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    BRShroyer
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    Not homework, as in for school. I could only wish I was that young again. Things would be different, that's for sure... Anyway, I notice that I can think about problems at home easier when I'm at work and that I tend to think about problems at work more when I'm at home. Does this happen with anyone else? I'm sure it boils down to me not wanting to be where I am.

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      Not homework, as in for school. I could only wish I was that young again. Things would be different, that's for sure... Anyway, I notice that I can think about problems at home easier when I'm at work and that I tend to think about problems at work more when I'm at home. Does this happen with anyone else? I'm sure it boils down to me not wanting to be where I am.

      Brad Deja Moo - When you feel like you've heard the same bull before.

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      Not really, but sometimes I can dream about working. Like if I have a quite a lot of coding to do, I go to sleep and find myself dreaming about what I have to do the next day - now that can be annoying. But usually as soon as I walk out of work, my brain switches off and I forget about it. (Hey, I noticed from your sig that you develop code for industrial robots. What type of coding is that? Is it all PLC, or C? Just interested is all, never done any of that sort of work before (I do DCS systems) - just curious :-D ).

      "...great scott!" Dilbert: Aren't all meetings like this... Richard Dawkins: "What if you're wrong?"

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        Not homework, as in for school. I could only wish I was that young again. Things would be different, that's for sure... Anyway, I notice that I can think about problems at home easier when I'm at work and that I tend to think about problems at work more when I'm at home. Does this happen with anyone else? I'm sure it boils down to me not wanting to be where I am.

        Brad Deja Moo - When you feel like you've heard the same bull before.

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        So, when you're at work, you dream about having sex with your wife, and when you're at home, you dream about having sex with that cute girl down the hall, the one you keep seeing by the photocopier, who wears such cute... Oh, wait! That would be m... er... someone else! (Edited because some idiot made me type "at work" twice")

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          Not homework, as in for school. I could only wish I was that young again. Things would be different, that's for sure... Anyway, I notice that I can think about problems at home easier when I'm at work and that I tend to think about problems at work more when I'm at home. Does this happen with anyone else? I'm sure it boils down to me not wanting to be where I am.

          Brad Deja Moo - When you feel like you've heard the same bull before.

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          PIEBALDconsult
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          Problems? No.

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            Not homework, as in for school. I could only wish I was that young again. Things would be different, that's for sure... Anyway, I notice that I can think about problems at home easier when I'm at work and that I tend to think about problems at work more when I'm at home. Does this happen with anyone else? I'm sure it boils down to me not wanting to be where I am.

            Brad Deja Moo - When you feel like you've heard the same bull before.

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            Ian Shlasko
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            Nope... Soon as I'm out of sight of the office and my coworkers, my brain automatically does a context switch into "home" mode, which, contrary to the Microsoft naming conventions, does not limit itself to three simultaneous thoughts :)

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              Not really, but sometimes I can dream about working. Like if I have a quite a lot of coding to do, I go to sleep and find myself dreaming about what I have to do the next day - now that can be annoying. But usually as soon as I walk out of work, my brain switches off and I forget about it. (Hey, I noticed from your sig that you develop code for industrial robots. What type of coding is that? Is it all PLC, or C? Just interested is all, never done any of that sort of work before (I do DCS systems) - just curious :-D ).

              "...great scott!" Dilbert: Aren't all meetings like this... Richard Dawkins: "What if you're wrong?"

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              I should update my sig. I don't write software for robots anymore. Now I'm writing windows applications for CNC style grinders. All the robots pretty much have their own proprietary language that is similar to a more mainstream one. I primarily worked with Fanuc. They use Karel, although the core OS is written in C. Karel is similar to Pascal with a lot of functions to access positions, I/O, and other sub-systems. ABB robots use Rapid, Kuka uses VB (I think .Net) surprisingly enough. Kukas use a version of WindowsCE so I think you might be able to use other languages with them (definitely if it's .Net). At my current company we use Epson scara robots. Their programming interface is very similar to VB6.

              Brad Deja Moo - When you feel like you've heard the same bull before.

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                I should update my sig. I don't write software for robots anymore. Now I'm writing windows applications for CNC style grinders. All the robots pretty much have their own proprietary language that is similar to a more mainstream one. I primarily worked with Fanuc. They use Karel, although the core OS is written in C. Karel is similar to Pascal with a lot of functions to access positions, I/O, and other sub-systems. ABB robots use Rapid, Kuka uses VB (I think .Net) surprisingly enough. Kukas use a version of WindowsCE so I think you might be able to use other languages with them (definitely if it's .Net). At my current company we use Epson scara robots. Their programming interface is very similar to VB6.

                Brad Deja Moo - When you feel like you've heard the same bull before.

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                Hey cool, thanks for the info. I mainly do ABB DCS systems, so I'm well versed in 'proprietary' languages! Take it easy

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                  Nope... Soon as I'm out of sight of the office and my coworkers, my brain automatically does a context switch into "home" mode, which, contrary to the Microsoft naming conventions, does not limit itself to three simultaneous thoughts :)

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                  Ian Shlasko wrote:

                  three simultaneous thoughts

                  which would be????

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                    Ian Shlasko wrote:

                    three simultaneous thoughts

                    which would be????

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                    Hint: the third one is "Rock-n-Roll!"

