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MOUNT PLEASANT — Bob Ross still moves slowly weeks after surgery to clean out an infection that he said was linked to a spinal injection of a fungus-tainted steroid.
He was a tennis player and hiker who struggled with back pain but stayed active. These days, he needs a motorized chair to raise himself to a standing position. He leans on a walker. Violent back spasms plague him.
"They just bring you to your knees," he said.
The racquet courts and swimming pool across the street from his Hidden Lakes Drive home are a reminder of the exercise he used to enjoy.
"Being inside, being cooped up, is driving me nuts. I'm stir-crazy times 10. I'm hoping that this one day is going to clear up," he said.
Ross, a retired psychologist with a Ph.D. who was on the staff at the Medical University of South Carolina, traces his health problems to a Sept. 11 spinal injection of fungus-contaminated methylprednisolone acetate, a steroid made at New England Compounding Center. He received the steroid shot to relieve back pain.
A federal criminal investigation of fungal illness linked to NECC products is under way. NECC recalled all of its medications and ceased operation. Massachusetts revoked the company's license.
"My blood samples were sent to the state Department of Health and Environmental Control for confirmation of fungal infection. The results were positive, and the type of fungus was the same type that infected all the steroid injections from the New England Compounding Pharmacy," Ross said in an email.
Nationwide, 730 patients have been diagnosed with health problems associated with injection of tainted NECC products, and 51 of them have died. Conditions linked to the suspect steroid include fungal meningitis, spinal and joint infection and stroke, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Health officials have reported two South Carolina residents diagnosed with fungal meningitis who received a spinal injection of the suspect NECC steroid. A third resident has "paraspinal/spinal infection only," according to the CDC. Those affected are not identified.
Ross first learned of the situation when he received a letter advising him that he had been treated with a steroid that may have been contaminated. The letter told him to watch for symptoms, such as neck pain and headache, within the next 40 days. The time passed without symptoms, so Ross thought he was OK.
Not long afterward, a surgeon friend suggested a spinal operation to fix his back problems once and for all. After thinking it over, Ross, 65, had the surgery on Dec. 11.
He underwent the procedure as an alternative to the dozens of spinal injections that had provided him with temporary relief over the years. Within a week of the operation, though, he felt something wasn't right. He was feverish and had back spasms. Doctors suspected that Ross had a post-operative bacterial infection. He was treated with rounds of drugs but didn't recover.
"Nobody had fungus on their mind," he said.
Ross mentioned to his neurosurgeon the injection of methylprednisolone acetate that he had received in September. The doctor told him that it was unlikely the shot was the cause of his problems because the 40-day window for symptoms to develop had passed.
Another doctor, however, had a different opinion.
"The infectious disease guy jumped right on it," Ross said.
An MRI revealed a cyst the size of a golf ball near Ross' spine. A biopsy Feb. 18 showed the cyst contained a mix of methylprednisolone acetate and a fungal contaminant, Ross said.
A second surgery was done on Feb. 20 to clean out the infection. Ross was placed on powerful anti-fungal medicines for 60 days, a treatment that has been tough on him physically and emotionally. His recovery from the back surgery continues. He is not sure when he will be back to normal.
Ross said that he received the Sept. 11 spinal injection at InterveneMD, a local clinic. The clinic said in a statement Friday that it was prohibited by patient confidentiality laws from discussing whether someone was treated at the clinic or if they are a current patient.
Health officials identified InterveneMD as the only clinic in the state to receive the suspect NECC steroid. The clinic has said that it contacted 257 patients who received a spinal injection of the possibly tainted steroid and 78 people who received it in a joint injection.
"We are deeply concerned for all who have been exposed to the tainted medication, methylprednisolone acetate, manufactured by the New England Compounding Center and voluntarily recalled on September 26, 2012," InterveneMD said in its statement.
"Across the country, hundreds of people, families and providers have been adversely affected by fungal infections linked to three batches of the contaminated medicine from NECC," the clinic said.
"We will continue to cooperate fully with the CDC, DHEC and attending physicians with accurate data for their investigations and treatment of affected patients."
"I'm stir-crazy times 10," said Bob Ross, who uses a walker to help him get around since he received a tainted steroid injection last year.×


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I wish these slides were numbered Day II and numbered.
Thank you Randy
No actual design at this moment, interested in discussion of types of pressure sensors
Hello from Oregon
PSIs and Bars
Pressure of sea water to determine to what depths the marine mammals dive to (and sometimes fish,too)
I found this one particularly interesting
Thanks Randy
I'm looking to measure atmospheric pressure
Reviewing Day Two
Thank you, Randy!
@moderator - PSI
@moderator - mems
@moderator - detecting an air pressure wave
Great to have access to the recorded sessions!
Missed the live lecture...
Thanks Randy and Chuck.
pressure for our devices is usually specified as PSI
not currently working on projects involving pressure sensing.
catching up
To measuring pressure.
thank you Randy,
interested in the presure sensors, maybe for future apps.
right now, not working with presure sensors
Thanks Randy; Great Lecture
I am not measuring pressure on my current projet
Catching up!
Thank you
good session, thanks Randy
OK, thanks Randy. Good talk!
Slide 16
Is there any compensation for variation in atmospheric pressure? It is the static atmospheric pressure (psta) that is read by the pressure sensor. I miss-spoke agreeing to it as pressure at sea level. Since the reference is sealed within the sensor, that provides the basis for the sea level measurement.
On Slide 16 (altitude calc), I assume p-sta is the pressure at sea level. Correct?
Oops! I see that p-sta is the ONLY pressure in the equation, so it must be the measured pressure. Is there any compensation for variation in atmospheric pressure?
(my previous post:
@Randy Frank: On Slide 16 (altitude calc), I assume p-sta is the pressure at sea level. Correct?)
