That is true, did most of my college while serving in Europe. My economics professor was Rebecca Keynes, wasn't until like my fourth or fifth class that I found out her grandfather was John Keynes (Keynesian Theory).
-- Larry Smith lesm...@ecsis.net On Fri June 12 2020 11:11, Ken Hohhof wrote: > Professors are a mixed lot. I took a course from this guy, who apparently > is still teaching although he would be well into his 80’s now. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Butz > > > > I had no idea at the time he was a Holocaust denier. I’ve never understood > those people – my dad was in the Army in WWII and participated in > liberating some concentration camps. I mean, it’s a freakin’ fact, how can > you deny facts. Anyway, my recollection of Professor Butz was I had a > friend who kept writing the name as “Prof. Butts” on his assignments and > tests. We kept telling him it was spelled Butz but he thought we were > joking. Brings new meaning to the expression “butt of a joke”. > > > > > > From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of Robert > Sent: Friday, June 12, 2020 10:54 AM > To: af@af.afmug.com > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] RV Park Fiber > > > > Were you in the same class as I was? We had the same professor, I think.. > Drove me off the deep end... Specially when he blocked the equations with > his body as he erased!! But we had this one other assoc-prof.. Name of > Jim Clark.. He was wild, specially when he went into game theory and > betting systems.. Yep that Clark. Worked for him 20 years later... > > On 6/12/20 8:44 AM, Bill Prince wrote: > > Oh man. I was doing great in calculus until we got to differential > equations. I blame the professor. Harry Blackman. What a terrible > professor! He lectured with his back to the class and wrote on the > blackboard; chalk in his outstretched right hand, and eraser in his > outstretched left hand. He would write equations as he droned, and erased > the information in the space between his hands. What a horrible experience > that was! > > > > bp > <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> > > > On 6/12/2020 8:22 AM, Mark Radabaugh wrote: > > See, I only cared about the digital stuff. Though power, motors, etc. > were pretty cool as well. Grades were good in those classes. > > > > Senior project the advisor dinged me for building a system for a plant out > of a microcontroller instead of using a PLC like he suggested. But I want > to do Microcontrollers. Yep, first job was building industrial control > systems with PLC’s. I’m guessing I was a completely cocky bastard as a 21 > year old. Perhaps someday I’ll grow out of that. Or not. > > > > Heh, calculus. My last all night study session managed to turn a > perfectly good B+ in differential equations into a D. Walked in to that > exam and drew a complete blank. Should have just slept, probably would > have aced it. > > > > Mark > > > > > > On Jun 12, 2020, at 10:46 AM, ch...@wbmfg.com <mailto:ch...@wbmfg.com> > wrote: > > > > Those were the ONLY classes I cared about. Got A’s in all things antenna > and RF. > > Got A’s in most of the linear stuff. > > > > Got the B’s in the digital crap that doesn’t matter to anyone.... (those > guys are called bit freaks) > > Got a C- in integral calculus. > > > > From: Mark Radabaugh > > Sent: Friday, June 12, 2020 8:42 AM > > To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] RV Park Fiber > > > > Hey, I was proud of that D in Microwave and Antenna systems :-) D’s get > degrees. I’m never going to use this shit. Take the EIT / PE exam? > Why the hell would I ever work as a consulting engineer. > > > > Of course my first job is a consulting engineer, and I deal with microwaves > and antenna systems every day. > > > > Ah, to know then what I know now. Just don’t make me do all this shit > over again. > > > > Mark > > > > > > On Jun 12, 2020, at 10:38 AM, Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com > <mailto:af...@kwisp.com> > wrote: > > > > Makes you wonder if a wire and an alligator clip could turn the aluminum > box into an antenna. > > > > Yeah, fields & waves was not my best course in college. And I have a fear > of heights. So of course I end up running a WISP. But turning a Faraday > cage into an antenna is probably not my best idea. > > > > > > From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com <mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com> > On > Behalf Of Mark Radabaugh Sent: Friday, June 12, 2020 9:07 AM > To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com > <mailto:af@af.afmug.com> > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] RV Park Fiber > > > > I like your solution actually. Should work out well. Hardest part with > trailers is getting through the aluminum box. Putting AP’s close will > help a lot. > > > > Mark > > > > > > > On Jun 12, 2020, at 9:54 AM, Adam Moffett <dmmoff...@gmail.com > <mailto:dmmoff...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > Wow this thread blew up while I was sleeping. > > I'm proposing both a wireless and fiber solution. I'm sure they'll pick > WiFi because it'll be cheaper, but I wanted to put all the cards on the > table. > > As far as why I'm bothering to propose fiber: > > 1) If there's fiber to the power pedestal, and each ped (or every other > ped) has it's own little router with it's own SSID and key, then there's a > security benefit vs having everybody in the park be able to sniff traffic > from each other's devices. > > 2) We could track any illegal/bad/weird activity to a specific RV site (or > at least to the proximity of one). > > 3) The changing positions and occupancy of RV sites won't affect anybody's > WiFi because their WiFi will be right next to them no matter what. Neither > will the growth of trees hurt them. > > 4) No capacity issue in the park (and the feed TO the park can of course > always be upgraded). > > 5) Infinitely upgrade-able. > > 6) We have all the equipment and personnel and we want to use them. > There's an indefinite amount of work for them expanding and improving our > own network, but if they do it for the campground we can bill them out. > > -Adam > > > > > > On 6/11/2020 5:48 PM, Matt Hoppes wrote: > > Why are you doing fiber? > > > > We have a 300 unit RV park where everyone is required to stream over the > Internet, no satellite dishes are allowed. > > > > It works absolutely fine and everything is back hauled wirelessly to the > sectors that cover several RV campers. > > > > > > > On Jun 11, 2020, at 5:03 PM, Adam Moffett mailto:dmmoff...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > Yeah I'm assuming WiFi would be everyone's first choice, and that's part of > why I'm thinking WiFi from the pedestal. I just thought it would be nice > to have the option to plug in a cable. > > I did find a comms enclosure that bolts onto the back side of the RV power > ped. http://www.rvparksupplies.com/p/ACCESSBOXPHONECABLE/. > <http://www.rvparksupplies.com/p/ACCESSBOXPHONECABLE/> > > > Waiting for them to send me more details, but I think that might give me a > place for the ONT, and incidentally there appear to be two keystone jacks > in it. My two reasons for suggesting this approach are that each RV gets > their own WiFi instead of sharing it with everybody around them, and if > there was ever a law enforcement issue we could track the usage to a > particular site rather than just "somewhere in the park". > > > > On 6/11/2020 4:54 PM, Robert Andrews wrote: > > As an "RVer" I will say that we are all set up for WiFi connections and > doing a hardwire would be something that we _never_ plan for. Don't even > carry and ethernet cable... > > On 06/11/2020 01:30 PM, Adam Moffett wrote: > > > > > If you run fiber to RV sites, what do you put in at the site? > > I'm imagining I'd end with a WiFi enabled ONT in a box, on a post next to > their power and water hookups. I'd want the campers to be able to plug > Ethernet in at the box if they have the wherewithal to do so. And if they > don't then they have their own private WiFi right outside their RV. > > ....of course I could get little Hoffman boxes and put this together, but > I'm betting someone must have made a product for this already. > > > > > > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com <mailto:AF@af.afmug.com> > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > > > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com <mailto:AF@af.afmug.com> > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com <mailto:AF@af.afmug.com> > <http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com> > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > > > > > _____ > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com <mailto:AF@af.afmug.com> > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
