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From: Robert Baer on 3 Jun 2010 01:51 John Larkin wrote: > Shot from our conference room: > > ftp://jjlarkin.lmi.net/Sun_1.jpg > > Somebody covered the billboard across the street with plywood, and now > two guys are working with chisels and mallets to strip away the darker > surface layer and make an image. > > We rented out one window to a time-lapse photographer, who will > eventually produce a video ad for the sponsor. $500 will fund a pretty > nice barbeque. > > The lighthouse is part of the cafe/car wash. I don't know why they > need a lighthouse. Across the street is another lighthouse, part of > the u-store business. Goodwill, on a third corner, has sort of a > lighthouse too. > > John > > > To guide the "ships" (cars)...
From: Charlie E. on 3 Jun 2010 11:55 On Wed, 2 Jun 2010 14:41:49 -0700 (PDT), mickgeyver <eyezkubed(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >On Jun 2, 3:36�pm, Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-I...(a)On-My- >Web-Site.com> wrote: >> On Wed, 02 Jun 2010 12:34:15 -0700, Joerg <inva...(a)invalid.invalid> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> >John Larkin wrote: >> >> Shot from our conference room: >> >> >>ftp://jjlarkin.lmi.net/Sun_1.jpg >> >> >> Somebody covered the billboard across the street with plywood, and now >> >> two guys are working with chisels and mallets to strip away the darker >> >> surface layer and make an image. >> >> >The guy in the left bucket must be pretty brazen. All it takes is a >> >minor swipe from a car that veered off the right lane and ... >> >> >> We rented out one window to a time-lapse photographer, who will >> >> eventually produce a video ad for the sponsor. $500 will fund a pretty >> >> nice barbeque. >> >> >> The lighthouse is part of the cafe/car wash. I don't know why they >> >> need a lighthouse. Across the street is another lighthouse, part of >> >> the u-store business. Goodwill, on a third corner, has sort of a >> >> lighthouse too. >> >> >What happened to the palm tree in front. It doesn't look all that >> >healthy. Oh, hey, gas is 6c cheaper out here :-) >> >> 36� Cheaper here :-) >> >> � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � ...Jim Thompson >> -- >> | James E.Thompson, CTO � � � � � � � � � � � � � �| � �mens � � | >> | Analog Innovations, Inc. � � � � � � � � � � � � | � � et � � �| >> | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems �| � �manus � �| >> | Phoenix, Arizona �85048 � �Skype: Contacts Only �| � � � � � � | >> | Voice:(480)460-2350 �Fax: Available upon request | �Brass Rat �| >> | E-mail Icon athttp://www.analog-innovations.com| � �1962 � � | >> >> � � � The only thing bipartisan in this country is hypocrisy > >$2.63 in Rutland and 2.81 in Burlington It's even $0.20 cheaper down here! Charlie
From: Charlie E. on 3 Jun 2010 11:58 On Wed, 02 Jun 2010 15:04:59 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: >John Larkin wrote: >> On Wed, 02 Jun 2010 12:34:15 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> >> wrote: >> >>> John Larkin wrote: >>>> Shot from our conference room: >>>> >>>> ftp://jjlarkin.lmi.net/Sun_1.jpg >>>> >>>> Somebody covered the billboard across the street with plywood, and now >>>> two guys are working with chisels and mallets to strip away the darker >>>> surface layer and make an image. >>>> >>> The guy in the left bucket must be pretty brazen. All it takes is a >>> minor swipe from a car that veered off the right lane and ... >>> >>> >>>> We rented out one window to a time-lapse photographer, who will >>>> eventually produce a video ad for the sponsor. $500 will fund a pretty >>>> nice barbeque. >>>> >>>> The lighthouse is part of the cafe/car wash. I don't know why they >>>> need a lighthouse. Across the street is another lighthouse, part of >>>> the u-store business. Goodwill, on a third corner, has sort of a >>>> lighthouse too. >>>> >>> What happened to the palm tree in front. It doesn't look all that >>> healthy. Oh, hey, gas is 6c cheaper out here :-) >> >> They hacked the trees last week, for better photography I guess. >> >> Gas does cost more in downtown SF than where you (or I) live. The