Saturday Morning Service Call (money)

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Hasn't Bill Gates been qouted as saying something like "64K ought to be enough for everyone?"

From 1954:
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MAK said:
What's up with the steering wheel?
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When you consider that one of RAND's earlier projects was for a space ship, maybe it is more clear now? RAND is a think tank, anyhow. They don't really build anything.
 
I like that steering wheel. It would save a whole bunch of carpel tunnel cases caused by the various drawing programs that don't use coordinate points for the lines, but use the mouse to drag a line instead.
 
satcom said:
The image is a full-scale mock-up of the maneuvering room of a nuclear submarine.
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Ditch the teletype and the TV screen, it's close to what I remember from when I was working on them in the 70's.

If so, the "steering wheel" is the throttle valve to the propuslion turbine.

Methinks the picture makers were spoofing.

carl
 
coulter said:
Ditch the teletype and the TV screen, it's close to what I remember from when I was working on them in the 70's.

If so, the "steering wheel" is the throttle valve to the propuslion turbine.

Methinks the picture makers were spoofing.

carl
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Yup, the magizine used that mock-up, to to show what a home computer might look like in 2000 as a spoof.
 
macmikeman said:
I like that steering wheel. It would save a whole bunch of carpel tunnel cases caused by the various drawing programs that don't use coordinate points for the lines, but use the mouse to drag a line instead.
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Have you tried an Etch-A-Sketch?
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Nah, I just quit drawing diagrams and floor plans.... Reality is I used to have to produce volumes of wiring diagrams for system jobs for both the customer's requirements and field usage. Tried to always land every conductor on a drawing before the wire was ever installed. Back then the carpal tunnel used to bug me alot, now it is a bad memory.
 
Well I see some fairly interesting change in direction on this thread.

Anyway I talked to the lady today and she thanked me again for coming on short notice and asked me if I knew any other contractors in her area. (Carpenters, Plumbers, etc.) She is planning on upgrading her service, renovating her kitchen and putting a two-story addition on the house. She asked if I'd be interested in doing that work as well...so of course I said yes.

Thanks for the replies guys.
 
As a professional, you are not out of line on the charges.

As a homeowner, the one thing you could have done is to let the client know that the minimum for weekend work would be $X, and if it can wait until Monday, the minimum would be $Y. This would prepare the client for any sticker shock down the road - and have given them a chance to back out if it was too expensive.
 
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