Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Bridget, C-4's tough little sister, getting her ears pierced.


Compass Bank Blows

Bank of America


Deposit Slip: Not required if no less cash
Online Access: Deposits visible with in minutes
Notification/Alert: Available for a balance amount you choose, text messages, email
Overdraft Fees: Determined by balance at midnight
Service: No lines, smiles and complimentary cookies :)

Compass Bank

Deposit Slip: Required for every deposit
Online Access: Next day
Notification/Alert: Not available (or at least not well advertised online)
Overdraft Fees: If daily purchases exceed previous midnight balance
Service: 30 minute wait

Conclusion: Compass Bank is dead to me.

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

I plan on having a life in a little more than a year. Until then, I miss you guys.

But hey, I think I successfully created a flight simulation last night. Enter rudder, aileron, elevator deflection or throttle change and watch what happens!

Too bad my computer still has E-WORMS. I should have used the INTERNETTE.

Anyone craving some proof reading!?

Sunday, March 09, 2008

Friday, February 22, 2008

Your Results:

1. Theoretical Ideal Candidate (100%)
2. Kent McManigal (campaign suspended) (86%) Information link
3. Ron Paul (79%) Information link
4. Wayne Allyn Root (78%) Information link
5. Alan Keyes (78%) Information link
6. John McCain (66%) Information link
7. Chuck Hagel (not running) (65%) Information link
8. Tom Tancredo (withdrawn, endorsed Romney) (65%) Information link
9. Mitt Romney (withdrawn, endorsed McCain) (63%) Information link
10. Newt Gingrich (says he will not run) (59%) Information link
11. Jim Gilmore (withdrawn) (58%) Information link
12. Stephen Colbert (campaign halted) (56%) Information link
13. Sam Brownback (withdrawn, endorsed McCain) (56%) Information link
14. Duncan Hunter (withdrawn, endorsed Huckabee) (53%) Information link
15. Fred Thompson (withdrawn) (53%) Information link
16. Barack Obama (48%) Information link
17. Rudolph Giuliani (withdrawn, endorsed McCain) (47%) Information link
18. Bill Richardson (withdrawn) (46%) Information link
19. Al Gore (not announced) (45%) Information link
20. Christopher Dodd (withdrawn) (45%) Information link
21. Tommy Thompson (withdrawn, endorsed Giuliani) (44%) Information link
22. Hillary Clinton (43%) Information link
23. Wesley Clark (not running, endorsed Clinton) (40%) Information link
24. Mike Huckabee (39%) Information link
25. Joseph Biden (withdrawn) (39%) Information link
26. Dennis Kucinich (withdrawn) (39%) Information link
27. John Edwards (withdrawn) (37%) Information link
28. Michael Bloomberg (says he will not run) (36%) Information link
29. Alan Augustson (campaign suspended) (35%) Information link
30. Mike Gravel (34%) Information link
31. Elaine Brown (8%) Information link

Thursday, February 14, 2008

Here is what puts a (viscous) damper (or dashpot) on my social life:

Compressible Aerodynamics
Aircraft Sructural Dynamics
Flight Dynamics
Modeling and Symulation of Dynamic Systems
Special Topics in Aerodynamics
I often sit at my desk with razor blades.
just by the by


I am 1 part shipping and receiving department, 1 part quality department, and 1 part "don't look board when my boss doesn't have anything for me to do" department.

Friday, February 01, 2008

The old man storms into the office my boss and I share. Through heavy breaths he says "well there was a fire today." We gave a courtesy laugh assuming he was joking. Yesterday my boss, Corey, asked Stan if there was a fire in the sheet metal room. Stan gave him a hard time for not knowing what the explosion mold, grinding and welding smell like. Stan wasn't laughing any more. Yesterday he was grinding with sparks flying at the wall. Today he rotated his "rig." Most of the sparks were flying at the wall. Others found a dry shop towel on the floor and began to smolder. Not far away was a can of MEK, a strong liquid solvent with flammable vapors, that Stan claims he closed. Stan looks up from his work after the room becomes very bright. The old man's pure white hair and handlebar mustache run for the fire extinguisher that has never been used in the history of this company. A yellowish-white powder suffocates the flame. A plume of smoke exists the building through large box fans installed in the exterior walls of the shop room. Stan looks at his work bench, tools and hardware covered with powder. A bag melted to shreds gives freedom to 3000 tiny rivets. Corey and I explode with authentic laughter as we evaluate the scene. Stan’s still not laughing; he's upset about the mess on his project. The old man gathers his Girl Scout cookies and flannel coat and goes home.

