Nah, people are just SHY! <_<

 

Originally posted by Battousai@Mar 1 2004, 05:36 PM
Nah, people are just SHY! <_<

<_< Hmmm!

Anyway, what ever happened to impetey, hes not been around for a while?

 

I've heard that if you stand on the "shoudlers" of giants they get a little p***ed and speak 2 octaves higher.

I've been busy trying to install a working Java 3D environment on a 96MB RAM, 4GB (300MB free) HD, pent 266 laptop system with a graphics card >7yrs. old trying to use DirectX 9.0b. The NetBeans Java IDE supposedly supports Java 3D objects/editor but leaves me w/ ~200k of program RAM.... Do you feel my pain?!
IT'S BEEN LIKE A YODA ON MY BACK. I have a nice 3D meteorological data modeler/analysis tool written in Java that works but I can't even get the Sun-generated demo programs to work outside the IDE (without its accompanying RAM overhead). My graphics card manufacturer, NeoMagic, doesn't make cards (or new drivers) any more. I'm afraid this sow's ear doesn't have the elasticity to make a silk purse.

Just finished: Mutineer's Moon-David Weber **1/2, Omega Missile (ala Failsafe...doomsday ) -Joe Dalton **, Icebound -Dean Koontz (blow off chunk of polar cap to tow 'berg to drought-stricken countries) ***
Now starting: Shatner's - The Ashes of Eden ( *s ...?)

I vote NO on Gallium Arsenide Permittivity... in an already all too permissive society GaAs is just another slide down the slippery slope toward..what? superconductivity what's next? chaos? Just say nyet comrade!

May the farce be witty'all

 

Eh up impetey!

Was wondering where you'd gone to. Love the avatar One of the best scenes from quite possibly the best movie ever (IMO).

I've heard that if you stand on the "shoudlers" of giants they get a little p***ed and speak 2 octaves higher.

:lol: I wouldn't want to find out!

I've been busy trying to install a working Java 3D environment on a 96MB RAM, 4GB (300MB free) HD, pent 266 laptop system with a graphics card >7yrs. old trying to use DirectX 9.0b. The NetBeans Java IDE supposedly supports Java 3D objects/editor but leaves me w/ ~200k of program RAM.... Do you feel my pain?!
IT'S BEEN LIKE A YODA ON MY BACK. I have a nice 3D meteorological data modeler/analysis tool written in Java that works but I can't even get the Sun-generated demo programs to work outside the IDE (without its accompanying RAM overhead). My graphics card manufacturer, NeoMagic, doesn't make cards (or new drivers) any more. I'm afraid this sow's ear doesn't have the elasticity to make a silk purse.

I feel your pain, I feel pain everytime I see something to do with Java!!

I vote NO on Gallium Arsenide Permittivity... in an already all too permissive society GaAs is just another slide down the slippery slope toward..what? superconductivity what's next? chaos? Just say nyet comrade!


Theres a vote?! :blink: Show me the way! Anyway we already have Superconductivity and plenty of chaos - just watch the news!

MTFBWY

 

Well I suppose I should get my whois in here.
I am the one who can not spell, will flip letters and even whole words around as I am typing. I never have a clean keyboard, usually you could have lunch from the droppings it would create, possibly dinner... not sure on that. I am also the one who realizes that he knows nothing and so has to go and try it out, no matter how dangerous it is, (they are still looking for that small town in Iowa I used to live in) and will not give up and try again until I get it right. I guess that is how my favorite phrase came to be an answer to can we do it? and I always reply of course we can! "It may cost Millions of dollars and thousands of lives but sure it is do-able) And never ask me if that wall is in the way, because I will be happy to move it for you, just need to find a new source of C4 is all So before I took my retirement from Medical Electronics Engineering (non degree) I had my fun playing with ways of blowing things up for test purposes. I really loved going to UL (Underwriters Laboratories) to do new testing. They even have a big FIRE ROOM!!!! is perfect for marshmallow roasting, the 12 foot diameter kind. Oh boy you can really melt things down in there.... sneak a few other things like the Managers desk in and test it!!!
Anyway I am from Iowa, now living in Colorado where there seems to be NO ONE!! that has a clue of what an electron is let alone how to hook up a light switch. So as I go slowly mad here in the event horizon of the largest black hole in the universe (this is where the universe will begin its end) I am pulling out all my old toys and beginning to play again with this fun part of science. Hooking up caps backwards just to see if anyone is sleeping , or heck maybe turn on my power amp and cause a city blackout.
My background was in Solid state and tube theory, focusing on magnetostrictive designs for ultrasonics. I never really got to play with the new stuff, ( I Was deprived!!!) so only picked up a little digital and even was (exposed) to a microprocessor. That about sums it up on whois here. Really nice forum here and glad I fell into this place. (INCOMING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
Harlan :blink: :unsure:

 

