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Started by Jem, September 28, 2011, 08:40:23 PM

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turbo

Hello guvnor where ave ya been, youve been muchly missed and thats for sure.  :D  :D  :D
?"By the beard of Zeus"

johninblack

Good to see proper order restored :)
"F#?K OFF, GRANDAD!!!!"

Geetar

Bloomin' marvellous! Lovely to see you back, and in high spirits.
This space for sale.

Dodie

Glad to see you're back on Frostie-ferma; I was gutted when I thought it might be over, but kept hoping.
But more importantly it's great to sense that you feel life is looking rosier. Can't make it all the way down to the Peel, but I will attempt to hold my breath for some new music :-)

David

RacingHippo

Argh!
Don't you just hate it when the boss turns up unannounced?

*Desperately tries to nonchalantly tidy up behind his back*

Hello Jem! Wondered when you'd make an appearance ;)
* May contain nuts.

RacingHippo

Also: Don't look at the Three Word Story thread if you value (what's left of) your sanity.
* May contain nuts.

johninblack

Quote from: "RacingHippo"Also: Don't look at the Three Word Story thread if you value (what's left of) your sanity.
Ah! I thought that was just for posting random sh#t :)
"F#?K OFF, GRANDAD!!!!"

Fogeyspasm

I thought it was for depositing words that you don't care for anymore?
Tally Ho Chaps
Bandits 11 O\'Clock High
Throttle to boost, im going in!

D S

Ah good.  Welcome back! It's not been quite the same without you, although we've done our best to keep the old forum ticking along as ever.

Incidentally, did you know that cirrus clouds are atmospheric clouds characterized by thin, wispy strands, often bunched into tufts? They range in color from white to a faint gray and form when water vapor undergoes deposition at altitudes above 5,000 m (16,500 ft) in temperate regions and above 6,100 m (20,000 ft) in tropical regions. They also form from the outflow of tropical cyclones or the anvils of cumulonimbus clouds. Since these cirrus clouds arrive in advance of the frontal system or tropical cyclone, they indicate that the weather conditions may soon deteriorate. While they indicate the arrival of precipitation, cirrus clouds themselves produce only fall streaks (falling ice crystals that evaporate before landing on the ground). Jet stream-powered cirrus clouds can grow long enough to stretch across continents, but they remain only a few kilometers deep. When visible light interacts with the ice crystals in cirrus clouds, it produces glories, sundogs, and fire rainbows. [Now there's a song title or two if ever I saw one!] Cirrus clouds raise the temperature of the air beneath them by an average of 10 °C (18 °F).

So there.  8-)
Come on, you\'re a lion!

ich_bin_besser

Good to read you again, Jem!!  8-)
Keep prog alive - see it live!

Meine Musikliste

fitzy

Hi Jem,delighted you,re back doing Frostie*stuff again,and appear to be in top form :) Cannot wait to make your acquaintance in Dec.and i,m really looking forward to the gig in the Peel :D ...................i mean i really c,ant wait(....sits twiddling thumbs frantically!! ;) )

Mouse

Quote from: "D S"Incidentally, did you know that cirrus clouds are atmospheric clouds characterized by thin, wispy strands, often bunched into tufts? They range in color from white to a faint gray and form when water vapor undergoes deposition at altitudes above 5,000 m (16,500 ft) in temperate regions and above 6,100 m (20,000 ft) in tropical regions. They also form from the outflow of tropical cyclones or the anvils of cumulonimbus clouds. Since these cirrus clouds arrive in advance of the frontal system or tropical cyclone, they indicate that the weather conditions may soon deteriorate. While they indicate the arrival of precipitation, cirrus clouds themselves produce only fall streaks (falling ice crystals that evaporate before landing on the ground). Jet stream-powered cirrus clouds can grow long enough to stretch across continents, but they remain only a few kilometers deep. When visible light interacts with the ice crystals in cirrus clouds, it produces glories, sundogs, and fire rainbows. [Now there's a song title or two if ever I saw one!] Cirrus clouds raise the temperature of the air beneath them by an average of 10 °C (18 °F).