Monday, January 21, 2008

Wednesday, January 09, 2008

Ammusing Excerts from http://www.vote-smart.org

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Senator John Sidney McCain III (AZ)

Birthplace: Panama Canal Zone, Panama

Professional Experience:
Senate Navy Liaison, 1977-1981
Captain, United States Navy, Vietnam, 1958-1981
Beer Distributor.
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Michael D. 'Mike' Huckabee (NA)

State Budget: Indicate the funding levels you will support for the following general categories.
Greatly Increase Funding a) Education (Higher)
Greatly Increase Funding b) Education (K-12)
Slightly Increase Funding c) Environment
Greatly Increase Funding d) Health care
Slightly Increase Funding e) Law enforcement
Slightly Increase Funding f) Transportation and Highway infrastructure
Maintain Funding Status g) Welfare
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Representative Ronald Ernest 'Ron' Paul (TX)

Indicate what changes you support (if any) concerning levels of federal funding for the following categories. Select one number only.
Greatly Decrease a) AIDS Programs
Greatly Decrease b) Arts funding
Greatly Decrease c) Education (K-12)
Greatly Decrease d) Environmental programs
Greatly Decrease e) Housing projects
Greatly Decrease f) Job training programs
Greatly Decrease g) Law enforcement
Greatly Decrease h) Medicaid
Greatly Decrease i) Medicare
Greatly Decrease j) NASA
Greatly Decrease k) Student loan programs
Greatly Decrease l) Welfare (AFDC)
Greatly Decreasem) Other




Indicate which level of government should have primary responsibility for the following services. Select one level only.
Federal 1) Border security
State 2) Civil rights enforcement
Local 3) Education
State 4) Environmental cleanup
None 5) Job training
State 6) Law enforcement
None 7) Low-income housing
State 8) Medicaid
Federal 9) Medicare
State10) Welfare (AFDC)



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Thursday, December 20, 2007

I passed!

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

My Astronautics class makes me happy. This is the first thing I stumbled this morning.

Friday, October 12, 2007

Cellphoneless
Fully alive....debatable.

I'm going to go home and sleep like this. Any attempts to wake me will fail.

I just can't quite get my feet on the ground.

I'm lost in the world of aerodynamics. I can't figure out how to step down out of the confusion. I whine and bark in frustration.

I could use a good aero textbook to just suck on for a while.

All I can do is laugh.

Thursday, October 11, 2007

Divine Academic Achievement.

Tuesday, October 09, 2007

I like sleep.

This is how I feel about my aircraft structures midterm.

Thursday, September 27, 2007

From: UTA Engineering Undergraduates on behalf of Carter, Chris K
Sent: Mon 9/24/2007 11:30 AM
To: ENGIUNDERGRAD@LISTSERV.UTA.EDU
Subject: MCTC Oct 3 Jeff Smith - Tech Skills for Humanitarian Purposes




Sponsored by the Mid-Cities Technical Club and the UTA College of Engineering.

You are invited to an exciting presentation at
7 am Wednesday October 3 in the
Rady Room, 6th floor Nedderman Hall, UTA. In case of overflow we will be in
Room 100 Nedderman Hall.

Using Your Technical Skills for Humanitarian Purposes


Jeff Smith, Ph.D.
President & CEO
Ublip, Inc.



In 2006, UT Arlington alumnus Jeff Smith received the Kauffman Foundation's Community Award in recognition of his successful efforts to improve the economic conditions of the citizens of Magote, a mountain village in
Honduras. Kauffman Community Awards were created in 2002 to honor entrepreneurs who have made a significant difference in their communities and to recognize their valuable philanthropic contributions to society. In this presentation, Smith will describe how and why people with technical skills can become involved in humanitarian service.



Dr. Jeff Smith received M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science & Engineering at UT Arlington. In 1993, he co-founded and served as president and CEO of OnRamp Technologies, which grew to become one of the largest web-hosting companies in the world. In 2002, Smith founded SensorLogic, one of the industry's first Telemetry Service Providers, considered a pioneer in the emerging machine-to-machine communications market. Most recently, he founded Ublip, a provider of location tracking software allowing companies to instantly locate vehicles, company assets, or personnel - anything that moves.


PLEASE JOIN US FOR BREAKFAST. Come early and stay late to network with
students, faculty and industry engineers.


The Rady Room opens at
6:45 am and closes at 8:30 am. No breakfast charge, if you make advanced reservations. To make reservations go to www.midcitiestechclub.org <http://www.midcitiestechclub.org/> No breakfast charge for students or for first or second time guests.



PLEASE DISTRIBUTE TO ANY PERSON OR GROUP THAT WOULD BE INTERESTED

The mission of the Mid-Cities Technical Club is to promote the interchange of ideas, especially in the field of social, civic and professional advancement of the technical professions, to broaden the acquaintance of members of the profession, and to make the technical knowledge of the members available to
the public in whatever manner may be advisable.



John D. Patterson, Ph.D.
Associate Dean College of Engineering
The University of Texas at
Arlington
817-272-3679
john.patterson@uta.edu

________________________________

I'm trying to make a reservation so that I can attend but don't know how. should I submit a guest reservation?

Thank you
Omar Rosales
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Omar,
I went to one of these about a year ago, if you log on to their website they have a form you can fill out. That's all you need to do, and if you are in 1104 it counts as one of your "events".

Laura
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lmfao

i must be on the wrong mailing list, b/c i am not in 1104, and i am not omar.
thanks!

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lmfao, hes dumb
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hey who is omar haha i keep getting this frickin email
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Hey! I know who he is! I have a class with him!!!
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haha this email will be sent to EVERYBODY! sup chris.
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I'd like to clarify, Omar does NOT eat kittens, or babies. At least as far as I know. Hey Matt.
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whats up chris...whats crackin man

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Please stop abusing the engineering undergraduate listserv.

- David Wilson

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Are you serious? Like it amuses you all to send stuff back n forth?
Pls be mature and stop this nonsense! People like me don't wanna read about what you think about anybody or whats going on with you. I REALLY DON'T SO STOP ABUSING THE LISTSERV!
Wendy.
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Calm down sunshine. Stressing out it's good for your blood pressure.

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Subject: unsubscribe





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Can I block these annoying emails?

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--------------------------------------------------------------------------
to UNSUBSCRIBE from this listserv do the following

email: listserv@listserv.uta.edu
subject: (leave blank)
body: unsubscribe ENGIUNDERGRAD@LISTSERV.UTA.EDU

personally I find all these emails really amusing
but I see some of you are losing your minds
if its that bad you now can remove yourself from this amusing service

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To UTA-MAE Engineering Students,

This email is intended for the UTA student body of the MAE Engineering department who want to express any type of concern on the way the CadLab at Woolf Hall is being managed by David Hutch Carpenter. Specifically the communication deficiency that this individual has in corresponding with the student body. If you personally have been a victim of unfair treatment and disrespect from this individual you may express this directly to his higher authority for immediate action to be taken. Several students have come forward to address this issue and have made some progress to correct this problem. The more people who address this issue, the faster the problem will be corrected. You can email Dr. Wilson directly with any complaints with regard to David Hutch Carpenter (Cadlab supervisor).

(Confidentiality of your identity with Dr. Wilson if needed will be kept)

Dr. Donald Wilson

Email: Wilson@uta.edu <mailto:Wilson@uta.edu>

Phone: 817-272-2603

Mail Box: 19018

Woolf Hall, Room No.: 211B

Only with voicing our opinions and standing up for what is right and fair regarding the treatment of the student body at UTA can changes come about by higher authority to correct the injustices of individuals like David Hutch Carpenter.

