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I'd say my most meaningful project was development of a real time metalic rod inspection system running on a 386 PC in 1990. The previous system was run on a PDP minicomputer.
It read data from serial port and needed to detect flaws of 1/64th of an inch with the rods moving at 1 foot per second. It's fairly simple to calculate how many readings per second are needed. I read the data and did an FFT to spot out-of-expected range responses.
The most challenging thing was the need to fire a paint gun to mark the flaw.Knoswing the distance to the gun nozzle, determined the time delay required.
Then there was the need to archive all the raw data for later review. Obviously, at those speeds, there was no way to spit the data to disk in time to get the next reading. I had to devise a way to detect the end of a rod, then vomit the data from a buffer to disk before the start of the next rod.Therewas generally a 1 foot space between rods. I write it in C, then optimized in assembly to crank the most out of every CPU cycle.
The system was in place and used in production for years. In fact I was told it is still in use after all these years.
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr.PhD P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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two projects come to mind.
One was doing class scheduling at a college for students. I created a way for them to search and select which classes they wanted based upon a variety of factors and to enable them to then wholesale sign up for the classes. Took a ton of work off of people so they could then focus on getting the right classes. I wrote it 20+ years ago and the code is still in use at its core by the college. That was fun
2nd was helping people to concentrate on their job. working at a very large farming organization. they had a monthly "dashboard" that was compiled given to their upper management. It took 4 people most of a month to put together and kept them out of their real jobs and being productive. They had to run around and interview a variety of people on differing projects about status etc... Took like 6 months but essentially made a real "dashboard" that was updated real time with the data from the various project managers. The best part about this was that no one lost a job and I got a huge bonus because of time saved for the company. It was such a good feeling.
there are a host of other projects that might have been harder or what not but these two stick out alot.
To err is human to really elephant it up you need a computer
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I had the Xbox360 (yes, I know, it's "vintage") Rock Band 3 game disc, but because of my stupidity, I banged into the console, and that disc was trashed - and so I bought a NIB replacement disc. However to avoid this in the future, I want to make a copy of this game disc, and only use the copy disc to play, that way if I do this again, I could easily make a new copy.
Anyway, so I need to get an external CD writer, and I want to make sure that it can make an exact copy that the console will accept. Is there anything special I should look for in a CD writer? It seems that all such writers can write DVD, and I presume that any such writers could do a proper game disc copy.
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I think any DVD writer will be sufficient. However you probably can't use a normal disc copy program, as I believe XBOX (and PlayStation, other consoles) use various tricks to prevent illegal copying. You should probably do a web search for something like "how to copy XBOX disc", and use that information to find a utility that will allow you to copy the game disc.
Keep Calm and Carry On
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Yeah, they usually have some kind of hidden sectors that consumer grade writers can't duplicate.
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Former unadorned prior ruler creates understanding. (9)
I'm heading out to a meeting in a few minutes, so unless someone gets it quickly (quite likely), there'll be a couple of hours delay in replying.
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Explainer
Former -> Ex
unadorned -> plain
prior ruler -> er ( Elizabeth Regina )
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
modified 1-Jun-23 6:50am.
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That's what I got as well.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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It's not a word I've heard in conversation
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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I think you might have it. It's what I came up with too.
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YAUT. And now you can edit in the explanation.
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Lucky choice of two ...
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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My 3 starters are meant to find inclusions not exclusions!
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have. -Anon
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Ok, I have had my coffee, so you can all come out now!
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I just happened to be thinking about the books yesterday, and I was wondering...what are the odds GRRM will actually manage to write the last of the series?
I looked into it, and apparently he's got ~75% of the 6th book done, and the 7th will be just a big. And it's been years been #5 and 6.
At this point this has got to be a worse job than being the Queen King. People will not let him retire...
Maybe if he didn't let himself get involved in these side-projects like that second TV series...
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I couldn't cope with the GOT books - I slogged through the first two, maybe three and gave up. For me, this was a rare case when the TV series was better than the books.
Personally, I wish Patrick Rothfuss would finish the third book in the The Kingkiller Chronicles. Now that's torturous, it's been years since book #2.
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Don’t read the Wheel of Time series then…
I remember reading one of them (@ roughly 1000 pages) and realizing at the end that every major character was still in the same situation as they were at the beginning. Sadly the TV series is pretty lame…
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