[apalrd]

Tuning feedback loop of arm with Jim, Matt(driver) confused:

Jim:"You need to set your gain lower"
Matt:"What's gain"
Jim:"Its part of PID control"
Jim:"Proportional Integral Derivative"
Me:"Its really really low now... Since the other one is 4, this one should be 1 and its .6"
(Move arm to a different position)
Me:"Now the gain is too low." (I tuned it to the deploy position but the other positions wanted different gains) "Gain back up to 1"
Jim:"Then you need a gain scheduler....."
Matt:"Now you confused me.. whats that"
Me:"Cool"
Me:"...More variables...."
Jim:"As long as you don't name your variables "dude" its fine. Back when (someone from long ago) was writing code, he would have things like "if(dude)..." and it was really hard to follow. Don't do that."


Talking to Matt about possible admission of Matt M (different Matt) next year:
Matt:You need to stop putting viruses on his computer.
Me:He needs to make his password not "password". Plus its funny to see what 4 lines of VBS script can do to him.


Talking about movies to watch on bus to Atlanta:
Mom: We should watch the Bee Movie
(grumbles and such)
Someone: We watch it every year....