@Frank - With accurate differential pressure measurement, does temperature need to be taken either side of the orifice ?
This is interesting question. When suppliers provide data regarding the effect of temperature on their sensor it is normally done with both sides of the sensor at the same temperature. If the sensor is temperature compensated, in a flow measurement the temperature sensing is an integral part of the sensor. If a large temperature difference exists between the upstream and downstream measurement, it should be essentially averaged in the sensing circuitry. If you are providing the temperature compensation yourself, what you have to consider is the upstream temperature or downstream temperature more important? Does the situation change over time? The answers may make you consider two temprature sensors but in most cases you should just need one.
Thank you for the responses to my question.
Good session thanks
@Randy Frank: On Slide 16 (altitude calc), I assume p-sta is the pressure at sea level. Correct?
have all of it thanks
what is meant by ppm? 2800ppm/C
parts per million
@frankziege: ppm = parts per million
Thank you Randy for today's lecture
Good session Randy, more to look forward to tomorrow.
Hi Randy!
Can I review your audio later?
Great lecture. Thanks.
Thanks ..
Good Job - Thank you.
Thanks @Chuck & @Randy !
Thanks Chuck and Randy.
Looks good, up to date.
Thanks Randy!
thank you Randy
Thank you Randy. Very helpfull
switch from IE to Google Chrome: no audio issue any more
Air, seawater, vacuum
kPa, psig
@chuck, kPa or mmHg
@GSChmick, I also declined the flash plugin update ( if it isn't broken etc ) and my audio works :)
@Teddkoh, The audio is accessable in the same location as you clicked to launch this page.
Use BOSCH BMA180 Meausre in kPA (Weather standard measurements in Canada)
Can I review this course after the lecture with Audio?
If so, how I can retrieve the audio?
@mahdee: I'm not having audio problems today, but I did in the last lectures several weeks ago, and it was because I had updated my flash plugin. I declined an update today. It's possible that others may have updated and are incompatible with the audio stream. I'm running Firefox.
Also...if you're unable to make live audio work, an archived edition will be available afterward.
If you're having audio issues,try refreshing (F5). Also Google Chrome seems to be a preferred browser.
Measuring barometric pressure in Inches Hg, pitot pressures in Inches water. Use KPa on GCMS.
PSI and bar.
keep the cursor near the Play button & keep hitting it when it stops!
Whatever the customer asks for!
all but Torr
Psi, Torr & Meters of H2O!
Density Altitude is my most common
psig and in H2O
normally is PSI
kPa and PSI
do not use pressure measurements in my applications
What are people using for browsers that are experiencing the audio droppage ? No problems here with Firefox.
No problem Audio here.
Audio seems to be much better using Google Chrome insted of IE.
Good audio here, no drops yet.
same here, audio stops
me too!
I have to repeatly click "play"
I have had my audio cut off three times.
Hi every body
strain guages
@Chuck: not measuring pressure on current projects.
@Randy: Yes, MEMS seems like it is proliferating everywhere.
This is common pressure sensor to measure weight, blood pressure and so on.
elastomeric diaphragm/HE sensor.
Silicon Piezoresistive
MEMS = yes! :)
MEMS Silicon piezorisitive
strain guage
MEMS components
MEMS sensors.
Oil well pressures
Underwater and Air applications
Air, blood
Atmospheric pressure.
Using to measure barometric pressure
This month I'm measuring barometric pressure and pressures on various pitot tubes.
audio fail. again. will listen to recording later. thanks.
engine compression
We measure differential pressure.
barometrick pressure
Atmospheric Pressure (Absolute)
Hello everyone
Hello everyone.
I'm in
Good afternoon Randy.
Hello from Germany
Audio choppy!
Looking forward to this...
hello from Chicago.
Hello again from Milford, CT ..
Hi all
Good afternoon from Northern Minnesota
hello from sunny MIAMI.
Hello from Silicon Valley
Hello from Huntsville
Good afternoon folks.
hello from huntington, ny
Hello from Albuquerque.
ALL Hello,
hi all
Had time to listen to yesterday's lecture, which I missed!
Hope today's is just as interesting.
Good morning from San Jose, CA.
It's 57°F now and a high of 71°F.
Howdy folks!! :)
good afternoon, everyone
Looks like a good lecture today
Oops, I'm an hour early
Good afternoon
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Yea.. dunno why Blake didn't
Isn't this when doc fouls?
DEFENSE! WE GOT THIS guys
thats off ebled!
What a defensive play. Great team effort. Dudley and Collison with a huge block!!!
yup.. that is Clippers ball
CLUTCH defensive play.
HAHAHAAH Never thought i'd see a Dudley verticality play. What a blown call though.
knock down some free throws and lets bring this back to LA
No. We are up only 2. He said he fouls up 3! Didn't do it in Portland!
It's a hard knock life for PG's driving to the basket at the end of games
Dudley's fatness helped save the game
Erratic Bledsoe as always
Dudley has played very well defensively tonight.. kudos
Ebled doesn't get superstar call yet. If that was Wade or Durant ref woulda bailed the, out
I'd toss a silver or bronze medal his way.
Yea, he's done a good job, 10 pts on 2/3 3PT and 4/4 FT also, good game for him all around
Oh shoot! Haha that woulda been sad if I was the coach!
Lebron wouldn't get it though, but he might just power through anyways, but if CP didn't get it, Bled won't, and it was an elbow to body contact too, those aren't as likely to be gotten. Close one though
Bring it home Duds...
Dudley you ice this one and you get a solid silver medal
Dudley redemption lol
Jared "Clutch" Dudley.
Dudley deserves a medal tonight. Clutch free throws there.
Jared "Dagger" Dudley. Good on Doc for playing Dudley in the fourth and giving him a ton of confidence going into the postseason.
