And when people were using DOS to do their CAD, and I was using a GUI, I was blowing their socks off. I was far more efficient. Could do things they could only dream of. I would often hear how Autocad guys couldn't do this or that. I went right up to an Autocad rep. at an AEC convention in Anaheim many years ago, and asked the rep. how they extrude down a spline running in 3D space. He had no idea. I went to the local Autocad dealer and asked and got no answer.
Simply put, some of us don't want to fight the interface. We don't want to have to become a programmer to do architecture. We want the computer to do what it does, so we can spend the most time doing what we do best.
If I had five lifetimes, I could become a concert pianist, a physicist, a world class athlete, historian, lawyer, accountant, car mechanic, doctor, blah, blah, blah. But many have to figure how best to spend their time. Juggling family and work.
It is one thing to not dumb down. It is another to know how to expediently spend one's time. How to get the most bang for the buck so to speak.
Just imagine what a totally boring world it would be if all were programmers.
And think how absurd the statement that anyone not taking the time to learn about the inner workings of a computer is making himself dumb.
You may know computers, and that is a big maybe, but I wonder how much common sense you have.
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We could do this the hard way, or the easy way.
And when people were using DOS to do their CAD, and I was using a GUI, I was blowing their socks off. I was far more efficient. Could do things they could only dream of. I would often hear how Autocad guys couldn't do this or that. I went right up to an Autocad rep. at an AEC convention in Anaheim many years ago, and asked the rep. how they extrude down a spline running in 3D space. He had no idea. I went to the local Autocad dealer and asked and got no answer.
Simply put, some of us don't want to fight the interface. We don't want to have to become a programmer to do architecture. We want the computer to do what it does, so we can spend the most time doing what we do best.
If I had five lifetimes, I could become a concert pianist, a physicist, a world class athlete, historian, lawyer, accountant, car mechanic, doctor, blah, blah, blah. But many have to figure how best to spend their time. Juggling family and work.
It is one thing to not dumb down. It is another to know how to expediently spend one's time. How to get the most bang for the buck so to speak.
Just imagine what a totally boring world it would be if all were programmers.
And think how absurd the statement that anyone not taking the time to learn about the inner workings of a computer is making himself dumb.
You may know computers, and that is a big maybe, but I wonder how much common sense you have.