Dear John -
I asked you in no-less 'professional' a manner, in post #43, than you 'presented yourself' in your previous posts - if you wanna enter the discussion with your 'satire gloves' on, fine - I clearly enjoy a good round or two... You *ignored* me, 3x, I goaded you, here we are. Perfect.
And no, you don't 'owe' me a reply, yadda yadda - but as you'll quickly learn here in PL, if you're gonna 'dish it out' you gotta be prepared to 'take it'.
And how 'am I', oh great sage of sages? Please, do tell me all about myself, cause I clearly have an identity crisis...Help me, Mommy, help me!!
Wrong. The 'purpose' of speaking up HERE, was because there are SEVERAL PL-members, who were / are quite 'active' harvesters / re-sellers over at 'LFP' and who-knows where else. At least ONE of those members, has since-reading the FACTUAL info, presented in this and other threads, here on PL, on the UN-SAFE aspects of hacking these things, re-THOUGHT being a 're-seller' and at, least, has stated he will be 'more selective' to-whom he sells - making sure the buyers are 'qualified' / experienced, at least, with Class IV lasers.. that's all I ever advocated, for one. And - what is the 'Title' of this thread, John? "A plea for Safety" - NOT a plea to STOP the affordable blue.
By your reasoning,
(since you are so fond of parables and illustrations) all little boys, as soon as thier bodies can handle it, might as-well be brought to hookers and given whisky and smack and whatever the frack else they wanna do, cause - hey- 'they're gonna do it anyway' / get it somewhere else... if
you try to educate or 'regulate' them, it won't make a difference, anyway...
...yeah, God help
your kids...
Oh, reeealy? And do-tell us, oh seer of seers - just what,
exactly, was the intent and purpose of the person who simply
mentioned the idea of 'calling Casio's phone call to-them? What was he going to SAY to them on the call? Do-tell us, oh Great Groundhog:
CORRECTION - "wrong" can-be subjective. UNsafe is the concern. Do things get done by PL-members that might-be 'unsafe'? Do YOU drive on a road that has only 2 'yellow lines' between you and oncoming injury / death? Do YOU chew and swallow food? Do YOU ride a bike? Chew gum? - Now, are ALL of those, here, that do-work with 'dangerous' devices -
irresponsible, with them??
You know what? You're an IDIOT. And I don't say this because
I am somehow 'insulted' by you. I say that because all of what you just said is wrong on so many levels, that your tenability is sub-zero.
OK, Mr Smarty Pants, I want you to PROVE your claims: I challenge you to list all the PL-members, here who's experience is "imaginary" - I wanna know WHO they are, and WHAT their experience, with lasers
(and therefore, relevance to PL / qualification to offer advice, herewithin) is, exactly... Go on, we're listening:
- PROVE, with posts, that the people on here, that 'jump on' every guy with a '500mW scanner' are being self-serving:
- PROVE, with posts, that the people here WITH ACTUAL experience with lasers, for 'Lassie' or otherwise, do-so
to 'claim' - or actually do-claim - that they are "laser professionals":
You know what? Here, I can agree with ONE small point you've made - there can ALWAYS be ways to improve on safety, even-if, 100% of true-accidents, can and will-never be prevented, as you so wryly pointed out in your 'woodworker' parable.
So, then, we'll be expecting you on the Schedule of Lecturers at SELEM 2010, in August, to 'school us all', right?
No, sorry... I only see yours. And the 'cat picture' was spot-on.
TTFN...
j