Many of us have to drive to various locations during the day to perform our work. I'm a field engineer fixing retail networks. I have to carry tools, wire, connectors, sometimes even a ladder. There is no mass transit that is going to work for me. And no, I don't have a company truck, it's just me and my '93 Saturn that I put about 3k miles on each month. I just put over 2k into the car, new shocks, belts, etc., so I can keep driving something that gets 35ish MPG.
Get out of your cubicle and smell the real world before you bring up mass transit as a solution. It's not a solution, it's just a small part of the solution.
I could have modded you up but I wanted to brag. My '89 V6 Ranger has over 400k miles and is as strong as an ox. The transmission whines like a stuck pig but it can still haul a full bed of wet maple at highway speeds. The only mods are holes for ham radio antennas.
I remember working at a small shop where I was the wonder kid because I could get at the 1.5 amp fuse INSIDE the transformer that was "protected" by the 2A fuse on the case. I think the only thing I ever saw wrong with with a C64 was in the power supply. For the C64's we would repair them by buying them from ToysRUs and returning them with the bad power supply, and we were a authorized Commodore shop. I also made nice cash re-aligning 1541 drives looking for the "cats eye" on my 'scope.
But I did love my SX64. Had that thing hacked to high hell. Burnt my own character ROM so I could tell 0,8,6 & G apart, Hacked the kernel ROM to set my colors on boot, and a few of Mike J. Henry's routines that I could call upon. Put a Wygant Scientific board (my design) that provided two 6522s and a phone interface with Teltone/SSI DTMF and call progress detectors, and a 6551 for real 1200 baud modem love.
Thanks for reminding me of my hippie days back in Portland, OR and all the fun I had back then with a bong, a stack of data books, free chip samples and a wire-wrap tool.
The same way I feel about Ron Paul. I can only agree about 10% of the time with him but I do respect him. I'd rather have him as POTUS than Newt or Mitt. At the least with Paul, I know where he stands and where he will stand.
A Kucinich/Paul ticket would be interesting. Anything those two could agree upon would be good for the country.
Sorry, Dennis Kucinich always looks that way. He's just a goofy looking guy. I like a lot of what he stands for and admire his integrity, but he's not electable for POTUS.
Now if they showed a picture of his wife and said, "This babe's husband," they might do better.
When I'm in a festive mood I stop watching on the laptop and crank up the "media center." Old Pioneer stereo from the early 90s, 27" Sharp CRT, Sony subwoofer dug out from a dumpster, JBL speakers from the 80s, and a WDTV live ($90 on sale) and watch something from TPB. If I want to check out FX then I put the glasses on and watch on the laptop with the nice screen. If I want to enjoy a story, I sit back in an old denim chair (free from craigslist) with a cat in the lap and a beer at my side.
For TV (cooking) shows my wife and I sit in bed and watch via an old laptop that has no screen hooked to a nice 19" LCD monitor I got off craigslist for $20. We have some mid range computer speakers with a subwoofer under the bed ($40ish).
I grew up with black and white and three channels. I'm living the fucking future now!
Thanks for the link but the thread seems to advise against using LEDs for voltage drops. And I know how to use a diode for a voltage drop, I was wondering how to use an LED for regulation.
Business Costco (the one in Lynnwood, WA) and take home to cut into strips (and a nice little chuck steak for Joe), divide into 1.5lb baggies and freeze. When we want some good burger we just pull a baggie and run it through the KitchenAid grinder (works better frozen.)
Top grade low-fat burger for the cost of 80/20 on sale. And we know what is in it.
As you know, you can't go back to the mystery pack after you've tasted this.
They are using the form factor of PCMCIA to use existing parts. They are going out of their way to make sure it can't plug into a laptop PCMCIA slot as the electrical pin-outs are no where near the same. They just want a cheap connector that is small but with lots of pins.
In the old days we made homebrew computers with DB25 connectors for I/O even though we were never going to use it for serial or Centronics printer connections. It's just a cheap connector available everywhere.
PS: I just used Ninite to build an XP box for my stepdaughter. What a cool service. Thanks again.
