What do you plan to do with your life?

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12 Jul 2005, 11:48 PM
Drewbacca

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Originally Posted by Mykozo

Noone would take you seriously without the baldness.

Baldness in Starfleet = Many years of knowledgable, dedicated service.

Kirk had a nice head of hair, but was known to buck the system when his personal desires or the good of the Federation (as far as Kirk was concerned) was at stake. That worked for him, but they don't stand for that shit anymore.

Plus she's a woman. Look at how poorly Janeway performed.
13 Jul 2005, 12:49 AM
Stone

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Originally Posted by Mykozo

This is one of the truest statements I have ever seen on TNL. Provided you are single, especially, 60k will get you a nice place, a nice car, and all the toys you want (within reason of course) Many FAMILIES live on 60k and do alright, drive decent cars, have a decent townhouse, eat good food, etc...But 60k for a bachelor, if you don't blow your money on stupid shit, will get you pretty fucking far.

all I can say is that you might think 60k is enough, but even at 24, it is not. 80, 100, still, no. you will always keep figuring out new ways to spend money, and you will keep discovering reasons why what you have is not enough. you will not find satisfaction at some pre-set dollar amount, no matter what you day that number is. satisfaction is a pretty wife, kids, and enough time t raise them properly.. with that said, mylife goal is to find and beat people who think they are good at their jobs, many millions of dollars, supercars, and a lot of paleskinned bigbreasted long-necled brunettes. and some kids who think I am a good father.
13 Jul 2005, 01:01 AM
Shakey

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Originally Posted by Hubbitron

everyone wants to be a rockstar. if your goal is "rockstar" you can go ahead and shoot yourself in the face with a rocket launcher. just make sure you knock me and josh off first.

I don't think I have the flare to be a rock star. I just want to play my music, have people listen, and not stress about food and shelter. It'd be great if I could pull this off without working full-time on the side, but I'd settle for a full-time job that doesn't leave me wanting to just sink into a coma at the end of the day.

I might try to teach guitar, sometimes I feel like I don't have enough knowledge of the fundamentals to teach, but I think I could teach some kid 30 bucks worth in an hour.
13 Jul 2005, 01:37 AM
kedawa

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Originally Posted by Stone

all I can say is that you might think 60k is enough, but even at 24, it is not. 80, 100, still, no. you will always keep figuring out new ways to spend money, and you will keep discovering reasons why what you have is not enough. you will not find satisfaction at some pre-set dollar amount, no matter what you day that number is.

That may be true for you, but some of us are less materialistic.

I only spend about $900 canadian a month to live and I really can't find any reason to spend more.

There's literally nothing that can be bought that I need or want and don't already have. Shit, I've got around $50000 canadian in the bank at the moment, and I don't plan on touching it until I find a project worth spending it on.

Being a millionare doesn't seem that much better than being comfortably middle class, because you basically have the same shit, just more of it.

Having billions would be nice, because it would allow me to do ridiculous things like starting my own space program, or giving every human being on the planet a cookie.
13 Jul 2005, 01:46 AM
Rhydant

I always wanted to be an astronaught when I was a kid. But...
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13 Jul 2005, 01:48 AM
Omni

I just wanna be a better electrical engineer than IronPlant.
13 Jul 2005, 04:03 AM
Sl1p

TO PLAY MARBLE MADNESS ON A LARGE SCREEN HDTV
13 Jul 2005, 04:19 AM
Fe 26

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Originally Posted by OmniGear

I just wanna be a better electrical engineer than IronPlant.

real fast, what is EMF stand for.
13 Jul 2005, 04:22 AM
Calliander

What color is ground and what color is +5V?
13 Jul 2005, 04:29 AM
Fe 26

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Originally Posted by Mike

What color is ground and what color is +5V?

lol, both are relative to the nation and manufacture of said electrical device.
13 Jul 2005, 04:59 AM
Tommy Tallarico

I thought about being a journalist until I came to my senses. Now I want to be a psychiatrist and make me some of that doctor money.
13 Jul 2005, 05:10 AM
Jeremy

Everyone, mark your calendars, Kano made a spelling mistake.
13 Jul 2005, 05:14 AM
Tommy Tallarico

Wow, fuck.
13 Jul 2005, 09:33 AM
Razor Ramon

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Originally Posted by Kano on the Phone

Now I want to be a psychiatrist and make me some of that doctor money.

