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  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,847
    NVIATWAS said:
    LeatherGryphon said:
    NVIATWAS said:
    DanaTA said:
    NVIATWAS said:

    Stupid Statement of the Episode Award: two CLA grads measuring the length in miles of Mallegans travels on a clearly marked giant map.  When trying to figure out how he got past South America, Mr. Genius states 'He tok the Panama Canal' and totally mis-measured.  One of the onlookers finally yelled that there was no Panama Canal in Megellans time, and the grads finnay did it right.

    So much for my respect for UCLA... honestly, Panama Canal?  Did Columbus dig it or something?!?!?!?

    My take on college students: (this is a generalization , of course)

    Those who are there on their own dime, are there to learn.

    Those who are there on daddy's dime (again, generally speaking), are there to party.  It's the partying type who tend to get on things like amazing race, methinks.

    Dana

    This matches my observations.  All my high school classmates tha had their way paid pretty much ended up in mediochre jobs except my friend Gary, who had a scholarship and an intership and ended up a senior analyst at the Mitre think tank!  Pretty scary observation, how many millions down the toilet, I wonder?

    Ooh, ooh, Mitre.  Cool!  I worked there for 10 years. surprise  Great experience.  If I needed a physicist I walked down the hall.  If I need a chemist I walked down the hall.  If I needed an optical engineer I walked down the hall.  If I needed a mathematician I walked down the hall.  If they needed software they came to me. cool While there I worked with several people with Doctorates, patents and books under their belts.  Me,... I was the low man on the totem pole with a BSEE degree. indecision But it was mind opening experience.  I worked in the Washington DC area (Tyson's Corner & Reston, VA) campuses.  But I did visit the original Boston area (Bedford, MA) campus a few times, and met some of the old timers.  POW, mind blown!!! yes  I still keep my 5 year (silver Cross pen deskset) and 10 year (14k gold Cross pen & pencil deskset) loyalty gifts on my desk.  I contributed to several Mitre papers but none of my own were ever properly finished and published. sad  Although, the draft versions were well circulated internally and used appreciatively. yes

    It was so wonderful to be able to sit at lunch or in an office, or walking down the hall and let fly with conversations about things that mattered with people who were sophisticated, knowlegable, thoughtful and reasonable. 

    Gary worked at Tysons Corner.. he has a Masters in EE.  Very smart guy in many ways.

    I ended up going in a different direction, straight out of high school in coding in FORTRAN for a guy who had some advnced degree in structural engineering.  Brilliant guy, couldn't code his way out of a wet paper bag though.  Also worked with a PhD in theoretical math, zero common snse but bar-none brilliant.

    I've spent a decent amount of my career not being the idea man, but being 'the implementor'.  I enjoy making things work, I'm not big on stuff that has no immediate practical application.  Which is weird as when it comes to music and writing I'm almost pure creative!! WTF?!?!??!

    My big brag is that I've shipped more commercial products than most folks I know, Gary was always ticked off that I had no degree and more people in the industry knew of me than him!  


    I told him to quit Mitre and write comuter games and he called me a rude name... hee hee.. always been a certain competitive tension between us!

     

    ..yeah I kind of fall in the "idea person" arena.  I can basically see how something should work and ways it could be set up, but do not have the "nuts & bolts" expertise to create it myself. 

    For example, one of my latest peeves is the lack of a decent set of lightweight turn signals and brake lights for bicycles.  The technology is there today, particularly with bright low power LEDs and digital control.  I can see how such a system would be configured using a small LIon battery pack that straps to the horizontal frame tube with a double touch thumb button on each handlebar and a micro switch either in the brake levers or rear calipers for the brake lights, but I do not have the technical expertise (nor the dexterity anymore) to actually physically put it all together.

    Crikey if someone can come out with a laser system that visibly projects the boundary of a "bike lane" 10 feet in front and behind the rider which moves with the cyclist (yes such an item is exists) than a set of turn signals with a brake light should be child's play.

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,847
    DanaTA said:
    ps1borg said:

    Morning. Thundery rumblings and distant flashes of lightning gave way to ominously hot  tropical overcast day with a slight sea breeze to stir treetops and the flags out in for e for national birthday party :)

    I wish we had some tropical heat where I live right now.  

    Dana

    ..[listening to more icy cold rain beating against the window] could use some here as well.

