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
But you keep up the 'fantasy' remarks as your own bait to me. My ego issues are all flaired up now.
Ok, ok, I'll try not to mention it again. I can see it's getting you all worked up. I just felt the people here are such soft targets for nutcases they ought to have a little bit of a reality check.
The people who help the most on this forum are Erik, Per, Andy, Tamir, and several others. I rarely 'help' other than on an 'overall' basis, or line of thought. (Rambling though they be). Antagonists like Jack Sprat keep the forum kind of funny, and enjoyable: trading barbs. Yes, monikers are used and that doesn't bother me because I ensure I use one. My reasons are sound. I've been in the 'secret' business and I'm not going to publish my name on some chump ridden forum (except for those few that is). That has more to do with my ability to be more immune to fellow aerospace workers to see into my warped mind. There is a story behind my name. Cyril knows it. I'm an 8051 expert along with several other processors, so if I choose to spew my thoughts, I feel free to do so. Andy knows who I am. He is an honorable person. Keil knows who I am, and they've been good about helping me in a big way. I'm a long-time customer, and have 'forced' many companies to use/buy Keil tools. I'm doing just that again. Another $10k USD or so should be in the works soon. One of the Keil selling points is indeed the forum's activity. Much thanks to those "real" people like Tamir, Per, Erik, Andy, and several others. It makes it a lot easier to choose Keil due to this fact. Fish-heads like Jack provide enough levity through the use of 'venom' that I don't think Keil should moderate out these types of comments. Even Flat Black has his days.
As for a reality check from a smoked sardine goes, I'm a land dweller, and I have my feet firmly planted on solid grounds.
Well thats my two bullets worth (one in the neck, and one through the pallet).
This is probably the forum where some people are most busy finding themselves huge numbers of aliases.
But using an alias can sometimes be quite helpful/needed. I'm most definitely limited to what I can write in a forum in relation to employer or customer relations, NDA, product release plans, ... I guess the same goes for a lot of other people. Only students seems to think anything can be discussed - and then they are regularly very surprised when people can't post them complete source code. And if (when) I make a real fool of myself, I can't control the size of the rings on the water when it's me and not an alter ego that is flapping there in the water :)
The people who help the most on this forum are ...
Ok, to summarise:
Everyone is your best friend (except for me, of course!). You use a pseudonym so your co-workers don't realise you're a lunatic. Cyril knows who you are. You really like the idea of killing people.
Did I get it right?
Unless...you are really not Per Westermark...
I just googled your name and found out you set the Forumla 1 fastest boat qualifying time in 1997!!!!
Just kidding...
Dear z.about.com/.../smoked_sardines.jpg ,
I have no animosity towards you. You just feel compelled to put in a dig at *something* too often.
I like having a target of ridicule. But your contributions to helping people aren't the greatest. (Not to say mine are of super value)
I'd love to see what you've worked on. I'd find that interesting. You Got Any? At All?
First he's a liar. Then he has fantasies. Then he's a murderer. Now he's a lunatic.
Having fun, sardine?
First Cyril, now Pipo!
I never knew there were so many Vinces.
Do you really want to know? If you ask nicely I'll tell you.
Vince, whoever you are, whatever your name, say after me: sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me
Erik
"whoever you are, whatever your name..." wherever you are.
Maybe this situation requires a seance.
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,
P.S. Sticks-n-Stones hurt like hell. But words will only scar me, and make me see a therapist.
now it makes sense, evidently the sardine is on retainer from the American Psychological Association
I guess the APA knows the forum users well enough to send out Jack becaues otherwise:
Would result in *something* (of which I'm sure is APA approved).
Serously, I would like to see what others have done: now especially the Cordial Jack Sprat (even nice enough to remember that I moved).
SO, if ANYBODY has some cool stuff like Andy does (ref: http://www.antronics.co.uk), I --for one-- would like to see it.
Well, I for one am a little reluctant to get into a game like this.
My wife frequently used to ask me what I did. I'd try to explain, but she could never see what it was about.
Then one day, while we happened to be walking through the corridors of a UK hospital, I happened to see something that I had spent 18 months of my life creating, perfecting and making as bullet proof as I could. I called over to my wife and showed her what my career was all about. She took one look, went "oh, that's nice" and walked off.
The thing is, what can be interesting and cool to the one spending a huge amount of effort on can be dreary dull to someone else.
That is about half my point. People on this forum have a clue what it takes (with the exception of the students, et al).
My wife did the same thing. "Oh, thats all it does?" I'll even point to the fact it is on Futureweapons TV show, and it is met with "thats nice."
I guess to the non-engineer, "magic" must be explained as true "magic" rather than technology.
How can somebody just sit there and think, well it flies and hits something, or it monitors the blood glucose levels in real-time, etc without thinking it is "magic" or a huge effort by a person or team?
Those 18 months created that magic that not that many decades ago would easily be recognized as truely phenominal magic.
"Is that all it does?" Well WE know how the guts of these widgets can be like, so this is a good place to show some of that work without getting the "Gee, that is kind of lame" response (sans Jack Black).
Even a computer controlled Benchtop Power Supply we (uhm, the competent 'we' people) know that it isn't dreary nor dull.
I doubt if your wife (e.g. the non-embedded people & critters not sent by the APA) read this forum.