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The value of smiplicity in designs and engineering

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  • L Lost User

    Nagy Vilmos wrote:

    Put the bird house on the ground. sheesh!

    Hmm, might work. But supose you have larger song brids that feed as well. How would they get the food?

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    Nagy Vilmos
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    The larger birds have to go on a diet. No one likes a fat bird around here.


    Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.

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      so how many pig eons in a dog year then smarty pants?


      Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.

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      Michael Schubert
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      Nagy Vilmos wrote:

      eons

      Do you mean aeons?

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      • D Dalek Dave

        TheArchitectmc∞ wrote:

        How can you keep pigions from stealing all the seed

        Pig Ions? Is that a charged Bacon Particle?

        TheArchitectmc∞ wrote:

        The pegions can't feed at the feeder.

        Peg Ions? Is that a wooden leg that has stepped in Charged Bacon Particles? You seem to be speaking Pidgeon English! (Or is that Pidgin??)

        ------------------------------------ "When Belly Full, Chin Hit Chest" Confucius 502BC

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        ricmil42
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        Dalek Dave wrote:

        TheArchitectmc∞ wrote: How can you keep pigions from stealing all the seed Pig Ions? Is that a charged Bacon Particle?

        OH! That's a 5!!!

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        • L Lost User

          Day or night does not matter.

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          NormDroid
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          It does for shooting.

          Software Kinetics (requires SL3 beta) - Moving software

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          • D Dalek Dave

            Pigeon in a Bird Pidgin is a language Pidgeon is a Actor called Walter!

            ------------------------------------ "When Belly Full, Chin Hit Chest" Confucius 502BC

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            Dalek Dave wrote:

            Pigeon in a Bird

            :doh: :doh:

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            • M Michael Schubert

              Nagy Vilmos wrote:

              eons

              Do you mean aeons?

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              Nagy Vilmos
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              JSOP started it!


              Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.

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                I came up with a soltion to an age old problem:

                Q: How can you keep pigions from stealing all the seed?

                Requirements:
                a. The pegions can't feed at the feeder.
                b. The pegions can't feed from the ground below the feeder, where feed is placed and
                little birds knock the feed to the ground.
                c. The little birds can still feed with no problems.

                This would be a good interviewing question to test ones ability to solve design and engineering problems. I will post the solution in a few hours, or if someone comes up the same or equaly plausable solution. Hint: I came up with the solution because my Father started going nutz and throwing rocks at the pegions. ~TheArch :-D

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                Member 1709723
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                put feeder on island in middle of pool with sharks with freekin' lasers coded to auto fire at pigeon shaped/sized birds ..ha, you call this a challenge...

                Opium is my business. The bridge mean more traffic. More traffic mean more money. More money mean more power. Speed is important in business. Time is money. You said opium was money. Money is Money. Well then, what is time again? icalburner.net

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                • N Nagy Vilmos

                  The larger birds have to go on a diet. No one likes a fat bird around here.


                  Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.

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                  Dalek Dave
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                  I have seen that on a sign in a pub, "No Fat Birds".

                  ------------------------------------ "When Belly Full, Chin Hit Chest" Confucius 502BC

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                    put feeder on island in middle of pool with sharks with freekin' lasers coded to auto fire at pigeon shaped/sized birds ..ha, you call this a challenge...

                    Opium is my business. The bridge mean more traffic. More traffic mean more money. More money mean more power. Speed is important in business. Time is money. You said opium was money. Money is Money. Well then, what is time again? icalburner.net

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                    Dalek Dave
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                    Buy a Time Machine Go back 50-100 thousand years and through DNA manipulation and selective breeding, stop the pigeons from evolving. Come Back to the Present. Feed Birds. Wanna Buy a time machine? I have one here, I only bought it next week.

                    ------------------------------------ "When Belly Full, Chin Hit Chest" Confucius 502BC

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                      put feeder on island in middle of pool with sharks with freekin' lasers coded to auto fire at pigeon shaped/sized birds ..ha, you call this a challenge...

                      Opium is my business. The bridge mean more traffic. More traffic mean more money. More money mean more power. Speed is important in business. Time is money. You said opium was money. Money is Money. Well then, what is time again? icalburner.net

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                      Lost User
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                      Member 1709723 wrote:

                      put feeder on island in middle of pool with sharks with freekin' lasers coded to auto fire at pigeon shaped/sized birds ..ha, you call this a challenge...

                      Haha, I actually thought of this minus the sharks and pond. I was going to use CUDA to do the pigeon shape detector, based on 3D exsisting object libs, and face recginion.

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                      • M Michael Schubert

                        Dalek Dave wrote:

                        Pigeon in a Bird

                        :doh: :doh:

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                        Nagy Vilmos
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                        ooh ooh! I saw that film!


                        Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.

