Jim Kring

QUOTE (tcplomp @ Jun 24 2008, 12:39 PM)

So you are all transtitioning to a platform that isn't backwards compatible? (OS flame war awaiting)

And you really want to wear blue shoes?

Ton

I'll have you know that Jeff K. and I (and my college buddy, Keith) wear the same model (991) of gray New Balance sneakers. Actually, I have two pairs in gray and one pair in blue.

I found this out at NIWeek last year, when I saw Jeff at the Samuel Majors meet and greet. You can just make out my blue sneakers in the photo of me and Samuel.

And, when I'm not wearing my sneakers, you'll most likely find me wearing flip flops. There have even been days when all the JKI engineers (all four of us) show up to our team meeting wearing khaki shorts, flip flops, and a LabVIEW/NIWeek t-shirt. I guess the point is (although, I didn't really start this reply to make a point), if you're going to be assimilated, make sure you pick the right hive And, if you can't find one, start one.

Ha! I just found the best photo of all:

I'm even way cooler than I thought I was. :thumbup:

QUOTE (Justin Goeres @ Jun 24 2008, 09:30 AM)

There are docks available for MacBook Pros, although I'll be the first to admit they're a bit clunky. That owes to the fact that Apple puts all their ports on the side of the machine (which means you can see them and plug/unplug stuff without climbing to the back of the machine). I have a friend who docks his machine in one of them, and he's pretty happy with it.

$319.95? What, do they think Mac users (want you to think they) are made of money?

[insert Mac-owners-are-snobs joke, here]

But seriously, now that all the cool LAVA people are getting Macs (damn, I don't have one yet), do you think we can start a meme (that's for you Justin) that LAVA forum members use Macs and NI forums members use PCs?

Hi, I'm a LAVA member...

And, I'm a NI forums member...

QUOTE (nhollenback @ Jun 24 2008, 11:56 AM)

Ya, and they hang out in LAVA, too. Right, AQ?

QUOTE (Chris Davis @ Jun 23 2008, 07:43 PM)

Perhaps it will help with http://forums.jkisoft.com/index.php?showtopic=674' rel='nofollow' target="_blank">this problem too...

I'm sure it will

Thanks for all the info, Justin. I did look up some information about screens and found what I thought to be a good analysis here. The thing that I took away from the glossy/matte debate is the glossy is brighter under a variety of lighting conditions but matte has more accurate color and is better suited for graphics professionals.

Congrat's! We're evaluating switching JKI engineers to the 17" MacBook Pro too. Which screen (resolution, glossy/non-glossy, etc?) did you end up getting? Which processor? How much RAM?

I've very curious how it works for you.

QUOTE (abullen @ Jun 21 2008, 12:46 PM)

[ Anyone else annoyed at this?]

I also find this annoying and just another example of "marketing is evil"

But, marketing doesn't have to be evil -- e.g., permission-based marketing where high-quality products/information are provided to customers while respecting their rights to choose how and when they receive messages. I'm a big fan of Seth Godin, who preaches such principles. I try hard to follow these principles at JKI with our various product development and marketing efforts.

QUOTE (rolfk @ Jun 21 2008, 01:06 AM)

Well, if you are talking about IT departemetns of big multi billion dollar companies that might happen. But in a smaller company of 20 or so developers if the IT departement gets an annoyence they get a problem very fast

I've been bitten by IT departements at customer sites being more difficult then they should have been IMHO, but if our own would be to difficult they would have a problem.

I'm actually not bitter. I just couldn't pass up an opportunity to have a little fun at the expense of IT folks. Yes, this problem is really only an issue for some large organizations.

QUOTE (crelf @ Jun 21 2008, 04:18 AM)

Cool! If you learn anything valuable, let us all know.

Someone in NI's marketing dept has made me a custom badge icon.

Actually, I just ripped this from the Conference Highlights brochure that NI mailed out this week:

PS - Is that a VIPM awareness bracelet on Justin's (?) arm and half of Michael's head?

QUOTE (crelf @ Jun 19 2008, 09:46 AM)

I really like Subversion and Tortoise/SVN, mostly because of the extension of the windows shell. That said, I'm a user - I have an IT department that takes care of all of the little issues with the package pair. I don't need to know (nor want to know) how they work, just as long as they do I suggest maybe getting your IT department involved (if you have one )

Wow! You're IT dept takes care of stuff? That's great! I thought IT just told people not to install software, prevented them from accessing web content, held onto new computers until they become obsolete, and walked around the buildings searching for "unauthorized" equipment plugged into the network.

QUOTE (Tom Bress @ Jun 18 2008, 09:56 AM)

BTW, I enjoy your Thinking in G blog. My repository looks like this:

>LabVIEW Repository

>>branches

>>>MyBranch

>>>>Applications

>>>>VI Library

>>tags

>>trunk

>>>Applications

>>>VI Library

My working folder contains just the MyBranch:

>Applications

>VI Library

Tom,

> BTW, I enjoy your Thinking in G blog.

Thanks, I enjoy writing it and am very happy to hear that others enjoy reading it

> My repository looks like this...

I agree with jdunham -- I don't see anything wrong with your repository or working copy setup that would inherently cause linkage issues. The problem probably has to do with with accidental cross/bad linkages. Did you ever have multiple working copies checked out that you were working on at about the same time? I'm like jdunham -- I commonly have the trunk and multiple branches checked out at the same time in sibling folders, but I'm extremely cautious/concious about VI linkage.

