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  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 42,220
    edited May 2016

    ...well good news.

    Went in and when I spoke with the intake officer I was told to go back to the main office. There I mentioned about my short term memory issues as well as I felt I really could not make a sound judgment.  She asked me if I was under a physician's care and I mentioned yes, through the state (which is true). Apparently that was all it took to be dismissed -  for good.

    So an hour later I was back home (without having to pay an extra fare as transit tickets here are good for two and a half hours). 

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  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 42,220
    edited May 2016
    Serpent said:

    Ugh, happy Monday. indecision

    This mornings phone prep for tomorrows phone interview went well.  The job is in Conneticutt, not really sure I want to move there but it's worth a shot.   I guess we'll see.

    Phone interview this afternoon, I consider it a long shot but it's worth a try.  It's here in Austin.

    After the 1PM phone interview, it's beer time!  Beer and chips and yogurt/cucumber dip with pita chips! laugh

    Wednesday it's getting my custom boot measured for, then a bank run, then with any luck the ret of the week will be quiet and I can pretend I'm on vacation for a few days, relax, make music, and write.

     

    ...yeah, relocating, especially to where they have real winters (and over the last several years they've been long) would make me think hard about such a decision. 

    Beer time, *sigh*, been too broke for that for the last couple weeks.

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  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    smiley

  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776

    Morning. Stormy stormy dawn breaking on an already broken steel grey sky and gusting wind, on the radio they say a big one is hours away :)

  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776
    Serpent said:

    Ugh, happy Monday. indecision

    This mornings phone prep for tomorrows phone interview went well.  The job is in Conneticutt, not really sure I want to move there but it's worth a shot.   I guess we'll see.

    Phone interview this afternoon, I consider it a long shot but it's worth a try.  It's here in Austin.

    After the 1PM phone interview, it's beer time!  Beer and chips and yogurt/cucumber dip with pita chips! laugh

    Wednesday it's getting my custom boot measured for, then a bank run, then with any luck the ret of the week will be quiet and I can pretend I'm on vacation for a few days, relax, make music, and write.

     

    Hope that goes welll for you today :)

  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776

    was talking to someone who wants to put a 3D printer in one of these

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/CubeSat

    and print out mini weather sattelites to launch from it 

  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,303
    edited May 2016

    When a piece of space junk finally just happens to fly through an inhabited spacecraft or destroy an extrordinarily expensive or necessary one, however unlikely, there will begin a new industry.  Space Debris Collection.  I can see it now, fleets of automated ion drive satellites with strong magnetic or electric fields to chase down and capture small debris.  Or little solar sails to attach to bigger debris to speed their orbit decay.  Or even small rockets to send them toward Earth.  It's taken us 50 years to litter the heavens, can we clear it in as little time?  Wherever man goes, his junkyards follow.  Just think of the mess we can make when we start mining asteroids!

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  • TJohnTJohn Posts: 11,355
    kyoto kid said:

    ...well good news.

    Went in and when I spoke with the intake officer I was told to go back to the main office. There I mentioned about my short term memory issues as well as I felt I really could not make a sound judgment.  She asked me if I was under a physician's care and I mentioned yes, through the state (which is true). Apparently that was all it took to be dismissed -  for good.

    So an hour later I was back home (without having to pay an extra fare as transit tickets here are good for two and a half hours). 

    yes

  • TJohnTJohn Posts: 11,355
    LeatherGryphon said:

    When a piece of space junk finally just happens to fly through an inhabited spacecraft or destroy an extrordinarily expensive or necessary one, however unlikely, there will begin a new industry.  Space Debris Collection.  I can see it now, fleets of automated ion drive satellites with strong magnetic or electric fields to chase down and capture small debris.  Or little solar sails to attach to bigger debris to speed their orbit decay.  Or even small rockets to send them toward Earth.  It's taken us 50 years to litter the heavens, can we clear it in as little time?  Wherever man goes, his junkyards follow.  Just think of the mess we can make when we start mining asteroids!