Originally posted by Harlan@Mar 6 2004, 03:05 AM
Well I suppose I should get my whois in here.
I am the one who can not spell, will flip letters and even whole words around as I am typing. I never have a clean keyboard, usually you could have lunch from the droppings it would create, possibly dinner... not sure on that. I am also the one who realizes that he knows nothing and so has to go and try it out, no matter how dangerous it is, (they are still looking for that small town in Iowa I used to live in) and will not give up and try again until I get it right. I guess that is how my favorite phrase came to be an answer to can we do it? and I always reply of course we can! "It may cost Millions of dollars and thousands of lives but sure it is do-able) And never ask me if that wall is in the way, because I will be happy to move it for you, just need to find a new source of C4 is all So before I took my retirement from Medical Electronics Engineering (non degree) I had my fun playing with ways of blowing things up for test purposes. I really loved going to UL (Underwriters Laboratories) to do new testing. They even have a big FIRE ROOM!!!! is perfect for marshmallow roasting, the 12 foot diameter kind. Oh boy you can really melt things down in there.... sneak a few other things like the Managers desk in and test it!!!
Anyway I am from Iowa, now living in Colorado where there seems to be NO ONE!! that has a clue of what an electron is let alone how to hook up a light switch. So as I go slowly mad here in the event horizon of the largest black hole in the universe (this is where the universe will begin its end) I am pulling out all my old toys and beginning to play again with this fun part of science. Hooking up caps backwards just to see if anyone is sleeping , or heck maybe turn on my power amp and cause a city blackout.
My background was in Solid state and tube theory, focusing on magnetostrictive designs for ultrasonics. I never really got to play with the new stuff, ( I Was deprived!!!) so only picked up a little digital and even was (exposed) to a microprocessor. That about sums it up on whois here. Really nice forum here and glad I fell into this place. (INCOMING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
Harlan :blink: :unsure:

:lol: Witty as always Harlan! At least now we know where you get your curiosity for trying out all things electrical!!

Glad you like the forums, coming up to 6 months old and it really is beginning to grow into a decent community. Roll on

 

Originally posted by Harlan@Mar 5 2004, 07:05 PM
Well I suppose I should get my whois in here.
I am the one who can not spell, will flip letters and even whole words around as I am typing. I never have a clean keyboard, usually you could have lunch from the droppings it would create, possibly dinner... not sure on that. I am also the one who realizes that he knows nothing and so has to go and try it out, no matter how dangerous it is, (they are still looking for that small town in Iowa I used to live in) and will not give up and try again until I get it right. I guess that is how my favorite phrase came to be an answer to can we do it? and I always reply of course we can! "It may cost Millions of dollars and thousands of lives but sure it is do-able) And never ask me if that wall is in the way, because I will be happy to move it for you, just need to find a new source of C4 is all So before I took my retirement from Medical Electronics Engineering (non degree) I had my fun playing with ways of blowing things up for test purposes. I really loved going to UL (Underwriters Laboratories) to do new testing. They even have a big FIRE ROOM!!!! is perfect for marshmallow roasting, the 12 foot diameter kind. Oh boy you can really melt things down in there.... sneak a few other things like the Managers desk in and test it!!!
Anyway I am from Iowa, now living in Colorado where there seems to be NO ONE!! that has a clue of what an electron is let alone how to hook up a light switch. So as I go slowly mad here in the event horizon of the largest black hole in the universe (this is where the universe will begin its end) I am pulling out all my old toys and beginning to play again with this fun part of science. Hooking up caps backwards just to see if anyone is sleeping , or heck maybe turn on my power amp and cause a city blackout.
My background was in Solid state and tube theory, focusing on magnetostrictive designs for ultrasonics. I never really got to play with the new stuff, ( I Was deprived!!!) so only picked up a little digital and even was (exposed) to a microprocessor. That about sums it up on whois here. Really nice forum here and glad I fell into this place. (INCOMING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
Harlan :blink: :unsure:

Welcome to the forums

Hope to hear more about your ideas

Sounds like you live an interesting life

 

A curious mind, magnetized into the field of electronics. The flux in me is so strong that, I want to change the convention.

I'm too charged-up, I want to shield some light. By choice I end up in a faculty of 'electrical and electronics. May be the circuit will flow aboundantly.

Now you know me, who are you. B)

 

hi
I am a grade-12 science student from india learning electronics as a vocational subject for the past 2 years. I have just finished my grade 12 exams and am studing for the entrance tests to various universities haoping to get to pursue an engineering course.
Unlike most of you here my knowledge of practical electronics is very limited as our course is highly condensed and very basic. But what keps me comming to this site everyday is my interest in elctronics and physics and the new ideas and stuff i get to learn everyday.

thats me
Aditya

 

Originally posted by lanre olutola@Mar 16 2004, 02:05 AM
A curious mind, magnetized into the field of electronics. The flux in me is so strong that, I want to change the convention.

I'm too charged-up, I want to shield some light. By choice I end up in a faculty of 'electrical and electronics. May be the circuit will flow aboundantly.

Now you know me, who are you. B)

Very poetic, welcome to the forums, Lanre.

Aditya - we were all new to electronics once. I believe I'm still new actually. I feel like I have a good understanding of theory, but practical application is still a mystery to me.

