That's his painful legacy - no one buys his trash romance novels, every article he had published at the Irish Examiner has been purged, and now - in order to try to stave of the embarrassment of his wasted life being exposed, he would have us believethe only interaction he ever had with the Irish Examiner was having a pint in the bar below their office (https://groups.google.com/g/rec.bicycles.tech/c/FbXOZ3lmDvo/m/RawxCPQUAwAJ) when we have direct evidence the he _was_ employed by them.
On Monday, December 11, 2023 at 9:40:08?PM UTC-5, Jeff Liebermann wrote:(chomp)
On Mon, 11 Dec 2023 09:54:23 -0800 (PST), "funkma...@hotmail.com"
<funkma...@hotmail.com> wrote:
So, where is this mysterious basement pub and what is its name?
It's probably the one where he received those two phone calls from US presidents.
Is there even once that Flunky has shown that he actually knows
something? As an engineer he has shown that he couldn't fix a
blown lightbulb. So now he has shown that he can even make up
stories about the employment of someone else. What a turd.
You'll also recall Tommy has repeatedly bragged about
his dedication by saying he was always the first one
in and the last to leave at every company he worked for.
One of the red flags were were told to watch for was someone
who claimed to be "the first one in in the morning and the
last one out at night". HP's position was that an individual
that made those claims was a poor time manager and/or made a
lot of mistakes they needed to fix, or they were not being
quite truthful. Granted in my experience at start-ups, such
dedication was noted and appreciated since there was so much
work to do and so few people to do it.
However, In any established company with say over 100 people,
I believe HPs position holds true. That isn't to say putting in
extra hours at a small company should _not_ be necessary, even on
a regular basis, but consistent 12 hour days at an established
company is an indication that either the employee or their manager
isn't very good at their job....unless your the type of person
that's into that sort of thing.
When I was working "in the bush" building oil well drilling locations
we worked, literally, from Can to Can't. The Helicopters we used had
no instrument flying capability and could only fly when they could see
the horizon so you have to be at the Heli Pad before daylight to make
the first flight and they would pick us up at the job site (hopefully)
early enough to get back to the Camp before dark. 7 days a week for 4
weeks.
On Wed, 13 Dec 2023 14:47:27 -0800 (PST), "funkma...@hotmail.com" <funkmasterxx@hotmail.com> wrote:
You'll also recall Tommy has repeatedly bragged about
his dedication by saying he was always the first one
in and the last to leave at every company he worked for.
I recall Tom writing something like that, but I'm not having any luck
finding his statement with Google Groups search. Probably because I'm
really tired. I've been dragging around a common cold for the last 8
days, lost 6 lbs and have drugged myself to get any sleep every
evening. About all I can do today, without thinking, is sleep and
write things in RBT.
One of the red flags were were told to watch for was someone
who claimed to be "the first one in in the morning and the
last one out at night". HP's position was that an individual
that made those claims was a poor time manager and/or made a
lot of mistakes they needed to fix, or they were not being
quite truthful. Granted in my experience at start-ups, such
dedication was noted and appreciated since there was so much
work to do and so few people to do it.
I was last to arrive in the morning and last to leave at night. I did
not volunteer to work weekends. It was not an easy drive and
typically took about 60 minutes:
<https://maps.app.goo.gl/rUeChT6pXgWyRH46A>
Most of my employment was at Intech Inc, which had about 175 employees distributed among 3 radically different divisions. The marine radio
division had about 50 employees at its peak. Radio engineering
department was 3 engineers and 2 techs also at the company peak.
I was warned about being a bad time manager and to avoid (unpaid)
overtime. According to the warning, worker efficiency rapidly
deteriorated after about 8 or 9 hrs of work per day. I tested myself
by counting mistakes and found the numbers to be accurate. So, I
worked 9 hrs per day, plus 1/2 hr lunch mostly spent sleeping under my
desk, and 2 hrs on the road. In order to avoid peak traffic hours, I
would arrive at about 9:30AM and leave at about 8:30PM. I'm a "night
person" and tend to do my best work after hours when there are no distractions.
When management would ask me if I could work overtime because a
project was late, I would point out that I was already working 1 hour
of overtime every day, 5 days per week. My dedication was duly noted
and I was adequately compensated with raises and stock options. The
few times where I was asked to appear on a weekend or holiday were a
total waste of time and effort.