Woot, well done, Dudley. Clutch time making those free tries to pad the lead to 4 with 8 seconds left.
do we let it get down to 4 seconds and foul????? or play it out?
Happy for Dudley, getting his revenge on the Suns.
Phew was so expecting dud to screw that up
Wow we stole this one. Blake better not step a minute on the floor tomorrow. Think even DC deserves a game off.
Great win, Clips!! So impressive that this team can turn it up another notch.
One of the best wins tonight, true sign of a championship contender
Division champs!
Historic night in LA. Backto back Pacific division champions.
I know we got bigger goals, but i will take this.
Who's that really short man? He was shorter than Tyronn Lue!
PDC!!!! Pacific Division Champions!!!!
Pacific Division Champs for second year in a row. Congrats, Clippers!
I don't know why, but I never thought they would loose this game. I got Ultimate Confidence in their Comeback ability. I hear J.J could play maybe Thursday, that would be great. Another "Great Win", and another Division Tittle, Nice.......
Team teaches some of us again to not be calling the players lazy or whatever else seems to come out as soon as the team gets down more than 5-7 points in a game, lol. Game of runs, have to fight to the end and then we'll see what the result is
Feels good the bench saved us and got us back in the game. Props to Green, Duds, Turk, Davis and starting Collision.
Block Master Duds came in the clutch! Rule of Verticality!
Maybe Duds is finally healthy???
DC sure had played a ton of minutes. I hope he gets some rest soon. Perhaps when JJ gets back, DC's minutes will be more reasonable.
Great win tonight, I'm proud of the guys....they showed some guts.
Damn I missed the game for a work event - most important how is blake? Is he ok? I wish they had sat him.
our bench was outscored by like 35-40 points... 3rd quarter was ugly.... then we made a 4th quarter comeback. and won
He didn't have the lift he use to... didn't look 100.. looked like 72%
But Blake went 9/10 for his free throws.. that is good.
What a great win, when they got it to single-digits I knew Phoenix was going to panic. I hope Blake is feeling ok he had trouble moving in the 4th. Hopefully we can keep this going tomorrow night.


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Whether it is for family history research or for finding my way around whilst out walking you will seldom find me without an Ordnance Survey Explorer map close at hand. I find these maps are so versatile and useful that for me they are a vital piece of kit.
The picture on the left is of my well used Explorer 123 – South Downs Way (Newhaven to Eastbourne) dating from 1996, with a nice picture of the Seven Sister and the coast guard cottages at Seaford Head adorning the cover.
A Brief History of the Explorer Map
On the Ordnance Survey Blog you can find two posts describing the origins of the Explorer map and the various incarnations over the years:
The history of the iconic OS Explorer Map
The history of the iconic OS Explorer Map – part 2
If you want to see some of the different map covers over the years then I would recommend taking a look here (but be warned it is only for the real map addict).
A Question of Scale
Of course their usefulness is down to their scale and the level of detail that they show. The scale of an Explorer map is 1: 25 000 which is the equivalent of 2½ inches to 1 mile (or 4cm to 1km if you prefer). All of England, Scotland and Wales is covered by the 403 maps in the series.
As with any map there has to be a compromise between the level of detail featured and the size of the map. Large scale maps (perhaps better described as plans) show an awful lot of detail but the size of the map needed to cover a few miles on the ground makes them impractical for slipping into a rucksack or opening out on a desk without several pairs of hands.
Exploring the Explorer
The level of detail on an Explorer map is just right, you can cover quite a large area on one map, but with a decent amount of detail. All those little symbols on the map are described on the Ordnance Survey website as well as on the edges of the maps themselves.
Along with showing all the important things like paths and roads, churches and schools and contour lines, some of the most important things for me are that it shows:
- Field boundaries and ditches.
- Parish and other administrative boundaries.
- Paths, tracks and roads (whether public rights of way or not).
Not only does it show a lot of detail but a lot of those features are named, a lot of the larger rural properties (houses and farms) are named, as are some parcels of woodland, a lot of roads are named or numbered also most hills are also identified.
I could go on but probably the best way is to take a look at the map yourself.
Where can you find them online?
Two of my favourite places to find Explorer maps online are:
Ordnance Survey Get-a-map – Zoom in to the maximum level to see the scale at 1:25 000, the only drawback is that the area of map available to view at any one time is only about 1¼ miles (2km). Click on the round purple button to launch the map viewer.
Bing Maps – To view a much larger area you can use Bing Maps, there are several different styles that you can use to view the maps including a couple of different Ordnance Survey scales, although a lot of the zoom levels are just enlargements of the same underlying data.
There are of course many places online and offline to buy copies of the paper maps, and if like me you often find the place you are interested in is split over two paper maps then check out the OS Select service, which allows you to have a map printed to your requirements, centred on the location you want (except Channel Islands and Isle of Man).


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I hate to use buzz words BUT - device/platform independence, abstraction, partitioning, scalability are key.
Current implementation must not inhibit future innovation (no cookie cutter approach - no saying, "we can't make a color printer because all our drivers would have to change, we might even have to use [a] new processor(s)"
Bells and whistles are different than features and functions.
By partitioning a design and taking the above 'buzz words' into account as a design philosophy, Pre-Planned Product Improvements (P^3I) are not inhibited, but rather encouraged.
interesting concepts - I look foward to the next modules.
thanks again.
cool no interruptions!
It is common where I have worked.
Code reuse has been great in my experience. Less problems in the future as long as it is documented enough.
Day two...
Thank you Rob for flawless moderation (no interruptions).
Thank you Gary!
@Gary - common
Great to have access to the recorded sessions
Missed the live lecture again
Another good lecture
I havent tried that
At times is has saved alot of effort while other times it has come back to bite me
my experience with code resuse has been mixed
picking up day two
Team,.. maybe else where in the future.