-Jim

QUOTE (Tom Bress @ Jun 18 2008, 08:47 AM)

Yes, I did a switch to the branch. Then when I tried to open the main vi from within the project I found that the main vi couldn't find the sub-vis, apparently because it was looking for them in the trunk and not the branch.

Hi Tom,

It would be helpful if you could describe a couple things:

1) What does your repository folder structure look like (with respect to trunk, branches, and tags)?

2) What does your working copy folder structure look like?

Thanks,

-Jim

QUOTE (Darren @ Jun 17 2008, 02:35 PM)

Yup, and as many of you may recall, LabVIEW 4.20 was after your munchies...

You wacky Austin hippies.

(I'm just a couple miles from Haight-Ashbury, myself.)

QUOTE (Justin Goeres @ Jun 17 2008, 01:57 PM)

How about a Markov-chain based system that would look at the node your tool is currently pointing at and analyze a handful of nodes leading to it to determine the most historically likely function?

It's in my brain because I've been playing with http://www.joshmillard.com/garkov/' rel='nofollow' target="_blank">Garkov .

Could we use that as a refactoring tool to create reusable VIs? It could analyze the patterns in your code and identify frequently used snippits that should be made into subVIs.

QUOTE (PaulG. @ Jun 17 2008, 11:24 AM)

<rant of my own> Thanks again, Jime for speaking up for a lot of us. The palette structures and disease-of-use to customize them are one of the few (if any) issues I would consider user-hostile in the entire LV enviroment. And to add to our frustration, every time NI comes up with a new version it creates a brand new default palette always loaded with nothing but express vi's (???) and other useless garbage. Then you have to go through the headache to cusomize them all over again. </rant of my own>

So true.

QUOTE (crelf @ Jun 17 2008, 11:41 AM)

I was thinking the same thing. I'm going to have to add that to my collection.

QUOTE (Darren @ Jun 17 2008, 12:27 PM)

Yes, I think that a hypothetical tool that obviates the need for palettes in many situations would be a huge useability step forward

What I want is for LabVIEW to know which function I'm thinking about and to put it on my tooltip so that I can drop it. Is that what you're thinking of, too?

[cross-post]

Hi All,

I've written another article (actually a rant) about customizing the LabVIEW palettes. I hope you find it useful.

• Customizing the LabVIEW Palettes is (Ridiculously) Hard
  

As usual, your thoughts, feedback, and stories of your related experiences are most welcome

Thanks,

-Jim

I'd like to be able to refresh the menus with an Application Method such as Application.Menus.Refresh(). This would be useful for updating the menus after installing items in the Tools menu.

I'll bet you can imagine why we need this feature

QUOTE (crelf @ Jun 15 2008, 10:52 AM)

Ahhhhhhh - I see the misunderstanding. That's "Wirey" - he's in no way related to "Spoolie^TM". Any resemblance to Spoolies^TM, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

PS: I'd be happy to take him down if you'd like...

And miss my chance to make millions in Internet theoretical dollars?

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QUOTE (Justin Goeres @ Jun 15 2008, 09:11 AM)

Not to mention that it's usually 102 degrees (fahrenheit!) in Austin during NIWeek, so if you order a hooded sweatshirt and try to wear it during the conference you'll just spend the BBQ in the Emergency Room anyway .

And, if you get the camouflage shirt, other LAVA members won't be able to find you

By the way, what is Spoolie's commission on sales?

QUOTE (crelf @ Jun 15 2008, 07:23 AM)

You mean that these other styles may one day become rare LAVA collectors items?

QUOTE (hooovahh @ Jun 12 2008, 09:42 AM)

"Actually, when Lava is underground it's called Magma." - Chloe Talbot

"Magma" would be a good name for the LAVA Premium Member group and private discussion forum area.

[cross-post]

Hi All,

I've written part II of my series on reuse libraries. I hope you find interesting and informative. As usual, I'm interested in your feedback

• Monolithic vs. Modular Software Reuse Libraries (Part II)
  

Thanks,

-Jim

QUOTE (MikaelH @ Jun 5 2008, 03:33 PM)

When I read this I started to think about the "Paper Clip"
Whould it be nice if NI added it in LabVIEW

Cheers,
Mikael

Meet Spoolie, I coded him up and sent him to LTR, back in 2002 as a joke.

Download File:post-17-1212706939.avi

I wrote it as a VI, but it was somehow saved without the block diagram in 6.1. So, I just uploaded an AVI movie of the VI running.

QUOTE (crelf @ Jun 5 2008, 10:38 AM)

Duelling mice at 10ft...

You shall not defeat my MX Laser.

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QUOTE (crelf @ Jun 5 2008, 09:35 AM)

Yeah - it's amazing what you can do with Photoshop these days...

I challenge you to a duel.

QUOTE (martin@aerodynamics @ Jun 5 2008, 04:24 AM)

are you sure that you did't get those LabVIEW training mails because of your CLAD test result

Well, Martin, I was trying (with much restraint) to be modest by not mentioning it, but since you asked...

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QUOTE (rolfk @ Jun 5 2008, 05:05 AM)

Jim answered about gmail. That about your ISP I'm not sure. For some reasons the server considers your attempt to send data as Junk Mail. Why that would be I have no idea. Technically there seems no reason to believe that the communication did not proceed right. Maybe that you should use a FROM: address in your attempt??? Maybe cableonline requires a specific procedure???

I'm afraid you will have to ask there about this, as painful it might be to get a support person from an ISP that even understands what you are talking about.

Rolf Kalbermatter

Maybe the ISP requires http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POP_before_SMTP' rel='nofollow' target="_blank">POP before SMTP -- requiring a log in to the POP server right before a log in to the SMTP server.