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DaveK said:
PDP-8 eh, what memories .... load accumulator ... load accumulator ... load accumulator ... yes, the tape drive is up, now feed the tape ... yes, the tty line is up, now type something and watch it crash (I used them as a student :D ).

Dave
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I sold them for 10 yrs "Federated Counsultants" my brother owned the co,we sold used parts all over, we were the largest in the southwestern U S{ I'm soo old } :D Brier Junior Spivey,Garland Texas.Older Plants Were useing them up north A lot of people would be out of work if we couldn't Keep them running, Lost jr in 1994.so I know what your saying Dave LOL
 
Shirley and I (J&S Electronics) design and manufacture ignition timing controls for high performance engines.

Using a single knock sensor, the system detects engine knock and automatically adjusts the timing on only the cylinders that are knocking.


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renard said:
Whats your occupation? Pool players represent a large cross section of America. All walks of life from prominatant sports figures, to dentists, to construction workers... the list goes on and on. In our league we have a Lawyer, a Dentist, a Grave digger, a Chimney sweep, a engineer, and an Elevator mechanic to name a few. The last one represents myself.

I troubleshoot problems when the elevators don't work right. I provide maintainance on a scheduled basis. Perform safety tests to ensure they run as per code. Perform repairs when the elevators are really "Broke but good."
I am also "On Call' one day a week and one weekend a month.

I'm curious to see what everyone else does to pay the bills. :cool:
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I am a lawyer. I have a small firm and we do litigation, the majority of which is subrogation (Insurance company recovery work).
 
Get_A_Grip said:
Ha! I thought for sure that you manufacture golf equipment--based on your screen name. .
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You are correct...I did. Now I just play with them like everyone else. I guess you could say I just "putter around".

Now I know why you have the screen name Get_A_Grip...At first I thought you might be a psychiatrist or manufacturer of golf grips yourself. But now I see that you're also sometimes in the backroom TESTING some of these new drugs on your own and they're taking you to the edge. ;) :p
 
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JohnnyP said:
Shirley and I (J&S Electronics) design and manufacture ignition timing controls for high performance engines.

Using a single knock sensor, the system detects engine knock and automatically adjusts the timing on only the cylinders that are knocking.


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Very cool. Did you come up with this idea?

Koop
 
JohnnyP said:
Shirley and I (J&S Electronics) design and manufacture ignition timing controls for high performance engines.

Using a single knock sensor, the system detects engine knock and automatically adjusts the timing on only the cylinders that are knocking.


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Just out of curiosity, and I'm not bagging on your product at all, but I have to ask.....

I used to drag race, so I'm pretty (well somewhat) knowledgeable on high performance engines and using power adders of any sort. Now when you add any type of injected/forced induction, detonation (aka knocking/pinging) is one of the biggest concerns. If it continues to occur, you risk grenading one of your pistons and ruining a nice short block, if not your heads as well.

Sorry for the long post, but my question is this: What market are you selling to? I know that in the drag racing/road racing community, we go to extreme lengths tuning, setting correct timing/fuel pressure, a/f ratios and settings using a number of systems out there (EEC tuner, Tweecer, FAST, etc) to ensure that the car is properly tuned, rather than plug "something" in to do this for us.

It's THOUSANDS of dollars if your car is not properly tuned to ensure that your motor doesn't "knock", and I'd be a little leary about slapping something on the back of my computer to work around it.

Again, I have no problem, glad you found the market! Just a little curious about your product.
 
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drivermaker said:
You are correct...I did. Now I just play with them like everyone else. I guess you could say I just "putter around".
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Do you recall the one Tonight episode where Johnny Carson had Arnold Palmer on and asked him if he does anything special in preparation for a tournament?

Arnold answered that he has his wife kiss his (golf) balls before a match. Then Johnny retorted, "I bet that makes your putter rise.".

Arnold walked off the show and never agreed to go on it again.

Barbara
 
Barbara said:
Do you recall the one Tonight episode where Johnny Carson had Arnold Palmer on and asked him if he does anything special in preparation for a tournament?

Arnold answered that he has his wife kiss his (golf) balls before a match. Then Johnny retorted, "I bet that makes your putter rise.".

Arnold walked off the show and never agreed to go on it again.

Barbara
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Yeh...LOL...That had to be one of the funniest impromptu things Carson ever said and had the audience roaring. :D
 
drivermaker said:
I don't wish you were retired. I wish you'd move here to Atlanta and take over the meteorologist page in the Atlanta newspaper. This dumb son of a b*tch hasn't gotten a damn thing right in 8 years and the picture that he posts of the local weather has rain damn near everday on it. Nothing changes...it's the same crap. If you listened to him everyday...you might never leave the house for activities or you'd always be wearing the wrong clothes based on temperature or rain/sun!
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This is funny - I hear things like this all the time.

