I guess all good things must come to a 404...
http://www.ni.com/ne...s/april1201.htm
:-( No April Fools from NI this year?
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Posted 02 April 2012 - 05:40 PM
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Posted 02 April 2012 - 06:19 PM
Yeah, I was disappointed as well. They usually have such good ones too.
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Posted 02 April 2012 - 06:44 PM
Yea, I was looking forward to it. 
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Posted 03 April 2012 - 03:39 AM
"Everyone expects it, so this year, we'll prank them really good... we won't have one!"
"Yeah, that'll really wind them up for 2013!"
"Yeah, that'll really wind them up for 2013!"
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Posted 04 April 2012 - 04:09 PM
Hey guys,
Emilie here - for those of you who don't know me, I'm the new Social Business Manager at NI (i.e. the new "Deirdre")
I saw this conversation come up in one of our social monitors last night. I too was bummed to see we didn't have our annual April Fool's press release.
I contacted one of my buddies who usually helps come up with the yearly pranks. He said NI decided to sit this year out since the 1st fell on a Sunday. They figured it might get lost in the weekend lull. Hmph.
Although I like Aristos' explanation better.
Perhaps NI should simply claim the following excuse:
"Someone played a prank on us this year and scheduled April Fools on a Sunday."
Emilie here - for those of you who don't know me, I'm the new Social Business Manager at NI (i.e. the new "Deirdre")
I saw this conversation come up in one of our social monitors last night. I too was bummed to see we didn't have our annual April Fool's press release.
I contacted one of my buddies who usually helps come up with the yearly pranks. He said NI decided to sit this year out since the 1st fell on a Sunday. They figured it might get lost in the weekend lull. Hmph.
Although I like Aristos' explanation better.
Perhaps NI should simply claim the following excuse:
"Someone played a prank on us this year and scheduled April Fools on a Sunday."
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Posted 11 April 2012 - 11:08 AM
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I just thought of what could be the perfect April 1 presser.
It combines LabVIEW, augmented reality glasses and VI Analyzer. Any programmer wearing the glasses would see real-time suggestions for improving the code while it is executing with highlighting turned on.
Users could write their own analyzer tests to implement features like 'bleach dead code' but the only way to see the results is using the glasses. An optional Source Control add-on would allow for displaying check-in comments and allow the user to highlight code changed by a specific user (identify code that is suspect)
Not only would the well equipped LV programmer look friggen' awesome, but it would help NI sell more hardware. Isn't that what LabVIEW is for anyway?
It combines LabVIEW, augmented reality glasses and VI Analyzer. Any programmer wearing the glasses would see real-time suggestions for improving the code while it is executing with highlighting turned on.
Users could write their own analyzer tests to implement features like 'bleach dead code' but the only way to see the results is using the glasses. An optional Source Control add-on would allow for displaying check-in comments and allow the user to highlight code changed by a specific user (identify code that is suspect)
Not only would the well equipped LV programmer look friggen' awesome, but it would help NI sell more hardware. Isn't that what LabVIEW is for anyway?
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Posted 11 April 2012 - 11:17 AM
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A good one would have been that NI are releasing a "Home/Hobby" edition and service packs for LV 2010 and down.I just thought of what could be the perfect April 1 presser.
It combines LabVIEW, augmented reality glasses and VI Analyzer. Any programmer wearing the glasses would see real-time suggestions for improving the code while it is executing with highlighting turned on.
Users could write their own analyzer tests to implement features like 'bleach dead code' but the only way to see the results is using the glasses. An optional Source Control add-on would allow for displaying check-in comments and allow the user to highlight code changed by a specific user (identify code that is suspect)
Not only would the well equipped LV programmer look friggen' awesome, but it would help NI sell more hardware. Isn't that what LabVIEW is for anyway?
Edited by ShaunR, 11 April 2012 - 11:18 AM.
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Posted 11 April 2012 - 01:00 PM
That would be more mean than funny.A good one would have been that NI are releasing a "Home/Hobby" edition and service packs for LV 2010 and down.
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Posted 11 April 2012 - 03:42 PM
Maybe there's still time Emilie... New Year in Southeast Asia is celebrated on the 14th of April (or there abouts depending on country).
I'm attending Thai New Year at the Wat in Boston this Sunday.
Maybe the joke could be Unicode Support Added to LV
I'm attending Thai New Year at the Wat in Boston this Sunday.
Maybe the joke could be Unicode Support Added to LV
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Posted 11 April 2012 - 03:53 PM
มีดื่มสำหรับผม. ชนแก้วI'm attending Thai New Year at the Wat in Boston this Sunday.
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Edited by ShaunR, 11 April 2012 - 04:17 PM.
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Posted 11 April 2012 - 10:07 PM
Wow. I had no idea April Fool's was celebrated in that part of the world, let alone on a different day of April.
I'm also loving the augmented reality spoof. I can just see it now: we can get JeffK to put on a pair of RayBans as the feature photo...
So basically - I'm getting the feedback that NI needs to do more pranks, in general, right? Coming right up...
I'm also loving the augmented reality spoof. I can just see it now: we can get JeffK to put on a pair of RayBans as the feature photo...
So basically - I'm getting the feedback that NI needs to do more pranks, in general, right? Coming right up...
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Posted 12 April 2012 - 10:15 PM
...I think you'll fit in just fine around here.So basically - I'm getting the feedback that NI needs to do more pranks, in general, right? Coming right up...
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Posted 13 April 2012 - 10:18 AM
I hope the recent VLA patch notice via email was not an attempt at a prank 
Edited by Phillip Brooks, 13 April 2012 - 10:18 AM.
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Posted 15 April 2012 - 03:04 PM
Damn right!So basically - I'm getting the feedback that NI needs to do more pranks, in general, right? Coming right up...
Oh, and welcome to LAVA - it's lovely to see you here! For those who haven't met Emilie, she's a stalwart at NI Week and has been an advocate for us within NI - certainly a big plus having her here on LAVA
