Seeks and destroys sea-bound CodeMonkeys... http://i.imgur.com/fDhfx.jpg
--Cpt. Vince Foster 2nd Cannon Place Fort Marcy Park, VA
P.S. I'm bored
How is this weapon called, captain?
It looks so small for something targeting ships.
Looks more like a short/medium range AAM or maybe something hunting radiating targets like a HARM or Shrike.
But in the end, despite the far-liberal protestations, it comes down to the good guys (that's most of us) against the "bad guys".
A far liberal? A radical outcast from the far centre?
I don't know about you, but I want Vince on my side!
I do know about me and you're welcome to him [although I should note from my new-found position as resident liberal extremist that you ought not have sides at all].
Jack Sprat,
What is up with you? Stay focused here, and explain some of your proud moments. I did ask nicely: per request.
So please, with sugar on top, what have you been up to? (Said differently, why should we take Jack Sprat's advice over say "Cpt. Vince's"?)
out of the sardine can came: Will you please tell us what you've worked on? .... One more thing - post a picture of yourself holding a fish above your head and I'll tell you...
I replied to that post (which is directly above in the list: since you have often critisited my language, I want to ask if this is a rewording of "NO" that is acceptable in the can.
Bending that reply in neon: requiring someone to "post a picture of yourself holding a fish above your head" is, in my opinion, a silly, but absolute, way to say "NO"
Erik
Let me help you. Here is a list of accolades of the sardine:
1. Automatic sardine can opener. 2. Embedded forum spammer. 3. Wrote the firmware for a sonar guided sardine fishing boat.
Etc. Nothing that even reaches your knees, Vince.
I'd love to see what you've worked on. I'd find that interesting. You Got Any? At All?
Do you really want to know? If you ask nicely I'll tell you.
Dear Jack Sprat,
Will you please tell us what you've worked on? Maybe some photos; and ad a 'touch of proof' that you did it so *those* people won't be skeptical.
Thanks,
One more thing - post a picture of yourself holding a fish above your head and I'll tell you...
I'm focussed, Vince, I'm focussed. I'm nearly ready. I just need the fish above the head picture. You can disguise your face if you want, then the pentagon will never know you talked. Your secret is safe with me. Pipo and Cyril agree - you need to know. You shall not be denied the truth.
Bending that reply in neon:
No, it's yes, but what about the can?
I just need the fish above the head picture.
before you know it, there will be a sardine under Vince's foot (I think he said he worked on the "Predetor"...). You are hopeless and not very funny, sardinovich.
Predator instead of Predetor.
I asked if it was appropiate where you live
Spelling corrections in direct follow-up posts. Now, why does that give a strong feeling that Pipo isn't sitting too far away from Tamir :)
I was summoned, but refuse to comment in fear of a UAV strike (but I'm on the right side, unless there is something we don't know!). Maybe they can send out their UAVs to clash instead?
"Now, why does that give a strong feeling that Pipo isn't sitting too far away from Tamir :)"
Or Cactus Blip ;)
UAVs.
The Israelis 'pioneered' the UAVs and when the USA decided to get serious about them they had a plan.
A 3-point plan: Long-Range, Short-Range and Close-Range UAVs
They chose the Short-Range to set the standard for the LR and SR platforms. McDonnel Douglas vs Israeli Air Industries.
The fly-off competition was hands-down McDonnell Douglas' UAV system. (Best computer systems I've ever seen). But IAI won the $700M USD contract. "Known as foreign aid."
IAI turned around and purchased McDonnell Douglas equipment since it was way better. IAI had a little accident with one of their UAVs.
They launched it without any real brains, and it flew from [redacted] into the shores of Mexico. IAI asked the US navy to retrieve it.
The USN said "Nope: not our waters."
IAI Asked Mexico to retrieve it.
Mexico said "Yes, but you'll foot the bill."
Never say yes to that: Mexico charged too much and it went into litigation.
Meanwhile, the Bosnian war is kicking up in a bad way. The CIA needs a UAV, so they hire General Atomics to build an aircraft.
General Atomics builds the Predator, and they used MY stuff in it.
