Post by thread:[OT]: C vs ASM was Sine table

On 22 Aug 2000, at 12:30, Jinx wrote: > "Assembler vs C" and "Documenting code" seem to be an annual > event. Can we have a picnic and a movie next year instead ? > > ************************************** More like pistols at dawn ! Sounds like a perfectly reasonable excuse for a nuclear war actually. (Star-belly Snetches revenge) _____________________________ Lance Allen Technical Officer Uni of Auckland Psych Dept New Zealand http://www.psych.auckland.ac.nz _____________________________ -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList spam_OUTpiclist-unsubscribe-requestTakeThisOuTmitvma.mit.edu>

> > "Assembler vs C" and "Documenting code" seem to be an annual > > event. Can we have a picnic and a movie next year instead ? > > > > ************************************** > > More like pistols at dawn ! OK, fair enough. We get the first shot at OUR dawn -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]: PIC only [EE]: engineering [OT]: off topic [AD]: advertisements

>More like pistols at dawn ! perhaps it could be restricted to CD's and floppies thrown discus style. Those using hard drives go to the sin bin. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]: PIC only [EE]: engineering [OT]: off topic [AD]: advertisements

Alan B. Pearce wrote: > >More like pistols at dawn ! > > perhaps it could be restricted to CD's and floppies thrown discus style. Those > using hard drives go to the sin bin. A friend and I are discussing the relative merits of linear accelerator CD launchers vs. CO2 / Air powered CD launchers. PIC Controlled, of course. I think we'll DO that <G> I managed to talk him into a safety metal cage around the launcher, rather easily <G> (Launch a CD too fast & it shatters, plastic shards can be sharp!) I figure these could hurt if launched as fast as they can be fired. The curve on a spun CD-Rom should make things interesting... AOL CD's give you "Free" ammo, all you can carry off, too (I think North America's going to sink under the weight of those dang things!) Mark -- Detest spam? Take the Boulder Pledge, boycott SPAMmers. http://www.zdnet.com/yil/content/mag/9612/ebert9612.html -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]: PIC only [EE]: engineering [OT]: off topic [AD]: advertisements

Mark Willis wrote: .......... >A friend and I are discussing the relative merits of linear accelerator >CD launchers vs. CO2 / Air powered CD launchers. PIC Controlled, of >course. I think we'll DO that <G> > ........... >AOL CD's give you "Free" ammo, all you can carry off, too (I think North >America's going to sink under the weight of those dang things!) > If you cut down the edges so they have a more or less squarish-roundish shape, they also make really nice cheap mirrors - for use as signalling mirrors in your back-country survival kit [appropos in Colorado]. Use the hole to sight thru. Also, given the name on this thread, I'd say, if there is anything "critical" about the timing of your CD launce sequence, best not to use C. Wouldn't want our missiles going astray, would we. cheers, - danM -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]: PIC only [EE]: engineering [OT]: off topic [AD]: advertisements

>A friend and I are discussing the relative merits of linear accelerator >CD launchers vs. CO2 / Air powered CD launchers. PIC Controlled, of >course. I think we'll DO that <G> > >I managed to talk him into a safety metal cage around the launcher, >rather easily <G> (Launch a CD too fast & it shatters, plastic shards >can be sharp!) > >I figure these could hurt if launched as fast as they can be fired. The >curve on a spun CD-Rom should make things interesting... The New Zealand national lottery used to run an advert for their scratch cards which had Mum and Dad grabbing all teenage kids heavy metal CD's and then launching them in a clay pidgeon machine so they could do pidgeon shooting practice. It won some popular awards if I remember correctly. I don't know if they still run the ad, as I now live on the other side of the world. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics

> >A friend and I are discussing the relative merits of linear > >accelerator CD launchers vs. CO2 / Air powered CD launchers. PIC > >Controlled, of course. I think we'll DO that <G> > > > >I managed to talk him into a safety metal cage around the launcher, > >rather easily <G> (Launch a CD too fast & it shatters, plastic > >shards can be sharp!) > > > >I figure these could hurt if launched as fast as they can be fired. > >The curve on a spun CD-Rom should make things interesting... > > The New Zealand national lottery used to run an advert for their > scratch cards which had Mum and Dad grabbing all teenage kids heavy > metal CD's and then launching them in a clay pidgeon machine so they > could do pidgeon shooting practice. It won some popular awards if I > remember correctly. I don't know if they still run the ad, as I now > live on the other side of the world. No, have not seen that ad for a while. Hang on a moment ...there's another side to the world?... Brent Brown Electronic Design Solutions 16 English Street Hamilton, New Zealand Ph/fax: +64 7 849 0069 Mobile: 025 334 069 eMail: .....brent.brownKILLspam@spam@clear.net.nz -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics

----- Original Message ----- From: "Brent Brown" <brent.brownKILLspamCLEAR.NET.NZ> To: <.....PICLISTKILLspam.....MITVMA.MIT.EDU> Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 10:44 AM Subject: Re: [OT]: C vs ASM was Sine table {Quote hidden}> > The New Zealand national lottery used to run an advert for their > > scratch cards which had Mum and Dad grabbing all teenage kids heavy > > metal CD's and then launching them in a clay pidgeon machine so they > > could do pidgeon shooting practice. It won some popular awards if I > > remember correctly. I don't know if they still run the ad, as I now > > live on the other side of the world. > No, have not seen that ad for a while. Hang on a moment ...there's > another side to the world?... Of course. It is flat, isn't it? . -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics

> The New Zealand national lottery used to run an advert for their scratch > cards > I don't know if they still run the ad, as I now live on the other side of the > world. They don't bother now, for exactly that reason ;-) -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics

>No, have not seen that ad for a while. Hang on a moment ...there's >another side to the world?... yeah there is and the fun was in getting here. Hong Kong, Chinese airlines inside China, train across Siberia, down into Mongolia, back through Russia, Poland, Germany, car around western Europe... The anecdote from all of this was having a tour guide in Mongolia asking us where we came from. When told New Zealand, replied New Zealand? that Australia? My wifes retort was "no thats like saying Mongolia is part of China!" Instant understanding ;-)) -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics