[TheForge] Scroll maker/hydraulic hammer

[John Husvar]

Andy Vida wrote:
> 
> Ries Niemi wrote:

> 	I find it interesting to note that my beloved daughter refuses
> 	to use computers for any of her art.  She despises digital
> 	photography, prefering her Canon F-1N to her digital camera.
> 	She doesn't regard digital photography as "real".  It just
> 	makes me smile to hear her say things like this.
> 
> 
>>I think the same principal applies to these fancy german ornamental
>>iron machines. Several companies are selling mass produced "hand
>>forged" items made on these machines, and they dont look very good. But
>>the guys who are running the machines are just punching the clock,
>>running parts all day.
> 
> 
> 	That's not art.  That's mass produced monotony.
> 
> 
>>Not to blow my own horn, but since I bought my Hebo, I have been doing
>>all sorts of stuff with it that is not shown in the catalog, that the
>>germans have probably never thought of. The thing is amazing in its
>>power and control, and I am just beginning to think of possiblities.
>>Plus it allows me to design a piece with 300 identical twists in it,
>>and have my 9 year old run them for me in a couple of hours.
> 
> 
> 	Don't let the authorities catch wind of this. :)
> 
> 
>>So I am
>>convinced that in the right hands, any tool can produce new and
>>interesting work, and in bored and uninspired hands, it will produce
>>boring and uninspiring work
> 
> 
> 	Nail on head.  A tool is just that and nothing more.  Without
> 	the living spirit behind it, it is nothing much.

We'll know that Artificial Intelligence has come when a production 
machine stops short, spits whatever's in it onto the floor with a clang, 
and prints out: "I can do better than _that_!"

-- 
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of
arriving safely in one pretty and well-preserved piece.
One should rather skid in broadside, thoroughly used up,
totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming -- "WOW!  WHAT A RIDE!"