My self scheduling system worked well for me, but created problems for others. Management complained that I never attended meetings.
However, when I did attend, they instantly regretted it and quickly
declared that as long as I filed regular progress reports, I would not
need to attend meetings. I did attend design reviews, because that
was essential for doing my job.
I suspect that Tom's claim of "first in, last out" might be true. I've
seen engineers who do that burn out in a year or two. It can be done,
but not for very long. Tom's record of short term employment might be
an indication of serial burnout. <https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-kunich-22012/details/experience/>
(Tom. Please fix the overlapping dates between Diablo Research and
Tality).
However, In any established company with say over 100 people,
I believe HPs position holds true. That isn't to say putting in
extra hours at a small company should _not_ be necessary, even on
a regular basis, but consistent 12 hour days at an established
company is an indication that either the employee or their manager
isn't very good at their job....unless your the type of person
that's into that sort of thing.
I don't know about HP, but I was that sort of person that was willing
to put in consistent 9 or 10 hrs days. At the time, I had no family,
no commitments, no friends, no social life, no mortgage, no
responsibilities, and no clue where I was going. I had only one goal
in life, which was to get my current projects working and into
production.
However, as I accumulated friends, responsibilities, two mortgages, a sailboat, and numerous side projects (consulting), I switched to a
more sane timeline or 9 work hours per day, no overtime, and no
weekends. The real limitation is whether one want to work like that.
Most people do not want to, or at least don't want to do it for very
long. By the time I realized that I didn't want to live like that, I
decided to become self-employed, which resulted in working about 10
hrs per day, 7 days per week. That wasn't what was suppose to happen,
but that was the result.
Drivel: I thought my eyes were getting tired because all the
characters on my LCD monitor were becoming fuzzy. Then, I pushed the
"Auto" button and everything became clear again.
On 12/13/2023 11:15 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
Drivel: I thought my eyes were getting tired because all the
characters on my LCD monitor were becoming fuzzy. Then, I pushed the
"Auto" button and everything became clear again.
I could use such an "Auto" button for regular daily life, just walking >around.
Drivel: I thought my eyes were getting tired because all the
characters on my LCD monitor were becoming fuzzy. Then, I pushed the
"Auto" button and everything became clear again.
On 12/13/2023 10:15 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
Drivel: I thought my eyes were getting tired because all the
characters on my LCD monitor were becoming fuzzy. Then, I pushed the
"Auto" button and everything became clear again.
Sounds great what does 'auto' actually do? >https://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch001155.htm
Mine only has inscrutable hieroglyphic buttons, nothing in
English.
My Mac has one button that switches it both on and off. -- AJ
On 12/13/2023 8:15 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
<snip>
Drivel: I thought my eyes were getting tired because all the
characters on my LCD monitor were becoming fuzzy. Then, I pushed the
"Auto" button and everything became clear again.
When was the last time that you degaussed your LCD monitor? >https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00011UYJU
Perhaps you could sell Tom a degaussing coil for his monitor along with
a set of Imperial Torx bits.
On Thu, 14 Dec 2023 10:04:19 -0600, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
On 12/13/2023 10:15 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
Drivel: I thought my eyes were getting tired because all the
characters on my LCD monitor were becoming fuzzy. Then, I pushed the
"Auto" button and everything became clear again.
Sounds great what does 'auto' actually do?
https://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch001155.htm
Mine only has inscrutable hieroglyphic buttons, nothing in
English.
The short answer:
"The AUTO adjustment key restores the optimal screen position, phase
and clock settings at the press of a single button, eliminating the
need to navigate through OSD (On Screen Display) menus and control
keys."
"Auto" doesn't adjust anything set by the hieroglyphic symbology shown
in the ComputerHope.com link. You can punch any or all of the buttons
shown and it will not change what "auto" changes.
First, some basics. The video output from older computers is analog
and uses a VGA connector (15 pin). The video output for more recent computers are either HDMI or DP (display port), which are digital. My
HP monitor uses analog and VGA.
Analog has a tendency to drift. What's drifting in this case is the
phase relationship between the various dot (pixel) colors on the
screen. The trick is to make the various colors converge in the same
place on the screen resulting in a "sharp" character image instead of
an out of focus blob.
