> Francois Labreque <fla### [at] videotronca> wrote:

>>> "jhu" <nomail@nomail> wrote:
>>>> "gregjohn" <pte### [at] yahoocom> wrote:
>>>>> The technical society for my field,  ISTFA (failure analysis), has now twice
>>>>> held a Video Contest. The prize is a free registration (~$950) to the next
>>>>> conference.  There were 700 attendes at the actual conference, but only 7
>>>>> bothered to enter the contest. No one else did "animation": it was mostly video
>>>>> recording of metallurgical processes or FIB tools picking up TEM lamellae.
>>>>>
>>>>> Last year I got second place with a povray animation; this year I got first
>>>>> place with a stop-motion animation done with clay. I think the key feature is
>>>>> perfect matching of sound with the action. But for that, I actually used povray,
>>>>> by first making a 6 fps animation with povray-printed numbers, one per frame.
>>>>> Then I know how many frames I need to relay each sentence.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JI0PPfTAdCc
>>>>
>>>> Very nice. If no one else did animation, that means you win by default?
>>>
>>> No, there were six other entries.  Most were video footage of tools that make
>>> samples, like this one which was last year's winner:
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYyttv7QHwo
>>>
>>> And while I'm pasting, here's my povray animation from last year:
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgtXRQ8Py4U
>>>
>>>
>>> Steven, the CMOS technology is still very much in use.  Voltage Contrast is just
>>> one way of finding defects.
>>>
>>
>> On a related note, are you part of the folks who were just sold as slaves?
>>
>
>
> Albeit with better medical insurance than before. Awaiting marching orders.
>
> Best case scenario: Better medical, pay raise (on rapidly increasing bracket if
> not immediate), see son graduate from high school (i.e., assigned to work at
> same lab, only 25 mins from house), still have interesting problems to work on.
>
> Worst case: Better medical, same pay, live out of hotel room until son
> graduates, wrap the chocolates on the conveyor belt very quickly.
>

I see.  They keep wanting to get rid of my division (networking), but 
the customers keep refusing...  Something about "We're paying you so we 
don't have to deal with telcos!"

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