    Someone's way ahead of you. smiley

    http://io9.gizmodo.com/5772072/the-magnificent-garbage-ship-that-could-save-us-from-space-junk/

  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,378
    ps1borg said:

    Morning. Stormy stormy dawn breaking on an already broken steel grey sky and gusting wind, on the radio they say a big one is hours away :)

    Oh, oh!  Batten down the hatches!  laugh  Stay safe!

    Dana

  • XyetztXyetzt Posts: 27,491

    I feel like my room is no longer my own room.

  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,378
    edited May 2016
    ps1borg said:

    was talking to someone who wants to put a 3D printer in one of these

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/CubeSat

    and print out mini weather sattelites to launch from it 

    I wonder how that would work in space, with near zero gravity in low Earth orbit?

    Dana

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  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,378
    edited May 2016
    Serpent said:

    Ugh, happy Monday. indecision

    This mornings phone prep for tomorrows phone interview went well.  The job is in Conneticutt, not really sure I want to move there but it's worth a shot.   I guess we'll see.

    Phone interview this afternoon, I consider it a long shot but it's worth a try.  It's here in Austin.

    After the 1PM phone interview, it's beer time!  Beer and chips and yogurt/cucumber dip with pita chips! laugh

    Wednesday it's getting my custom boot measured for, then a bank run, then with any luck the ret of the week will be quiet and I can pretend I'm on vacation for a few days, relax, make music, and write.

     

    How did the interview go.  I just got home less than an hour ago, too late to wish you luck.

    Dana

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  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776

    ...

    DanaTA said:
    ps1borg said:

    was talking to someone who wants to put a 3D printer in one of these

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/CubeSat

    and print out mini weather sattelites to launch from it 

    I wonder how that would work in space, with near zero gravity in low Earth orbit?

    Dana

    My understanding is this

    http://spacenews.com/spire-raises-40-million-for-weather-satellite-constellation/

    is what's happening now-ish and the next generation will be effectively circuits printed on gossamer that do the same job.

    It means you can send a vehicle somewhere, say, Mars, and print out different mission configurations or even print an entirely new mission by updating the vehicle's software, is such a good idea :)

  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,303
    DanaTA said:
    ps1borg said:

    was talking to someone who wants to put a 3D printer in one of these

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/CubeSat

    and print out mini weather sattelites to launch from it 

    I wonder how that would work in space, with near zero gravity in low Earth orbit?

    Dana

    These guys seem to be happy. http://www.nasa.gov/content/international-space-station-s-3-d-printer/

     

     

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 42,220
    Tjohn said:
    LeatherGryphon said:

    When a piece of space junk finally just happens to fly through an inhabited spacecraft or destroy an extrordinarily expensive or necessary one, however unlikely, there will begin a new industry.  Space Debris Collection.  I can see it now, fleets of automated ion drive satellites with strong magnetic or electric fields to chase down and capture small debris.  Or little solar sails to attach to bigger debris to speed their orbit decay.  Or even small rockets to send them toward Earth.  It's taken us 50 years to litter the heavens, can we clear it in as little time?  Wherever man goes, his junkyards follow.  Just think of the mess we can make when we start mining asteroids!

    Someone's way ahead of you. smiley

    http://io9.gizmodo.com/5772072/the-magnificent-garbage-ship-that-could-save-us-from-space-junk/

    ...hmm, orbital dustmen.

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 42,220
    edited May 2016

    ..ugh mega tired. Was up before 06:00 this morning and by the time I got home from my brief stint in the field of criminal justice. was pretty much wide awake.  Ran some errands in the afternoon in near 90º heat.  Warmed up the last of the big batch of teriyaki I made for dinner when I got home afterwards and now brain is starved of O2. 

    Interestingly the bus was not at all overcrowded as I expected it to be.  Probably because the route through this neighbourhood is one of the most frequent in the system (about every 4 -6 minutes during the commute times). Far cry from the old neighbourhood where it was roughly three buses an hour.  Need to finish the bottle of ginger beer I opened. Not the usual 12 oz, but a full imperial pint bottle from the UK which is one of the few thing's I'll go to Safeway for as they are the only ones in town who carry it.  One of the best I ever had, all natural and unfiltered.  Helps immensely with the digestion.

