Grampa_of_Oliva_n_Eden

QUOTE(Topher @ Jul 26 2007, 06:52 PM) Confessions of a global-holic " Hi my name is Ben and I was a global-holic. I used my last global in 1999. My first big project include a super-cluster stored in a global. I learned about excesive data copies and race conditions. I have been global free for about eight years now. " Ben

"NaN" when presented to graph or charts will not plot any points. The plotting will resume once it sees a non-NaN value. Ben

QUOTE(TG @ Jul 26 2007, 01:43 PM) It has a scroll wheel top center. Ben

Yes I use the "Futuro" type. Three velcro strips, Palm Wirst and forearm - These wear out after repeated washings. Aluminum splint - Take them out before thowing in the laundry. The washer dryer combo can rally mangle them. The older models were rather crude. The newer one are shaped better to fit the palm. Logitech track ball - My wife bought me one of those and I did not like it, the ball was too light. They even (if I remember corrctly) had an extra ring to dampen the ball that I guess they thought would make the ball feel more massive. I tossed the ring in about 3 minutes of use. That critter is gather dust on my shelf. THe Kennisington track balls have supstantial mass. They resemble a pool ball in size and mass. I like the mass because it lets me "throw" the cursor from one side of the screen to the other with a single flick of my finger. The same thing with a mouse would require at least three mouse swipes. The trackball only requires moving three fingers (and no writs). Thumb is left click, index positions mouse, ring finger right-clicks. They work as well left-handed as they do right-handed (Yes I am another lefty). I have about a half dozen of the Kensington trackballs in variouse state of operability. The are very well built (roller bearing support ball, encoders track motion) I have worn out the right click buttons more than once but have been able swap the switches (yes I still remeber how to solder) and they just keep going. Kennistongton has replaced two of them for free. Drawbacks: Expensive - $100 + Ball is not held in place. When carrying it into customer sites, have had to chase the ball across the parking lot when it fell out of the socket. Special note: For custmer visits I use the mouse pad thingy featured in the thread I posted on NI's forum. It is not large enough to hold the new trackballs and not quite stiff enough to hold the track ball. I managed to stiffen it up by adding a steel plate under the pad. By flipping it over, the edges of the pad do not interfere with the trackball. I use some mini bungy cords to hold the trackball to the pad. Once I have straped this gizmo to the arm of the chair, my trackball is in "beer can postition". Ben

QUOTE(crelf @ Jul 25 2007, 05:39 PM) :thumbup:

I am still using a "Kensington expert Mouse" aka trackball. I also wear CT wrist braces. Within seconds of first putting them on, my wrists seemed better (not fixed but the further damage was stopped). I use a keyborad tray that mounts under the desk and slides out allows for adjustment in height and angle. It is adjusted to hold the keyborad under my hands when they are resting relaxed on the arms of my chair. The trackball is also held by the keyborad tray and I have proped it up so that its base is parallel to my hand when it resting comfortably on the arm of my chair WITHOUT twisting my wrist. Looking back, I believe I was suffering from two conditions (at least). 1) The mouse requires I hold it steady while clicking. The track ball does not require being held still. If you do not touch the ball, the cursor does not move. 2) Twisting my hand such that the palm was parallel to the floor. I suspect us LV types are exploring new teritory because we need to use the mouse so much. Most CT solutions are aimed at keying. If you are waking up at night with shooting pain in your forearms, wear the braces when you sleep. I also found that driving my car without wrist braces was bad. If you need pictures I will try to get some. As it stands now, I am pain free and have been so for for almost a year. I do not have to wear my braces while sleeping or driving now. Trying to help (cause I been there), Ben

QUOTE(John Rouse @ Jul 24 2007, 01:23 PM) I think I got it (doh!). This was posted to the scripting forum. To script this operation is another story. I don't know how to script the disconnect but if there anything I can do that may help, let me know. Ben

QUOTE(confuted @ Jul 24 2007, 12:57 PM) It would be nice to do this with just a setting but I do not know of one. Even an outline of the code to do this would take some time to type up. The only simple solution I can offer is to shut off the grid for all but one of the scales. Anyone have a better idea? I'd love to hear it! Ben

QUOTE(dcooper @ Jul 24 2007, 11:44 AM) I have to admit that I have not tried that option again since it completely trashed a BV 2.1 GUI years ago. In your case, would "grouping" objects be of any use? Ben

QUOTE(jason.yu @ Jul 24 2007, 11:10 AM) I would definately love to hear from you Picture Control Gurus on this question. I am going to be implementing something like this soon so any comments would be very helpful. Thank you, Ben PS Captain, can moving objects be done by hacking the string or will that only let me change the color of stuff already in the picture?