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Well okay,

Since I started this, I was wondering if i could get some use out of it. Can anyone show me how to get on Limewire here, as in on campus? My music library has halted it's continuous growth of new, better songs because I cannot access Limewire. If anyone can help with this dilema I'd be very grateful.

Thank you,
Omar Rosales

P.S. Don't reply to the list. send it to my email omar_51389@yahoo.com

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YOU'RE ALL FUCKING MORONS AND I HATE YOU ALL. STOP FUCKING REPLYING.

YOU ARE THE REASON NO ONE CHECKS THEIR MAVMAIL ANYMORE.

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Let's watch the language please. Remember this is over a large distribution list. If the emails bother you that much just remove yourself from the mailing list. Or you could always just delete the unwanted ones (assuming you're not too busy to click a little "X").

Thanks


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Sean Thomas is right. This kinda thing happens but once a semester. You could always just click the little "x" and its no big deal. Personally i find this amusing and to the part that said that we're the reason noone checks their mavamil? you're dumb if you think that. Hey, omar. you find out how to get limewire on UTA? let me know if you did.....look me up on mavmail

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To all undergraduate engineering students:

I wanted to take a moment to clarify the purpose of this list serve and the question about Limewire. The "UTA Engineering Undergraduates" list serve was created by the College of Engineering, for use by the College
of Engineering, in disseminating information relevant to all of those subscribed to it. At last count, each e-mail to this list serve is received by more than 1,800 students in the College of Engineering.
Few, if any of these, find foul language or an advertisement for a girlfriend entertaining. This list serve was not intended for personal use by students to distribute a MySpace page, find a girlfriend, send shout outs to friends, devise a means of circumventing international copyright law, or anything else. As such, I am asking that all subscribers to this list serve exhibit some self-control and refrain from spamming your fellow classmates. If you have a question, comment, concern, or information you think should be passed on to a large number of students, please use the proper channel for doing so. For questions, comments, or concerns, contact the proper UTA entity. If there is information you feel is beneficial to all students on this list serve, please contact the College of Engineering to discuss your options for distributing this information. If that does not work, contact myself or another Joint Concil of Engineering Organizations (JCEO) officer and we will make sure you are put in touch with the right person. Please do not take it upon yourself to use this list serve without the permission of the College of Engineering. The e-mail traffic of the past few days is evidence of
what can happen. With regards to the Limewire problem, using this illegal, file-sharing application is a violation of international copyright law and the UTA security policy you all signed before receiving your netID and password. This software policy is also displayed as the desktop background on any UTA PC you log onto around campus. By using, or continuing to use Limewire and other file-sharing applications, you put yourself and the university at risk of serious legal repercussions. As a student at UTA, I am asking that all students be considerate of their classmates and refrain from using these applications. Should someone feel the need to be funny or make a joke of a serious situation, please e-mail me personally. Do not spam 1,800 other students. We are all tired of deleting these e-mails and would appreciate the courtesy and maturity of all students.
If you have any other questions, please feel free to contact me or stop by the JCEO office in 216 Nedderman Hall. We are here to represent the students of the College of Engineering and if there is anything we can
do to fulfill that duty, please let us know.

P.S. Please do not unsubscribe from this list serve. It works only to your benefit to receive e-mails from the College of Engineering about upcoming events, career fairs, and other activities.

Thank you for your time and cooperation,

Christopher L. Harrison
President, Joint Council of Engineering Organizations
University of Texas at Arlington
Office: 216 NH
Phone: 817-272-3118
E-mail: christopher.harrison@uta.edu

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Something is going to break.

Friday, August 31, 2007

Poses


Possess:
have, hold, own, enjoy, take, acquire, seize, have power over

Posses: group, gang, company, body of people, party, band, mob (plural of posse)

Posies: bouquet, bunch of flowers, spray

Posers: problem, question, puzzle, conundrum, challenge, riddle


Monday, August 27, 2007

World Lit- -poop
US Gov't
Astronautics 1
Incompressible Aerodynamics
Aerospace Structural Statics