Wednesday, March 15, 2006

I found this and absolutely had to post this here.

From a strictly mathematical viewpoint, it goes like this:

What Makes 100%? What does it mean to give MORE than 100%? Ever wonder about those people who say they are giving more than 100%? We have all been to those meetings where someone wants you to give over 100%. How about achieving 103% or 127%?

What makes up 100% in life?

Here's a little mathematical formula that might help you answer these questions:

If:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

is represented as:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26.

Then:
H-A-R-D-W-O-R-K
8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11 = 98%

and
K-N-O-W-L-E-D-G-E
11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5! = 96%

But,
A-T-T-I-T-U-D-E
1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5 = 100%

And, B-U-L-L-S-H-I-T
2+21+12+12+19+8+9+20 = 103%

AND, look how far ass-kissing will take you!
A-S-S-K-I-S-S-I-N-G
1+19+19+11+9+19+19+9+14+7 = 127%

So, one can conclude with mathematical certainty that while Hard Work and Knowledge will get you close, and Attitude will get you there, it's the Bullshit and Ass-kissing that will put you over the top!

Tuesday, March 07, 2006

Pics of my projector project...

This is basically a long list of photos of my projector, with a few comments for kicks.

The initial parts


The victim


The first stages of building the enclosure




Condenser Lense in mount (made from fan guards)




The Cut Fresnels and tempered glass


Custom mount I made for the Overhead light source with condenser mounted.





Power switch and plug mounted


The Back after painting the inside


Inside painted, stage mounted


Parts placed roughly in place


Pics of lcd (now junked)






Cold Mirror Mount




In box


Let there be light (fully lit room, camera auto adjusted it that dark)



The box with doors on


Failed attempt to power lamp (kept popping bulb)


Fans mounted (2 top to suck air in, bottom to exhaust)



All buttoned up, just need to install front triplet and lcd.


TRiplet installed.


The stage inside all lit up.


The projection, up cloes and overview.



And a final shot with my cat for scale.
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Final thoughts. These were taken in daylight, so the image with an lcd shouls be very viewable in darkness. Though, by the quality of projection, you can see the issues with eyeballing everything. New enclosure to be built with proper measurements and real precision. This was a proof of concept.