Has been both dependent on programer, some like to lalk about it but don't deliver.
Somewhere in between.
Very informative Lecture
Thank you Gary
In order to push code reuse in my group, can you give more specifics on the benefits of reuse? The only one I heard so far is porting your code to a new product in one hour. Time to market is a compelling reason, so that is good. How does reuse produce better products as you stated on the last slide?
Overall, another great presentation. Thanks a lot Gary!
Thank you
we tried to define a hardware abstraction layer, but perhaps due to lack of experiene, we had to to change it for each new product (3 so far). Hopefully, we have finally gotten it correct now...
I just want to suggest that the email reminder link could at least take me to a login page instead of a registration page, if it can't just log me on altogether.
bye for now
good day to all
@Rob Spiegel, is there a better place than here to provide feedback on the website access to these webinars? I just want to suggest that the email reminder link could at least take me to a login page instead of a registration page, if it can't just log me on altogether.
@Bob Loy, I would hope that as long as the same language is used, the same functionality can be expected of the code no matter what the platform - "dialects" excepted!
See you tomorrow!
thank you
writing firmware code only for the team, for specific product usage, not common libraries
@GStringham: "@Bob Loy: Making a change to a new development tool chain would require a reset and start again. Trying to have reuability across two different development chains is a challenge."
But isn't the 'promise' of good old vanilla C that it will transcend 'minor' changes like a new compiler, DS, etc?
But I assume they will at some point: Graduation triggers all manner of good things: We send you a certificate (real, not virtual) signed by the Dean of DKCEC. We will recognize you in our Roll of Honor on the Design News site, as well as on our Facebook and Twitter pages.
So click here now to register in advance for your preferred lectures. Don't delay; space is limited!
Check their facebook page for if you graduated Semester 1
Thanks, time to go. see all tomorrow.
@rlallier, Been there, too. OS is also changing. Sometimes it seems like a headache to have to learn all the new tools, etc, but I can see the advantages far outweigh them. ;-)
So there you have what you have completed, I do not know if they will give you officially recognized CEUs
@technologist, My Grades shows 12 courses complete for semester 1 and 8 complete for semester2.
Yes @danlafleur
I would hope there would still be an abstraction layer once I get beyond the device "drivers". Haven't gotten that far on my current project yet, but I'm sure hoping to reuse a large chunk of legacy code on the new hardware.
@technologist, do you mean "My Grades" once I'm logged in?
@Bob Loy: Making a change to a new development tool chain would require a reset and start again. Trying to have reuability across two different development chains is a challenge.
@marsch: Drastic changes in the build process will required drastic changes in the process. You might have to have a break such that reusable code on one side won't work on the other side.
@GStringham Thanks! Sounds like tomorrows discussion promises to be meaty as well.
@rlallier: At HP, we had the same build process for all printers and it included appropriate cross-compilers as necessary for the CPUs we were using. (Someone else asked which compiler we used at HP. I don't know. Some other team dealt with that.) If you have to deal with multiple build tool chains, that would be another switch which I will get into tomorrow.
@andrewcrlucas: Yes, the discussion has been higher level these two days. But the next two you will see lots of specific code examples.
Thanks for attending this session. Gary will be back each day this week at 2:00 pm Eastern with more great information.
@marsch You should try living with the opposite problem. We got married to a very primitive set of in-house tools that worked really well for us, across a lot of product lines and allowed us to support a common OS for several different products build on several different hardware platforms. The problem was, we needed to evolve and our in-house tools weren't all that well developed for evolution themselves. We ended up re-writing the OS for a new set of platforms using off-the-shelf tools...development environment and build chain. The problem is...we still have to maintain our legacy systems because the products themselves are still in use and warranted. Nobody wants to work with the old legacy tools because they are more primitive.
@bjskill: I don't have a slide on configuration management but I'll squeeze something in on that topic.
I've noticed a trend in these comments: Are development tool set changes (eg, conversion to a new IDE) antagonistic to code reuse?
lone promoter. Colleagues do not believe software reuse applies to driver software
@pdxesto: Tomorrow's discussion will cover compile-time configuration. Thursday's discussion will cover run-time configuration.
Thanks for sharing, Gary!
Trying to create reusable code - I've been working on it for years - then get thrown a new micro, operating system, compiler - all at once!
thank you good info
@RogerC55: No, I wouldn't call the server-heavy approach reuse. It's just one approach to solve the problem that reusing code on iPhone and Android is very difficult.
@GStringham I would suppose that a real difficulty is getting your build process and code base entanged or married to a particular development environment. When you change hardware platforms then interfacing your code with a new build-chain and different set of tools could become problematical. Is there a systematic way of attacking that problem?
Thanks Gary,Rob
@danlafleur You should go to the top of the CEC and login and check what is shows on your sessions that you have attended
@andrewcrlucas "...So far I have found the discussing very high level."Agree. Maybe tomorrow more code details?
Oh those you can get from login to the CEC login and check
Thanks, I'll have a look at the terms.
@Don H: For Hardware X, Y, and Z, I was thinking more of different ASICs, chips, hw components, not limited to just MPUs. But brand difference may be a factor such that X and Y were MCUs of one brand and Z was of a different brand.
@Chris.Lambrecht Good point. We support quite a few products with a set of reusable libraries and OS. I'd say that the development time has improved significantly as our capability evolved.
@danlafleur So I went back to the email and there is the promotional terms and there is some information about it.
@Deb C, The concern is that I've completed each module of the first semester and no certificate reflecting attendance. That's all.