Maybe this will help... try this website and on the top left type in your zip code to get the weather forecast for your area, including current conditions, radar, and satellite:

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/

-Melinda
 
drivermaker said:
You are correct...I did. Now I just play with them like everyone else. I guess you could say I just "putter around".

Now I know why you have the screen name Get_A_Grip...At first I thought you might be a psychiatrist or manufacturer of golf grips yourself. But now I see that you're also sometimes in the backroom TESTING some of these new drugs on your own and they're taking you to the edge. ;) :p
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Ha! I did used to work in the lab and had access to large quanities of new drugs that later became controlled drugs.

I like names that have more than one meaning...the grip is very important to pool (and many other games)...and in case YOU go off the edge, then I have already told you to "get_a_grip" every time I respond...;)
 
Get_A_Grip said:
I like names that have more than one meaning...the grip is very important to pool (and many other games)...and in case YOU go off the edge, then I have already told you to "get_a_grip" every time I respond...;)
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No...you've got it all wrong. I don't go to the edge. I take OTHERS to the brink and then have them tumble down into the abyss of insanity. :D :cool:
Obviously you haven't noticed all of the ex-members and how they reached their demise.
 
occupation

For the last 26 years I'm a balloonman.I do humorous costume deliveries,balloon decorating.topiary,drops,releases anything involving balloons or balloon science,Also own a costume shop/magic shop.Previous to this I was a teacher,broadcast executive ,disc jockey,ad agency owner and minor jobs of course along the way including amateur pharmisist/gynocologist. ;)




Billy
 
Occupations
Pool Player, cook, Pool Player, testing gyros for airplanes, Pool Player, sheet metal worker, Pool Player, residential wireman, Pool Player, journeyman wireman, Pool Player, foreman, Pool Player, project manager, Pool Player, high voltage electrician, Pool Player, Cuemaker
Jack
www.johnmaddencues.com
 
Koop: I was inspired in 1987 by Road & Track Magazine's review of the Porsche 944 Turbo. One of the features was a knock sensing ignition that retarded individual cylinders. At the time, I was an aerospace technician, and had turbocharged my Fiat, but kept blowing it up. I became obsessed with designing my own system and got the chance two years later, when the big layoffs came. Looking back on it now, the Porsche system was crude compared to my system.

1pRoscoe: Your comments are familiar. Engine builders know what they know and do what has worked well for them in the past, but knock sensors are new and very scary to them. Yes, detonation is a killer, so why not listen for it with a detonation sensor? Tuners are starting to use headphones to listen to a knock sensor, but my detection algorithm can hear knock that you can't hear in the headphones, and retards only the knocking cylinders before they fire again. What could be better than that?

I posted a testimonial from a Mercedes-Ilmor engineer at the bottom of this thread: http://forum.miata.net/vb/showthread.php?p=1489386
 
sessions and occasionally sit in with a band. Also import rare swiss watches for very rich bastards. Its great, I get to play with a $100,000 Patek Phillipe and make money doing it.
 
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1pRoscoe said:
reminds me of a great movie....

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This must be a "woman" day for me....this is my second link to a woman's writing. :rolleyes:

Here's a review of a book called, How to Kill the Job Culture Before it Kills You by Claire Wolfe. An excerpt from the review:

"Institutional systems, whether government or nominally private," she continues, "demand a similar mindset and behavior from those who live under them: obedience to authority, surrender to arbitrary rules and regulations, acceptance of the idea that the individual is just one small (and usually interchangeable) cog in a larger system. Both government and private institutions use top-down, command-and-control structures, and actively diminish individual responsibility and innovation (even as they hope to benefit from outstanding individual talents.)"

If pool players can't relate to this, what can they relate to? ;)

Jeff Livingston
 
henho said:
I'm a PhD student in Cognitive Neuroscience, which takes most of my time. I also still play bass for studio sessions and occasionally sit in with a band. Also import rare swiss watches for very rich bastards. Its great, I get to play with a $100,000 Patek Phillipe and make money doing it.
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Watch is my second passion beside cue. I am so jealous of you.

Richard
 
Computer programmer. Software engineer on my resume, but in reality computer programmer. I hate meaningless, pretentious job titles. What this occupation has to do with my BS in Psychology I'll never know.
 
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