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QUOTE (alukindo @ Jul 5 2008, 07:39 PM) That statement confuses me - you write an application to fulfill the requirements of the customer, and you don't think the application's useful? That just doesn't make sense - you're fulfilling thier requirements, so how can it not be useful? Or do you mean useful to you as a developer? My industry (test) is all about value - if you're providing value to the customers (both external and internal) then all is well, and the external part of that equation is balanced when well-written requirements are prooved but the execution of a well-written acceptance test plan. There are, of course, plenty of steps between the two, and that's where you satisfy your internal customers (through process definition, architecture creation, scientific exploration, reuse leverage, etc). QUOTE (PaulG. @ Jul 5 2008, 09:44 PM) Danger! Danger! Danger! Danger Will Robinson!! You are not making any sense. How can an on-off project be a single one or two page requirement? Of couse that reminds me of Lost in Space, but also the Chewbacca defense I have worked projects with one or two page requirements before (many years ago), but only on a time and materials basis with a very clear contract that includes the term "all care, no responsibility". These contracts are typically short and the customer really has little idea of what they really want. They're good for some short-term cash flow, but maybe they're the type of project you're talking about: they usually end in more of a fizzle and the customer ends up with something that's only partially helpful, so yes, I 'd agree that those sort of apps aren't as "useful" or fulfilling.

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QUOTE (Aristos Queue @ Jul 3 2008, 02:08 PM) There are a couple of really neat OpenG VIs that save the states of your front panel nodes to a file, and reload them - I can't live without 'em

QUOTE (Justin Goeres @ Jul 3 2008, 08:12 AM) I agree, but they don't want you to think that. For example: "Hi! I'm a Mac" "...and I'm a PC"

QUOTE (Dirk J. @ Jul 3 2008, 02:47 AM) You said touchie

I bet he's running Windows Apple now makes PCs that run Windows, just like Toshiba, Dell, Lenovo, HP, etc. It's not that he switched from PC to Mac, it's more the Apple switched from Mac to PC

Firstly, you're doing all your timing in software - the card you're using has 16Mb of onboard RAM to buffer the image data in hardware - use that and then only get it all out when you need too. Also, how long does the conversion to TUFF take? You probably don't need to do that in the acquisition loop.

QUOTE (Louis Manfredi @ Jul 2 2008, 07:54 PM) Of course you do - crelf's awesome. QUOTE (Dirk J. @ Jul 1 2008, 01:31 PM) wouldn't it be fun to calculate the signal to noise ratio of forum topics? One good method of increasing the SNR is to post in an appropriate sub-forum (I've just moved this topic from "LabVIEW General" to the lounge).

QUOTE (dispossessed @ Jul 2 2008, 08:33 PM) Show us your code.

QUOTE (neB @ Jul 2 2008, 09:31 AM) Sorry to bring down the SNR by posting slighty off topic - I suggest you arrange your heirachy using a similar structure that LabVIEW uses internally - that might make your solution a little more intuative: http://lavag.org/old_files/monthly_07_2008/post-181-1215023564.gif' target="_blank">

QUOTE (Phillip Brooks @ Jul 2 2008, 09:57 AM) I haven't heard that term in years... In the RAAF, we used to call shelter halves "hootchies" as well.

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QUOTE (alfa @ Jul 2 2008, 04:23 AM) Yep - this one:

QUOTE (Ed Dickens @ Jl 1 2008, 03:03 PM) ...and it's only just slightly up hill

Noise (in this context, at least) isn't always a bad thing - it's amazing what I've learned from posts that had strayed from the original thread title... (that's what tags are for )

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QUOTE (Phillip Brooks @ Jul 1 2008, 06:35 AM) The first company I remember that had innovation time off (ITO) was 3M (years before google even existed). Rumour has it that post-it notes were an ITO project.

QUOTE (Justin Goeres @ Jun 30 2008, 11:36 AM) That's a cracker! Sheepish voice "It is very safe to operate" Poor guy - looks like he did a face plant...

QUOTE (Norm Kirchner @ Jun 30 2008, 11:12 AM) Speaking from person experience? QUOTE (Justin Goeres @ Jun 30 2008, 11:29 AM) I think your point extends to nipples in general, does it not? Semi-transparent throbbing nipples?!?!

QUOTE (Justin Goeres @ Jun 30 2008, 10:09 AM) That's hillarious Much funnier that his current show. Reminds me of this classic:

QUOTE (Justin Goeres @ Jun 30 2008, 10:03 AM) Alex at Icon Technologies did something similar in LabVIEW a few years ago - you can download the demo http://www.icon-tech.com.au/downloads.html' rel='nofollow' target="_blank">here.

QUOTE (han_5583 @ Jun 29 2008, 05:09 AM) Show us your code.

QUOTE (crelf @ Jun 17 2008, 03:15 PM) CAR: #118218

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