clipka <ano### [at] anonymousorg> wrote:
clipka <ano### [at] anonymousorg> wrote:
> Am 31.07.2010 19:51, schrieb nemesis:
> > "rebeltaz"<mrm### [at] bellsouthnet>  wrote:
> >> jim mentioned Blender for Linux. I tried Blender a couple of months ago when I
> >> needed a CAD program for the new CNC machine I built and I could not make heads
> >> or tails out of it.
> >
> > it's always amusing how geeks able to build their own CNC machines and hand-code
> > povray scenes find it gobsmackingly difficult to use Blender.  It's kinda like
> > being able to calculate the results of complex integrals by hand, but being
> > completely lost when given a powerful pocket calculator... LOL
>
> The problem with that calculator is that while it may be powerful as
> hell, it's a PITA to unleash that power when it happens to use reverse
> polish notation and has plenty of buttons besides which are labeled with
> terms you've never heard before. So you end up deciding that you'd be
> faster (and have a better chance of retaining your sanity besides) using
> some other, less powerful brand of calculator, than wrapping your head
> around that one which /would/ spit out the result at the press of a
> single button if you only knew which of the gazillions. (Ever seen
> Pixar's "Lifted" short?)

are you talking about Blender or emacs/vim? ;)

We've had this conversation a million times and the conclusion is always the
same:  while it may seem faster to do certain task in notepad rather than learn
emacs/vim, when you finally learn it you be willing to die having lost all those
years doing the task in x time when you could do it in x/100 had you learned
emacs/vim.

Same for Blender, sure, my beloved vim-like 3D package (it's actually quite
VSish this time around)... :)

> (Ever seen
> Pixar's "Lifted" short?)

yes, pretty awesome.  The little alien would do best by studying first... ;)

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