Part of the analog video system are 3 analog to digital (A/D)
converters, one each for the 3 color channels (red, green, blue). The
clock pitch and phase relationship (timing) between the 3 channels is
what's drifting. All 3 have to work together or you will see a blob
instead of a dot. When you punch the "auto" button, you might notice
a 2 to 4 second delay, while the screen goes mostly black, while the
system re-calibrates itself. There are various schemes for
calibration (which I won't go into), but the result is that all 3 A/D converters are now working together and producing sharp pixels instead
of blobs.
By using digital video as in HDMI and DP, it is no long necessary to
adjust the phase relationships between the various colors to get a
decent picture. However, it your monitor has both HDMI/DP and VGA or
TV inputs, it needs an "auto" button. If your monitor is HDMI or DP
only, then there is no "auto" button.
Getting a descent LCD picture is far more complexicated than I
described. The "auto" button goes a long way to reducing that
complexity, but doesn't quite eliminate some of the adjustments.
Does that help or do you want me to dive deeper into the details?
Thanks. I have never had that feature.
The oldest monitor here is a mid-90s CRT I got free in 1998
(customer who works in the Federal courthouse saw a pile of
them in a contractor's recycle skip and snagged one) and all
the newer equipment is LCD but sans 'auto' button.
On Thu, 14 Dec 2023 13:20:03 -0600, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
Thanks. I have never had that feature.
I don't use the auto button very often. However, when I need to use
it, such as yesterdays temperature stability experiment, it's handy.
If you're never seen an "auto" button, there are other ways
accomplishing the same function. The easiest is to have the monitor
perform the "auto" function every time you power it on. However,
that's problematic if users leave the monitor power on 24x7. The
solution is to have the monitor do the "auto" self-calibration every
time it wakes up from deep sleep mode. If you're wondering why it
takes a few extra seconds for the monitor to wake up from sleep mode,
you can blame the hidden "auto" feature. If my HP w2408 monitor had
that feature, I would never have noticed yesterday's drift problem.
The oldest monitor here is a mid-90s CRT I got free in 1998
(customer who works in the Federal courthouse saw a pile of
them in a contractor's recycle skip and snagged one) and all
the newer equipment is LCD but sans 'auto' button.
If you're monitor is using the VGA (analog) video input, the "auto"
feature is hiding in there somewhere.
I forgot to mention that the latest in high fashion monitor packaging
is to hide the buttons or replace it with a joystick. That's because
the various advanced LED displays (OLED, Quantum-Dot, Micro-LED, LG
W-LED, QD-OLED, etc):
"The billion dollar race for the perfect display" <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyUA1OmXMXA> (18:31)
The reason is these newer displays have eliminated CCFL and LED
backlighting which made the LED displays rather fat (thick). With the
thin panels, there's little room around the edge for all the required buttons. My Samsung (something) 34" TV and monitor compromise has a
joystick on the back of the display, in the lower right corner. If
you've ever tried using an ordinary box wrench on the back of
something, you already know how non-intuitive that feels. Why Samsung bothered with this, when most of the buttons are already on the remote control, is unknown. By most, I mean every button is on the remove
EXCEPT the "auto" button. Anyway, look around for hidden buttons in
odd locations.
Incidentally, the next generation of LCD displays is likely to be
flexible. No room for a big screen? Just peel the protective backing
off the flexible LCD panel and glue or Velcro it to the wall, ceiling, furniture, refrigerator, skylight, etc.
Do not attempt to adjust the picture. There is nothing wrong with
your monitor. We are totally out of control, but don't let that
bother you. Just sit back and relax while we take control of you. You
are about to experience the awe and mystery which reaches from the
inner mind into your wallet. For us, there are no limits. <https://www.flapperpress.com/post/there-is-nothing-wrong-with-your-television-set-the-story-of-the-outer-limits>
On 12/14/2023 12:41 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
On Thu, 14 Dec 2023 10:07:31 -0500, Frank Krygowski
<frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
On 12/13/2023 11:15 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
Drivel: I thought my eyes were getting tired because all the
characters on my LCD monitor were becoming fuzzy. Then, I pushed the
"Auto" button and everything became clear again.
I could use such an "Auto" button for regular daily life, just walking
around.
It was really a comment about the quality of the monitor. My LCD
monitor of the week is an HP w2408. The settings seem to drift with
temperature. ...
The settings of my eyes seem to drift as well. Most often, fatigue seems
to be a factor. Lately I've been doing an unusual amount of night
driving. I notice "good" nights that distant lights are pinpoints, other >"bad" nights when they are out of focus.
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