Gary Rubin

I have a LV8.6 subVI that is set to subroutine priority. It has 6 array indicators that are used for debugging and are not connected to terminals. When I have LV show me buffer allocations, I get flashing dots on these indicators. Given that I'm running in subroutine priority, is memory really allocated for for those? Thanks, Gary

Try right-clicking on the cursor name.

Damn. I guess I'll have to try for a more noteworthy accomplishment. I know. I felt a little bad about posting that. First you're being criticized for not being senior enough to post on LAVA, then I make a joke about you not even existing... Sorry. Rough day for Hooovahh's ego (alter or otherwise)...

Woo-hoo! Now I'm famous! Sorry I missed a couple letters in your name...

Seeing how this whole topic seems to be related to conspiracy theories, could you raise your "nefarious plot" to "conspiracy theory"? Maybe Hoovah is really Crelf's alter-ego, which he uses to irk people?

I'll take that one further and say that not only is seniority as a software engineer irrelevant to discussions in the Lounge, but also that such seniority is irrelevant to discussions about software engineering. Are junior people not allowed to voice their opinions? Are they not allowed to have good ideas?

Ok, I'll bite. Why is GW/CC especially important to programmers?

http://www.smbc-comi...=comics&id=1722 EDIT: (how do I embed the comic?)

Didn't I just say that?

Or the "fudge factor" is a correction to the formulas to get models to match the observed data. If you are coding something up using "y=mx", with the assumption that all of your data starts at the origin, you might find that "y=mx+b" actually fits reality better. That constant "b" could be called a refinement to the model, or it could be called a "fudge factor", especially by someone who doesn't necessary understand the origins of the equations. I'm not saying that this is what happened - just pointing out that a "fudge factor" can be used for non-nefarious reasons.

Interesting point. Our requirement is 2cm, so I'm not too worried about that. We'll also have an external measurement capability that will tell us where it is, so we can then adjust if necessary.

Funny, "exponentially" was the exact term I used when grumbling about the size. We're looking into rearranging components to get by with a smaller reach and smaller payload. I'll look into Kawasaki. Thanks, Gary

Dak, Thanks for the lengthy response. I talked to a Fanuc vendor and it seems that all of their arms (at least the ones that vendor carried) were too heavy and power-hungry for our application. I'll have to start thinking about how I can rearrange components to get by with a lighter-duty arm with a shorter reach. The information you provided will allow me to ask some semi-intelligent questions when trying to understand controllers. Thanks, Gary

It may have to be more complicated than that, depending on whether can or can't teal with the reduced time resolution associated with the LPF. Maybe a combination of LPF + peak detection to find coarse position, then peak detection on the raw signal to get finer position.

Reminds me of when my kids fight.

That can be the case here too. I have a friend who's a kidney doc in Oregon. He's in a private practice with 3 or 4 other doctors. Last I talked to him, they were looking to hire another doctor to try to help alleviate the 3 months that their patients had to wait to get an appointment. Also, some doctors are being driven out of the market by the current system. The OB that delivered our first kid had to throw in the towel because she couldn't afford the malpractice insurance. From what I heard, it was cheaper for her to become a stay-at-home mom than a practicing OB (at the workload she was interested in working). In the family practice that we see, most of the MD's have switched to concierge medicine in order to avoid dealing with the insurance companies. We now typically see physicians assistants, who are overseen by those MDs. Before he switched to concierge medicine, my doctor stopped working with the insurance company my employer used at the time. He told me that it was just not worth it. The straw that broke the camel's back was when he received recognition from the insurance company as one of their "top providers". The next month, he received a letter from them saying that he was providing too many expensive services and all of his claims would have to be pre-approved by one of their doctors. I had to find a new practice until my employer switched insurance providers the next year. I think all of these are signs that the current system needs some work.

I've worked with people who are involved with funding and overseeing development of government programs. They really do seem to have trouble distinguishing (at least in the language they use) between doing the work and being in the program management/funding chain. I've heard people say "We have experience with X". When you ask questions about that experience, it becomes clear that what they really should have said is that they performed programmatic oversight of someone who was doing X. I think it's not terribly unlike the people who have used LV-build apps and think that means they are experienced LabVIEW users.

Yeah, I found them and a few others as well. I was wondering if anyone had any personal experience with any.

Yes, 15kg ones.

But Yair brought up a politician! Doesn't that count?? No need to apologize. I did the same thing in this post.

Can anyone recommend a 6-axis robotic arm with about a 1m reach and a payload of about 15kg? The lighter the better. Thanks, Gary

My wife and I both come from pretty small families. We felt like we were missing out by not having larger family networks. We wanted to give our kids the opportunity to have more family with whom they could celebrate with, communicate with, etc, especially as they grow older and (hopefully) have their own families. Plus, the more we have, the higher the likelihood that one of them will take care of us when we get old

Envelopes are typically rectangular, and have little triangular flaps with a strip of nasty-tasting glue. You just need to pattern match on that Sorry. Couldn't resist.

I've got 3. I think the curve actually bends the other way - I would say that the increase in workload per additional child actually goes down as you add more kids. As you have more, they start being able to entertain each other and the older ones are able to help out with the younger.

That's what happens if you don't change their diapers often enough...