My Tektronix 561a O'scope - made in teh mid 1960s, and still going. I worked for a company that had these in a production environment into the 90s, and probably still does - The first tube to go is usually the CRT - the phosphors go
Yes, I agree about the chair, and will add "the keyboard"
I tell people the most import parts of a PC are 1)The Monitor 2)The Keyboad 3)The Chair 4)The Mouse/trackball
Spend your money on these, and THEN on the rest - I'll go with a slower PC, smaller HD, Less ram, in order to improve the above 4 items. The GOOD thing is that a good keyboard and chair will last years
Have you ever LOOKED at a spectrum graph? Yes, good ballasts make a difference, but part of what you are seeing is that most of the newer tubes (T8 pin and the like) already are somewhat better tubes (tri phosphor). The color21 and 31 tubes are getting there. Like I said in another post, the small extra cost of a high CRI tube isn't much, particlarly is you stay away from brands like Verilux (I LIKE Verilux, but) - the tubes are maybe 25% more in price for "full spectrum"
Full Spectrum lights are NOT that expensive, and fit "standard" fixtures - Verilux is one brand, and even Home Depot sells some here in the states
My workshop at home is ALL full spectrum lights - VERY nice.
Another option (expensive) is HID lighting - Yes, like the cars. Fixtures are EXPENSIVE and throw a LOT of light
Whatever you do, remember to look at 2 numbers - The Color Rendering Index (aka, the CRI) - you REALLY want a CRI in the VERY high 80s or in the 90s - 100 would be perfect "sunlight". The best you can do is about 92
The other is color temp. It is the color of the light (relative to "Black Body" color). Standard Incandescent light is around 2700. Some of the "full spectrum" lights key as blue as 5500k - These are a close match to "noon sunlight", but make things look flat unless you do 2 things - design for it, and use a LOT of light
Believe it or not, the Light bulb Mfgs have some pretty good guides to GOOD lighting on their web sights. For NICE computer lighting, you probably want to follow some of their general ideas - I've actually spent money on this at my OFFICE (if I leave, I'll take the lights)
You want a medium level of ambient light - in my 10x10 office, I use a dual 2x24" florescent fixture doing an upward wall wash - gives MOST of the general light. Then I have a track light with 4 bulbs - One flood pointing at the cork board being my desk, one flood at the cluster of photos on the wall to my left, 2 spots pointing at the 2 photos on the wall in front of me (behind the visitors chairs). Then I have task lighting on my desk
Or in French speaking parts Mardi Gras - "Fat Tuesday"
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What WAS the OSS? The Office Of Stratigic Services - Had 2 sections - "Operations Group" (where Dad was) and Intelligence
After WWII - Intelligence became the CIA - "Operations" became the forerunner of all the US Special Forces. Ops Group was in France 90 days before D-Day and trained the Partisans among other things.
So basically I was trained to fight by someone who was trained directly by Rex Applegate
I can only remember one of them - Hint - If the same guy beats you to a pulp every week for 2.5 years, stabs you (yes, I was stabbed, needed a couple of stitches), steals your stuff, you'll remember his name
I have NO idea where he is, nor do I care, but I remember his name, and I remember going through about 15 pairs of glasses that 2.5 year period.