LAWL
13 Jul 2005, 11:15 AM
station82o

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Originally Posted by Kano on the Phone

I thought about being a journalist until I came to my senses. Now I want to be a psychiatrist and make me some of that doctor money.

I would go to you for psychological help, but only if you looked like the real Kano whilst sitting in your doctor's chair.
13 Jul 2005, 11:36 AM
Calliander

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Originally Posted by IronPlant

lol, both are relative to the nation and manufacture of said electrical device.

Say you're buying and assembling in Asia.
13 Jul 2005, 12:50 PM
Fe 26

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Originally Posted by Mike

Say you're buying and assembling in Asia.

Dude, I'm not helping you build a jamma board.
13 Jul 2005, 02:29 PM
Omni

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Originally Posted by IronPlant

real fast, what is EMF stand for.

Electromagnetic field.

And generally speaking, ground is black and power is red.
13 Jul 2005, 06:34 PM
Satsuki

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Originally Posted by Sl1p

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13 Jul 2005, 07:34 PM
frostwolf ex

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Originally Posted by kedawa

That may be true for you, but some of us are less materialistic.

.

You missed his point. he was saying money wont make you happy, that a preset amount will always dissapoint you because you want that much more once you are at that level. acheivement and a good family will, i happen to agree with him on that. If anything his post was the antithesis of materialism.
13 Jul 2005, 07:38 PM
kedawa

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Originally Posted by OmniGear

Electromagnetic field.

And generally speaking, ground is black and power is red.

I always thought it was electromagnetic flux.
Ground is usually green or uninsulated.
Black is usually 'common' which is more or less the same as ground, except that the conductor is intended as a 0v reference and not a safety feature.
That's why there are often redundant ground leads, one being of lower gauge and connected to the device chassis.
13 Jul 2005, 07:50 PM
Mykozo

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Originally Posted by IronPlant

real fast, what is EMF stand for.

Uh, that clearly stands for English Mother Fuckers. Your unbelievable, WOOOAAAAAAH!
13 Jul 2005, 08:13 PM
Fe 26

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Originally Posted by OmniGear

Electromagnetic field.

Wrong

http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/e1/electrom-f.asp

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Originally Posted by Mykozo

Uh, that clearly stands for English Mother Fuckers. Your unbelievable, WOOOAAAAAAH!

You're wrong too, but I like your answer more than Omni's.
13 Jul 2005, 08:24 PM
Omni

Damn, I've been bested!
13 Jul 2005, 08:25 PM
Mykozo

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Originally Posted by OmniGear

Damn, I've been bested!

Woot.
13 Jul 2005, 08:27 PM
jonas

But.. they aren't technically wrong. They are wrong in the sense that they didn't guess what you had in mind but an electro magnetic field is still an EMF and is still referred to as an EMF.

Or is Google wrong?
13 Jul 2005, 08:30 PM
Omni

Nah he's pretty much right, when my physics professor always said EMF he was referring to electromotive force, it just slipped my mind.

I guess IronPlant really is the better EE.
13 Jul 2005, 08:31 PM
Galaxia

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Originally Posted by IronPlant

real fast, what is EMF stand for.

That's unbelievable!
13 Jul 2005, 08:31 PM
kedawa

Epsom Mad Funkers.
13 Jul 2005, 08:37 PM
Fe 26

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Originally Posted by jonas

But.. they aren't technically wrong. They are wrong in the sense that they didn't guess what you had in mind but an electro magnetic field is still an EMF and is still referred to as an EMF.

