thanks you guys
Cox47: Don't forget the clothes line with laundry and the lawnchairs with the fatman wearing a tank top and holding a beer :)
Oh and Happy Birthday MTL!! How old?
Dave Loman
My site: The Rusty Spike
"It's a penny for your thoughts, but you have to put your 2 cents in.... hey, someone's making a penny!"
Dave,
Yes, I live in AJ @ I-60 and Goldfield Road.
claymore1977 wrote: NE06874, whereabouts in MD/PA?
NE06874, whereabouts in MD/PA?
I think Ne06874 is in Ohio. But if you mean me by chance, I'm in Columbia MD and York PA. I do the daily grind every day between here and there. :-D
Yeah the possibilities with automation are endless. I am programming in an auto sunrise/sunset/nighttime dimming routine. But I have about 30 lamps for each and at 60 watts each, you do that math. Those poor automation light switches can't take the load. That's roughly 15 amps. Most I ever seen in a lutron/x10 dimmer is 10 amps.
Happy B-day MTL.
Don - Specializing in layout DC->DCC conversions
Modeling C&O transition era and steel industries There's Nothing Like Big Steam!
Hey theres's that other guy that uses the weird (3 rail ) track Like I do. Nice pics there perry.
Welcome back have a lunch claymore1977 is buying. LOL
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Doh, yeah I ment you Digital. I got mixed up (not that hard for me to do). Yuck, thats one hellova commute!
Perhaps zoning your lights down into 4+ circuits and then putting the a dimmer system on each one... might be cheaper than finding a single unit with that current capacity.
'bout lunchtime, Zoe, I'll have a grilled cheese with a Dr. Pepper, please. Claymore, you’re getting really good at finding the TOP, but looks like I'll be covering for lunch today! OzJim - good to see you in the Shop again (though sorry to hear about you having the flu). Drink lots of liquids (juices are good) and hopefully you’ll ride this one out in a few days. You could catch up on your MR reading in the meantime, I suppose...Dan & Claymore - I know that it’s possible on WiFi networks to hardcode so only specific hardware addresses are allowed on the network. As for how they do that, I can’t tell you much of anything there. I haven’t been a comp. sci. major for quite a while, and am more interested in something working than spending lots of time programming it. YMMV, however...PC, I’m with Ryan - you’ve spoiled us with your buffets and special meals, so that's why we think of you as our 'chef'. Careful, Ryan on the (scale) operations suggestion - that’s almost beginning to sound like work!
Well, lunch was good, but I have more paperwork to wade through. Good day here otherwise - sunshine and temps in the 50's (supposed to hit 60 this afternoon). Where did I put my sunscreen?
Blessings,Jim in Cape Girardeau
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jeffrey-wimberly wrote:I'm home from work early, I just couldn't stand the pain any longer, and I've got a high tolerance. If I'm still hurting tomorrow, a visit to the doctor will be in order.
Huge bummer man. A bottle of Vitamin - M might help!
ALL: just wanted to throw some offers out there:
1st: I am a huge computer geek and will gladly help anyone who might have questions on the subject of hardware, software or whatever!
2nd: Following #1, if people want help making web pages I am more than willing to help in that area also.
3rd: I also have a fair amount of experience in developing MS Access databases for a wide gambit of uses. I forsee rolling stock inventory and WayBill Generators as a potential uses and can make these applications on demand.
claymore1977 wrote:Geeks unite!
So is the Coffee Shop going to be a virtual "Virtual Cafe" with WIFI Internet access and a RFID chip in every coffee cup?
LOL!
Hey, Jeff, I just joined your forum today! Checking it out now!
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan
Colby, Happy Birthday
Dan, COBOL you say? I went to the computer store and offered a man 2 shuberiers for a COBAL book and he said: "NI!"
Lee
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
SilverSpike wrote: So is the Coffee Shop going to be a virtual "Virtual Cafe" with WIFI Internet access and a RFID chip in every coffee cup?LOL!
Nah, too many Starbucks already. The hometown feel should stay, plus the service can't be beat.
claymore1977 wrote: SilverSpike wrote: So is the Coffee Shop going to be a virtual "Virtual Cafe" with WIFI Internet access and a RFID chip in every coffee cup?LOL!Nah, too many Starbucks already. The hometown feel should stay, plus the service can't be beat.
Yup!
