On Thu, 2013-07-18 at 22:12 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Thursday 18 July 2013 22:07:44 John Kasunich did opine: > > > On Thu, Jul 18, 2013, at 02:04 PM, Stuart Stevenson wrote: > > > I had a handful of mylar dots from a tape punch. Andy P called them > > > antibits. 1/2 million lines would be a large pile of it - :) > > > > And Mike Payson wrote: > > > Like others have said, gcode files for 3d printers van get BIG. > > > I export all my gcode to a single directory > > > > > > I checked, and the largest file there is 1,708,605 lines and > > > 51,650,578 characters long. > > > > Geek that I am, I just had to do the math: > > > > If that file was punched onto paper tape, the tape would be 81 > > miles long. > > > > The pile of anti-bits would weigh about 25 lbs. > > > > If you wound the tape onto a single spool, it would be 13 > > feet in diameter and weigh about 700 lbs. > > > > "Hey Stuart, we have a new program to load into the Haas. > > Bring that forklift over here!" > > PPfffft! Thanks John, I needed a good laugh. ;-)
A good belly laugh is good for the soul. ROFLOL! Dave > > Cheers, Gene ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See everything from the browser to the database with AppDynamics Get end-to-end visibility with application monitoring from AppDynamics Isolate bottlenecks and diagnose root cause in seconds. Start your free trial of AppDynamics Pro today! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48808831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
