Building motors can be VERY costly, the most mild build, which would be a simple piston swap, costing $300-400 if you perform it yourself. The most expensive... well, just let your imagination wander since there are motors out there that cost $1M+ to build, like in CART and F1 race cars.
Or the old saying "Speed is Money, how fast can you afford to go?"
Back when the Ford Escort had the 1.9l engine, there was some VERY VERY interesting parts/plans available from Ford - we are talking multi hundred horses, instead of 85hp. There were a few problems of course - cost, legality, and worst of all, lifespan. They told you right off the top that some of these mods were going to get you into the = 500 mile before before overhaul range - aka real race engine class
I was a white box maker, oh, 10 years ago, and still deal with one now
If you find the RIGHT white box maker, you sit down with a parts list of say 20 cases, 20 motherboards, etc, and spec exactly what you want. Most of the vendors I deal with will do everything from cheap no name parts to top of the line name brand
Sometimes it just pays for them to put them together - you have to know your vendor. I've paid as little as $20 over the price of the parts to have a PC put together - and they did a nice job. My time is worth more than that
Actually The Red Cross of NYC had to rely on Hams during 9/11 because the phones were really messed up, and they figured they would use their "Nextels" - guess what? They didn't work - since that time, a bunch of the agencies here in NYC have taken on a new respect for what the HAMS here in NY - we get invited out a lot more
Better yet - I moved into a house that has a full bathroom in the basement - Nice quiet place right off my shop (I have a full workshop)
I try to keep my geek stuff located in 2 places - the basement, and the corner where my desk is. We do have one hard and fast rule - not tools/computers/etc on the kitchen table or in the dinning room
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That was my thought
sounds like they never heard of "Music on a long thin wire"
As Usual, RMS is giving the anti GNU and Anti Linux forces more ammo. What to scare the average company into NOT using open source software, pull out a handful of selected RMS quotes and articles.
The reason teachers get paid 31k/year for 10 months (Yes, I know it's hard making a living on that, and they have to take summer jobs, but you didn't say what she earns there, so it doesn't count) is simple - supply and demand - they can obviously get enough teachers of the quality they want (they meaning the people paying the taxes) for $31k! If they couldn't, they would have to raise the pay scale.
Some people ARE willing to pay more - and we move into areas with better schools, which usually have higher taxes
One thing I find fairly interesting is that in NYC, the bottom performing schools get significantly more money/student that the top performing schools! The interesting part however is this - More money gets to the CLASSROOM in the schools that perform well than the schools that perform poorly! (Can you say corrupt bureaucracy?)
Please excuse any mistakes on this, but I'm on some fairly nasty drugs right now, and can barely stay awake
OK first the reason for the asterisks - if you ask about Foucault's Pendulum on the Model Eng mailing list, you WILL cause a stink - it caused the longest running thread a few years back
Anyway doing Foucault's Pendulum is NOT easy. You need a LONG Pendulum, a SOLID building, a heavy bob and preferably no drafts
The Gent on the ModelEng list tried to do it in an old barn silo, and it didn't work, as the silo moved too much
BTW I was told that research at the University of Quito has shown that the Foucault Pendulum doesn't work
Way back when, I worked for a company that made (almost as a sideline) Animatronics! One of our clients (In fact, it may have been the only one) was Sesame Park. We made a couple of "Oscars" and "Cookies", and the muppeteers came in to program them - Our breakthrough was the teaching machine. Very cool. The system was all analog, with the signal FSK recorded onto 30 minute carts. I spent a week each spring recording new carts from the masters. 20 hours of listening to Cookie, 20 hours listening to Oscar
I can't think of a worse way to do it. Lots of folks don't have the cash in bank to go 1 month at 50% pay. They want a 3.8% cut for the rest of the year (They look like the pay every 2 weeks) - cut the pay evenly over the rest of the year! What are they going to do if some of their employees can't make house payments/car payments/rent for the month of May. Let's say someones car gets repo'd - do you really think that person will be happy?
Yeah, paycuts suck, but they do happen (I was in the defense industry in the late 80s)
And now thanks to those keychain-sized USB drives, every guest has his keychain checked before he enters, and has to empty his pockets
And your guests stand for this?
Folks, three times in recent months I've walked out on places, or canceled tickets to an event that said they wanted to search me. Yes, it's their right to ask, and it's my right to say "No". Then it's up to them to decide which they want more - me, or their rule
To quote a Sci-Fi story being written by a guy on the net:
"Contract Addendum 4: The person of the Guild Certified Consulting Programmer is inviolate. Attempts to search the Consulting Programmer's person, vehicle, or home are considered both a violation of contract and initiation of force."
-- Page 23 of the Guild's Standard Contract
It depends on how crazy you want to get. If it's going to metal, try going down to your local machine shop and asking them, OR post a question on Rec.crafts.metalworking
Even if it needs to be cast, that can be done (esp if you want it done in Al) - you could look up "Backyard Foundry"
Of course, now we're talking about a REAL geek hobby - Metalworking! Hot metal, dangerious tools, and it takes a brain
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Or the old saying "Speed is Money, how fast can you afford to go?"
Back when the Ford Escort had the 1.9l engine, there was some VERY VERY interesting parts/plans available from Ford - we are talking multi hundred horses, instead of 85hp. There were a few problems of course - cost, legality, and worst of all, lifespan. They told you right off the top that some of these mods were going to get you into the = 500 mile before before overhaul range - aka real race engine class
Sometimes home built is the best - other times?
