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What if the hammer had, say, a quote stamped, in very small script, into the head, or carved at the base of the haft?

joosters 12y ago
What if, say, US army gun sights had bible verses stamped on them? http://www.christianpost.com/news/u-s-military-concerned-about-guns-with-bible-verses-43411/ http://www.christianpost.com/news/u-s-military-concerned-abo...
- RobertKerans 12y ago
  Well I never.
- hga 12y ago
  Those aren't really "US Army" gun sights, as in the stock iron sights on the M16 and M4 rifles produced to government specifications by Colt, or now FNH since Colt has lost all their contracts. They and other designs, like my favorite the holographic EOTech, are sights designed and manufactured by independent companies that the US Army and Marines found to be useful in combat, one of the truly big advantages of our still having a serious civilian gun culture. And of course Trijicon fixed this after it was requested. Note also that these are even better Easter eggs, in that one of Trijicon's claims to fame is using tritium to provide sight illumination in the dark, hence using references (not actual quotes) to Bible verses referencing "Jesus being the light of the world" per the article. Whereas many people including myself are interested in Rust precisely because it promises to deliver us from the Lovecraftian horrors of C and C++ (although not this one: http://www.bobhobbs.com/files/kr_lovecraft.html http://www.bobhobbs.com/files/kr_lovecraft.html).
krick 12y ago
> quote stamped, in very small script You see, "quote stamped on the hammer" would be the case if it would have poetry in the comments in the sources (which is actually nice unless it raises real problems because of some folks who doesn't understand art, but, unfortunately, have a voice in somebody's organization, e.g. lawyers) or, at max (which actually is even closer to your example), if the compiler binaries itself would contain these quotes, which is weird, but still acceptable. But this one hammer is stamping quotes on my details, really. I hope you can see the difference.
- RobertKerans 12y ago
  I can, and I do. :) I disagree, but that's for personal, [trivial] reasons (I like there to be the deliberate, personal sign of a maker), and I fully understand this is not something I would guess many professionals feel has a place in a tool such as Rust (rightly so). I was going to say put it in the comments, or make it part of the test suite (makes me sad, but it is a better solution) Edit: I think it's wrong to say it's weird; this thing has effectively been handcrafted with great care, and authored, not simply machined out of a production line - I think, in fact, it's a very normal thing to do (ignoring any performance issues etc)

What if, say, US army gun sights had bible verses stamped on them? http://www.christianpost.com/news/u-s-military-concerned-about-guns-with-bible-verses-43411/ http://www.christianpost.com/news/u-s-military-concerned-abo...

RobertKerans 12y ago
Well I never.
hga 12y ago
Those aren't really "US Army" gun sights, as in the stock iron sights on the M16 and M4 rifles produced to government specifications by Colt, or now FNH since Colt has lost all their contracts. They and other designs, like my favorite the holographic EOTech, are sights designed and manufactured by independent companies that the US Army and Marines found to be useful in combat, one of the truly big advantages of our still having a serious civilian gun culture. And of course Trijicon fixed this after it was requested. Note also that these are even better Easter eggs, in that one of Trijicon's claims to fame is using tritium to provide sight illumination in the dark, hence using references (not actual quotes) to Bible verses referencing "Jesus being the light of the world" per the article. Whereas many people including myself are interested in Rust precisely because it promises to deliver us from the Lovecraftian horrors of C and C++ (although not this one: http://www.bobhobbs.com/files/kr_lovecraft.html http://www.bobhobbs.com/files/kr_lovecraft.html).

krick 12y ago

> quote stamped, in very small script You see, "quote stamped on the hammer" would be the case if it would have poetry in the comments in the sources (which is actually nice unless it raises real problems because of some folks who doesn't understand art, but, unfortunately, have a voice in somebody's organization, e.g. lawyers) or, at max (which actually is even closer to your example), if the compiler binaries itself would contain these quotes, which is weird, but still acceptable. But this one hammer is stamping quotes on my details, really. I hope you can see the difference.

RobertKerans 12y ago
I can, and I do. :) I disagree, but that's for personal, [trivial] reasons (I like there to be the deliberate, personal sign of a maker), and I fully understand this is not something I would guess many professionals feel has a place in a tool such as Rust (rightly so). I was going to say put it in the comments, or make it part of the test suite (makes me sad, but it is a better solution) Edit: I think it's wrong to say it's weird; this thing has effectively been handcrafted with great care, and authored, not simply machined out of a production line - I think, in fact, it's a very normal thing to do (ignoring any performance issues etc)