April 28, 2004

What is a 5-sample directional filter?

And why doesn't Matlab have built-in function for it? If they do, let me know. It'll save me writing one. On the other hand, that filter is only 0.02% of my final grade, so I could save myself hours by skipping it. Except I can't help but think I'll need that 0.02%.

Why doesn't NASA have my social security number? It was on every page of the application I submitted. And why don't they have my address? They do, because that's where they sent their paperwork last time, and because it was on my application. But the Office of Education coordinator called to get the SSN and Dr. Smith had me email all the information to the researcher I'll be working with this summer so he could pass it on to the Office of Education. I send them the information, but now I'm wondering how well I'm going to handle life in the public sector. Because they had all that information already.

Why does that port on the Rabbit not accept a bit set from the switch? The software has to take the switch value and write out the value to the port. And why does Dr. Smith think I'll be able to figure it out? I guess I've got him pretty well snowed. He seems to think I'm an engineer. No! I only have book-learning which is, as everyone knows, pretty much useless.

234 words | April 28, 2004 08:17 PM | Ivory tower