2. Eligibility: Open to all, residing in the US and Canada.
3. Applicability: Void where prohibited by law.
4. Time Period: The offer ends at the completion of the live Digi-Key Continuing Education Center Tracks in November.
Hi Gary and Rob,
In my old opinon the C+ isnot a safety for the embedded system. Now if the thing has been modified. If we can use C on embedded firmware such as Cortex-M3/
@danlafleur....Ihave you read the details about certificates? They aren't given out for each class or module.
Would love to see some more specific examples of code reuse. Maybe a top 5 techniques type of explaination, with code examples. So far I have found the discussing very high level.
thank you Gary,
thanks for the presentation.
@jfincher @rlallier I get a huge improvement out of reuse. What I find the challenge is to know where to draw the boundaries in the code. I haven't run into a firmware developer that doesn't claim to have reusable libraries. But the real indication that the reusable code is doing what it is meant to do, is when one can develop firmware faster and more reliably in the future.
Hi everyone.
Very good lecture.
What compiler did you use at HP?
Great presentation, see you all tommorrow
@jfincher I wouldn't say that. I would say that it is probably under-utilized, but we tend to get a lot of milage out of the concept here.
THanks Gary, good lecture
@GStringham: Thanks for the presentation. Will you be talking about different code repository techniques? Techniques that streamline reuse?
while all are still here, I haven't received any certificates. none at all. anyone with the same concern?
Yes this is the live chat
@RoboPaint: yes it is
@RoboPaint yes
thank you for today's lecture
Is this the live chat?
@pdxesto, good question. I'm interested as well.
Only for my local group
slk: I have to hit the play button 2-3 times to get it to stay "on"
There it is
Reuse is an unrealized ideal.
Thanks Gary and Rob for an informative session
Will there be any discussion about how configuration management tools can be used to help with making software reuse easier to achieve?
Thank you Gary, it was very educational
great presentation. thanks Gary and Rob!
@Rob Spiegel thanks for writing the slide we're on. When typing I lose track. And writing it is much better than interrupting the lecturer as in earlier lectures.
What compilers do you recommend?
Thank Gary and Rob.
Thank you, very good presentation.
Thank you!
Thanks! Gary
good info thank you.
Thank you Gary.
thanks, see you tomorrow
Thank you, great presentation
Will tomorrow's discussion deal with compile-time configuration (ifdef, etc.) vs. run-time configuration (if-then-else code)?
Good presentation. Thanks Gary!
Thanks Gary and Rob.
Thanks again Gary!
Thank you! Awesome presentation.
CAN/LIN Networks for Automotive.
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We're now on slide 24.
What compilers are recommended? Writing code for Freescale MC9S12. We're using Imagecraft and it doesn't work well with libraries.
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HP still makes some good stuff, just not computers, they used to make good calculators :)
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@BobLoy: I knew slide 18 looked familiar....
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@Bob Loy Ha ha, yes!
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Karnaugh map!
New features or bug fixes.
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HTML5 Builder (Embarcadero) will also work between iPad3 and Nexus Tablet.
If you are making games, you could use Unity to depoly on both iOS and Android.
It looks like Qt is working on a mobile version to deploy on iOS and Android.
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Way back when HP made good stuff!
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JNI - very messy.
NO Android or IPhone apps
We're now on slide 16.
I write Native c/c+
Never tried to create dual iPhone/Android app.
Is the server-heavy approach truly reuse?
have not tried either one
No Experience with Android
Tried: the signal processing part is easy beacuse it is in C for ARM, the UI part was difficult.
no haven't had to do either...
C into Java? Nasty!
Can MONO do it?
@ marsch - "Can you go back through existing products to generate the requirements for future reusable code? I suppose that's still starting from something. ;-)"Ooh, good question!
No. I have ot done that.
Just learning android, so no.
Embarcadero Firemonkey is aimed at this "One App" for Android/IOS market.
@Gary: no Android or iPhone apps yet, but would attempt to use a common approach to both if the need arose
Never had iOS or Android target
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Have only written apps for Android
Never tried
Just say MONO
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great comments on slide 12... just the truth
Can you go back through existing products to generate the requirements for future reusable code?
I suppose that's still starting from something. ;-)
lack the experience to write a good hardware abstraction layer code
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Hardware on last few projects were too different
We're now on slide 12.
first hardware abstraction was redirecting printing from the parallel port to a serial TTY interface.
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We use both approaches
Both approaches, plus modification at existed code
@JCheetham Ditto. We have several products based on similar hardware.
have been writing software to hide hardware differences for quite a while now.
Try to reuse, but usually write from scratch
The HAL software is reused as long as the hardware being used in the current platform hasn't changed significantly. However, at a certain point, a rewrite will be necessary.
I develope the hardware too so I can make them match as much as possible.
We develop HAL only for hardware type that is frequently reused from product to product.
We have to modify the code for the new hardware.
We use a hardware abstraction layer and publish a vendor spec to vendors. If they want us to use their product, they need to provide an interface adhereing to our vender spec, that our HAL can use.
Abstraction is pretty good here. HQ and another "division" within the company maintain our OS layer. It is pretty well documented.
Hardware abstraction layer is used on several similar products with similar hardware.
writing HAL code, many functions can be reused throguh different HW; usually, when developing a new external driver a modification to HAL code is needed
HAL -- both. Libraries of source/compiled are for radically different hardware/sensors.
mostly written from scratch or modifying previous code
keep writing from scratch
Normally I reuse some code from other functions
Our hardware intracacies go way too far up the "stack", as it were.
Both at the same time! (Impossible, I know...)
Try to limit specific hardware layer to "h" files
Hardware abstraction layers are a real pain to debug when they do not work.
Not me. Only one product
Reusing HW Abstraction code.
New from scratch, but would like to get to the point of reuse.
re-use code
Reuse some, rewrite some.
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Write from scratch
No HW abstraction layer code.
New from scrach
I do both.
hello from miami..