In todays day and age, he probably would have ended up in jail
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I agree - from 6th grade till the beginning of 9th, I got the crap beat out of me about once a week. I either didn't fight back (at the beginning) or tried to fight "clean"
Then one day, Dad decided to teach me to fight dirty - and BOY did HE know how to fight dirty (something about being in the OSS and learning hand to hand there (grin)). Very soon after, the class bully tried again - and boy that little bit of training and practice made all the difference - the fight ended when _I_ decided to end it, and I was the one still standing - He KNEW I beat him, and the ONLY reason he wasn't in the hospital or worse was because I decided that I didn't want him there
Nope - Met my wife playing D&D - In fact, we first kissed leaving a D&D session - Can tell you the date, place, and who the DM was, but NOT the premise of the campaign
Ahhh D&D - the lost hours of Jr High, High School and parts of College. The ONLY place you could get it in NYC was "The Complete Strategist" - Played EVERY Saturday for something like 7 years - 6 hours at a time. My best friend brought a childhood family friend along one day, and she joined the group. That must have been 1978. In March of 1980, she made it clear she wanted to be my girlfriend
We'll be married 15 years this summer. I still see the friend that introduced us all the time (we're God Parents to each others children)
I can tell you the name of his company (Fonar) and that they are based on Long Island, but it's been 20 years since I met him, so I can't remember his name (and it was NMR back then)
Not only overwhelmed, but the largest single cell node was on top of the WTC - of course IT stopped working. The thing is, so did most of the rest of the cell sites downtown. Let's face it, a large are down there lost their trunk lines, and the cell sites use trunk lines (The Verizon building across the street was wrecked - and all the cables that went through the WTC site were GONE, and well as most of the stuff in the streets arount the site
Ham radio has the bandwidth, and we know how to handle the traffic. Plus I find that in most emergencies, hams end up helping
We are well know for handling "formal Traffic", which has 4 levels of priority
Emergency - Messages that have an immediate impact on life/property
Priority - Typically Offical Comms that are important, but don't rate Emergency
Health and Welfare - These are the "I'm OK" or the "I'm at X Hospital" messages
Regular - the rest of the messages
IF you become a ham, some of this stuff must be know to pass the test. Here in NYC most of the "offical" traffic will be on a subset of 12 repeaters - and probably on only 1-4 of those (which subset will depend on the type and location of the problem) - we will probably also use one Simplex VHF channel
I agree fully - "Ham" radio is the way to go. With todays easier Tech License (not disparaging - I'm only a Tech myself) it's not hard, plus, on top of keeping in touch with your family, you can actually help others
I see that the original poster is from NYC - He should look at the NYC ARES web site. We are on "standby" right now - my scanner is on monitoring all out "tac" frequencies
Disclaimer:
I am the Queens County Emergency Coordinator of NYC ARES and the Queens County Radio Officer of RACES
The terms Hourly/salary really don't exist - it's "exempt" and "Non-exempt"
"Non-Exempt" employees MUST be paid "Overtime" - they can NOT give up the right, and the campany can NOT make it "go away" by calling you "salaried"
Exempt Employees are what most of us call salaried
The exact rules are in
29CFR541
First there is a FEDERAL law that says if your IT (and it's specific to IT) that if you do not earn at least $27.63/hour to be considered "exempt" - earn less than that, they have to pay you OT
Now I don't know California law, but it's possible (in fact probable based on above posts) that the call the "Minimum exempt rate" at $41/hour - I know some states have higher numbers than the Federal rate
Yes and no. I agree with the first poster - I want my main development box to turn on, and just allow me to work - I don't want to fiddle
Ditto my main home box
Those boxes are for WORK - they are utilities, not for fiddling with. I want them to be configured the same way, EVERY TIME. I've run the same desktop colors and photos for, oh, 8-9 years now - my icons and menus haven't change in a year or two, and match on both system - heck, I buy the same keyboard and mouse for both
Now, for PLAYING around, I'll either multiboot, or have a different system - THAT is where I play, tinker and learn
It's sort of like cars (or like cars back in the day you could actually work on them). When you don't make your living with your car, you can afford to have your car down/being upgraded. Then comes a time in your life when you depend on the car being running - every morning. Eventually, if you have the cash, and you like to tinker, you may buy another car to "play" with. It doesn't really matter if it's out of service for a day or two - It's not your main means of transport
Yep - See my reply on pay grades. Of course a destroyers Captain (the position) USUALLY doesn't hold the RANK of Captain (O-6) if I remember right. He's usually a Commander (O-5)
And some of that on base housing can be REALLY cool - When I was in HS, one of my friends Father was the "sort of" CO of the local unit - when I say "sort of" I mean this - the local unit WAS a reserve unit, and WAS commanded by a Reserve General - however, as you know, the reserve General wasn't around - he was a Reservist after all - My friends Dad was the Colonel - the top ranking NON reservist - so he got to live in the base commanders house - quite nice
On the matchking? Simple - a defect in the BASE of a bullet has a MUCH greater effect on the accuracy of the bullet than a defect in the tip - therefore ALL match grade bullets are made "backwards" compared to ball ammo - The outer jacket is formed into a cup, and the core is put in from the front, and then the tip is formed - they try and close the tip as much as possible, and in fact, the "Hollow point" is usually around 1/32" of an inch. If you've ever know anyone who has tried to hunt with one of these bullets, the can attest - they don't open - in fact, the Mfgs of "match" type bullets warn you not to hunt with them, as they don't open up!