The Predator now establishes "The Standard" for UAVs. $700M in USD down the drain... well I'm sure IAI benefited.
McDonalds.
The McDonalds 'pioneered' the burgers and when the kids decided to get serious about them they had a plan.
A 3-point plan: Supersize-Range, Large-Range and Regular-Range burgers.
They chose the Large-Range to set the standard for the LR and SR platforms. Burger King vs McDonalds.
The flip-off competition was hands-down Burger King's burger system. (Best burger systems I've ever seen). But McDonalds won the $7 USD contract. "Known as minimum wage."
McDonalds turned around and purchased Burger King equipment since it was way better. McDonalds had a little accident with one of their burgers.
They launched it without any real meat, and it fried from [mechanically rendered] into the belly of America. McDonalds asked the US food administration to retrieve it.
The USFA said "Nope: not real food."
McDonalds asked America to retrieve it.
America said "Yes, but you'll foot the bill."
Never say yes to that: America charged too much and it went into litigation.
Meanwhile, the Burger war is kicking up in a bad way. The CIA needs a McDonalds, so they hire Admiral Beefsteak to build a mincer.
Admiral Beefsteak builds Arnie, and he used MY stuff in it.
Arnie now establishes "The Standard" for burgers. $7 in USD down the drain... well I'm sure America benefited.
Burgers. The cornerstone of a good conspiracy. -- George Bush, circa one of his better days.
This just gets weirder and weirder.
Speaking of the Predator: I read a while ago that its satellite video uploads were available (until recently) to commercial software packages (connected to the right antenna of course...) that were used by the insurgents in Afghanistan and Pakistan, because the video stream was not encoded. Hopefully that was not your stuff, Vince ;-)
sure, there,evidently is no way to make you do what's asked or say "NO" instead of asking someone to do stupid fish tricks.
Hm, I wonder whether a can of sardines would count as "fish".
What were you trying to make me do?
Yes, a can of sardines would count as fish. If you believe some people there may be alternate universes in multidimensional space-time where (or would that be 'when'?) a can of sardines would not count as fish, but for one I'll stick with what is, as far as I can tell, here and now.
What it wouldn't count as, though, is 'a fish', what with it being 'a can'.
I believe you were asked to enrich our understanding of your psyche with the bliss of you professional endeavors. We are curious - why not tell? What is the big secret? Maybe you are yourself in the weapons industry and trying to cleanse your conscious by attacking Vince? And no, I'm not going to hold a fish over my head for you!
Will you please tell us what you've worked on? ..... post a picture of yourself holding a fish above your head and I'll tell you...
high up above, the above was posted. You, as usual, have refused to understand what is not positive about you and been evasive, instead of direct.
What I have tried to get through the tid lid is that, if you do not want to do something, say 'NO' instead of requesting stupid sardine tricks or such. I know that saying 'no' is not considered politically correct, which seems to be your main concern, but asking for stupid fish tricks is no better.
The APA references above convinced me that there is something here...Do you think Jack Sprat fixes radios or something like that? Erik once suggested he's an academic. I consider this a viable possibility; But just in case, I'll reiterate my previous suggestion, Jack:
Maybe you are yourself in the weapons industry and trying to cleanse your conscious by attacking Vince?
You do have a most fertile imagination!
You, as usual, have refused to understand what is not positive about you and been evasive, instead of direct.
I do understand what's not positive about me, but I'm unable to see what that has to do with the price of fish. It seemed like a direct enough request to me - no ambiguity about what was required.
What I have tried to get through the tid lid
'Tid lid'? Is that another secret code to go with the can and the bending neon and all that other stuff?
if you do not want to do something, say 'NO'
But I do!
instead of requesting stupid sardine tricks or such.
It's not a trick and I didn't specify a sardine.
I know that saying 'no' is not considered politically correct
I'm amazed you're even aware of the concept of being politically correct. Is that really how you see me?
When I was bored, I posted one of my babies. And your darn straight I'm proud of that: it is impressive. When you get one of those babies to work and your ego will get a nice boost.
I figured others would post their proud moments in embedded history too. Maybe since there are other 'cool' stuff out there we might be impressed too.