Not sure about that last point. It's called software Engineering
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We're now on slide eight.
Only in our team. The other some times borrow our code and modify.
the model on slide 6 looks like the TCP/IP stack. All protocols unite in the IP interface.
Depends on the contract with the customer, so if they are getting custom code they get all source code and we will not include any reuse components that we want to own the intellectual property on
We're now on slide seven.
For Hardware X, Y & Z, are you talking about micros from the same supplier using the same compiler or different micros and compilers?
Flexible Rusable
I believe I'm writing Flexible code since I know everywhere in this small company everything is going to go in the next few projects.
Writing mostly for legacy. Our teams work mostly with product specific code. Libraries and common code, such as OS are maintained by the people at HQ.
@dap Yes! It takes a long time to fully understand someone else's code base! Very easy to make errors while performing seemingly simple modifications!
Code for several similar products.
team use
We're the team, also.
currently writing reusable components (flexible) intended to de used to multiple MCU architectures
Re-use within team
within team
Slide shpw in red area under educational materials...click on slide deck,,,,then open file
for my team
we give out our code to customers.
Within internal team.
Libraries and middleware at this time.
Solely within the team for now
Reuse within a team only.
reuse for team benefit
We're now on side six.
my team only
Team use
within our team.
Have had success in making "high-level" driver common. Details in "low-level" driver must be flexible.
Only for my team
Try refreshing your browser to engage audio.
Made it Live today!!
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@Lawson Feel your pain. Management same here.
Hi all
I am having problems with audio and any slideshow. Not sure how to get it to work
awkward; user often fails to fully understand original author's code
late hello
good experience with reusable go when it fits.
Frustrating because management wants one codebase to rule them all. They always want every new project to be a modification of a legacy product.
Limited experience with re-use, but one case was a huge win.
We have had great experience with reuse in VHDL.
Fun and frustration at some regard
It's difficult to learn the code and practices of reused code being new to a particular project.
Past experience I created libraries - worked well. In present situation re-use is by copy and paste.
It's good in almost every case. Only bad part is when the code gets cluttered with too many feature switches, but even that problem can be refactored away.
We are migrating from in-house tools and language to off the shelf C tools. OS is still in-house and custom.
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Sometimes it is cumbersome when the code is cluttered with #ifdef
Was not easy to Reuse!
You're right about comments - without them, hard to reuse someone else's code.
Reuse has been help where used
implementation of reusable software components is hard the first time, but over time, it payback, it is very rewarding
Good experience, several libraries that I use.
It depends on who wrote the existing code. Some are good, some are bad
I love it
each product tends to be written from scratch, depending on the programmer's experience
probably the archive will work, ...
Good for next version of similar modules.
Good experience so far
We're now on slide three.
refreshing the page worked for mr...Took a couple seconds after the refresh
good if I owned it
@slk are you behind a firewall?
@slk, try a different browser.
I did it.
Chrome/FFox does not make a difference...
In some cases, companies block streaming audio. If that is happening with you, you may be able to play the archive. We archive the program immediately after the program ends.
If no audio, and F5 doesn't work, log out then back in again.
has anyone solved the audio problem ?
this time F5, re-login, ... is not working for me.
You may be able to gain audio by refreshing your browser. Also moving to Chrome of Firefox may help.
We do reuse with components that we feel we will be able to reuse for multiple projects
reuse best practices
Code reuse has been a HUGE timesaver in my organization. Supporting 15 or so satellite television set top boxes, all with common code bases wherever possible.
SW reuse is common awareness but not a company goal.
Reuse is important here. We have custom OS, custom hardware and tools.
organization goal
no audio
Reuse is highly valued but not highly practiced.
yes we try to reuse.
I'm the lone software guy at the component level here. There is someone else at the system level.
Management wants to reuse everything.
We're now on slide two.
Reuse code
Somewhere in between reuse is always good
We resuse software. I am interested in best practices.
lone promoter of software reuse
Only 2 embedded programmers here, re-use is a priority
software reuse is highly promoted within my company
I do feel alone in thoughts about reuse.
Has anyone solved the problem of the sound stopping?
IS the goal
Yes, The whole organization.
software re-use: somewhere between
Allmost the lone promoter .. myself and a few of my developers. it is NOT an organizational push.
Reusable code is not a concept that our company has embraced...but it should be.
In betwixt.
many disciples
yes reuse is very important.
Lone Ranger
I am creating my own
software reuse is a goal
In between.
Somewhere in between. Some do, some don't
Hi Gary
Try refresh....worked for me
F5 will do it
Got it
got it.
refresh didn't fix it...
Hello are we on?
Have it now
no sound bar here....
Hello! from Reno
no sound bar...
sound bar still missing :(
Refresh should start
Sound started
Bring it on Gary ...
Well, just in case it's the latter ....
Hello. No sound here either.
What constitutes being one of the first 25 attendees for Sbux card? Registering, logging in, or hitting the live chat window with a howdy?
2 minutes to sound bar.
Howdy from Texas!
No sound bar for me either.
Sound bar not there yet
Hello from Detroit area.
Hello from old Buffalo, NY
Back at y'all
ok :)
Waiting for the Magic Audio Icon to appear...
I'm originally from Ohio...
Hello All from the swinging State of Ohio!
Hello posting working
Howdy folks.
Hi Everybody.
hi all
Eugene, you've been in Edmonton too long. Fine means that you can feel your fingers and toes!
good day everyone. fine day in Edmonton, AB :)
thanks @kentj I'll check out RTOS option!
hello all from Edmonton, AB
Hello from Minneapolis.
I'm using FREERTOS (www.freertos.org) right now. The software really is free but the users manual and a tutorial cost about $50.00 US together.
@rodan1984 thanks, I'll check on it.
