
> John W. Colby
> www.ColbyConsulting.com
>
> On 1/14/2011 12:09 PM, Jim Lawrence wrote:
>> Impressive.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2011 1:01 PM
>> To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
>> Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT:Old Dog, New Tricks - Ferrari's ?
>>
>> Hi Drew et all
>>
>> How to assemble 110 gears - including differential gears - to a
>> meaningful
>> machine - in LEGO:
>>
>> Lego Antikythera Mechanism
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLPVCJjTNgk
>>
>> Watch in HD and full screen.
>>
>> /gustav
>>
>>
>>>>> DWUTKA at marlow.com 12-01-2011 21:27>>>
>> Actually Mark, I think a better analogy would be to say that Access is
>> like Legos, and .Net (or any other actual true programming language) is
>> like a full blown machine shop.
>>
>> First, inexperienced users can use legos, but what they make will
>> usually be a disaster (plus they tend to put the little pieces in their
>> mouth and choke on them), where as an inexperienced user would give up
>> in a machine shop, or just be too scared to walk in it.  Experienced and
>> skilled pros can make works of art with both legos and in a full blown
>> machine shop.... however the skill sets do vary between the two.
>>
>> Second, with legos, a lot of the 'tricky' parts are already molded and
>> ready to go (like Jet, DAO, Reports, etc).  With legos, you don't have
>> to build a tree out of tiny pieces, you can just use the preformed tree
>> pieces, yet you can still build the tree from scratch if you want too
>> (bound/unbound).  With a machine shop, you have lots of tools, tools
>> that allow you to build pretty much anything you want, but you don't
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