One of my babies...

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.

Erik

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.

Erik

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, 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).

--Cpt. Vince Foster
2nd Cannon Place
Fort Marcy Park, VA

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.

"...quoting the 'C' language specs..."

Given some of the questions that pop up on this forum, I'd say that this sort of response is invaluable. They shouldn't be knocked.

I consider myself to be fairly competent when it comes to embedded systems and the use of compilers (at least, in the field in which I work), but like to see some of Jack Sprats responses if only because they occasionally makes me stop, think and pick up my reference manuals.

I hasten to add that Jack is not alone in this regard. There are a few other forum posters around here that sometimes make me do the same.

You see, Jack, this is the embodiment of some people's problem with you. You seem to think that the "newbies and the young chaps" and the "lunatic fringe" (these were your own words, yes?) do not have anything to contribute, ergo deserve to be ignored. I, however, believe that their biggest drawback is the lack of experience and depth when analyzing problems alongside too little time, but you wipe them of the table because "they are not interesting enough and I have nothing to learn from them" (I am sure you are wrong, at least in some of the cases). When you do enlighten us with your opinion, it is usually done in a arrogant way without the slightest of knowledge about the people involved (except their posts, that can often be misunderstood). This approach is a recipe for a limited and insular existence.

You see, Jack, this is the embodiment of some people's problem with you.

I'm afraid not, what follows the above sentence is actually your opinion.

You seem to think that the "newbies and the young chaps" and the "lunatic fringe" (these were your own words, yes?)

Yes, those are my words but...

do not have anything to contribute, ergo deserve to be ignored.

...that is your interpretation of them.

I, however, believe that their biggest drawback is the lack of experience and depth when analyzing problems alongside too little time

Fine, but...

but you wipe them of the table because "they are not interesting enough and I have nothing to learn from them"

...there you go again inventing thoughts for me to have.

When you do enlighten us with your opinion, it is usually done in a arrogant way without the slightest of knowledge about the people involved (except their posts, that can often be misunderstood).

Now you've summed things up very nicely: all anyone has are the posts on the forum which can indeed be misunderstood. Anything further than that is just the readers opinion. This is why, if one wishes to be understood as one wishes, it is essential to consider those posts carefully to ensure that they convey what one wants. Slap dash or ludicrous posts will not win one any credibility, and if one worries about things like credibility on internet forums then one is unlikely to enjoy the consequences of making those posts. Interestingly enough credibility seems to be very important to some posters yet their posts just become weirder and weirder - something of an oddity, do you not think?

This approach is a recipe for a limited and insular existence.

Seems to work for me...!

Good sleuthing Al Bradford. I think we all had our suspicions and its nice to know that you did the footwork for us.

As to the sardine: google "BILE URA" and then tack on Youtube in your second google attempt. Have a listen. Yes, I'm into HEAVY metal, and URA reminds me of you.

I know those are harsh words, but after awhile, I kind of get sick of your constant vitriol. Yet at other times I enjoy it. I guess I'm trying to say stop-it and keep it up at the same time.

But why high-jack a thread and turn it into a fight-fest ALL of the time? (err, most of the time as per Al Bradford's research).

I think Tamir's assessment was spot-on.

--Cpt. Vince Foster
2nd Cannon Place
Fort Marcy Park, VA

OMG. The ultimate irony.

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I know those are harsh words

They may seem that way to you, Vince, but really, they aren't. I think I might pass on your suggestion that I listen to 'Bile Ura', by the way.

I kind of get sick of your constant vitriol. Yet at other times I enjoy it. I guess I'm trying to say stop-it and keep it up at the same time.

There really are people who could help you with this sort of thing, you know. You don't have to live with this confusion.

I think Tamir's assessment was spot-on.

I'm sure he'll be glad to hear that. But which assessment was it - do I fix radios, make weapons, or what?

OMG. The ultimate irony.

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OMG, Steve. You have bad teeth!

Do Keil ever test anything they release? I'm beginning to have doubts...

Here's a deployed release of RTX in full-flight!

www.youtube.com/watch