I'm triying to figure out if exist something similar with linux at that price or maybe load linux over PIC32 80Mhz MC
Hello @kentj, you can check the link posted.
Hello everyone.
I'm using PIC32 in my projects. Tell me about mikromedia.
hello, anyone has used mikromedia for PIC32?, my question is out there someting similar with linux embbedded on that hardware facilities (including screen and touch for only 99 us dls) ? thanks!
One thing about the north is you can always put more on when it gets cold. But here in TX, you can only take so much off when it gets hot. I lived in WA until 6 months ago. It was much nicer there.
Ready for spring already
Hello from Fort Worth
58 degrees here in Richmond, TX. How's the temp in MI @Spach and d_pless?
hello from San Diego
Hello everyone from San Jose
Hello from AL
Wow - I thought I was signing in early.. you are all the early birds. :-)
Hello everyone!
Hello from MI
Hello from Albuquerque, New Mexico.
minus 26 degrees near Fairbanks, AK
Halucinations works for me.
Good morning from Colorado! only 42F in here.
hello from Montreal!
Good afternoon, everyone
A nice balmy 55 here in the NE
Or should that be, Greetings and salutations?
hello everyone
9:05 Morning North Pole, AK
Greetings and halucinations from a cloudy and scattered showers in Boise, Idaho, at 39 degrees F (4 degrees C).
Was great to watch movies in the movie theatre on Governor's Island
Great view of the Statue of Liberty from Governors Island.
i'M hERE!
Good Day from Mobile, AL
Then I went to Alaska, then back to Governors Island for more training, then on to Greenland.
Good morning
I was on Governors Island for ET school after boot camp.
I remember going to JHS with all the Coast Guard kids back when Governor's Island in NY was still an active coast guard base as opposed to a summer attraction
Are people referring to military boot camp from 1971?
@Kentj Ah, that would explain things. The Coast Guard still has a large presence here but quite a bit of the base here has been privatized as rental property and other uses.
I was there in '71
@rlaqllier I don't think they do anymore. I think the only CG boot camp left is in Cape May, NJ.
Hello everybody! from Guadalajara land of tequila (but not today! is tuesday 13), but maybe only one Margarita! Greetings!
@Kentj Interesting. I don't know how much is still active with the base here. Didn't know they did boot camp here still.
I went to boot camp in Alemeda, CA
Hello from Alameda, CA. We've got IT here working on a blocked audio. Apparently, WebSense doesn't like something about the stream...
Hellow from a cool Austin, TX...
Can you update? thank you in advance
Hello from Eastern MA.
I missed yesterday's as I failed to login
Hello from Brockville, Ontario, Canada
Hello Everyone from a warm AZ.
Hello from rainy NY.
Hello everybody. As I realized yesterday, to test and see if you get audio, view an archived session. If you have audio there, you'll have audio in todays session.
The timing on these webinars is perfect for Mountain time - gives me something to do while I eat lunch ;)
PP sd-26 check
good idea :)
Good idea, EdB_Vt.
hello to all
Good stuff so far ... looking forward to the rest of this series!
@Rob - perhaps you could post when the audio is activated so folks know to referesh if they don't see the player - Thanks
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I'm usually up at 4:30AM
@Dan Hunter I agree. Stupid garbage trucks drive down my street at 7am every day and wake me up!
You bro's get up too early!!!
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Not sure why you think being "preoccupied" in NO had anything to do with him having one of his worst shooting games in his career, as he didn't seem to have a problem with playing away against the Pelicans before that game. Just one of those nights that's all. It happens to the best sometimes.
http://www.basketball-reference.com/pla ... der_by=pts
I didn't get to watch the last five minutes of the game last night, but I just saw the highlights and WOW! Blake may have gotten off to a slow start, but that defense on Dirk at the end was great. And then he followed it up with that nice spin move to a layup.
Who said Blake's not clutch?
And even though Jamal started off slow also, he still managed to score 14pts and made a big three late in the game. He might "chuck" a lot of shots and piss some people off in the process, but he usually finds a way to make a difference by the end of the game. Other than Dirk and CP3, Jamal got to the free throw the most and went 6-6. When your game's struggling, the great players find ways to get easy points at the line.


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Long time lurker here and registered to vent. I detest these back to back games. Of all places Denver on the back end is just stupid. Clippers short 3 guards was an up hill battle. To make it worse we get Crawford as ref. I don't get how refs like Joey Crawford and Marc Davis are allowed in the league when they are so bad. Its like they are Supreme Court justices with a lifetime post. No wonder some people think the NBA is rigged at some level.
You are nuts if you actually think Gordon is falling to us.
I do like Kyle Anderson and hope he falls to us, he's far more realistic anyway.
I've seen mocks with both players either going high or low first.
This game was winnable, but it was also losable. Denver just beat the Heat, it's a b2b, it's a road game, they won the last game, they broke our 17 win streak last season, we have our top 3 guards behind CP3 not playing. All the indications that a lose was eminent.
It's amusing how people are ranting like its the end of the world. I would gladly take 11-1 record any day.
Not that big of a deal, we had 3 key players out and were on the second night of a back to back. You'll see how they look after four well-deserved days of rest.
Agreed................. plus the altitude.
Media backlash hasn't been bad so far. If anything, they've actually been fairly supportive of the Clippers.
http://espn.go.com/nba/dailydime/_/page ... ak-ends-11
http://espn.go.com/blog/los-angeles/cli ... win-streak
Some idiot on NBA TV was saying the Nuggets bench outplayed the Clippers bench. It's such a lack of credibility when you know for certain guys on national tv know absolutely nothing about your team.
I know sometimes it's embarrassing...................and they get paid to be informed. On the other hand the in depth knowledge I have of the Clippers I don't have of any other NBA team. It would be a hell of lot of info to keep up with all the teams.