LSWrr wrote:Colby, Happy Birthday Dan, COBOL you say? I went to the computer store and offered a man 2 shuberiers for a COBAL book and he said: "NI!" Lee
and you SURVIVED!? wow...
as for computer geeks (or geeks in general) i just finished (ok, well last week) a VB front end to an SQL backend that automates some of the d% rolls necessary for running a decent game of Dungeons and Dragons (v 3.5).
I can't believe how much I learned in the 2 weeks or so I was working on that project that I SHOULD HAVE learned in the 15 weeks of class.... sadly that seems to be the general stance of the entire CS dept. here ... if I would have known how little the teachers here actually knew BEFORE coming here......
-Dan
Builder of Bowser steam! Railimages Site
JimRCGMO wrote: PC, I’m with Ryan - you’ve spoiled us with your buffets and special meals, so that's why we think of you as our 'chef'.
PC, I’m with Ryan - you’ve spoiled us with your buffets and special meals, so that's why we think of you as our 'chef'.
Now, now, now,.....Ryan is the chef around here! I just "dabble"!
SilverSpike wrote: Hey, Jeff, I just joined your forum today! Checking it out now!
Hey cool! Whats your user name?
EDIT: Never mind, I found you "goldenspike".
Good afternoon gents, cloudy, showery today, temps at 48F.....BUT, GET THIS...while the wife and I were eating lunch, there was a flock of at least 10 Robins in our back yard!!!! Some of you from southern states may say, "so what"? , but this is the 1st time that we have EVER seen Robins here in December, heck, we don't even see them after early November!!! Our grass is so green, it looks more like April!!
JEFF: Sorry to hear you are not feeling even 50%, take a hot shower, it really does help.
Now it has been reported to me, that some of you guys have not been following the Holiday rules for eating in the CS, so once again....I am forced to publish the guidelines for eating during the Holiday Season of Christmas, Chanuka, Kwanza, etc.:
Holiday Eating Tips 1. Avoid carrot sticks. Anyone who puts carrots on a holiday buffet table knows nothing of the Christmas spirit. In fact, if you see carrots, leave immediately. Go next door, where they're serving rum balls. 2. Drink as much eggnog as you can. And quickly. Like fine single-malt scotch, it's rare. In fact, it's even rarer than single-malt scotch. You can't find it any other time of year but now. So drink up! Who cares that it has 10,000 calories in every sip? It's not as if you're going to turn into an eggnog-aholic or something. It's a treat. Enjoy it. Have one for me. Have two. It's later than you think. It's Christmas! 3. If something comes with gravy, use it. That's the whole point of gravy. Gravy does not stand alone. Pour it on. Make a volcano out of your mashed potatoes. Fill it with gravy. Eat the volcano. Repeat. 4. As for mashed potatoes, always ask if they're made with skim milk or whole milk. If it's skim, pass. Why bother? It's like buying a sports car with an automatic transmission. 5. Do not have a snack before going to a party in an effort to control your eating. The whole point of going to a Christmas party is to eat other people's food for free. Lots of it. Hello? 6. Under no circumstances should you exercise between now and New Year's. You can do that in January when you have nothing else to do. This is the time for long naps, which you'll need after circling the buffet table while carrying a 10-pound plate of food and that vat of eggnog. 7. If you come across something really good at a buffet table, like frosted Christmas cookies in the shape and size of Santa, position yourself near them and don't budge. Have as many as you can before becoming the center of attention. They're like a beautiful pair of shoes. If you leave them behind, you're never going to see them again. 8. Same for pies. Apple. Pumpkin. Mincemeat. Have a slice of each. Or, if you don't like mincemeat, have two apples and one pumpkin. Always have three. When else do you get to have more than one dessert-Labor Day? 9. Did someone mention fruitcake? Granted, it's loaded with the mandatory celebratory calories, but avoid it at all cost. I mean, have some standards. 10. One final tip: If you don't feel terrible when you leave the party or get up from the table, you haven't been paying attention. Reread tips and start over, but hurry. January is just around the corner. Remember: Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, martini in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out, screaming, "Hoo-yah, what a ride!"MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!
pcarrell wrote: SilverSpike wrote: Hey, Jeff, I just joined your forum today! Checking it out now!Hey cool! Whats your user name?EDIT: Never mind, I found you "goldenspike".
Yep! That's the name I tried to use on this forum, but it was already taken! I voted for your December pic! I like the sand...