QUOTE(tcplomp @ Jul 24 2007, 10:33 AM) Is this a trick question? Go to the while loop that houses the SD and right-click and choose "disconnect...". I must be missing something.... Ben

QUOTE(Jan Florjanczyk @ Jul 24 2007, 08:34 AM) In this thread http://forums.ni.com/ni/board/message?board.id=170&message.id=143663&jump=true' target="_blank">http://forums.ni.com/ni/board/message?boar...3&jump=true on the NI forum, I posted a worse case example for the 3-d graph. I have not run across any of the properties of the 3d graph that could not be manipulated progamatically. The "hints" I offer for using the 3-d graph is to 1) first observe where you found the property in the property browser then construct your code using invoke nodes and property nodes in an analogous manner. 2) All indexes used by the 3d graph are "1 based" NOT "0 based". 3) Colors are BGR not RGB I think that all you need to know to be dangerous! Ben

QUOTE(yen @ Jul 23 2007, 02:18 PM) Yes come to think of it, why fix something that isn't broke and can never break? Now where did I leave those buffer allocations dots? Ben

Time for a new rumour! That doc gets updated when the rules change .... Could we have a new in-placeness function headed our way? Could it be the code pattern that "using a sequence structure to force read-only operations to take place before 'in-place' operations" will be documented and explained? Or am I just being silly? Never mind, I can hear your replies already. Ben

QUOTE(AnalogKid2DigitalMan @ Jul 20 2007, 02:09 PM) After reading your post AK2DM I want to "turn the screw" one more turn and ask myself; "Am I the property of the things I created or were they always mine (from inspiration onward)?" Which makesme also ask "Can God be mine if I did not create him, buy him, and he was never given to me?" Maybe these Q's are just manifestations of the limitations of English.... Boy is this a lame response to a good question! But as your signature indicates "It is the questions tht drive us". Ben

QUOTE(crelf @ Jul 18 2007, 02:23 PM) I was looking for that emoticon exactly but could not find it. Ben

QUOTE(Lars-Göran @ Jul 18 2007, 01:44 PM) Yes. Ben

QUOTE(Aristos Queue @ Jul 17 2007, 03:59 PM) I think that can only be done one way which is charcterized by my buddies reaction to reading the "Honey-do-list" for my house. After reading through it he threw it back at me and said "Tear down house, build new." My wife likes LabVOOP. Just de-emphesize the the "b" and pronounce like its a French term. Ben

QUOTE(Tomi Maila @ Jul 17 2007, 03:22 PM) I can hear the lawyers now "You want to copyright 'Loop'?". Ben

QUOTE(Gary Rubin @ Jul 17 2007, 01:06 PM) For RT projects that had a lot of data and a bunch of analysis, I set up an Action Engine that handled everything to do with the data. The AE had actions to "Read form I/O" - This just read the hardware and put the results in SR's. "Analyze" to crunch the numbers and determine the results "Post" to make the result available were required. This let me work completely in-place and left the rest of memory for me to buffer the results. Ben

QUOTE(Gary Rubin @ Jul 17 2007, 12:18 PM) HI Gary, I'll take a first stab at this and let others correct me if I get this wrong. The execution threads are all about the process the OS caries out to decide "what value do I set the program counter to next?" It has nothing to do with if data gets copied or buffers get re-used. Rather than repeat what I suspect you already know, I'll end here. Ben

QUOTE(alfa @ Jul 17 2007, 03:29 AM) Re: Freud It seems he wanted to perfrom the cross product of the the unit vector from the sex axis on every idea that confronted him. Altough some of the cross product may be interesting, I prefer to view the world from other axis as well. Please share a URL that explains the "1 in 1300". Ben

QUOTE(alfa @ Jul 16 2007, 03:56 AM) Forgive me Alfa but are you trying to kill this thread? Were did you get the "1 in 1300" come from? Would mind please expanding on some of your other assertions? RE: staying away from conversations like this I like many others was (were) brought up never to talk about God politics and something else (that I can't recall). But I have never been good at following rules. If I take a risk and talk about God I figure I have everything to win and nothing to loose. Besides, I have had some of my best God discusion while talking to scientist. I recently read a reprint of the only book writtne by Newton that was God realated. In modern society he is refered to as a "Physisist" or a "mathematician". If what I have read is correct, he concidered himslef a "Natural Science Philosopher". WHat a long wway we have come over the last 400 years. So I wonder out loud, "what is wrong about talking about God?" Ben

OK it sounds we are on the same page. I do not think you have exorsized any demons. I think that may be the sound of people thinking Alfa. :thumbup: I do not think math is a tool that can in anyway restrict God but I think it is a tool we can use to gain a depper understanding of God. **** Today's crazy pre-coffee thought **** It has been said that God created man (humans) in his (generic) image. I have a hard time understanding this in terms of our appearence because our appearence is limited to space time and we agree that God is not confined by same. I think of the "image" as being qualites of God that also apply to man (humans). One aspect of man that I think we share is with God is again reflected in the creation story. While God "created" out of nothingness (barah ?) humans can create from something. When I was young I used to do a lot of sculpting. No matter how hard I tried I could not create something that did not bear my mark. If I was working with with wood, the nauture of my hands were reflected in the cuts I made. If I was working with clay, my finger prints would be all over the work. I also believe that Gods finger prints are all over his creation. So what do I think God's finger prints look like? From my faulty view point they appear to look a lot like e pi i (the imaginary operator) 1 0 It seems if I look hard enough at God's creation I will eventualy find those "finger prints". ****** Question exposing my ignorance ***** I never had a good understanding of "the fine structure constant". What is it and were do I have to look to see it? So what do YOU think? Ben PS: Did anyone els notice that "The 5th dimension" thread alone accounts for more than 1% of all of the posting to LAVA?

QUOTE(eaolson @ Jul 10 2007, 02:24 PM) Yes I ran into that myslef and forgot to mention it. THis makes sense since the set time has to interact with the OS... this makes sense to me. Ben