I was a white box maker, oh, 10 years ago, and still deal with one now
If you find the RIGHT white box maker, you sit down with a parts list of say 20 cases, 20 motherboards, etc, and spec exactly what you want. Most of the vendors I deal with will do everything from cheap no name parts to top of the line name brand
Sometimes it just pays for them to put them together - you have to know your vendor. I've paid as little as $20 over the price of the parts to have a PC put together - and they did a nice job. My time is worth more than that
Actually The Red Cross of NYC had to rely on Hams during 9/11 because the phones were really messed up, and they figured they would use their "Nextels" - guess what? They didn't work - since that time, a bunch of the agencies here in NYC have taken on a new respect for what the HAMS here in NY - we get invited out a lot more
73
KC2IXE
I was NOT a ham at the time, but the NY effort was huge. It was what I needed to get off my butt an get my license
Since that time I've gotten involved in NYC ARES. In fact, I've become the Queens County Assistant Emergency Coordinator
Hi,
when I was first married, I lived in a place slightly smaller than that, but not much
Let me give you a hint - that's a LOT of gear for a very small space.
You really have to discuss these things. There probably should be some places that are "Off Limits"
Everyone needs "their own space" You probably have it - does your SO? She probably considers the bathroom part of "Her space"
Give her a beak. You can get more geek toys once you move into something larger
Bad math
1 sq yd = 9 sq feet (It's 3 feet x 3 feet)
65 sq yds = 585 sq feet.
I've lived in smaller, but I did NOT have that much stuff.
Answer, tone it down some - in a space that small, she needs HER space too
Better yet - I moved into a house that has a full bathroom in the basement - Nice quiet place right off my shop (I have a full workshop)
I try to keep my geek stuff located in 2 places - the basement, and the corner where my desk is. We do have one hard and fast rule - not tools/computers/etc on the kitchen table or in the dinning room
That was my thought
sounds like they never heard of "Music on a long thin wire"
1/4 dollar coins (25 cents) - most vending machines use them - big time
As Usual, RMS is giving the anti GNU and Anti Linux forces more ammo. What to scare the average company into NOT using open source software, pull out a handful of selected RMS quotes and articles.
I agree - the Bat is great
We DID have coal till last year - they are now gone
Charlie
The reason teachers get paid 31k/year for 10 months (Yes, I know it's hard making a living on that, and they have to take summer jobs, but you didn't say what she earns there, so it doesn't count) is simple - supply and demand - they can obviously get enough teachers of the quality they want (they meaning the people paying the taxes) for $31k! If they couldn't, they would have to raise the pay scale.
Some people ARE willing to pay more - and we move into areas with better schools, which usually have higher taxes
One thing I find fairly interesting is that in NYC, the bottom performing schools get significantly more money/student that the top performing schools! The interesting part however is this - More money gets to the CLASSROOM in the schools that perform well than the schools that perform poorly! (Can you say corrupt bureaucracy?)
Please excuse any mistakes on this, but I'm on some fairly nasty drugs right now, and can barely stay awake
You missed the joke - University of Quito - Look it up on the map, and think
(Hint - It's in the middle of the tropics)
As a non fan, who probably won't get a chance to see the movie, and who lives in Queens - what neighborhood is that?
(Bayside Hills is home)
OK first the reason for the asterisks - if you ask about Foucault's Pendulum on the Model Eng mailing list, you WILL cause a stink - it caused the longest running thread a few years back
Anyway doing Foucault's Pendulum is NOT easy. You need a LONG Pendulum, a SOLID building, a heavy bob and preferably no drafts
The Gent on the ModelEng list tried to do it in an old barn silo, and it didn't work, as the silo moved too much
BTW I was told that research at the University of Quito has shown that the Foucault Pendulum doesn't work
Way back when, I worked for a company that made (almost as a sideline) Animatronics! One of our clients (In fact, it may have been the only one) was Sesame Park. We made a couple of "Oscars" and "Cookies", and the muppeteers came in to program them - Our breakthrough was the teaching machine. Very cool.
The system was all analog, with the signal FSK recorded onto 30 minute carts. I spent a week each spring recording new carts from the masters. 20 hours of listening to Cookie, 20 hours listening to Oscar
I can't think of a worse way to do it. Lots of folks don't have the cash in bank to go 1 month at 50% pay. They want a 3.8% cut for the rest of the year (They look like the pay every 2 weeks) - cut the pay evenly over the rest of the year! What are they going to do if some of their employees can't make house payments/car payments/rent for the month of May. Let's say someones car gets repo'd - do you really think that person will be happy?
Yeah, paycuts suck, but they do happen (I was in the defense industry in the late 80s)
Ate the tickets
Yes, that's the one - he also posts to misc.survivalism
And your guests stand for this?
Folks, three times in recent months I've walked out on places, or canceled tickets to an event that said they wanted to search me. Yes, it's their right to ask, and it's my right to say "No". Then it's up to them to decide which they want more - me, or their rule
To quote a Sci-Fi story being written by a guy on the net:
I guess the guy is a Heinlein fan, huh?
CNC Machining - Perfect - we used to have it done all the time
Charlie
It depends on how crazy you want to get. If it's going to metal, try going down to your local machine shop and asking them, OR post a question on Rec.crafts.metalworking
Even if it needs to be cast, that can be done (esp if you want it done in Al) - you could look up "Backyard Foundry"
Of course, now we're talking about a REAL geek hobby - Metalworking! Hot metal, dangerious tools, and it takes a brain
I LOVE the sig - very cool
(and no, I meant that I was using it as a footrest)