So in short - it's a by-product of how match bullets are made
You are right, but I don't feel like diging up my copy of the opinion on this.
There is also an opinion of "Matchking" hollow point bullets NOT being hollowpoint bullets by the meaning of the Hague Convention, as the hollow point is so small that it does NOT cause them to open up and cause "unneeded suffering"
Basic housing allowance runs 800 - $1600/month based upon your grade, and where you are stationed - plus food for enlisted men - officers get more - for emlisted men living on a base where government food is not available, the food allowance is $485/month
An enlisted man earns between 26k and 80k/year
The captain of the ship is probably a Cmdr (O-5) or Captain (0-6) (rank is different than position) - that puts them at 87K - 127k/year
Enlisted get a clothing allowance of $291/year - officers are expected to buy their own
Slashdot Mirror
Nothing there anymore - It USED to be great - all gone
I wish I knew some stuff around. There used to be some good Machine shop surplus places out on the island, but they are gone too
Heck, I don't even know where to get Al scrap in the NYC Metro area anymore. I'd LOVE to find a place that got machine shop "drops"
Yep,
Last Hamfest I scored 2 0-50v 1.5amp power supplies - $15 for the pair! YES
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Yep, I can remember getting all sorts of good stuff on Canal St - Gone - all gone
Waaaaahhhhhh (I need STUFF)
My Tektronix 561a O'scope - made in teh mid 1960s, and still going. I worked for a company that had these in a production environment into the 90s, and probably still does - The first tube to go is usually the CRT - the phosphors go
Yes, I agree about the chair, and will add "the keyboard"
I tell people the most import parts of a PC are
1)The Monitor
2)The Keyboad
3)The Chair
4)The Mouse/trackball
Spend your money on these, and THEN on the rest - I'll go with a slower PC, smaller HD, Less ram, in order to improve the above 4 items. The GOOD thing is that a good keyboard and chair will last years
The diference is MINIMAL?
Have you ever LOOKED at a spectrum graph? Yes, good ballasts make a difference, but part of what you are seeing is that most of the newer tubes (T8 pin and the like) already are somewhat better tubes (tri phosphor). The color21 and 31 tubes are getting there. Like I said in another post, the small extra cost of a high CRI tube isn't much, particlarly is you stay away from brands like Verilux (I LIKE Verilux, but) - the tubes are maybe 25% more in price for "full spectrum"
Full Spectrum lights are NOT that expensive, and fit "standard" fixtures - Verilux is one brand, and even Home Depot sells some here in the states
My workshop at home is ALL full spectrum lights - VERY nice.