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  • PetercatPetercat Posts: 2,324
    kyoto kid said:
    Petercat said:
    DanaTA said:

    I still have some of that stuff called film.  Some 120 roll film, too.  And 220 roll film.  One of my film backs to the Hasselblad has a light leak, though, and I don't know which one it is.  But the 120 back is fine.  Some of that film is B&W.  I don't know of many places that even process roll film anymore, or any film.  I think the nearest place to me is at least an hour's drive away.  indecision

    Dana

    I have a chest freezer in my spare room that is almost full of unused film. Seriously, it comes to about 3" from the top. Still have my Mamiyas and my Canons, as well. My problem is that I can no longer carry the heavy stuff around.

    I was seriously pissed when Canon came out with the EOS lens mount which meant that none of my Canon FD mount lenses would be useful with digital. I had a 10D with an EOS mount grafted onto it, it wasn't easy, but now there are adapters for the Olympus Pen series, which are pretty nice. My FD lenses live again!

    I just wish that modern cameras looked as good, as elegant, as the classics. I'd love a digital Miranda Sensorex or Mamiya Auto XTL! But they're all black and lumpy. Bleaugh.

    ...what types of film?  I still have Richo SLR with a number of different lenses and many accessories.   I also still have my old Kodak Instamatic124 as well as a pocket 35 MM.  The only digital camera I have is the Smartphone but I don't know of any way to offload images to either of my computers.

    Everything from Minox 9mm to 4x5" sheet. Mostly 35mm and 120, though. I even have a homemade film stripper that lets me cut 35mm into refills for my Minox and Minolta 16 cartridges. No 110, though. I still have the tanks, reels and chemicals to develop my B&W, although I don't have a darkroom. I just scan the negatives. Getting color, especially 120, developed and printed can be a real pain, which is why most of what I have is chrome.

    I sent my EOS-1 and some film to a friend in Romania, (She already had a Canon EOS digital kit) an excellent photographer, because she had never shot film from a really capable camera. It was an... interesting experience for her. I just hope she was able to sell the camera and use the money to buy something she was able to get better use out of.

  • PetercatPetercat Posts: 2,324
    DanaTA said:
    Petercat said:
    DanaTA said:

    I still have some of that stuff called film.  Some 120 roll film, too.  And 220 roll film.  One of my film backs to the Hasselblad has a light leak, though, and I don't know which one it is.  But the 120 back is fine.  Some of that film is B&W.  I don't know of many places that even process roll film anymore, or any film.  I think the nearest place to me is at least an hour's drive away.  indecision

    Dana

    I have a chest freezer in my spare room that is almost full of unused film. Seriously, it comes to about 3" from the top. Still have my Mamiyas and my Canons, as well. My problem is that I can no longer carry the heavy stuff around.

    I was seriously pissed when Canon came out with the EOS lens mount which meant that none of my Canon FD mount lenses would be useful with digital. I had a 10D with an EOS mount grafted onto it, it wasn't easy, but now there are adapters for the Olympus Pen series, which are pretty nice. My FD lenses live again!

    I just wish that modern cameras looked as good, as elegant, as the classics. I'd love a digital Miranda Sensorex or Mamiya Auto XTL! But they're all black and lumpy. Bleaugh.

    Well, my Canon A1's were black (had two bodies, one with an inexpensive auto winder from Spiroflex - I think that was the name of them).  The Hasselblad was mostly black with a little bit of chrome trim.  I had the prism viewfinder for doing weddings.  I used the regular collapsible hood when doing portraits and scenic and fashion models.

    I used a 4x5 view camera once.  Rented it for a weekend and did some tabletop commercial type shots.  Came out beautiful!  Can't scan them to show anybody, because I printed them at 16x20!  Most of my later scenics I printed at that size, too.  Some earlier ones I did on 11x14.  I used print film for my scenics, not transparency film.  Used a rental lab to do my prints.