Or is Google wrong?

the only people who call electromagnetic fields, EMFs, are stupid people in the medical field when talking about electromagnetic radiation. You will be hard pressed to find anything online that isn't medical related that uses EMFs in regards to fields.
13 Jul 2005, 08:41 PM
NightWolve

Scientists began to realize that space is filled with invisible regions of energy that exist, unlike gravity, independently of material objects. These fields are what we now call electromagnetic fields, or EMFs.

Anytime I've ever heard the term, it was in regards to electromagnetic fields. I never knew its original intent was for electromotive force. Very good, IronP. I minored in Physics and never knew that one...
13 Jul 2005, 08:46 PM
kedawa

I don't think there is any 'official' meaning for the acronymn, it's just convenient shorthand.
Does the IEEE have any set policy on these things?
13 Jul 2005, 09:02 PM
Fe 26

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Originally Posted by NightWolve

Scientists began to realize that space is filled with invisible regions of energy that exist, unlike gravity, independently of material objects. These fields are what we now call electromagnetic fields, or EMFs.

Anytime I've ever heard the term, it was in regards to electromagnetic fields. I never knew its original intent was for electromotive force. Very good, IronP. I minored in Physics and never knew that one...

-_- I wouldn't take that site to seirously. They have a pendant for sale that protects your body from EMFs.

http://www.promolife.com/products/subtle.htm

A site trying to make money off people's fear is not what I would call a good refrence.

They should have taught you about electromotive forces the same day they brought up Ben Franklin. We now mesure EMFs in volts.
13 Jul 2005, 09:09 PM
Diff-chan

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Originally Posted by kedawa

I don't think there is any 'official' meaning for the acronymn, it's just convenient shorthand.
Does the IEEE have any set policy on these things?

I dont think the IEEE or anyone else decides on what acronyms will mean. I imagine that people who work in fields that use these acronyms can understand whats going on based on context.
13 Jul 2005, 09:13 PM
Fe 26

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Originally Posted by diffusionx

I dont think the IEEE or anyone else decides on what acronyms will mean. I imagine that people who work in fields that use these acronyms can understand whats going on based on context.

Well as for the conversation at hand it does matter. If Omni wants to be a better EE than me, he should be able to talk the talk.
13 Jul 2005, 09:17 PM
NightWolve

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Originally Posted by IronPlant

-_- I wouldn't take that site to seirously. They have a pendant for sale that protects your body from EMFs.

http://www.promolife.com/products/subtle.htm

A site trying to make money off people's fear is not what I would call a good refrence.

Oh, I'm not. The site was random. I can google and find any number of them using/defining it the same way. My point was that's usually how I've seen EMF used for as long as I can remember. If my teacher used it, I probably took it that way too. Never once saw it defined as electromotive force anywhere.
13 Jul 2005, 09:25 PM
Mykozo

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Originally Posted by IronPlant

lol, both are relative to the nation and manufacture of said electrical device.

Oh yeah, defenitley. Anyone ever been under their dash or in their floorboards to do an alarm or car stereo install? 50 plus wires in a cluster, and all have to be color coded diff. The lesson here? Read your wiring diagrams.

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Originally Posted by IronPlant

-_- I wouldn't take that site to seirously. They have a pendant for sale that protects your body from EMFs.

http://www.promolife.com/products/subtle.htm

Good lord, this is some ridiculous shit right here.
13 Jul 2005, 09:28 PM
Fe 26

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Originally Posted by NightWolve

Never once saw it defined as electromotive force anywhere.

http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/e1/electrom-f.asp

http://www.phys.ualberta.ca/~gingric...tes/node8.html

http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/phys...tiveForce.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromotive_force

http://www.science.uwaterloo.ca/~cch.../c123/emf.html

http://www.micromo.com/library/docs/...ve%20Force.pdf

To be fair, your teacher probably didn't use the word a lot because it's an old fashion word for voltage.

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Originally Posted by Mykozo

Good lord, this is some ridiculous shit right here.