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                        • M Michael Schubert

                          Nagy Vilmos wrote:

                          eons

                          Do you mean aeons?

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                          Dalek Dave
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                          Michael Schubert wrote:

                          Do you mean aeons?

                          Do you mean æons?

                          ------------------------------------ "When Belly Full, Chin Hit Chest" Confucius 502BC

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                            Buy a Time Machine Go back 50-100 thousand years and through DNA manipulation and selective breeding, stop the pigeons from evolving. Come Back to the Present. Feed Birds. Wanna Buy a time machine? I have one here, I only bought it next week.

                            ------------------------------------ "When Belly Full, Chin Hit Chest" Confucius 502BC

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                            Lost User
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                            Okay but you return to find out that you have accidently help the dianasuars to evolve into man eating super freaks. They become the dominate species on earth.

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                              Michael Schubert wrote:

                              Do you mean aeons?

                              Do you mean æons?

                              ------------------------------------ "When Belly Full, Chin Hit Chest" Confucius 502BC

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                              Michael Schubert
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                              Dalek Dave wrote:

                              Do you mean æons?

                              Yes. Charmap let me down.

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                              • L Lost User

                                Okay but you return to find out that you have accidently help the dianasuars to evolve into man eating super freaks. They become the dominate species on earth.

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                                Dalek Dave
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                                Hmmm a little trouble with your time perception there. I am talking about going back 50,000 years. The Dinosaurs went extinct 65,000,000 years ago.

                                ------------------------------------ "When Belly Full, Chin Hit Chest" Confucius 502BC

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                                • L Lost User

                                  Okay but you return to find out that you have accidently help the dianasuars to evolve into man eating super freaks. They become the dominate species on earth.

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                                  Michael Schubert
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                                  TheArchitectmc∞ wrote:

                                  dianasuars

                                  That's just plain nasty.

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                                    I came up with a soltion to an age old problem:

                                    Q: How can you keep pigions from stealing all the seed?

                                    Requirements:
                                    a. The pegions can't feed at the feeder.
                                    b. The pegions can't feed from the ground below the feeder, where feed is placed and
                                    little birds knock the feed to the ground.
                                    c. The little birds can still feed with no problems.

                                    This would be a good interviewing question to test ones ability to solve design and engineering problems. I will post the solution in a few hours, or if someone comes up the same or equaly plausable solution. Hint: I came up with the solution because my Father started going nutz and throwing rocks at the pegions. ~TheArch :-D

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                                    realJSOP
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                                    Any job to be done correctly requires some research and study before implementing a solution. 0) Capture or kill a number of birds that are the approximate maximum weight of the birds you want to allow at the feeder. It would probably better to kill them outright since they'd be trying to fly away or pecking at your eyes, thus preventing you from completing the 2nd part of the study. 1) Establish a maximum average weight of said birds (you need to be able to put them onto a scale, that's why they should probably be dead). 2) Construct a bird feeder that has spring-mounted metal perch. at each end of the perch connect an electrical contact in such a way as to be a complete circuit which will kill birds that exceed the weight of your pre-determined maximum average weight. 3) To solve the bottom-feeder issue, you could also connect up our friend - the wire mesh and electrocute any animal that happens to walk on it. Of course, you'd probably be taking out squirrels, neighborhood cats, and maybe even yourself if you forget about the mesh when it's time to go refill the feeder. If you wanted to have some real fun, you could make it so that the mesh is only charged when there's a heavy bird on the perch...

                                    "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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                                    • M Michael Schubert

                                      TheArchitectmc∞ wrote:

                                      dianasuars

                                      That's just plain nasty.

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                                      Dalek Dave
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                                      And what, pray, is wrong with Diana's Uars? She had a fine Pair of Uars if I remember correctly.

                                      ------------------------------------ "When Belly Full, Chin Hit Chest" Confucius 502BC

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                                      • D Dalek Dave

                                        Hmmm a little trouble with your time perception there. I am talking about going back 50,000 years. The Dinosaurs went extinct 65,000,000 years ago.

                                        ------------------------------------ "When Belly Full, Chin Hit Chest" Confucius 502BC

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                                        MidwestLimey
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                                        It was 64,987,234 years, 5 months, 3 days, 17 hours and 14 minutes, actually. I borrowed your time machine in 5 months to take a look and told myself 3 years ago tomorrow.

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                                        • M MidwestLimey

                                          It was 64,987,234 years, 5 months, 3 days, 17 hours and 14 minutes, actually. I borrowed your time machine in 5 months to take a look and told myself 3 years ago tomorrow.

                                          10110011001111101010101000001000001101001010001010100000100000101000001000111100010110001011001011

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                                          Dalek Dave
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                                          Thanks Dad! By the way, your library book is over due, and the fine is now £3.2 Trillion.

                                          ------------------------------------ "When Belly Full, Chin Hit Chest" Confucius 502BC

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