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You're right, as with most of these things, it's all in the way you use it. I don't generally email everyone in my address book all at the same time. And my view of Facebook is as being much more of a give-and-take than Twitter. Dialogue vs. monologue. Twitter is perfect for the "It's all about me" generation (insert crotchety old lady comment about those darn kids). But maybe that's just my perception. Anywho, my teenager is actually home for a couple days. I'm sure she'll be ecstatic to set up a Twitter account for me. And she was muttering something about "altering" my new "super-geeky" LAVA t-shirt...

I'm trying to hit all the really important topics. Do I *really* need a twitter account to follow all the happenings at NIWeek?? I've resisted it since I really don't think, as much as my friends love me, that every time I powder my nose, burp, cough, etc, they really want to know.

Well, it's been over 15 years since I tested the viability of my ova, but... Bless you, sir! (I'm going to keep one and sell the other on eBay. I'll probably be able to retire early.)

Mmmm. LAVA chocolate cake... If I wasn't already attending, I'd be drooling with envy right now. Wow, soul food (chocolate) and brain food, all in the same place! You can't beat that with a stick!

Hmm. I'm a member, but not a regular one. I hardly have time to keep up with LAVA. Well, I'm certainly not flying all the way to the one place in the nation that's hotter than DC to sit in a corner by myself. I'm on the waiting list to officially join you all. Thanks for the info! I'm looking forward to it (and I don't mean just lunch )

What goes on in the LabVIEW Leaders lunch?? Is it really just for those of you who consider yourselves "LabVIEW Leaders", or is it a chance for the rest of us to rub elbows with the bigwigs, kiss your rings, and maybe pick up a used napkin as a souvenior?? I figured it was the former and didn't register for it; now I see there's a waiting list. So either there are a lot of LabVIEW Leaders, or the tables are really small, or there are a lot of napkin collectors attending. Also on the topic of lunch: Do you regulars usually eat lunch at the Convention Center, or grab something elsewhere? Should I be registering for lunch?? Hungry minds want to know... Cat

Getting in Monday midday and staying at the Hilton. Leaving Friday. I don't have a pic handy, but I'll probably be one of the few women wearing a LAVA t-shirt.

I'd love a ride to the BBQ, if anyone has room in their vehicle. Or to share a cab. This northern girl will melt in the heat if I have to walk too far in 110F weather.

I need a "BwaHaHaHaHa!!!" emoticon...

If we're not putting together our own, we generally go with Rave Computer. A bit on the pricey side, but well-made and good support.

There's a "delete" field under each of the statuses (stati? stata?) on the right side of the main LAVA page. Before I start censoring, is it there because I'm on the Admin list? Or can I use that field to delete status updates I don't want to see anymore for just my account (if so, that would be kewl)?

I'm waiting breathlessly for info on the LAVA BBQ. It is, after all, the *real* reason I'm coming to Austin, and definitely the only thing that would convince me go there in August. NIWeek is just a convenient excuse.

CAR# 236647 issued.

It's "just because" (the other option is a 10Gbit connection). And, we have a need for speed. One of the data streams is coming to us at ~70MB/s. The data is actually going to two custom built Solaris boxes. Dealing with all the interface issues between our system and other systems just happens to be one of my collateral duties.

I don't think anyone does. That's the problem. I've posted to the darkside as you suggested. I know! Even if I find the mythical hub, I still have concerns there will be all sorts of problems with it handling the aggregate ~86MB/s data stream. I have no control over the pipe coming into my system. I've thought about using a 3 network card PC to handle this, but don't have an available box sitting around (all our systems are laptops) and time is very short... Part of the problem is that I haven't been able to get ahold of the Head Networking Honcho for the network we're connecting to and find out what the real issues are with switches, and if maybe we can configure around them. Unfortunately, the way things work with the Navy (and even more so for contractors that work for the Navy) if *they* say you can't do it, you can't do it, whether it makes logical sense or not. You do make me wonder tho -- the guyze who said they were going to take care of the network connections for us, and didn't, are a data source -- and it's via UDP. I wonder if maybe that group was told they couldn't put a switch on for some reason, but the fact that we're just a data sink might make it a different case. Probably not, but it's worth checking out. We're a little slow in the Navy. Thanks for the offer of equipment, but I'm sure we have plenty of both around here. Thanks for the suggestion. And I already know why it's nuts to use a hub, even if I find one.

While the details aren't exact, you have the general idea... I'm sure you all will visit me in prison, right? Right...?!? And unfortunately, *they* don't need anything -- *their* network is set up and certified. We stoopidly let another group convince us they (a different *they*) were taking care of the network connections. The "no switches" bomb was just dropped on us last week, and we're loading the system at some undisclosable time in the very near future. Oh well, the analysts always ask for more data than they really need. I'm sure just getting half of it will be fine...................

Accessing the massive LAVA knowledge base... I need a 1Gbit ethernet hub. Not a switch or a router, but a hub. I have searched and searched and cannot find such a beast and was hoping you all might know of one. We're connecting our network to some one else's network -- there's 1 input pipe and we need two outputs -- and they freaked when they heard we were going to use a switch. A hub is okay, but not a switch. There are supposedly security as well as technical issues involved here, so if "they" say it's got to be a hub, it's got to be a hub. And if all my wishes were to be granted, it would take SC multimode fiber inputs, but copper would be just fine. I have plenty of media converters.

Today's bug/feature: Drop a waveform graph on the FP. Make visible all the legends and the Graph Palette. When you're done it might look something like this (I've grouped all that stuff together to make a smaller pic): Drop some other control on the FP (I suggest a numeric just because it's small). Group it with the graph. Right-click on the graph and select "Scale object with pane". Expand/contract the window. Keep your eye on (what I think is called) the Cursor Movement tool. It's in the bottom right hand corner of the above pic -- the square thing with the 4 diamonds in it. Unlike any of the other palette/legend objects, the cursor tool changes size along with the graph. Even setting the pane back to the original size does not get the diamonds the right size and lined up again in the box. Resize the window a few times and the tool is completely unusable. This resizing ot the cursor tool does not happen if the graph isn't grouped with another control. Unfortunately, I have to have the graph in a group so all controls resize together. I can't find any way to access that box and the diamonds programmatically. My fallback is to program my own right/left cursor movement controls, which isn't difficult, it's just annoying when there are tools to do it built in to LV. Is this a bug or a feature? All I know is it's bugging me.

I used to have that problem in the development environment. No network - Quick loads. Network - it would hang for a looong time on startup. It turns out there was a link to a vi that no longer existed in my project. For some reason LV went hunting for it even tho I didn't use it. I'm not sure if this will help with a built application, but it might give you a place to start looking...

No no! I agree completely! I'm sure changing it now would result in a lot of broken code. I've got the primitive wrapped in a vi with a switch to delete the last EOL if necessary. I wrote that after being bitten a couple times by it just like François was.

I've been stripping the EOL off the end of the last line of spreadsheets for what seems like forever. Whether or not it's a bug, it certainly is annoying.

That might explain my mental state much of the time. If you go this route, just make sure you test on the real platform early and often. My dual core dual CPU laptop (obviously) runs circles around code the target platform single core 1 CPU laptop really struggles with. I've gotten deep into some CPU intensive thing and had to backtrack. Also, if the target platform's screen isn't the same resolution as the development screen, there WILL be font size issues.