Better get off the computer. The EMFs might get you.
13 Jul 2005, 09:35 PM
Master

If you aren't happy, stuff won't necessarily make you happy, and it probably won't keep you happy.

If you are already happy, have a good life, a good family etc. etc., having stuff is the icing on the cake.

And no, money only matters when you don't have it, but when you do, it is still nice to have.
13 Jul 2005, 09:43 PM
NightWolve

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Originally Posted by IronPlant

http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/e1/electrom-f.asp

http://www.phys.ualberta.ca/~gingric...tes/node8.html

http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/phys...tiveForce.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromotive_force

http://www.science.uwaterloo.ca/~cch.../c123/emf.html

http://www.micromo.com/library/docs/...ve%20Force.pdf

Um, yeah, I believe you... I dunno why you're arguing with me when I told you that you were correct in the first post. All that's needed is a dictionary. You're under the impression that I was somehow trying to disprove you or something by me sourcing something/anything as to how I've usually seen the term used (This credible enough? Not like there was a lack of credible sites.). That was intended to explain my surprise that going by the textbook dictionary definition, they've been essentially all wrong.

I just never knew there was a popular misconception (which is why you posed the question in the first place - it's not coming from just weird sites) involving its meaning/usage, so I never would've thought to have looked it up combined with the fact that I never saw it used in a context to lead me to believe they meant volts/voltage.

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To be fair, your teacher probably didn't use the word a lot because it's an old fashion word for voltage.

That would be why then, yeah. Either 'potential difference' or volts/voltage was used.
13 Jul 2005, 11:07 PM
Fe 26

Ok, here is an easy one, what pole of a battery does electrons flow out of?
13 Jul 2005, 11:09 PM
Omni

I can't believe you just wrote "does electrons".
13 Jul 2005, 11:19 PM
Fe 26

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Originally Posted by OmniGear

I can't believe you just wrote "does electrons".

is that a clever way of trying to assert your intelligence without admitting you have no idea what the answer is?
13 Jul 2005, 11:34 PM
Grey's Anatomy

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Originally Posted by Mykozo

Noone would take you seriously without the baldness.

Baldness in Starfleet = Many years of knowledgable, dedicated service.

Kirk had a nice head of hair, but was known to buck the system when his personal desires or the good of the Federation (as far as Kirk was concerned) was at stake. That worked for him, but they don't stand for that shit anymore.

That is true.
I mean, look at Sisko. Everyone loved him.
Maybe, I can opt for a Reed Richards-esque gray hair line. That would look pretty respectful.
13 Jul 2005, 11:39 PM
Omni

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Originally Posted by IronPlant

is that a clever way of trying to assert your intelligence without admitting you have no idea what the answer is?

The question is completely trivial, they come out the negative end.
14 Jul 2005, 12:04 AM
Fe 26

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Originally Posted by OmniGear

The question is completely trivial

tell that to a polarized capacitor that is built to handle large loads.
14 Jul 2005, 12:39 AM
Diff-chan

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Originally Posted by IronPlant

tell that to a polarized capacitor that is built to handle large loads.

Now IronPlant is just hitting on OmniGear.
14 Jul 2005, 12:57 AM
Mykozo

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Originally Posted by IronPlant

Better get off the computer. The EMFs might get you.

I will net get off my computer, and if the EMF's come for me, I will be like "Your unbelievable, woah." Then I'll kick their skinny little asses right back to the UK where they belong. But I might need one of those pendants to protect me from the happenin' dance/rock fusion music that they radiate.
http://img326.imageshack.us/img326/316/emf3uo.jpg
Anyone can kick that dudes ass. Everyone in that band should have their ass kicked anyway, because they called their breakthrough album Schubert Dip. Wtf is that? Lame is what it is.
14 Jul 2005, 02:10 AM
Josh

My uncle told me that EMF stood for "English Male Faggots" and I believed him.
14 Jul 2005, 05:38 AM
Fe 26

Quote:

Originally Posted by Josh

My uncle told me that EMF stood for "English Male Faggots" and I believed him.

isn't that a triple redundancy

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