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  1. I can still hear the voice as I read that. Fast forward (Paraphrasing) >>> "It appears the only winning move is not to play. How about a nice game of chess?"

    Ben

    Ally Sheedy will always have a special place in my heart.

    You can get the girl by knowing something about computers.

  2. I've never used a fixed width or monospaced font, other than in Notepad where it is Lucida Console 10 point by default. Why would I need a fixed point font? In LabVIEW you can calculate the width of a string based on its font and style, it's been discussed here a couple times.

    Because I have a feature request to fix the size of my sting control to X amount of characters. So I want to have a static string control size but need to be able to enter whatever characters I want. I am thinking a fixed width font would do nicely.

  3. Have heretofore only used SCXI and CompactDAC. Am now confronting a brand new PXI system stacked up on my desk without benefit of NI training. Which books and/or on-line tutorials specific to PXI and Real-Time would you kindly recommend that I may upgrade my wetware to synch with these brand new hardware and software?

    This is geared toward Compact RIO but there is some good stuff related to Real Time

    http://www.ni.com/compactriodevguide/

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  4. If you want to do issue tracking, use real issue tracking software. I highly recommend FogBugz (we use it at JKI), although it is a paid product. I've also used Bugzilla, it is free, it was not as easy as FogBugz (for me) but it still worked ok.

    I have looked at Bugzilla and Fogbugz. They look like great products however for a single developer they seem like overkill. If I moved my organization to multiple developers these tools look like the way to go. However for just m,e I want a really simple tool that I can manage easily.

    That is what is scaring me off from a tool like Bugzilla and Fogbuz. The management issue :throwpc:. I would be curious to hear anyone's thoughts on my concerns.

    Right now what is appealing about access is I can use it in other areas of my business where a database makes sense i.e. customer management and issue tracking. Having separate tools for each of these tasks that I need to learn and manage is scaring me right now.

  5. It depends on what I'm in the mood for. IMHO squash takes more skill and strength, but racquetball is good for a bit of fun for less-cordinated folk (that's why I like both :) ) I grew up playing squash, but I haven't found a lot of squash courts around here (or players for that matter...)

    Interesting... Skill and strength :nono: sounds like racquetball for me. There are squash courts at MSU. Never saw anyone in there and didn't know much about it.

  6. I'm the same - I'll take an hour on the squash or racquetball court over 20 mins on a treadmill anytime.

    What do you like better squash or racquetball? Racquetball is fun, but whenever I play it I run into stuff (wall, the other guy)

  7. Glad to hear you're making changes Bob. My biggest problem with exercise is that it is so booorrriiiiinnnggg.

    If there were a reasonable way for me to work on my LV ideas while going for a walk I'd be more inclined to do it. :)

    I agree exercise is boring. I have started to play tennis. This is FUN. You run around smacking the hell out of a little ball. Great for stress relief a lot of exercise and FUN!

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  8. I am a big library fan. Free books!

    Somebody was telling you you can get books from the library on your e-reader. Is that true?

    Instead of plugging into the books available from Amazon could you plug into the Library of Congress for example, and check out books instead of buying them?

  9. I have seen an e-reader once. I had a friend who traveled a lot and the convenience of it made a lot of sense for her. I was impressed with the screen.

    I like manuals in PDF form, however text books and fun books there is nothing like the real thing.

    Kirk used an e-reader so I guess it is just a matter of time.... Didn't Spock give him a real book once:rolleyes:

    Curling up by the fire on a cold winter night with a cup of hot coco and an e-book doesn't have a good ring to it...

  10. In response to the "do it online" post (I can't figure out to get it to post with multiquote), using a server would be harder in my situation. Since we mainly work/program at school - an environment where we have no internet, and no cell phone signal most of the time - having the server there (i.e. - located on the main development station or another computer there) would be a lot easier than using the internet. If I used the internet, that means I would have to bring the code to the school - something I am liable to forget. Yeah, we could have developer stations I could take home, but our main one is a dual-screen desktop which is nicer to work with.

    I see now why a distributed SCC would be interesting to you. :lightbulb:

  11. One of the advantages of decentralized storage is the following workscheme:

    -Production at 'the office' where a SCC server resides

    -You go onsite to a client

    -You find some minor bugs

    -You change the production code

    -You can however not commit the changes because the SCC server is not available to you

    -So you save everything, make some notes

    -The next day (or week) you come back at the ofice, take your notes and commit the code

    My understanding is that with GIT, you can always commit your code.

    Ton

    I am curious how other people handle this. You bring up a good point if you are in a remote location without access to the server how do you handle this? That being said 90% of development time you would have access to the server, so is having this feature worth the management issue? Personally since I am a single developer I just have my repositories on my local hard drive. So I can always commit.

    I guess it comes down to (like most everything else) is how you and your organization work and want manage the issue of SCC. If you spend a lot of time without access to a server and your development team was very small, maybe this model would be more desirable.

  12. Well, LVMerge opens, shows the error window, and closes, but there doesn't seem to be a active merge between the two files. It's not doing a merge or saving it. And yes I have it now. -Tanner

    IMHO merging code in LabVIEW is tricky.

    I also don't really understand the fear of a centralized server to manage a repository. The distributed model in my opinion would be a nightmare to manage.

    I think it is interesting that the author of this article posted this on Google docs. Which is a centralized server for sharing data.

    I think in your case having a server to manage would be a pain. I think putting your repository on something like google docs or using a subversion (or GIT) web hosting service would make sense. You don't have to worry about the server going down or losing your data. You just need to have internet access.

    I also want to point out it is a good idea to use a Revision control system for other files that are not source code files (i.e. drawings, block diagrams, specs, manuals, etc).

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