Another option (expensive) is HID lighting - Yes, like the cars. Fixtures are EXPENSIVE and throw a LOT of light
Whatever you do, remember to look at 2 numbers - The Color Rendering Index (aka, the CRI) - you REALLY want a CRI in the VERY high 80s or in the 90s - 100 would be perfect "sunlight". The best you can do is about 92
The other is color temp. It is the color of the light (relative to "Black Body" color). Standard Incandescent light is around 2700. Some of the "full spectrum" lights key as blue as 5500k - These are a close match to "noon sunlight", but make things look flat unless you do 2 things - design for it, and use a LOT of light
Believe it or not, the Light bulb Mfgs have some pretty good guides to GOOD lighting on their web sights. For NICE computer lighting, you probably want to follow some of their general ideas - I've actually spent money on this at my OFFICE (if I leave, I'll take the lights)
You want a medium level of ambient light - in my 10x10 office, I use a dual 2x24" florescent fixture doing an upward wall wash - gives MOST of the general light. Then I have a track light with 4 bulbs - One flood pointing at the cork board being my desk, one flood at the cluster of photos on the wall to my left, 2 spots pointing at the 2 photos on the wall in front of me (behind the visitors chairs). Then I have task lighting on my desk
Good lighting makes a difference
Or in French speaking parts Mardi Gras - "Fat Tuesday"
What WAS the OSS? The Office Of Stratigic Services - Had 2 sections - "Operations Group" (where Dad was) and Intelligence
After WWII - Intelligence became the CIA - "Operations" became the forerunner of all the US Special Forces. Ops Group was in France 90 days before D-Day and trained the Partisans among other things.
So basically I was trained to fight by someone who was trained directly by Rex Applegate
I can only remember one of them - Hint - If the same guy beats you to a pulp every week for 2.5 years, stabs you (yes, I was stabbed, needed a couple of stitches), steals your stuff, you'll remember his name
I have NO idea where he is, nor do I care, but I remember his name, and I remember going through about 15 pairs of glasses that 2.5 year period.
In todays day and age, he probably would have ended up in jail
I agree - from 6th grade till the beginning of 9th, I got the crap beat out of me about once a week. I either didn't fight back (at the beginning) or tried to fight "clean"
Then one day, Dad decided to teach me to fight dirty - and BOY did HE know how to fight dirty (something about being in the OSS and learning hand to hand there (grin)). Very soon after, the class bully tried again - and boy that little bit of training and practice made all the difference - the fight ended when _I_ decided to end it, and I was the one still standing - He KNEW I beat him, and the ONLY reason he wasn't in the hospital or worse was because I decided that I didn't want him there
Never had much trouble after that
Nope - Met my wife playing D&D - In fact, we first kissed leaving a D&D session - Can tell you the date, place, and who the DM was, but NOT the premise of the campaign
Ahhh D&D - the lost hours of Jr High, High School and parts of College. The ONLY place you could get it in NYC was "The Complete Strategist" - Played EVERY Saturday for something like 7 years - 6 hours at a time. My best friend brought a childhood family friend along one day, and she joined the group. That must have been 1978. In March of 1980, she made it clear she wanted to be my girlfriend
We'll be married 15 years this summer. I still see the friend that introduced us all the time (we're God Parents to each others children)
D&D brings back memories
I can tell you the name of his company (Fonar) and that they are based on Long Island, but it's been 20 years since I met him, so I can't remember his name (and it was NMR back then)
Not only overwhelmed, but the largest single cell node was on top of the WTC - of course IT stopped working. The thing is, so did most of the rest of the cell sites downtown. Let's face it, a large are down there lost their trunk lines, and the cell sites use trunk lines (The Verizon building across the street was wrecked - and all the cables that went through the WTC site were GONE, and well as most of the stuff in the streets arount the site
Ham radio has the bandwidth, and we know how to handle the traffic. Plus I find that in most emergencies, hams end up helping
We are well know for handling "formal Traffic", which has 4 levels of priority
Emergency - Messages that have an immediate impact on life/property
Priority - Typically Offical Comms that are important, but don't rate Emergency
Health and Welfare - These are the "I'm OK" or the "I'm at X Hospital" messages
Regular - the rest of the messages
IF you become a ham, some of this stuff must be know to pass the test. Here in NYC most of the "offical" traffic will be on a subset of 12 repeaters - and probably on only 1-4 of those (which subset will depend on the type and location of the problem) - we will probably also use one Simplex VHF channel