Hey Dick, I resemble some of those remarks....
NeO: They are going slow for those who haven't had computer programming exposure before. For a first timer, it can be a real nightmare. My old girlfriend who took Programming I with me had a real nightmare of a time. She was a smart egg, and I felt bad for her. Seems those people who are more Obsessive Compulsive about their work tend to do better with coding as there are many many strict rules to a language and data structure's usage.
It gets a LOT harder if you decide to go after a full BS, BA degree in programming. It was even hard for me and I've been programming machine language since 6.
hey all
i just found out today that if i dont bring up my grades, i have to got to a "Alternitive Learning Center".
what the hell does that mean??
DigitalGriffin wrote:NeO: They are going slow for those who haven't had computer programming exposure before. For a first timer, it can be a real nightmare. My old girlfriend who took Programming I with me had a real nightmare of a time. She was a smart egg, and I felt bad for her. Seems those people who are more Obsessive Compulsive about their work tend to do better with coding as there are many many strict rules to a language and data structure's usage.It gets a LOT harder if you decide to go after a full BS, BA degree in programming. It was even hard for me and I've been programming machine language since 6.
It is(was) a 300-level CS class FOR CS majors... I would expect the prof to know what they were teaching, and teach us what we need to know in order to fulfil their expectations for the final projects we had to turn in.... as I stated earlier - when doing my project I learned more in 2 weeks, than the rest of the 15 weeks of the class combined. Half of the stuff we spent a lot of time on was useless - ie labels, textboxes, and checkboxes/radio buttons - they took 6 classes to get through, and all that got us was you can read in text and options by using these controls. I mean, come on we could have probably lumped that all into one class and been done with it....
as for obsessive compulsive - I'm not, but I can (after a while, maybe 4-6 weeks, unless I'm in a class learning the language) at least trace out code and understand what is happening with it by reading a print-out. All the teachers I have require a working project and will deduct a lot of points regardless of the error(s) causing it to fail (i've had homework assignments returned with 3/10 before because there was one stupid error runtime error). There was one teacher here (left the year before I started I think, or he only teaches the 400level classes) who would only want a printout. Didn't care too much if the program would compile or not (he didn't even want a program) - but that the student understood the logic behind the reasons for coding something. And while he'd deduct for having errors, from what I hear - as long as the student understood what they were doing they'd still get 90% or so - he'd "forgive" the small errors - ie a missing semi-colon, or spelling errors for a variable or something - the things that you miss because it's your code and you *think* it's all there.... the teachers I have on the other hand...
when I'm done I'll have a BS in programming, er "Computer Information Systems" - it's pretty mich the programming track with some business classes thrown in to make me "more marketable" or some such (and less math than pure computer science - I didn't do too hot in calc 2 & ended up dropping it, so I changed my major before getting too far behind in the CS major)
Evening all I'll have the fish platter please chole. Not much happening here. Wanted to stop and say hi for the night .
You all have a good eveing talk to you all later
SilverSpike wrote:I voted for your December pic! I like the sand...
Hey, Thanks!
Good Evening All
The Floor is on the Walls are up and the trusses arrive tomorrow! Lisa's mother went in for surgery today and will be in for a week or so, Dad will still be in the hospital for a least another week. Unfotunately I am unable to see him as the Hospital is locked down due to Narwalk virus! Yu want to talk about being frustrated!!!
Well a friend sent this to me and I just had to share it with you, especially Paul B.
http://dailyvideo.googlepages.com/bo105-helicopter-aerobatics
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These are the same Helos the Canadaian Coast Guard uses and I have flown in them numerous times... But never like this!!! Later All Fergie
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If one could roll back the hands of time... They would be waiting for the next train into the future. A. H. Francey 1921-2007
SilverSpike wrote: claymore1977 wrote:Geeks unite!Hey, Jeff, I just joined your forum today! Checking it out now!
Well, looks like I'm buying this time around.
COBOL... haven't heard that in years... or programmed in it in years for that matter.
Hey all,
I haven't been around for awhile. I've been busy, with the move and all.
Well, my old house (the one I showed y'all before, by the tracks), it caught fire this evening (around 4:00 pm, CST). Most of my MR mags were still in it. More than likely, they are burnt pages. I'll update y'all about it later. We still had other stuff as well in it.
to all the newbies. to those who had them, including myself (Dec. 2nd).
Catch up with y'all later,