And you're one of those douchebags that think that everyone has a job just like yours. That all things are made by someone sitting at a desk and playing George Jetson. I'm a field tech. I go around and fix things, with tools, and wire, and parts. I put on about 1000 miles a week in my plastic wonder car ('93 Saturn) and I haven't had a ticket in years. I go and fix things at retail shops so you can waltz in and have your credit card work or your Starbucks card accepted. Not everyone works in the same office at the same hours everyday. Some of us have decided that going around and actually building and fixing things are more important and fulfilling. I just turned down interviewing for a $120k/yr job in downtown Seattle because I just couldn't see myself happy behind a desk again. And I enjoy living out on a native fishing village. Very low dbag population here.
So, mozumder, go fuck yourself and your immature view of life.
I was thinking ahead to get the possibly landed rocket back to the launch site for redeployment. I guess I should have made myself clear. The parent had mentioned landing the (non-payload) rocket but, due to orbital mechanics, it may not be near the launch site. It's a big object that would otherwise have to be shipped (although Boeing does run some rail cars that may handle it.)
And yes, around where I live we do see planes on trains quite often but I think those are 757 bodies.
Checking the specs on the SpaceX Falcon-9 and the 747-LCF it seems that the rocket would easily fit in the Dreamlifter. FAA accepted design, get Evergreen to build another and Stratolaunch has a way to get the rock back to Huntsville, or where ever they launch from. Or even just rent it from Boeing for a few days. I know I see them sitting there at Paine for weeks at a time.
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See that big truck outside the back of the grocery store?
Uh huh.
The best snow car I ever had was a 1967 bug. That little trooper with snow tires would go anywhere. Too bad the heater was crap.
We don't all work in office buildings or malls.
Many of us have to drive to various locations during the day to perform our work. I'm a field engineer fixing retail networks. I have to carry tools, wire, connectors, sometimes even a ladder. There is no mass transit that is going to work for me. And no, I don't have a company truck, it's just me and my '93 Saturn that I put about 3k miles on each month. I just put over 2k into the car, new shocks, belts, etc., so I can keep driving something that gets 35ish MPG.
Get out of your cubicle and smell the real world before you bring up mass transit as a solution. It's not a solution, it's just a small part of the solution.
It has a canopy, is that full enough?
Hi Hairy:
I could have modded you up but I wanted to brag. My '89 V6 Ranger has over 400k miles and is as strong as an ox. The transmission whines like a stuck pig but it can still haul a full bed of wet maple at highway speeds. The only mods are holes for ham radio antennas.
A man and his truck, it's a beautiful thing.
I remember working at a small shop where I was the wonder kid because I could get at the 1.5 amp fuse INSIDE the transformer that was "protected" by the 2A fuse on the case. I think the only thing I ever saw wrong with with a C64 was in the power supply. For the C64's we would repair them by buying them from ToysRUs and returning them with the bad power supply, and we were a authorized Commodore shop. I also made nice cash re-aligning 1541 drives looking for the "cats eye" on my 'scope.
But I did love my SX64. Had that thing hacked to high hell. Burnt my own character ROM so I could tell 0,8,6 & G apart, Hacked the kernel ROM to set my colors on boot, and a few of Mike J. Henry's routines that I could call upon. Put a Wygant Scientific board (my design) that provided two 6522s and a phone interface with Teltone/SSI DTMF and call progress detectors, and a 6551 for real 1200 baud modem love.
Thanks for reminding me of my hippie days back in Portland, OR and all the fun I had back then with a bong, a stack of data books, free chip samples and a wire-wrap tool.
Now I'm 50, fat, buzz cut and route IP all day.
I've never changed my slashdot password. Maybe the next decade.
The same way I feel about Ron Paul. I can only agree about 10% of the time with him but I do respect him. I'd rather have him as POTUS than Newt or Mitt. At the least with Paul, I know where he stands and where he will stand.
A Kucinich/Paul ticket would be interesting. Anything those two could agree upon would be good for the country.
Sorry, Dennis Kucinich always looks that way. He's just a goofy looking guy. I like a lot of what he stands for and admire his integrity, but he's not electable for POTUS.
Now if they showed a picture of his wife and said, "This babe's husband," they might do better.
I'm with you on this Bill.