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                      Not homework, as in for school. I could only wish I was that young again. Things would be different, that's for sure... Anyway, I notice that I can think about problems at home easier when I'm at work and that I tend to think about problems at work more when I'm at home. Does this happen with anyone else? I'm sure it boils down to me not wanting to be where I am.

                      Brad Deja Moo - When you feel like you've heard the same bull before.

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                      Pravarakhya
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                      when i'm at work i'm thinking about work problems when i'm at home, i'm still thinking about work problems which adds more problems at home...

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                        when i'm at work i'm thinking about work problems when i'm at home, i'm still thinking about work problems which adds more problems at home...

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                        Same here.

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                          Hint: the third one is "Rock-n-Roll!"

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                          Ian Shlasko
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                          That too... Come to think of it, I could use some Stones right now...

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                            Not really, but sometimes I can dream about working. Like if I have a quite a lot of coding to do, I go to sleep and find myself dreaming about what I have to do the next day - now that can be annoying. But usually as soon as I walk out of work, my brain switches off and I forget about it. (Hey, I noticed from your sig that you develop code for industrial robots. What type of coding is that? Is it all PLC, or C? Just interested is all, never done any of that sort of work before (I do DCS systems) - just curious :-D ).

                            "...great scott!" Dilbert: Aren't all meetings like this... Richard Dawkins: "What if you're wrong?"

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                            1.21 Gigawatts wrote:

                            (I do DCS systems)

                            What do you do/use? On our platforms we ran GEFanuc PLC's with Wonderware Intouch, but are in the process of migrating all our platforms in the field to Emerson DeltaV. It is in a league of its own, and no not the conference league, try the other end of the scale! oh, and sorry for stealing the thread.

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                              That too... Come to think of it, I could use some Stones right now...

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                              When did you last see yours? :-D

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                                When did you last see yours? :-D

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                                Ian Shlasko
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                                Back in '74, when me and the fellas-- Wait, I wasn't alive back then... Umm... Before the wife took them and-- Err, not married... Ok, I can't think of a funny enough reply.

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                                  Not homework, as in for school. I could only wish I was that young again. Things would be different, that's for sure... Anyway, I notice that I can think about problems at home easier when I'm at work and that I tend to think about problems at work more when I'm at home. Does this happen with anyone else? I'm sure it boils down to me not wanting to be where I am.

                                  Brad Deja Moo - When you feel like you've heard the same bull before.

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                                  Try working from home instead. :)


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                                    Not homework, as in for school. I could only wish I was that young again. Things would be different, that's for sure... Anyway, I notice that I can think about problems at home easier when I'm at work and that I tend to think about problems at work more when I'm at home. Does this happen with anyone else? I'm sure it boils down to me not wanting to be where I am.

                                    Brad Deja Moo - When you feel like you've heard the same bull before.

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                                    When I was working, it was fortunate that I was Schizophrenic. Work me, used to do the work while Home me used to think about home. When at home Home me used to do the home work, while Work me used still to be able to think about work. Now that I am retired, I am not so sure that it is any benefit because Work me, just sits around all day drinking, farting and snacking. The lazy bum. Whilst Home me still has just as much to do as ever, without the rest afforded by being at Work me's errrr...... work.

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                                      Not homework, as in for school. I could only wish I was that young again. Things would be different, that's for sure... Anyway, I notice that I can think about problems at home easier when I'm at work and that I tend to think about problems at work more when I'm at home. Does this happen with anyone else? I'm sure it boils down to me not wanting to be where I am.

                                      Brad Deja Moo - When you feel like you've heard the same bull before.

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                                      Tad McClellan
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                                      I've been working at home all week supporting a release we are doing in China staying up till 3 AM and then working all day. I now feel like a caged monkey. Its been fun being around the family and my wife is really good about keeping the place quite so I can think. But I've got to get out of here.

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                                        Not homework, as in for school. I could only wish I was that young again. Things would be different, that's for sure... Anyway, I notice that I can think about problems at home easier when I'm at work and that I tend to think about problems at work more when I'm at home. Does this happen with anyone else? I'm sure it boils down to me not wanting to be where I am.

                                        Brad Deja Moo - When you feel like you've heard the same bull before.

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                                        swjam
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                                        yes i find it that the most difficult problems i face, i tend to be able to solve at home and i think it's got to do with being more relaxed

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                                          1.21 Gigawatts wrote:

                                          (I do DCS systems)

                                          What do you do/use? On our platforms we ran GEFanuc PLC's with Wonderware Intouch, but are in the process of migrating all our platforms in the field to Emerson DeltaV. It is in a league of its own, and no not the conference league, try the other end of the scale! oh, and sorry for stealing the thread.

                                          Dave Who am I?: http://www.bebo.com/daveauld/ or http://www.dave-auld.net/

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                                          1 21 Gigawatts
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                                          (Sorry for the late reply, went to bed!) Am developing ABB DCS systems, at the moment Advant Master (AC450s, Safeguard 415). But have done 800xA, MOD300 plus a few types of PLCs. I haven't used DeltaV, but have heard it's a cinch to develop on, and very robust. So that should be a good move for you guys. Currently out in Norway, working on platforms in the Norwegian half of the North Sea, but haven't done my safety cert yet, so haven't been offshore :sigh: In fact, only been doing Oil and Gas since this year, done a hell of a lot if pharmaceuticals before. Hopefully, I'll get to go offshore with this project (if I stay)! :-D

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