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Samstag:

--- Quote from: pinballjim on June 02, 2009, 12:16:01 pm ---Does John ever ask to fly a DC-3 simulator that uses rockets instead of jet engines?



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I'm not aware of any DC-3 sims in existance, so I'd say that's a no.  If he wanted to do that, I'm sure we'd have built it for him by now.  But I'm not privy to his private kinks.  We get his repeat business because we keep him carefully shielded from the unwashed masses (ie: me).

RayB:

--- Quote from: ChadTower on June 02, 2009, 09:35:46 am ---Those things have to be included in any hourly rate conversion.  It is defintiely not as simple as salary / hours worked.
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They do if you want to know actual figures. They don't if you're just making the point that there's a big disparity between what you think you earn and actually earn when a salaried job demands long hours.

Fordman:
My Screename says it all, Ford! I work at the best non-Tax dollar supported Auto company in the United States! I make planetary gear sets (1000 per 8 hour shift, 5 gears per set, so I mill 5000 gears, deburr, wash, gear check for size, tooth height-width ratio), install the gears into the carriers, press fit a pinion to keep the gears in place and allow the gears to spin. Run the competed sets through a quality control test stand (test the gear spin, make sure the pins were pressed in at the correct depth) , then pack into shipping dunnage to be sent to Livonia, Michigan. Sounds like alot because it is a lot. Running 11 machines in my machine center.  :cheers:

Yes, I am also a PROUD member of the UAW and no, we are not lazy! If we were, then our plant would have closed 2 years ago. I resent the fact that people believe that a Union worker in the U.S. is lazy. Most European and Asian manufacturing workers are Union and they dont get the flack that U.S. & Canadian workers do for belonging to a Union.  :dunno

I also love this MAME and jukebox homebrew hobby. It keeps me entertained and me spending money on positive things and not on stupid stuff!

When buying an Auto in the U.S.A. or Canada, buy a better than toyota-honda quality Ford!

 :cheers:

Fordman

boykster:
I work in Bioinformatics - it's a blend of molecular biology and software development.  In my current position I run the bioinformatics pipeline for a company that sells a gene expression analysis instrument - similar to a microarray platform but with more flexibility.

Looking for a job?  I have an open position in the greater seattle area for a skilled molecular biologist who has a knack for sequence data, or a software dev who is familiar with genomic / sequence data and custom oligo design.  Anybody interested, send me a PM!  ;)

AtomSmasher:
Since this is related to what I posted earlier, I figured I would post it here.  I just got back from my first E3 and holy crap was it awesome.  At first I was bummed that I could only go one day, but one day really is enough to see everything you want to see.  Also, it sucked that the power went out after the first hour of Wiebe's Donkey Kong record attempt.  If you watched the first hour of the G4's live coverage, then you might of seen me in the background, just to the left of the sitdown area.  Anyways, after this event I know this is the right industry for me, even though this feeling may disappear after a few years, I at least feel that way for now  ;D

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