Random Thoughts - Part Deux [NO POLITICS]

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

I disagree. Spuds, it's up to you. My take is that you want a model that demonstrates the change in straight-line performance given a change in one or more components.

That's easy. Remember that paint mixer? I did all the closed-form solutions to verify the important pieces of a dynamic model of the whole machine right down to the gyroscopic effects of the internal components of the reduction drive.

Getting the unwashed masses to believe in the model is a different story. That's why I don't waste my time with the bullshit.

Yes, you are correct in what I am making. I am not familiar with, or forgetting about, this paint mixer.

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

OK who here knows the opening of T2? I know they are potato pics but any critiques on this? I attempted to match the scene lighting in paint as much as possible. The nuked playground equipment is had made the KK and T-800s are kits.

Even if it's not 100% accurate, that looks awesome.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Spuds

Even if it's not 100% accurate, that looks awesome.

Ya I had to condense a large movie set into a small space but still maintain the overall look and feel so some detail had to go (such as one teeter totter instead of two and no mangled climber). Getting the paint layers to simulate the lighting was a first for me so I was worried it would look weird. That is hay I was looking for feed back before I gave it to my son who is a rabid Terminator geek. If it looked off even in the crappy pics I would have redone it in "real" colours.

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

LOL I don't think I was clear in what I was saying. His original statement was "all" changes. That is what I said would be impossible (Improbable maybe a better word?) a task to do all the math for each conceivable combination of components. If just looking at each individual part without adding the others then sure totally doable. The project is not how I first understood it to be.

I can not remember Stu's last user name. He was Stugray so some of it may be under that name. His work on this topic was impressive.

Didn't I quote his original statement? I went back and looked. Anyhow, even adding the contribution of individual components is doable. At some point, sure, you need a computer, but it's just more of the same stacked up.

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Spuds

Yes, you are correct in what I am making. I am not familiar with, or forgetting about, this paint mixer.

Ah, that was for Tcoat. He knows a little of my professional work.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

Didn't I quote his original statement? I went back and looked. Anyhow, even adding the contribution of individual components is doable. At some point, sure, you need a computer, but it's just more of the same stacked up.

Subaru will have all the baseline numbers but I doubt they will share.

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Subaru will have all the baseline numbers but I doubt they will share.

I know a guy who knows a guy.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

I know a guy who knows a guy.

Maybe if you pay the janitor enough?

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Maybe if you pay the janitor enough?

lol, exactly.

[p1l0t]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

The problem with trying to do that is that such changes can actually be hard to quantify due to the number of variables involved. The engineers are going to hate this statement but math only works properly in a controlled environment. Not all modifications will fit into a nice easy equation that is applicable across the board. That is why the subject matter is debated because people want a nice clean X or Y answer when the reality could be something between A and Z.

@Notatroll ( obviously I remember his name wrong) had something that he was working on that was at least good in theory but he disappeared a while back.

If it was so hard to quantify why did THEY make him disappear?

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[Sapphireho]

Ok, the top story in yesterday's paper here. A 848 sqft 1 car garage home in Sunnyvale just sold for $2,000,000 cash. Insane.

[p1l0t]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

Ok, the top story in yesterday's paper here. A 848 sqft 1 car garage home in Sunnyvale just sold for $2,000,000 cash. Insane.

Are they not building new homes? Or just no space for them?

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[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by p1l0t

Are they not building new homes? Or just no space for them?

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No space. Super low inventory of homes for sale, and lots of people with goo gobs of money. They are dozing older shopping centers like crazy and building these crazy centers with high density housing, retail, and office space. It is getting very crowded.

[p1l0t]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

No space. Super low inventory of homes for sale, and lots of people with goo gobs of money. They are dozing older shopping centers like crazy and building these crazy centers with high density housing, retail, and office space. It is getting very crowded.

So much for the Great Recession...

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