car >> wash top-end detailing job is fabulous, for about $250. It's worth it >> if you're trying to sell a car. >> >> The camera in the conference room goes SNAP! every 30 seconds. It >> freaked me out at first, after hours. He's taken over 12,000 4Kx4K >> images so far. >> >> Here's the guy's site: >> >> http://chadrichard.typepad.com/ >> >> Check out the fog in the Big Sur flic. >> > >That is nice. We have the same happen here more inland. When our >Rottweiler was younger and a big chunk of fog would come at him while in >the deck he'd growl at it. Made it go away, worked every single time. Fog can be a trick! When I designed the 91 Express Lanes, I built a vehicle sensor that was basically two laser light curtains abount a foot apart. I designed it to only distinguish vehicles going in the proper direction. What I hadn't anticipated was fog. I heard that, one day a few months after I was let go, they had thick fog move through the pass, and recorded hundreds of phantom cars in the toll lanes! Charlie
From: Jim Thompson on 3 Jun 2010 12:07 On Thu, 03 Jun 2010 08:58:53 -0700, Charlie E. <edmondson(a)ieee.org> wrote: >On Wed, 02 Jun 2010 15:04:59 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> >wrote: > >>John Larkin wrote: >>> On Wed, 02 Jun 2010 12:34:15 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> John Larkin wrote: >>>>> Shot from our conference room: >>>>> >>>>> ftp://jjlarkin.lmi.net/Sun_1.jpg >>>>> >>>>> Somebody covered the billboard across the street with plywood, and now >>>>> two guys are working with chisels and mallets to strip away the darker >>>>> surface layer and make an image. >>>>> >>>> The guy in the left bucket must be pretty brazen. All it takes is a >>>> minor swipe from a car that veered off the right lane and ... >>>> >>>> >>>>> We rented out one window to a time-lapse photographer, who will >>>>> eventually produce a video ad for the sponsor. $500 will fund a pretty >>>>> nice barbeque. >>>>> >>>>> The lighthouse is part of the cafe/car wash. I don't know why they >>>>> need a lighthouse. Across the street is another lighthouse, part of >>>>> the u-store business. Goodwill, on a third corner, has sort of a >>>>> lighthouse too. >>>>> >>>> What happened to the palm tree in front. It doesn't look all that >>>> healthy. Oh, hey, gas is 6c cheaper out here :-) >>> >>> They hacked the trees last week, for better photography I guess. >>> >>> Gas does cost more in downtown SF than where you (or I) live. The car >>> wash top-end detailing job is fabulous, for about $250. It's worth it >>> if you're trying to sell a car. >>> >>> The camera in the conference room goes SNAP! every 30 seconds. It >>> freaked me out at first, after hours. He's taken over 12,000 4Kx4K >>> images so far. >>> >>> Here's the guy's site: >>> >>> http://chadrichard.typepad.com/ >>> >>> Check out the fog in the Big Sur flic. >>> >> >>That is nice. We have the same happen here more inland. When our >>Rottweiler was younger and a big chunk of fog would come at him while in >>the deck he'd growl at it. Made it go away, worked every single time. > >Fog can be a trick! When I designed the 91 Express Lanes, I built a >vehicle sensor that was basically two laser light curtains abount a >foot apart. I designed it to only distinguish vehicles going in the >proper direction. What I hadn't anticipated was fog. I heard that, >one day a few months after I was let go, they had thick fog move >through the pass, and recorded hundreds of phantom cars in the toll >lanes! > >Charlie What? And collected no tolls ?:-) ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, CTO | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona 85048 Skype: Contacts Only | | | Voice:(480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat | | E-mail Icon at http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | The only thing bipartisan in this country is hypocrisy
From: Jan Panteltje on 3 Jun 2010 13:10
On Jun 2, 8:55 pm, John Larkin <jjlar...(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: > Shot from our conference room: > > ftp://jjlarkin.lmi.net/Sun_1.jpg Taking about art, ever seen a movable bridge like this? Shot that one today... |