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A common phrase "like a stabbed rat", but the engineer in me wants to what a stabbed Roland goes like! 
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Yep the wind is starting to blow here, the power is going on and off...
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Remember kiddes F5 is your friend!
Darn Ctrl+S can't remember the keyboard short cuts today! 
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F13 is a better friend 
Microsoft ... the only place where VARIANT_TRUE != true
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On my keyboard that is Print Screen...
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There once were F1-F16 when they were positioned on the side of the keyboard instead of the top. (I think they were mostly for old apple machines but I might stand corrected here)
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What "Execute"?
Whom should I be targeting for the hit?
The best bit is the power came back on, a minute later there is a knock on the door and it's the Electricity board to read the meter. We have a joke with him, he leaves, power goes back out again...I think the bugger is turning it on while he's there, then switching it back off when he leaves...
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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According to the weather site here is 18°C and sunny. Yeah its little too hot for the season and i miss the snow ...not any snow storm just a little bit white snow.
Microsoft ... the only place where VARIANT_TRUE != true
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Argonia wrote: not any snow storm just a little bit white snow
Definitely an improvement on Yellow Snow... 
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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There are a number of folks here that are in the Carolinas.
As I understand it, civil state of emergency has been issued for both states.
If you have to be on the road, please exercise extreme caution. If staying off the roads is an option, please stay where you are.
The danger here is not the snow; it is the snow, followed by freezing rain and then more snow. You may not see the ice because of the snow.
Also, the amount of freezing rain being called for will result in wide spread power outages. If you have a secondary heat source (I use firewood), prepare BEFORE the storm hits.
Above all, be safe.
Tim
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Tim Carmichael wrote: prepare BEFORE the storm
How un-American!
I hope it is not as bad as they expect. In Ohio they keep predicting 'very bad' and we get 'somewhat bad'.
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djj55 wrote: they keep predicting 'very bad' and we get 'somewhat bad'
That's far better than the reverse situation.
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In contrast here in Britain there is expected to be a brief let up in the severe weather tomorrow.
The Met Office are advising everybody that tomorrow is an ideal day to make unnecessary journeys.
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Here in Georgia, they are reporting the air near Hartsfield-Jackson airport (the busiest in the world normally) is full of the scent of fresh pine from all the limbs breaking under the ice accumulation.
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You call that a "state of emergency"?? Up here, we call that "normal".
Freezing rain?? Bah! It just gives the snow a crunchy coating.
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Ice storms are pure evil. The Xmas 2013 ice storm that hit Toronto brought the city to its knees. And we're talking about a region that's used to -20C (-5F) temps. 
/ravi
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Ravi, I grew up in North Bay, 200 miles north of North Bay, so I understand ice and snow.
Four-wheel drives spin on ice just like two-wheel drive vehicles and snowmachines are somewhat scarce down here.
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yep.
and yet, here we sit at work. waiting for the bosses to close the office.
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Just got up and it's windy rainy and cold, checked the weather and it's going to be windy, rainy and cold.
Sorry haven't had coffee yet and still feel like crap!
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Hi All,
Had some success this morning with my 'favourite' programming language interfacing to a Multimeter... now on to a Spectrum Analyser and finding the USB driver for it is a more difficult than it should be. It appears to want AT91USBSerial driver, which is an Atmel one (I think) which I should have already, go to the web site (professionally done!) can only find the Lab View files and a 'random program' which won't run! Frustration! 
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Wow, I hadn't realised I posted that, thanks I will look into that further after lunch...
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I agree the it is good in theory, for other life ruining reason I'll not go into here. 
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Hey, guys.
My editor pinged me yesterday to say he's looking for big data authors. If you're interested, go to my website's contact form[^] and ping me so that I can make an email introduction for you.
If I know you, I'll share my impressions with him. If I don't, I'll be honest with him that you're a blind referral. As far as he goes, of all the editors I've worked with over the years, he's my absolute favorite. Honest, positive, constructive and a good guy. He helped me make both Tribes 2nd ed and Have Fun much better books without getting in my way or stepping on my creative toes. I would recommend him without hesitation.
If you've never written a book before, be advised that you need to be prepared to do your own marketing and promotion once it hits the streets if you want more people than your family and friends to read it. Your publisher (mine and any other) will do very, very little for you in that regard. That's just the nature of the business. You can waste time and emotion ranting about how that's not fair, or you can embrace reality and operate accordingly. It is what it is.
Consequently, publishers are most enthusiastic about authors who have a firm grasp of their audience and are both willing and able to get in front of them and spread the word once the book has been released - in other words, authors who are capable of effective marketing and promotion. If you're not comfortable with doing that, don't write books. It's a lot of work (takes a year or so to get it on the street) and it won't be rewarding for you if it dies a quiet death once it's available for sale.
With that in mind, here are his comments to me. If you're interested in writing for Apress, I'll be happy to hook you up.
I’m now doing big data books—both specific technologies like Hadoop and as it relates to sectors like healthcare or finance—so feel free to pass my name along to any developer friend working in that area.
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He wouldn't be interested in 'big chocolate bar' authors would he? I could specialse in sectors such as 'Dark', 'Caramel' and 'Fruit & Nut' ... 
... no? Well, worth a try! 
"State acheived after eating too many chocolate-covered coconut bars - bountiful"
Chris C-B
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