When I'm in a festive mood I stop watching on the laptop and crank up the "media center." Old Pioneer stereo from the early 90s, 27" Sharp CRT, Sony subwoofer dug out from a dumpster, JBL speakers from the 80s, and a WDTV live ($90 on sale) and watch something from TPB. If I want to check out FX then I put the glasses on and watch on the laptop with the nice screen. If I want to enjoy a story, I sit back in an old denim chair (free from craigslist) with a cat in the lap and a beer at my side.
For TV (cooking) shows my wife and I sit in bed and watch via an old laptop that has no screen hooked to a nice 19" LCD monitor I got off craigslist for $20. We have some mid range computer speakers with a subwoofer under the bed ($40ish).
I grew up with black and white and three channels. I'm living the fucking future now!
Jerry Christmas and Happy New Year, man.
And Apollo I isn't really a good example. I had nightmares about that when I was a kid.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Apollo_1_fire.jpg
Sometimes moderators feel a bit funny. I use to mod all of Bruce Parens posts funny just to keep him wondering.
Thanks for the link but the thread seems to advise against using LEDs for voltage drops. And I know how to use a diode for a voltage drop, I was wondering how to use an LED for regulation.
You used an LED as a zener? How's that work?
But wouldn't I notice the red flashing LED and the beeping? All the ones I've seen on TV have that.
This: http://home.hamelin.us/IMG253.jpg
Business Costco (the one in Lynnwood, WA) and take home to cut into strips (and a nice little chuck steak for Joe), divide into 1.5lb baggies and freeze. When we want some good burger we just pull a baggie and run it through the KitchenAid grinder (works better frozen.)
Top grade low-fat burger for the cost of 80/20 on sale. And we know what is in it.
As you know, you can't go back to the mystery pack after you've tasted this.
Don't remember that but when I hosted images.slashdot.org I was using a 2GB Toshiba on a Pentium 90 running slackware. That was about '97 IIRC.
Hairy,
They are using the form factor of PCMCIA to use existing parts. They are going out of their way to make sure it can't plug into a laptop PCMCIA slot as the electrical pin-outs are no where near the same. They just want a cheap connector that is small but with lots of pins.
In the old days we made homebrew computers with DB25 connectors for I/O even though we were never going to use it for serial or Centronics printer connections. It's just a cheap connector available everywhere.
PS: I just used Ninite to build an XP box for my stepdaughter. What a cool service. Thanks again.
-Joe
And you're one of those douchebags that think that everyone has a job just like yours. That all things are made by someone sitting at a desk and playing George Jetson. I'm a field tech. I go around and fix things, with tools, and wire, and parts. I put on about 1000 miles a week in my plastic wonder car ('93 Saturn) and I haven't had a ticket in years. I go and fix things at retail shops so you can waltz in and have your credit card work or your Starbucks card accepted. Not everyone works in the same office at the same hours everyday. Some of us have decided that going around and actually building and fixing things are more important and fulfilling. I just turned down interviewing for a $120k/yr job in downtown Seattle because I just couldn't see myself happy behind a desk again. And I enjoy living out on a native fishing village. Very low dbag population here.
So, mozumder, go fuck yourself and your immature view of life.
I was thinking ahead to get the possibly landed rocket back to the launch site for redeployment. I guess I should have made myself clear. The parent had mentioned landing the (non-payload) rocket but, due to orbital mechanics, it may not be near the launch site. It's a big object that would otherwise have to be shipped (although Boeing does run some rail cars that may handle it.)
And yes, around where I live we do see planes on trains quite often but I think those are 757 bodies.
Checking the specs on the SpaceX Falcon-9 and the 747-LCF it seems that the rocket would easily fit in the Dreamlifter. FAA accepted design, get Evergreen to build another and Stratolaunch has a way to get the rock back to Huntsville, or where ever they launch from. Or even just rent it from Boeing for a few days. I know I see them sitting there at Paine for weeks at a time.
If by dissect you mean mulch, and by clone you mean use as fertilizer, why yes.
As long as they keep their laws off my mobile ham radio.
73 de W7COM/M
This. And $deity help you if you have a tooth go south on a weekend.
Thanks for the explanation, I think I'm starting to get this now.