    My wedding setup cost me $2,500 at the time, mid 1980's.  The new digital Hasselblads would cost as much as my 2003 Camry XLE!!!  surprise   (a $30,000 car when I bought it).  So...that's not going to happen any time soon.

    Dana

     

    When I shoot film, I grab one of my classics, just for the feel and nostalgia: http://cat-man-dancing.deviantart.com/art/My-classic-stuff-99498624 Wandering around an artsy city like Sabannah with a spring-motor Praktina can get interesting.

    But when I was a pro,... http://cat-man-dancing.deviantart.com/art/My-35mm-stuff-99497818

    And when I was a pro with a really strong assistant: http://cat-man-dancing.deviantart.com/art/Working-kit-99497404

    Can you tell that I love film photography? Except for the weight, of course. I walk with a cane. Hence the Olympus.

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    i tink iz Toosday

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    dont know if sign of the times, all weekend it didn't occur to me to check the new store stuff.  

    for 7 years was basically the first thing i did on weekends,  last weekend didn't even cross my mind.

  • fixmypcmikefixmypcmike Posts: 19,713
    MistyMist said:

    dont know if sign of the times, all weekend it didn't occur to me to check the new store stuff.  

    for 7 years was basically the first thing i did on weekends,  last weekend didn't even cross my mind.

    You might want to see a doctor about that, could be a sign of something serious.

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    Fixmypcmike said:
    MistyMist said:

    dont know if sign of the times, all weekend it didn't occur to me to check the new store stuff.  

    for 7 years was basically the first thing i did on weekends,  last weekend didn't even cross my mind.

    You might want to see a doctor about that, could be a sign of something serious.

     

    it's the sogg syndrome.  been soggy for since sundae. smiley

  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,378
    Petercat said:
    DanaTA said:
    Petercat said:
    DanaTA said:

    I still have some of that stuff called film.  Some 120 roll film, too.  And 220 roll film.  One of my film backs to the Hasselblad has a light leak, though, and I don't know which one it is.  But the 120 back is fine.  Some of that film is B&W.  I don't know of many places that even process roll film anymore, or any film.  I think the nearest place to me is at least an hour's drive away.  indecision

    Dana

    I have a chest freezer in my spare room that is almost full of unused film. Seriously, it comes to about 3" from the top. Still have my Mamiyas and my Canons, as well. My problem is that I can no longer carry the heavy stuff around.

    I was seriously pissed when Canon came out with the EOS lens mount which meant that none of my Canon FD mount lenses would be useful with digital. I had a 10D with an EOS mount grafted onto it, it wasn't easy, but now there are adapters for the Olympus Pen series, which are pretty nice. My FD lenses live again!

    I just wish that modern cameras looked as good, as elegant, as the classics. I'd love a digital Miranda Sensorex or Mamiya Auto XTL! But they're all black and lumpy. Bleaugh.

    Well, my Canon A1's were black (had two bodies, one with an inexpensive auto winder from Spiroflex - I think that was the name of them).  The Hasselblad was mostly black with a little bit of chrome trim.  I had the prism viewfinder for doing weddings.  I used the regular collapsible hood when doing portraits and scenic and fashion models.

    I used a 4x5 view camera once.  Rented it for a weekend and did some tabletop commercial type shots.  Came out beautiful!  Can't scan them to show anybody, because I printed them at 16x20!  Most of my later scenics I printed at that size, too.  Some earlier ones I did on 11x14.  I used print film for my scenics, not transparency film.  Used a rental lab to do my prints.

    My wedding setup cost me $2,500 at the time, mid 1980's.  The new digital Hasselblads would cost as much as my 2003 Camry XLE!!!  surprise   (a $30,000 car when I bought it).  So...that's not going to happen any time soon.

    Dana

     

    When I shoot film, I grab one of my classics, just for the feel and nostalgia: http://cat-man-dancing.deviantart.com/art/My-classic-stuff-99498624 Wandering around an artsy city like Sabannah with a spring-motor Praktina can get interesting.