We all know our wives and brother-in-laws are un-impressed, but at least this group of people can appreciate the accomplishments that do/might get posted.
Tangents occurred and Jack started in with his "brand" of commenting. It devolved from there.
A direct challenge went to Jack but "My 2 Cents" took up the challenge and then [in Sprat form] called me a Major Idiot. "My 2 Cents" hasn't said a peep since I asked if Sprat was one and the same.
Like Per said, it is hard to 'show' our stuff since there is IP involved and NDAs signed.
Clearly "Jack Sprat" said "NO" when he wanted to break the deal (ask nicely and...) and went on to ask for the absurd. And in the mean time he gets anti-military and anti-conservative. (Yes, I did get anti-Liberal: I'm also anti-Stupid too).
My "nom de plume" gets besmirched by fish-heads based upon what?---my military connection? So, I think Tamir is hitting a nerve when he boldly points out trying to cleanse your conscious.
So, Sprat and others, *IF* you have something cool to share, please do so.
Tamir, ...because the video stream was not encoded. Rather surprising, but mistakes happen. These UAVs can be chained and linked to one another from a central ground station. They do have the ability to transmit flight controls and video from one UAV to the next UAV to the next... and ultimately to the Ground Station. (That is not a secret, it should be published somewhere, but since I was in the UAV business I know this stuff).
Clearly "Jack Sprat" said "NO" when he wanted to break the deal (ask nicely and...) and went on to ask for the absurd.
Just think - if I actually told you anything about myself it would spoil your mental picture of me, rather like watching the film of the book and enjoying neither afterwards. I wonder, was the deal struck with the dead politician, the military weapons man or you? Do you even know?
Your posts are amusing - sometimes they're dull, sometimes crazy, sometimes desperate, sometimes just ludicrous. It all means so much to you - admiration and praise are what you crave, when you get them your excitement is palpable but when you don't you're defensive and angry. It's probably about time to give up on it now that your 'secret' is well and truly outed - your investment in ego development is more likely, I fear, to go down than up.
My "nom de plume" gets besmirched by fish-heads based upon what?
I don't recall besmirching your nom de plume, but I must say you're always having a right old go at mine. But Vince, that's fine!
So, I think Tamir is hitting a nerve when he boldly points out trying to cleanse your conscious.
The cool, calm, focussed mind of the secret military weapons engineer cleaves through the chaff, incising its way effortlessly towards ... oh dear, some wild speculation he read on a forum.
but since I was in the UAV business I know this stuff
Absolutely. Just keep on repeating it and it'll stay true.
I just did a search on Jack Sprat on this fourm. I had 134 hits. I sampled a number of the posts and found only one instance where Jack contributed any help to the OP. He never was the first to answer a post. He waited and then posted his critique of the person or persons that attempted to answer the original post. Several of the hits are just references to Jack Sprat within the body of the post so we will subtract those out. I found only the one instance where dear old Jack contributed useful information other than quoting the 'C' language specs to at the person attempting to answer the original post. I readily admit that I did not peruse all 134 and my sampling technique might well be suspect but I gleaned enough information to declare Jack Sprat only a simple minded troll. Bradford
=> One more thing - post a picture of yourself holding a fish above your head and I'll tell you...
Yes, a can of sardines would count as fish. <=
Some kind of party that I shouldn't join, but still curious about:
So, "post a picture of yourself holding a can of sardines above your head" is acceptable?
I found only the one instance where dear old Jack contributed useful information other than quoting the 'C' language specs to at the person attempting to answer the original post.
There are plenty of people on the forum who seem to have sufficient time to answer lots of posts, I generally leave that to them. If notice a post from one of the 'experts', however, that contains incorrect information I will usually correct it as very few others will.
Imagine yourself sitting in class. The teacher gets something wrong - would you prefer to carry on believing that incorrect thing for months or years or would you prefer another student to offer the teacher a correction?
And, ok, I have a bit of fun with the lunatic fringe but hey - why not? They seem to be big enough and 'experienced' enough in the ways of the world to look after themselves. I leave the newbies and the young chaps alone.
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