Re: Re(fcc): TI-H: Radio/Infrared/Laser Communications

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Re: Re(fcc): TI-H: Radio/Infrared/Laser Communications


Ok, now that i've read the rest of the messages between your orriginal
comments and my replies, I feel i can bring up a couple more issues

(a) shut up, it was an off-topic message on my part, and i appologize for
that, I didn't expect it to produce this kind of response

(b) Grant is a phenominal programmer, as well as what i would considder to
be an electronics expert, who is well beyond my level. (in case that wasn't
clear before, k? good)

(c) of course i'm going to college, i would kill to get a degree from CMU,
i'm planning going to pre-college for the next two summers any decent
programmer worth his salt knows that you can't get a job without a degree.

(d) does anyone have a tutorial on cutting down on mindless ramblings?

-- Jon Olson


-----Original Message-----
From: ns [despuqué] <worldsnow@hotmail.com>
To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org <ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org>
Date: Tuesday, November 03, 1998 4:53 PM
Subject: Re: Re(fcc): TI-H: Radio/Infrared/Laser Communications


>
>What difficult functions does a toll booth have? No not EVERYONE, but
>pretty much anyone who has made successful programs in the past and is
>logical... and it is impossible to have the perfect software/hardware
>combination, so don't even say that. And no, you simply don't just piece
>together a few IC's, it takes a lot more to create a good device... just
>because HE didn't make the MAS doesn't make it simple to make...
>
>>Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1998 22:48:38 -0600
>>From: Pellaeon <_pellaeon@geocities.com>
>>To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org
>>Subject: Re: Re(fcc): TI-H: Radio/Infrared/Laser Communications
>>Reply-To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org
>>
>>
>>    Ok.. Now I don't know what has been said about this as I haven't
>read
>>that far in the E-mail.  But when I read this I just had to reply.
>Anyone
>>can program Toll Booths?  And by what facts do you base this
>information?
>>Are you a programmer?  A good one?  Do you relize how hard it is to get
>code
>>small enough and stable enough to do a task repeatedly without fail?
>Do you
>>know how hard it is implementing one piece of hardware to software?
>And,
>>(sorry grant no offense here) grant's MP3 player isn't all that
>special.
>>The heart of it is the MAS.  Something which he didn't design.  Only
>>implemented.  He just found the pieces and put them together in the
>right
>>order.  The hard part will be interfacing IDE.  Which isn't done yet.
>The
>>part that is done isn't much at all..  A DAC and the MAS and something
>to
>>get the data to the MAS.
>>
>>Your way outta line here.
>>
>>Pellaeon
>>
>>>
>>> Yea, you'd imagine....
>>>
>>> Toll Booths huh? I guess that is an accomplishment... Hell, I'll bet
>you
>>> won't go to college either right? Sure defeats all of the EE's that
>go
>>> to college for 4 - 6 years... I'd just be like "nah fuck it, I can
>>> design my own stuff and sell it to major companies..." It is OK, I
>don't
>>> know how you got assigned to program toll booths, but personally, I
>>> wouldn't consider that an accomplishment to myself. Anyone could
>>> "program a toll booth" it is just a person feels special to be picked
>by
>>> the government to do it. Now on the other hand, to make something as
>>> kick ass as a MP3 portable player, that can store an endless amount
>of
>>> songs for $75 + HDD, now thats just fucking amazing and I'd be
>running
>>> around the city naked yelling my ass off.
>>> No offense. Programming Toll booths is good for 10th grade.
>>
>>
>
>
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