    But when I was a pro,... http://cat-man-dancing.deviantart.com/art/My-35mm-stuff-99497818

    And when I was a pro with a really strong assistant: http://cat-man-dancing.deviantart.com/art/Working-kit-99497404

    Can you tell that I love film photography? Except for the weight, of course. I walk with a cane. Hence the Olympus.

    I never had the money to collect so many cameras.  So I made sure the couple I could get were the best...damn expensive, though. 

    That one with the pink body/grip looks to have too small a format for decent enlargements.   laugh  laugh

    Dana

  • XyetztXyetzt Posts: 27,491

    My Betta Edward thinks that I put fish food in his tank for him to eat.

  • XyetztXyetzt Posts: 27,491
    Kulay Wolf said:

    My Betta Edward thinks that I put fish food in his tank for him to eat.

    Maybe it is for the same reason I thought that I got Daz Studio and Poser content thinking I am supposed to render with them.

  • XyetztXyetzt Posts: 27,491

    Why am I on my computer looking for freebies instead of getting ready for my trip?

  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,303
    DanaTA said:
    Petercat said:
    DanaTA said:
    Petercat said:
    DanaTA said:

    I still have some of that stuff called film.  Some 120 roll film, too.  And 220 roll film.  One of my film backs to the Hasselblad has a light leak, though, and I don't know which one it is.  But the 120 back is fine.  Some of that film is B&W.  I don't know of many places that even process roll film anymore, or any film.  I think the nearest place to me is at least an hour's drive away.  indecision

    Dana

    I have a chest freezer in my spare room that is almost full of unused film. Seriously, it comes to about 3" from the top. Still have my Mamiyas and my Canons, as well. My problem is that I can no longer carry the heavy stuff around.

    I was seriously pissed when Canon came out with the EOS lens mount which meant that none of my Canon FD mount lenses would be useful with digital. I had a 10D with an EOS mount grafted onto it, it wasn't easy, but now there are adapters for the Olympus Pen series, which are pretty nice. My FD lenses live again!

    I just wish that modern cameras looked as good, as elegant, as the classics. I'd love a digital Miranda Sensorex or Mamiya Auto XTL! But they're all black and lumpy. Bleaugh.

    Well, my Canon A1's were black (had two bodies, one with an inexpensive auto winder from Spiroflex - I think that was the name of them).  The Hasselblad was mostly black with a little bit of chrome trim.  I had the prism viewfinder for doing weddings.  I used the regular collapsible hood when doing portraits and scenic and fashion models.

    I used a 4x5 view camera once.  Rented it for a weekend and did some tabletop commercial type shots.  Came out beautiful!  Can't scan them to show anybody, because I printed them at 16x20!  Most of my later scenics I printed at that size, too.  Some earlier ones I did on 11x14.  I used print film for my scenics, not transparency film.  Used a rental lab to do my prints.

    My wedding setup cost me $2,500 at the time, mid 1980's.  The new digital Hasselblads would cost as much as my 2003 Camry XLE!!!  surprise   (a $30,000 car when I bought it).  So...that's not going to happen any time soon.

    Dana

     

    When I shoot film, I grab one of my classics, just for the feel and nostalgia: http://cat-man-dancing.deviantart.com/art/My-classic-stuff-99498624 Wandering around an artsy city like Sabannah with a spring-motor Praktina can get interesting.

    But when I was a pro,... http://cat-man-dancing.deviantart.com/art/My-35mm-stuff-99497818

    And when I was a pro with a really strong assistant: http://cat-man-dancing.deviantart.com/art/Working-kit-99497404

    Can you tell that I love film photography? Except for the weight, of course. I walk with a cane. Hence the Olympus.

    I never had the money to collect so many cameras.  So I made sure the couple I could get were the best...damn expensive, though. 

    That one with the pink body/grip looks to have too small a format for decent enlargements.   laugh  laugh

    Dana

    Tight telephoto! devil

     

  • XyetztXyetzt Posts: 27,491

    Renderosity appears to be down.

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    Kulay Wolf said:

    Why am I on my computer looking for freebies instead of getting ready for my trip?

     

    procrastination?

    Edward going trip with you?

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