  • NVIATWASNVIATWAS Posts: 1,242
    kyoto kid said:
    NVIATWAS said:
    LeatherGryphon said:
    NVIATWAS said:
    kyoto kid said:
    DanaTA said:
    kyoto kid said:
    NVIATWAS said:
    kyoto kid said:

     

    ...being born in the year of the snake, me too.

    Two rattles up!!!!

  • NVIATWASNVIATWAS Posts: 1,242
    edited January 2018
    kyoto kid said:
    NVIATWAS said:
    LeatherGryphon said:
    NVIATWAS said:
    DanaTA said:
    NVIATWAS said:

    Stupid Statement of the Episode Award: two CLA grads measuring the length in miles of Mallegans travels on a clearly marked giant map.  When trying to figure out how he got past South America, Mr. Genius states 'He tok the Panama Canal' and totally mis-measured.  One of the onlookers finally yelled that there was no Panama Canal in Megellans time, and the grads finnay did it right.

    So much for my respect for UCLA... honestly, Panama Canal?  Did Columbus dig it or something?!?!?!?

    My take on college students: (this is a generalization , of course)

    Those who are there on their own dime, are there to learn.

    Those who are there on daddy's dime (again, generally speaking), are there to party.  It's the partying type who tend to get on things like amazing race, methinks.

    Dana

    This matches my observations.  All my high school classmates tha had their way paid pretty much ended up in mediochre jobs except my friend Gary, who had a scholarship and an intership and ended up a senior analyst at the Mitre think tank!  Pretty scary observation, how many millions down the toilet, I wonder?

    Ooh, ooh, Mitre.  Cool!  I worked there for 10 years. surprise  Great experience.  If I needed a physicist I walked down the hall.  If I need a chemist I walked down the hall.  If I needed an optical engineer I walked down the hall.  If I needed a mathematician I walked down the hall.  If they needed software they came to me. cool While there I worked with several people with Doctorates, patents and books under their belts.  Me,... I was the low man on the totem pole with a BSEE degree. indecision But it was mind opening experience.  I worked in the Washington DC area (Tyson's Corner & Reston, VA) campuses.  But I did visit the original Boston area (Bedford, MA) campus a few times, and met some of the old timers.  POW, mind blown!!! yes  I still keep my 5 year (silver Cross pen deskset) and 10 year (14k gold Cross pen & pencil deskset) loyalty gifts on my desk.  I contributed to several Mitre papers but none of my own were ever properly finished and published. sad  Although, the draft versions were well circulated internally and used appreciatively. yes

    It was so wonderful to be able to sit at lunch or in an office, or walking down the hall and let fly with conversations about things that mattered with people who were sophisticated, knowlegable, thoughtful and reasonable. 

    Gary worked at Tysons Corner.. he has a Masters in EE.  Very smart guy in many ways.

    I ended up going in a different direction, straight out of high school in coding in FORTRAN for a guy who had some advnced degree in structural engineering.  Brilliant guy, couldn't code his way out of a wet paper bag though.  Also worked with a PhD in theoretical math, zero common snse but bar-none brilliant.

    I've spent a decent amount of my career not being the idea man, but being 'the implementor'.  I enjoy making things work, I'm not big on stuff that has no immediate practical application.  Which is weird as when it comes to music and writing I'm almost pure creative!! WTF?!?!??!

    My big brag is that I've shipped more commercial products than most folks I know, Gary was always ticked off that I had no degree and more people in the industry knew of me than him!  


    I told him to quit Mitre and write comuter games and he called me a rude name... hee hee.. always been a certain competitive tension between us!

     

    ..yeah I kind of fall in the "idea person" arena.  I can basically see how something should work and ways it could be set up, but do not have the "nuts & bolts" expertise to create it myself. 

    For example, one of my latest peeves is the lack of a decent set of lightweight turn signals and brake lights for bicycles.  The technology is there today, particularly with bright low power LEDs and digital control.  I can see how such a system would be configured using a small LIon battery pack that straps to the horizontal frame tube with a double touch thumb button on each handlebar and a micro switch either in the brake levers or rear calipers for the brake lights, but I do not have the technical expertise (nor the dexterity anymore) to actually physically put it all together.

    Crikey if someone can come out with a laser system that visibly projects the boundary of a "bike lane" 10 feet in front and behind the rider which moves with the cyclist (yes such an item is exists) than a set of turn signals with a brake light should be child's play.