Indeed I did. It helps when one has a mother who is a member of the Cloud Appreciation Society.  8-)

But never mind that, did you know that John Roy Whinnery (July 26, 1916 – February 1, 2009) was an American electrical engineer and educator who worked in the fields of microwave theory and laser experimentation? Whinnery received the B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1937, and the Ph.D. from the same institution in 1948. Throughout World War II, he was active in war training classes, held a part-time lectureship at Union College(1945-46), and earned his doctoral degree while working 6 days a week in microwaves at General Electric, Schenectady, New York, working on problems in waveguide discontinuities, microwave tubes, and applications to radar. He continued his career working on He-Ne laser modulation, the transmission of laser light for optical communication and photo thermal effects. His research evolved to include quantum electronics and opto-electronics as well. Whinnery was on the faculty of the University of California, Berkeley, beginning in 1946, holding appointment as Lecturer, Associate Professor, and Professor. From 1952 to 1956, he directed the Electronics Research Laboratory; from 1956 to 1959, he was Chairman of the Electric Engineering Department; from 1959 to 1963, he was Dean of the College of Engineering at Berkeley. During Whinnery's terms, many of the most successful young faculty were hired to the College of Engineering, Berkeley, specifically in Electrical Engineering, contributing significantly to Berkeley's reputation as one of the premier colleges of engineering in the world today. Truly a renaissance man, John Whinnery was first a creative engineer, his technical contributions completely warranting him the IEEE Medal of Honor (1985) and the National Medal of Science (1992). But he was also a gifted poet, a writer of children's stories, a connoisseur and vintner of superb wines, and a troubled but valiant golfer. From his early youth, after escaping the wilds of Colorado's mountains and the mosquitoes of California's central valley, he composed lovely sonnets for his true love Pat, not only extolling her beauty, charm, and intelligence, but the wondrous world in which they lived. His stories were not only for his own children, but also for those of his younger colleagues throughout the years, including tales of the fascinating creatures of the Mendocino coast. With proper schooling and with dedicated perseverance, he entered the vintner's game, and in his cellar-garage, he has made fine chardonnay, Gewürztraminer, and cabernet. Alas, his many colleagues and friends opine that his brilliance and creativity, and his dedication and perseverance have never followed through in his golf game. But to quote a colleague: "even a renaissance man need not break par." John Whinnery was a Fellow of the IEEE and of the Optical Society of America, a member of the National Academy of Engineering, the National Academy of Sciences, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He received the IEEE Education Medal and Microwave Career Award of the IEEE, as well as the Lamme Medal of the American Society for Engineering Education. In 1980 he was appointed University Professor at the University of California. On leave from the University, he acted as head of the Microwave Tube Research Section of the Hughes Aircraft Company (1951-52), engaged in research in quantum electronics at the Bell Laboratories, Inc., Murray Hill, New Jersey (1963-64) and held Visiting Professorship at the University of California, Santa Cruz and Stanford University. In 1959 he held a Guggenheim Fellowship at the ETH, Zurich, Switzerland. In 1985 he was awarded the IEEE Medal of Honor "For seminal contributions to the understanding and application of electromagnetic fields and waves to microwave, laser, and optical devices" and in 1992 he received the National Medal of Science. John Whinnery's extraordinary talents added a dimension to his career as a distinguished engineer that made him truly unique. His creativity, eye for beauty, personal warmth, and sense of humor had been admired and enjoyed worldwide. He also served on the board of trustees of Science Service, now known as Society for Science & the Public, from 1967-1971.

Mouse

Oh yeah, hello there, Jem!  :D

E.S.

As you see, Jem, nothing has changed.  :roll:




 :mrgreen:

Mikey

Quote from: "E.S."As you see, Jem, nothing has changed.  :roll:
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Everything's back to normal  ;)
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