We drill for this stuff at least once/week
I agree fully - "Ham" radio is the way to go. With todays easier Tech License (not disparaging - I'm only a Tech myself) it's not hard, plus, on top of keeping in touch with your family, you can actually help others
I see that the original poster is from NYC - He should look at the NYC ARES web site. We are on "standby" right now - my scanner is on monitoring all out "tac" frequencies
Disclaimer:
I am the Queens County Emergency Coordinator of NYC ARES and the Queens County Radio Officer of RACES
2 Fermions go into a resturant to order dinner
The waiter comes over to take their order
the 1st Fermion says "I'll have the Salmon"
The second says "Darn, I wanted that"
The terms Hourly/salary really don't exist - it's "exempt" and "Non-exempt"
"Non-Exempt" employees MUST be paid "Overtime" - they can NOT give up the right, and the campany can NOT make it "go away" by calling you "salaried"
Exempt Employees are what most of us call salaried
The exact rules are in
29CFR541
First there is a FEDERAL law that says if your IT (and it's specific to IT) that if you do not earn at least $27.63/hour to be considered "exempt" - earn less than that, they have to pay you OT
Now I don't know California law, but it's possible (in fact probable based on above posts) that the call the "Minimum exempt rate" at $41/hour - I know some states have higher numbers than the Federal rate
RE Engs love to fiddle-
Yes and no. I agree with the first poster - I want my main development box to turn on, and just allow me to work - I don't want to fiddle
Ditto my main home box
Those boxes are for WORK - they are utilities, not for fiddling with. I want them to be configured the same way, EVERY TIME. I've run the same desktop colors and photos for, oh, 8-9 years now - my icons and menus haven't change in a year or two, and match on both system - heck, I buy the same keyboard and mouse for both
Now, for PLAYING around, I'll either multiboot, or have a different system - THAT is where I play, tinker and learn
It's sort of like cars (or like cars back in the day you could actually work on them). When you don't make your living with your car, you can afford to have your car down/being upgraded. Then comes a time in your life when you depend on the car being running - every morning. Eventually, if you have the cash, and you like to tinker, you may buy another car to "play" with. It doesn't really matter if it's out of service for a day or two - It's not your main means of transport
Yep - See my reply on pay grades. Of course a destroyers Captain (the position) USUALLY doesn't hold the RANK of Captain (O-6) if I remember right. He's usually a Commander (O-5)
And some of that on base housing can be REALLY cool - When I was in HS, one of my friends Father was the "sort of" CO of the local unit - when I say "sort of" I mean this - the local unit WAS a reserve unit, and WAS commanded by a Reserve General - however, as you know, the reserve General wasn't around - he was a Reservist after all - My friends Dad was the Colonel - the top ranking NON reservist - so he got to live in the base commanders house - quite nice
On the matchking? Simple - a defect in the BASE of a bullet has a MUCH greater effect on the accuracy of the bullet than a defect in the tip - therefore ALL match grade bullets are made "backwards" compared to ball ammo - The outer jacket is formed into a cup, and the core is put in from the front, and then the tip is formed - they try and close the tip as much as possible, and in fact, the "Hollow point" is usually around 1/32" of an inch. If you've ever know anyone who has tried to hunt with one of these bullets, the can attest - they don't open - in fact, the Mfgs of "match" type bullets warn you not to hunt with them, as they don't open up!
So in short - it's a by-product of how match bullets are made
You are right, but I don't feel like diging up my copy of the opinion on this.
There is also an opinion of "Matchking" hollow point bullets NOT being hollowpoint bullets by the meaning of the Hague Convention, as the hollow point is so small that it does NOT cause them to open up and cause "unneeded suffering"
WRONG - Common myth - I'd dig up the JAG stuff on it, but if your using Ball or AP/APT .50 is fine
Basic housing allowance runs 800 - $1600/month based upon your grade, and where you are stationed - plus food for enlisted men - officers get more - for emlisted men living on a base where government food is not available, the food allowance is $485/month
An enlisted man earns between 26k and 80k/year
The captain of the ship is probably a Cmdr (O-5) or Captain (0-6) (rank is different than position) - that puts them at 87K - 127k/year
Enlisted get a clothing allowance of $291/year - officers are expected to buy their own