    I'd use a Raspberry PI with a 9-volt rechargable and a LiPo to power high-efficency LEDs.  Microswitches on thebrake levers as the calipers are too close to the dirty side of things. You can get waterproof translucnt containers for the LEDs and run power cables in via grometted holes (keep crud and water out).  Maybe RGB LEDs to make the device more flexible.

    If you wanted it even cheaper you could use a Microchip PIC16F to drive it, the chip itself can be had for less than two bucks, quantity 100.  I could likely have the PCB fabbed for about the same amount.  Everything else can be had off-the-shelf.

    Anything else I can help with? :-)

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  • NVIATWASNVIATWAS Posts: 1,242
    kyoto kid said:
    DanaTA said:
    ps1borg said:

    Morning. Thundery rumblings and distant flashes of lightning gave way to ominously hot  tropical overcast day with a slight sea breeze to stir treetops and the flags out in for e for national birthday party :)

    I wish we had some tropical heat where I live right now.  

    Dana

    ..[listening to more icy cold rain beating against the window] could use some here as well.

    It's a balmy 58f here right now, low of 47f tonight, high 65f tomorrow.  Break out the hot tea!!

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,847

    ...our high today was 3° lower than your low will be.  Lows here tonight in the 30s

    Break out the hot tea and whiskey for me.

  • NVIATWASNVIATWAS Posts: 1,242
    kyoto kid said:

    ...our high today was 3° lower than your low will be.  Lows here tonight in the 30s

    Break out the hot tea and whiskey for me.

    Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!! Stay toasty warm!!!

  • NVIATWASNVIATWAS Posts: 1,242

    Happy dance! Finally my body isback to decent functionality so I got my first sower in 3 weeks!  Nice hot water, soap, and my scrubbie made for a joyful occasion.  Got to use my fncy scalp massaging hair brush and my silver hair is all soft and silky.  Shaved, too, which with a 3 week beard growth is a painful process  - only one cut, though! The last tim I ended up with 5 cuts.. what a mess! Founts of incarmadine ichor, ewww!

  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,333
    NVIATWAS said:
    kyoto kid said:

    ...our high today was 3° lower than your low will be.  Lows here tonight in the 30s

    Break out the hot tea and whiskey for me.

    Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!! Stay toasty warm!!!

    19F right now...at 3:00 am.   Why am I not in bed?    frown  blush  

    Dana

  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,333
    NVIATWAS said:

    Happy dance! Finally my body isback to decent functionality so I got my first sower in 3 weeks!  Nice hot water, soap, and my scrubbie made for a joyful occasion.  Got to use my fncy scalp massaging hair brush and my silver hair is all soft and silky.  Shaved, too, which with a 3 week beard growth is a painful process  - only one cut, though! The last tim I ended up with 5 cuts.. what a mess! Founts of incarmadine ichor, ewww!

    And they wonder why I don't shave!   cheeky

    Dana

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,847
    DanaTA said:
    NVIATWAS said:
    kyoto kid said:

    ...our high today was 3° lower than your low will be.  Lows here tonight in the 30s

    Break out the hot tea and whiskey for me.

    Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!! Stay toasty warm!!!

    19F right now...at 3:00 am.   Why am I not in bed?    frown  blush  

    Dana

    ...wondering that too as I'm here on the left coast 3 hours behind about ready to turn in.

  • NVIATWASNVIATWAS Posts: 1,242
    DanaTA said:
    NVIATWAS said:
    kyoto kid said:

    ...our high today was 3° lower than your low will be.  Lows here tonight in the 30s

    Break out the hot tea and whiskey for me.

    Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!! Stay toasty warm!!!

    19F right now...at 3:00 am.   Why am I not in bed?    frown  blush  

    Dana

    I hope you haven't caught my hours!  518am and I'm just now getting sleepy.

    Tension Tamer tea also helps sleep snzzzzzzzzzz

     

  • NVIATWASNVIATWAS Posts: 1,242
    DanaTA said:
    NVIATWAS said:

    Happy dance! Finally my body isback to decent functionality so I got my first sower in 3 weeks!  Nice hot water, soap, and my scrubbie made for a joyful occasion.  Got to use my fncy scalp massaging hair brush and my silver hair is all soft and silky.  Shaved, too, which with a 3 week beard growth is a painful process  - only one cut, though! The last tim I ended up with 5 cuts.. what a mess! Founts of incarmadine ichor, ewww!

    And they wonder why I don't shave!   cheeky

    Dana

    If I didn't look like an anarhist bomber, U'd grow a beard and a moustache!!!!!!

