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quote 2015-08-13 19:13

The fact of the matter was you had to hope and assume that a lot of capable people had done lots of capable things in a capable way, and double-checked them frequently to make sure everything was right. So worrying was stupid, wasn't it? But worrying was never quite like that. It sat like a little goblin on your shoulder and whispered.

Raising Steam by Terry Pratchett

Because I frequently tell that goblin to shutupshutupshutup.

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quote 2013-10-18 23:29

Bookworm Blurbs

"I guess it's not hard to become a leader, she thought. All you have to do is step forward while everyone else's looking for a place to run to."

The City's Son by Tom Pollock

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quote 2013-06-20 09:40

Zabraniam ci tego czytać!

It's in the nature of patents that they give a monopoly to whoever holds them for 20 years. James Watt patented various vital aspects of the steam engine. Yet, you look at steam engine development and nothing happened for 20 years during the life of the Watt's patent. When that patent lapsed, there was a great flaring of steam engine innovation and then the industrial evolution. ~ Adrian Bowyer (RapRap)

Fabricated: 3D Print Everything from Body Parts to Bicycles... to Dinner - Hod Lipson,Melba Kurman

Fabricated: The New World of 3D Printing, p. 231

3d printing additive manufacturing Adrian Bowyer industrial revolution James Watt open hardware open-source open-source design patents quote RepRap steam engine

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