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From: Rich Grise, Plainclothes Hippie on 31 Jul 2006 15:41 On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 08:32:56 -0700, John Larkin wrote: > On 31 Jul 2006 07:42:26 -0700, bill.sloman(a)ieee.org wrote: >>John Larkin wrote: >>> On Sun, 30 Jul 2006 01:36:44 GMT, Phat Bytestard >>> >On 29 Jul 2006 16:17:15 -0700, bill.sloman(a)ieee.org Gave us: >> >>> Fred and Bill aren't stupid, they're just nasty. And it's a twisted >>> irony that even nasty people need friends. >> >>And precisely who around here is nice? >> >>Spehro Pefhany probably qualifies. Win Hill is mostly okay, but has >>been known to succumb to provocation. Tony Williams does seem to be >>utterly resistant to provocation, as do most the U.K. contingent, but >>that may be social conditioning, rather than intrinsic good character. > > I practise differential niceness. > In "A Child's Garden of Grass, a Pre-legalization Comedy", one of the recommended ways of acquiring free marijuana is: "Be very very nice to everyone you meet." :-) Cheers! Rich
From: Rich Grise, Plainclothes Hippie on 31 Jul 2006 15:44 On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 08:30:42 -0700, John Larkin wrote: > On Sun, 30 Jul 2006 17:31:37 GMT, Phat Bytestard > >> Wrong. You're an idiot. I am currently working on the world's next >>protector, the Joint Strike Fighter Program. > > Hey, so am I. They're using my arbs to simulate all sorts of stuff to > the engine control computers, so they can test the software before > they actually fly it. The driveshaft to the lift fan is interesting... > 32,000 hp excites all sorts of twists and vibration modes. We make > some tach/overspeed modules too, and we're working on a realtime > torque sensor thing. We're doing thermocouple and RTD simulators too, > for pretty much the same reasons. > > Nowadays planes are just sensors, computers, and actuators, with lots > of software connecting them. So a major development item is coding and > testing the software. "A bug every 10 lines" just won't do here. > > JSF is cool. Single engine, vertical takeoff and land, supersonic > without afterburners. Pratt&Whitney engine. > It's just so tragic that all of that knowledge and technology is applied to killing people. )-; Thanks, Rich
From: John Larkin on 31 Jul 2006 17:06 On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 19:44:54 GMT, "Rich Grise, Plainclothes Hippie" <eatmyshorts(a)doubleclick.net> wrote: >On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 08:30:42 -0700, John Larkin wrote: >> On Sun, 30 Jul 2006 17:31:37 GMT, Phat Bytestard >> >>> Wrong. You're an idiot. I am currently working on the world's next >>>protector, the Joint Strike Fighter Program. >> >> Hey, so am I. They're using my arbs to simulate all sorts of stuff to >> the engine control computers, so they can test the software before >> they actually fly it. The driveshaft to the lift fan is interesting... >> 32,000 hp excites all sorts of twists and vibration modes. We make >> some tach/overspeed modules too, and we're working on a realtime >> torque sensor thing. We're doing thermocouple and RTD simulators too, >> for pretty much the same reasons. >> >> Nowadays planes are just sensors, computers, and actuators, with lots >> of software connecting them. So a major development item is coding and >> testing the software. "A bug every 10 lines" just won't do here. >> >> JSF is cool. Single engine, vertical takeoff and land, supersonic >> without afterburners. Pratt&Whitney engine. >> > >It's just so tragic that all of that knowledge and technology is applied >to killing people. )-; > Or deterring same. John
From: John Larkin on 31 Jul 2006 17:07 On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 14:18:24 -0400, Spehro Pefhany <speffSNIP(a)interlogDOTyou.knowwhat> wrote: >On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 08:32:56 -0700, the renowned John Larkin ><jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: > >>On 31 Jul 2006 07:42:26 -0700, bill.sloman(a)ieee.org wrote: >> >>> >>>John Larkin wrote: >>>> On Sun, 30 Jul 2006 01:36:44 GMT, Phat Bytestard >>>> <phatbytestard(a)getinmahharddrive.org> wrote: >>>> >>>> >On 29 Jul 2006 16:17:15 -0700, bill.sloman(a)ieee.org Gave us: >>> >>>> >>>> Fred and Bill aren't stupid, they're just nasty. And it's a twisted >>>> irony that even nasty people need friends. >>> >>>And precisely who around here is nice? >>> >>>Spehro Pefhany probably qualifies. Win Hill is mostly okay, but has >>>been known to succumb to provocation. Tony Williams does seem to be >>>utterly resistant to provocation, as do most the U.K. contingent, but >>>that may be social conditioning, rather than intrinsic good character. >> >>I practise differential niceness. >> >>John > >Me too. I take things out on Wife, Kid, Dog, etc. so as to be able to >present a more pleasant usenet persona. > > Now *that's* funny! John
From: John Larkin on 31 Jul 2006 17:10
On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 14:23:07 -0500, John Fields <jfields(a)austininstruments.com> wrote: >On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 08:32:56 -0700, John Larkin ><jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: > >>I practise differential niceness. > >--- >I practice deferential niceness. > >Well, in the beginning, at least... mostly... ;) No, really. If Bill, or even Fred, were to post something nice, I would reply in kind. I am, of course, unlikely to be called on that promise. tapwater, even, but he'd have to bottom-post. John |