  • NVIATWASNVIATWAS Posts: 1,242

    Just FYI, Celestial Seasonings Tension Tamer Tea works as well as Sleepytime Tea t help soothe you to bed.  G'night all!

  • ChoholeChohole Posts: 33,604
    NVIATWAS said:
    DanaTA said:
    NVIATWAS said:

    Happy dance! Finally my body isback to decent functionality so I got my first sower in 3 weeks!  Nice hot water, soap, and my scrubbie made for a joyful occasion.  Got to use my fncy scalp massaging hair brush and my silver hair is all soft and silky.  Shaved, too, which with a 3 week beard growth is a painful process  - only one cut, though! The last tim I ended up with 5 cuts.. what a mess! Founts of incarmadine ichor, ewww!

    And they wonder why I don't shave!   cheeky

    Dana

    If I didn't look like an anarhist bomber, U'd grow a beard and a moustache!!!!!!

    my Dad, back in the day, decided to stop shaving when he retired.   We all decided that he woul;d have made a good stand in for Captain Birdseye  ( the advertising mascot for birdseye frozen foods)   

  • NVIATWASNVIATWAS Posts: 1,242
    Chohole said:
    NVIATWAS said:
    DanaTA said:
    NVIATWAS said:

    Happy dance! Finally my body isback to decent functionality so I got my first sower in 3 weeks!  Nice hot water, soap, and my scrubbie made for a joyful occasion.  Got to use my fncy scalp massaging hair brush and my silver hair is all soft and silky.  Shaved, too, which with a 3 week beard growth is a painful process  - only one cut, though! The last tim I ended up with 5 cuts.. what a mess! Founts of incarmadine ichor, ewww!

    And they wonder why I don't shave!   cheeky

    Dana

    If I didn't look like an anarhist bomber, U'd grow a beard and a moustache!!!!!!

    my Dad, back in the day, decided to stop shaving when he retired.   We all decided that he woul;d have made a good stand in for Captain Birdseye  ( the advertising mascot for birdseye frozen foods)   

    Aaaaacccckkkkk!!! :-O

  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,084
    edited January 2018

    I do not understand the trend for young men to have beards these days.  Big full bushy ugly beards.  If God had meant males to have beards he would have made hairs grow out of their face.   Oh... wait....  Nevermind! blush

    But, if God had any sort of design esthetics or grooming panashe he would have made the hairs break off after they were more than a half inch long! cheeky

    Post edited by LeatherGryphon on
  • ChoholeChohole Posts: 33,604
    LeatherGryphon said:

    I do not understand the trend for young men to have beards these days.  Big full bushy ugly beards.  If God had meant males to have beards he would have made hairs grow out of their face.   Oh... wait....  Nevermind!

    LOL

    Almost all the mean in my life have favoured facial hair.   Dad had a moustache on and off, but never the full set till he retired. Younger brother favoured a beard.  In fact it was quite funny because when they got engaged his fiancee said to him "I have never seen you without a beard"  so he shaved it off and she went  "Oh  no don't like that, put it back"   My first husband was into a moustache, in fact wanted to grow a "Flying Officer Kite" one, which I wouldn't agree to.  His 2nd wife agreed, so he now has a full handlebar moustache.  2nd husband was into mutton chops, full victorian style and slightly longer hair, Himself,  my late partner had the full set.  My eldest son, like his father, played around with a moustache,  but always a neat and tidy one, as he was a chef.  Younger son has the full set.

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    ps1borg said:

    Morning. Thundery rumblings and distant flashes of lightning gave way to ominously hot  tropical overcast day with a slight sea breeze to stir treetops and the flags out in for e for national birthday party :)

    smiley

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    heatwave 35F high today.

    is it time to start rendering for valentine's heart?

     

    foreshadowing is important in a novel?
    so if a character is going to ko, a couph?  get engaged or newly marries?
    clues to the bad guy

     

    mann radio station is awful, what r the kids listening to these days?  bring back grunge!!

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    DanaTA said:
    NVIATWAS said:
    kyoto kid said:

    ...our high today was 3° lower than your low will be.  Lows here tonight in the 30s

    Break out the hot tea and whiskey for me.

    Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!! Stay toasty warm!!!

    19F right now...at 3:00 am.   Why am I not in bed?    frown  blush  

    Dana

     

    Irish Coffee please!!

    or warme sake laughlaugh

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    complainnnt  google calendar  i dont see how to go straight to a date on a calender.  i see the things to scroll there.

    is tiresome to scroll to 2020 dates

  • k410k410 Posts: 78

    ^^ When they find themselves at a door, cats become completely indecisive, so -- probably.

