Tormod Posted August 23, 2004 Report Share Posted August 23, 2004 Originally posted by: wisdumnalso the band that mike patton was in that this song is from is called (faith no more) iwas never to impressed by the band name but hey... you make good music- you make good music right!the name of the song is " somewhere in between " from the album " the real thing " Be agressive b e agressive! b e a g be e agressive! Love FNM! I lost a chance to see them back in '91 when they were playing in Davenport, just across from where I lived (across a little river called Mississippi, that is). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisdumn Posted August 23, 2004 Report Share Posted August 23, 2004 RIGHT ON! they're one of my favorite bands too, have you had a chance to check out Mr.Bungle? that's another band that mike patton is in. hey let's start up a "FAVORITE BANDS" thread here in the water cooler, ooh,ooh- i'll do it, i'll do it......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TINNY Posted August 24, 2004 Report Share Posted August 24, 2004 A bit about me:-Malaysian-Born 1986 in Springfield, Illinois (Went back to Malaysia at the age of one)-Now hoping to get into a top US university for EE next fall, hopefully U of I at Urbana-Right now just preparing for SAT and TOEFL and learning Microsoft's .NET Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freethinker Posted August 24, 2004 Report Share Posted August 24, 2004 So spill the beans eh? One thread gives our philosophical trip thru life, this one just a simple chrono? How do I compress er... 50+ years into one little window? Born '51 Milwaukee,Wi. Haven't died yet. How's that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freethinker Posted August 24, 2004 Report Share Posted August 24, 2004 OK, a few more stops along lifes journey. Had a fixation with Electronics since birth. Planned on a technical career in Electronics. Got AAS degree in Electronics, "Broadcast" major. Got a job selling Stereo equip while in college. Had a nack for it and it stuck. Became Store Manager while still full time College. At 19 was relocated to Atlanta to manage 4 locations 25+ employees in Stereo Retail. after 6 months, was hired by S.E. US "rep" company as travelling Salesman selling Marantz, Sony, Pioneer Car Stereo, and others, to retailers. They transfered me to Columbus GA and then to Nashville TN. Travelled Tenn for years calling on every TV/ Radio/ Appliance/ Dept/ Catalog ... My Salesmanager left and took me with him. Selling Kenwood, Maxell, Phase Linear, AR, Audio Technica, ... to Retailers. They moved me back to Atlanta area to open and staff (me) a regional Kenwood repair facility, create a wholesale catalog (before PC's and Quark, manual cut and paste, rub on lettering...) and regional lit center. Travelled GA, TN, SC, NC, AL, MISS doing retail store clinics and sales seminars. Taught retail sales people product knowledge and sales techiques to Pacific Stereo, Circuit City, CMC and local operations. Gave lectures to consumers on amplifier design/ performance, tape deck usage, mics, speaker design including psycho-acoustics, ... Got tired of travelling so moved to Kingsport TN to work retail at friend's stores (Audition HI FI). Didn't work out. Moved back to Milwaukee area in '81. Moved across state lines 6 times in those 10 years. Feels like I drove every street in 7 states. Back in Milw, went into selling Pro Video. TV stations, Cable companies, Business and Industry. I literally sold complete TV stations and satelite uplink trucks. Opened and ran WI branch for IL based company. Took it from $750k annual to $2.6M last 6 months I managed it, in 3 years. Was Pres of local Trade org (ITVA). became regional Sales Manager for Video Test and Measurement company (Magni Systems) travelling 13 midwest states and part of Canada. Gave my 1st National Satelite-cast seminar presentation to Society of Motion Picture and TV Engineers (SMPTE), topic "Application of computer controlled Test Signal Generator for HDTV". Worked with Zenith HDTV in their HDTV research group as well as GE Medical in their MRI and CAT areas for display technology, Allan-Bradley (Now Rockwell Automation) Sears, All State, Ameritech (Now part of SBC) Ford, GM, Chrysler, ... Then went to Symbolics. Most advanced AI/ Expert systems computer company ever developed. Their own hardware, processor design, ... which worked native in LisP. Started with same 13 states, Canada but wound up with everything east of Miss river. When DoD funding dried up and company closed started my own company specializing in SGI based graphics systems. Around this point, as my 4 kids got older my now Ex started to include them in her physical abuse problem. Wound up after years of "therapy" for her/ us, taking the kids and leaving. One of the other reasons for starting my own company. Get off road for kids. As single father and new company was largest Xaos Tools dealer. Sold Wavefront, Alias, Parallax and others as well as various hardware such as the early Digital Disc recorders. Gave my 2nd SMPTE lecture, on "Simultaneous record and playback of HDTV using scalable disc arrays". Board member regional SMPTE and National Association of Broadcasters (NAB). Personally responsible for Sega's choice of software when they moved game design to SGI from Mac's. Then market changed. Went back to Corp world selling Highspeed Data/ Internet for regional ILEC's during heydays of DSL startup and "dotcom" boom. Also BUST! Went to "Merchant Services" (Credit Card Processing). Biggest nightmare I ever had! Now back with the company I started, which my son had taken over and moved into small biz PC networks. Growing it into a bigger operation. Then while Googleing something scientific ran across Hypog. The rest is History. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tormod Posted August 24, 2004 Report Share Posted August 24, 2004 Originally posted by: FreethinkerThen while Googleing something scientific ran across Hypog. The rest is History. So why don't we have an "electronics" group here yet? Good story by the way. You're just who I need. Can you take Hypography from a mess to a multimillion dollar operation in, say, 6 months? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAHD Posted August 24, 2004 Report Share Posted August 24, 2004 Originally posted by: Freethinker...Personally responsible for Sega's choice of software when they moved game design to SGI from Mac's. ...DAMN YOU! I LIKED SEGA! *Violently shakes fist* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishEyes Posted August 24, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2004 from Tormod to FreeT:Good story by the way. Yes, I agree, thanks for sharing! from Tormod to FreeT:You're just who I need. Now this just terrifies me! from Tormod to FreeT:Can you take Hypography from a mess to a multimillion dollar operation in, say, 6 months? And can I PLEA$E share in the profits????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freethinker Posted August 24, 2004 Report Share Posted August 24, 2004 Originally posted by: TormodOriginally posted by: Freethinker Then while Googleing something scientific ran across Hypog. The rest is History. So why don't we have an "electronics" group here yet? Good story by the way. You're just who I need. Can you take Hypography from a mess to a multimillion dollar operation in, say, 6 months? Sure, As long as you have a $500,00.00 operating budget! I'd love to jump back into something big now. I dropped out of the big earnings game when I had to become Mr Mom. Now that they are all older I am trying to get back to that track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freethinker Posted August 24, 2004 Report Share Posted August 24, 2004 Originally posted by: GAHDDAMN YOU! I LIKED SEGA! *Violently shakes fist* Hey, they were making the change no matter what I did. I just helped them realize that for game creation poly's were a better development platform than splines. Took a couple nights of drinks at a convention in Orlando. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freethinker Posted August 24, 2004 Report Share Posted August 24, 2004 Originally posted by: IrishEyesfrom Tormod to FreeT: You're just who I need. Now this just terrifies me! Why? With me on the scene, you'll be Raptured! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tormod Posted August 24, 2004 Report Share Posted August 24, 2004 Originally posted by: FreethinkerOriginally posted by: TormodCan you take Hypography from a mess to a multimillion dollar operation in, say, 6 months? Sure, As long as you have a $500,00.00 operating budget! I'd love to jump back into something big now. I dropped out of the big earnings game when I had to become Mr Mom. Now that they are all older I am trying to get back to that track. No problem. Where do I send the 500 dollars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Martin Posted August 29, 2004 Report Share Posted August 29, 2004 Originally posted by: TormodNo problem. Where do I send the 500 dollars.You already have my address,.... just send it to me. You KNOW I'll be sure he gets it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freethinker Posted August 30, 2004 Report Share Posted August 30, 2004 Better check. It might be $500 worth of puzzles! :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freethinker Posted August 30, 2004 Report Share Posted August 30, 2004 And I need to add... worth every penny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddog Posted January 7, 2005 Report Share Posted January 7, 2005 I put my interests/hobbies in my profile. I too am leery of ID theivery from the internet (& spamming). As I get to know people, I canbe more trusting. I live in southern California. I was born/raised in southern Indiana. BSfrom Purdue in Physics. Work in Aerospace. Maddog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAHD Posted January 8, 2005 Report Share Posted January 8, 2005 What's your specialty in areospace, maddog? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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