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From: Paul Hovnanian P.E. on 3 Jun 2010 23:28 John Larkin wrote: > [snip] > 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. They were doing a remodel on the house next door for a TV show. The producer asked me if he could set up a time lapse camera in the corner of my yard for a few weeks. I told him "OK'. Later on, I went out and took a look at his setup. A professional grade weatherproof digital TV camera on a fancy tripod with an external power pack. And he chained it to my old wood fence. A fence that I could disassemble with my bare hands! -- Paul Hovnanian mailto:Paul(a)Hovnanian.com ------------------------------------------------------------------ "Nothing Important Happened Today" -- King George III, diary entry July 4, 1776
From: Charlie E. on 3 Jun 2010 23:42 On Thu, 03 Jun 2010 22:16:18 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > >"Charlie E." wrote: >> >> On Thu, 03 Jun 2010 17:03:56 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell" >> <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote: >> >> > >> >"Charlie E." wrote: >> >> >> >> 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! >> > >> > >> > They are too stupid to close toll roads in heavy fog? >> >> Ubetcha! This is in the middle of a freeway, and it only closes for >> maintanance... > > > I've seen fog so thick that you couldn't see the end of the hood on >your vehicle, yet idiots were rolling by at high speed. Even worse is >when it's mixed with heavy smoke from controlled burns. Well, I used to drive 'Rim of the World Drive' down from Crestline to San Berdoo at night, in dense fog, at not much less than normal speed. You just 'know' where the turns are... Except, of course, when there are rocks in the fog... ;-) Charlie
From: TheM on 4 Jun 2010 11:46 "ehsjr" <ehsjr(a)nospamverizon.net> wrote in message news:hu9o11$1g9$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > John Larkin wrote: > > <snip> > >> >> 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. >> > > Nice! Please be sure to post again when he's finished with the > "plywood art" photos and has completed the movie. I'd love > to see it. :-) > > Ed I wonder what happens if the sun creates a hot spot inside the lens and melts plastic. It can happen if you leave camera like that for a whole day. M
From: Michael A. Terrell on 4 Jun 2010 13:40 "Charlie E." wrote: > > On Thu, 03 Jun 2010 22:16:18 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell" > <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > > > > >"Charlie E." wrote: > >> > >> On Thu, 03 Jun 2010 17:03:56 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell" > >> <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > >> > >> > > >> >"Charlie E." wrote: > >> >> > >> >> 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! > >> > > >> > > >> > They are too stupid to close toll roads in heavy fog? > >> > >> Ubetcha! This is in the middle of a freeway, and it only closes for > >> maintanance... > > > > > > I've seen fog so thick that you couldn't see the end of the hood on > >your vehicle, yet idiots were rolling by at high speed. Even worse is > >when it's mixed with heavy smoke from controlled burns. > > Well, I used to drive 'Rim of the World Drive' down from Crestline to > San Berdoo at night, in dense fog, at not much less than normal speed. > You just 'know' where the turns are... > > Except, of course, when there are rocks in the fog... ;-) I was thinking of I-75 between Cincinnati & Dayton Ohio. That was the area with the highest Interstate traffic when I lived near there. Lots of wrecks in heavy fog. Even worse, if the air was drifting in the wrong direction you could smell the Purina pet food plant. It was worse than a dead body. :( -- Anyone wanting to run for any political office in the US should have to have a DD214, and a honorable discharge.
From: Jim Thompson on 4 Jun 2010 14:30
On Fri, 04 Jun 2010 13:40:09 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > >"Charlie E." wrote: >> >> On Thu, 03 Jun 2010 22:16:18 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell" >> <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote: >> >> > >> >"Charlie E." wrote: >> >> >> >> On Thu, 03 Jun 2010 17:03:56 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell" >> >> <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote: >> >> >> >> > >> >> >"Charlie E." wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> 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! >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > They are too stupid to close toll roads in heavy fog? >> >> >> >> Ubetcha! This is in the middle of a freeway, and it only closes for >> >> maintanance... >> > >> > >> > I've seen fog so thick that you couldn't see the end of the hood on >> >your vehicle, yet idiots were rolling by at high speed. Even worse is >> >when it's mixed with heavy smoke from controlled burns. >> >> Well, I used to drive 'Rim of the World Drive' down from Crestline to >> San Berdoo at night, in dense fog, at not much less than normal speed. >> You just 'know' where the turns are... >> >> Except, of course, when there are rocks in the fog... ;-) > > > I was thinking of I-75 between Cincinnati & Dayton Ohio. That was >the area with the highest Interstate traffic when I lived near there. >Lots of wrecks in heavy fog. Even worse, if the air was drifting in the >wrong direction you could smell the Purina pet food plant. It was worse >than a dead body. :( In my walk from our Cambridge apartment to MIT, I passed a rendering plant _and_ a chocolate factory. Some days the blended stench was so bad I had to run thru that area to avoid the ultimate up-chuck ;-) ...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 |