  • NVIATWASNVIATWAS Posts: 1,242
    LeatherGryphon said:

    I do not understand the trend for young men to have beards these days.  Big full bushy ugly beards.  If God had meant males to have beards he would have made hairs grow out of their face.   Oh... wait....  Nevermind! blush

    But, if God had any sort of design esthetics or grooming panashe he would have made the hairs break off after they were more than a half inch long! cheeky

    My thought is this: at one time there were no such things as balaklavas or face coverings to protect you from the wind, so adding a nice built-in insulator made sense.  Kind of dim to leave women stuck without something to prevent windburn.  Now facial hair makes no sense at all but God is too busy trying to keep the human race from killing itself off to go back and fix the issue.

    Sh She invented shavers. :-P

  • NVIATWASNVIATWAS Posts: 1,242
    Chohole said:
    LeatherGryphon said:

    I do not understand the trend for young men to have beards these days.  Big full bushy ugly beards.  If God had meant males to have beards he would have made hairs grow out of their face.   Oh... wait....  Nevermind!

    LOL

    Almost all the mean in my life have favoured facial hair.   Dad had a moustache on and off, but never the full set till he retired. Younger brother favoured a beard.  In fact it was quite funny because when they got engaged his fiancee said to him "I have never seen you without a beard"  so he shaved it off and she went  "Oh  no don't like that, put it back"   My first husband was into a moustache, in fact wanted to grow a "Flying Officer Kite" one, which I wouldn't agree to.  His 2nd wife agreed, so he now has a full handlebar moustache.  2nd husband was into mutton chops, full victorian style and slightly longer hair, Himself,  my late partner had the full set.  My eldest son, like his father, played around with a moustache,  but always a neat and tidy one, as he was a chef.  Younger son has the full set.

    Some folks have the face for hair, and the beard-growing capacity.  Mine grow to about 1/3 inch... and stops.  3 weeks and all I have is a tough salt-and-pepper stubble, very unbecoming on anyone.  Zero good against the wind, too. :-(

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    psst shooo  changed the radio station

     

    he will do anything for love, but he won't do that

     

    juke bOX HiRO laaaaaaa

  • NVIATWASNVIATWAS Posts: 1,242
    Mistara said:

    psst shooo  changed the radio station

     

    he will do anything for love, but he won't do that

     

    juke bOX HiRO laaaaaaa

    Isn't Juke Box HIRO props and clothes for an older DAZ figure? :-P

    Sorry, I had to say it... :-x

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    NVIATWAS said:
    Mistara said:

    psst shooo  changed the radio station

     

    he will do anything for love, but he won't do that

     

    juke bOX HiRO laaaaaaa

    Isn't Juke Box HIRO props and clothes for an older DAZ figure? :-P

    Sorry, I had to say it... :-x

     

    tee hee dee force B with u

  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,333
    edited January 2018
    Chohole said:
    NVIATWAS said:
    DanaTA said:
    NVIATWAS said:

    Happy dance! Finally my body isback to decent functionality so I got my first sower in 3 weeks!  Nice hot water, soap, and my scrubbie made for a joyful occasion.  Got to use my fncy scalp massaging hair brush and my silver hair is all soft and silky.  Shaved, too, which with a 3 week beard growth is a painful process  - only one cut, though! The last tim I ended up with 5 cuts.. what a mess! Founts of incarmadine ichor, ewww!

    And they wonder why I don't shave!   cheeky

    Dana

    If I didn't look like an anarhist bomber, U'd grow a beard and a moustache!!!!!!

    my Dad, back in the day, decided to stop shaving when he retired.   We all decided that he woul;d have made a good stand in for Captain Birdseye  ( the advertising mascot for birdseye frozen foods)   

    Reminds me of a TV show I watched when I was young...The Ghost and Mrs. Muir.  The Ghost didn't have white hair, though...but it reminded me of that show.  smiley

    Awww, photo link didn't work.    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062565/mediaviewer/rm423237632?ref_=tt_ov_i

    Dana

    Post edited by DanaTA on
  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    laughaaaand he's trading in his chevy for a cadillac yac yac yac yac yac yac yac 

    enlightened omg just realized i haven't cooked a Cacciatore Suppe in 20 years. craving, omg omg

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