 

I'd like to extend my welcomes to both Lanre and Haditya

I have exchanged conversation with both of you in the past and hope you continue to enjoy and contribute to the forums as you have done.

 

I'm a 32 yo Java architect, mussing around with electronics for a project to build a flight simulator cockpit. Lots of newbie questions to come :blink:

 

welcome to the forums ruprecht, could you tell us more about your flight simulator cockpit project?

 

Sure - I'm an ex-military pilot and now get my flying fix with simulators such as Lock On, Falcon 4 and, soon, the open source Combat Helo.
I'm designing and building a permanent flight-sim setup, loosely based around an Apache cockpit. Designs are still sketchy at this stage - I'm not aiming for a full-on replica, but I do want to do as many functions as possible in semi-realistic hardware rather than emulating them in software.
One example is the communications panel I'm currently working on - I potentially have four audio inputs (sim audio, atmospheric audio, voice comms and an intercom) and several outputs (main speakers, headphones etc) and could easily configure them in software, but I'd like something more realistic. For example, in a real aircraft you can only transmit on one channel at a time, so you need to select the channel/freq before you transmit. This is controlled by a panel of switches and knobs - which is what I'm trying to replicate, even though it could be done (though not as realistically or immersively) in software.
Basically I'm aiming for a permanent sim enclosure that gives me an immersive feeling of being in a real aircraft, without the anal-retentiveness required for an accurate replica :lol:

 

good day to everybody,

this is the 1st time i have browse thru these and it sure is good to know you guys, so far most are still schooling. as can be read all are electronic student or electronic enthusiast. maybe i am your only member who is not an electronics graduate, i am a certified public accountant and a semi-retired businessman. a little history will clear things up. when i was in my 7th grade my dad introduced me to electronics (he's a doctor) and it really caught my fancy. i enrolled with ICS-electronics (amps were mostly tubes then) and studied up to my 2nd year in high school. stop studying electronics when i started hanging around with my gang in high school. i went back studying electronics in 1978 and went on seriously with it and did some hobby works and went on to designing my own audio power amps. all the audio power amps are costumized jobs and they cost higher that regular amps that you find in the market except high end amps.

whats the best way to study? when there is no grade to run after. of course if you have a low standard you won't be studying hard.

my only advice to electronic students, know the basics by heart, don't rely too much on computers to do the work for you.

 

Originally posted by mozikluv@Mar 27 2004, 12:01 PM
good day to everybody,

this is the  1st time i have browse thru these and it sure is good to know you guys, so far most are still schooling. as can be read all are electronic student or electronic enthusiast. maybe i am your only member who is not an electronics graduate, i am a certified public accountant and a semi-retired businessman. a little history will clear things up. when i was in my 7th grade my dad introduced me to electronics (he's a doctor) and it really caught my fancy. i enrolled with ICS-electronics (amps were mostly tubes then) and studied up to my 2nd year in high school. stop studying electronics when i started hanging around with my gang in high school. i went back studying electronics in 1978 and went on seriously with it and did some hobby works and went on to designing my own audio power amps. all the audio power amps are costumized jobs and they cost higher that regular amps that you find in the market except high end amps.

whats the best way to study? when there is no grade to run after. of course if you have a low standard you won't be studying hard.

my only advice to electronic students, know the basics by heart, don't rely too much on computers to do the work for you.  

Wow, interesting and quite surprising story! I would never had guessed that you were not in the elctronics industry based on your responses to posts. Its a pleasure to have you around as always and I hope you continue sharing you knowledge with us all

Hi ruprecht, I'm also from the aviation industry (but the engineering side of it!!), it would be cool to have a chat sometime about your aircraft experiences, and I'll tell you some of mine (mostly depressing!! Only kidding!) And I've just noticed your from England, finally I find someone else on this forum is from England!! B)

 

Hello:

I'm a 2nd year student in Electronic Engineering at
Aston Uni, Birmingham, Uk.

I'm a Taiwanese and speak Chinese as well.

Nice to meet everyone here.

 

Originally posted by laisu@Mar 28 2004, 05:54 PM
Hello:

I'm a 2nd year student in Electronic Engineering at
Aston Uni, Birmingham, Uk.

I'm a Taiwanese and speak Chinese as well.

Nice to meet everyone here.

Hi laisu,

Another UKbased forum member My friend studied pharmacy at Aston Uni, he said its a good University.

 

hi,

i know it would surprised everyone, even my friends here way back 25 yrs. ago. they always say i should have taken electronic engineering not a commercial course. anyway that's the past and am here now and i tremendously enjoy what i am doing now. in fact i have students of electronic engineering doing their practicum with me. they were even surprised that i have more books on electronics than their library and besides i now have the money to spend on wrong experimentation has anyone used hot air for soldering and unsoldering those tiny parts?

good day to everyone B)

 

Originally posted by mozikluv@Mar 29 2004, 03:17 AM
has anyone used hot air for soldering and unsoldering those tiny parts?

I only worked on aircraft, it was never that sophistocated!!