I know we will not win every game. I rather have them lose to bad teams than good ones because we will be facing them in the playoffs. Blake was not himself yesterday. He looked like me at the park after five games back to back. I seriously think he only focused on his free throws yesterday and his outside shots.
Well in truth the Nuggets bench did out play our bench. Hickson has been a clipper killer for some time and when paired with Faried its almost impossible. Hickson alone outscored our bench and the other guys chipped in and played d.
Starters got bullied and out worked best chance would of been to have a 20pt lead after the first. We really can't play the injury card because they are missing Gallo, McGee, and had to deal Miller for being a pain. They may have been adjusted to the injuries but that team should be better.
This was the best game to lose out of all the rest of the season. They'll be motivated going into 4 days of practice yet you don't feel like you gave one away considering it's in Denver on B2B and you didn't have any healthy guards again. It's not a depressing loss.
Jamal and Collison get back and maybe JJ gets close with this week of practice. It's almost a blessing to lose and get that streak out of the way before final run. We might not lose another game before POs.
They have to lose sometime... I'd rather it be when they're hobbled, tired and missing players on a back to back night. At least it wasn't full strength at home.
The streak was fun while it lasted. Let's start a new one on Saturday. Hopefully we get JC and DC back by then. Plenty of time to rest and regroup.
I know they were working out Bobby Brown a week or so ago, I wonder if they're going to add another 2 for the post season. Not so sure I want to see Willie Green out there airballing everything.
I can imagine Doc telling the players before the game. "This will be a scrimmage against the Nuggets. Just work on your shots CP and Blake, just work on your 14' and free throw. The rest of you, enjoy your five days off." Jocking for position in the playoffs is fine but more importantly to him is staying healthy, improve team game, and be well rested.
Comparing missing your top 3 guards and top 5 scoreers
to losing Gallo and Mcgee is ridiculous. Bro just stop...
Losing McGee isn't that big of a deal when you still have JJ Hickson. IJS
Collison, Green, Barnes, Granger, Dudley and Bullock would all see postseason minutes at shooting-guard before Bobby Brown would... and rightly so.
Does this even make sense?
http://t.sportige.com/sportige/#!/entry ... 186ce5461d
Yet to see a perfect game from CP, sure he scored a bunch but 7assists, 6 turnovers is not his usual standard of play. Come to think there has not been a lot of games where we have lose when CP gets close to or over 30pts. With BG putting in his season average I would attribute this lose to a short of quality backup/support
Funniest thing I saw on Twitter about last night's game.
Anytime we have to play Reggie Bullock that many minutes we are in deep ****.
and to think people were complaining that reggie wasn't getting enough gametime lol
Bro you can't be serious... We can definitely play the "injury card" cause we had almost every guard injured what are u talking about? You can't even compare Collisons, Redicks, and Crawfords impact for the Clippers to the impact that Gallinari and McGee would bring to the Nuggets. Gallinari is nothing special and McGee would just land himself on shaqtin a fool.
We were hurting with less shooting firepower, and more importantly fresh legs.
I mean come on, Willie Green was playing point guard for us.... Lol jokes man
He is far from a playmaker. Only other 2 playmakers that are guards were injured. Off a back to back as well in mile high city.
5th game in a week, 2nd of a back-2-back in Denver. Limited guard play and short bench. I'm proud of the performance and proud of Blake's ft shooting. I can see us winning the next 5 games. We still have a game vs OKC and they have 1 left vs San Antonio. We're still in play for the #2 seed.
For once I feel okay about a loss. We competed hard for most of the game despite as others said, having everything possible stacked against us.
Missing 3 of our top 4 guards.
In Denver on a B2B, didn't even arrive to hotel until after 4 AM. Denver/Utah is the hardest place to play coming off a B2B home game like that.
After playing 5 games in a week with little rest and no practice.
Horrible reffing.
This was the epitome of a schedule loss. When you win 11 in a row, you earn the right to lose a game here and there. I said all year that we need one big win streak to make up some ground and we got it at the right time when the Rockets had started pulling away. Now what we have to do is start another win streak of at least 5-6 games to catch OKC. If we lock in the 2 seed and hold.. I'll be ecstatic.
Just made note we are not the only team facing injuries. Giving credit to that team because they have loss key rotation players and are a bad match up and fought hard. Give them credit for not rolling over and blatant tanking with key player losses has nothing to do with our team on their effort.
Again I was giving credit to the opponent in general for fighting hard while having an injury prone season as well. People can try to discredit the injured players on the Nuggets team all you want but those guys brought a respective playoff talent to an already good team.
Yes we had injuries but it was going to be a hard one to win regardless. Back to back and a bad matchup.
Starting to wonder why this team does not shake hands as often after losses as they do with wins. May missed a few but felt the Nuggets were due for props on the win. May have missed it.
3 Reasons:
1) 2nd night of a B2B
2) missing 3 of our main guards
3) altitude
all these can affect on how you lift your arms or your mental state of shaking hands.
haha, sorry. I think a few of them shook hands. You'll always see Willie Green making the approach.
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Like I have been saying, we need a back up
It's a no brainer if he's interested if you ask me! Sounds like Cavs aren't interested in him anymore and he IS interested in the Clippers.
Heart or no heart, the guys got amazing natural talent and when healthy is one of the best centers in the league. He would be a perfect fit on the team and if salary cap allows it why not give Odom another chance too
Just hope the Heat or Thunder don't get to him first!
NO,track record tells me he is not the guy. You can have a great skill set,but your work ethics and desire (and injury history) weigh heavily against this guy. Unless you don't like Mullens hogging the bench,then he could hog the bench in Mullens' spot.
It's tough - I agree he is a complete pinhead, but if you can get him for a bag of chips - why not? I wouldn't bet the farm on him but to get a guy like that for nothing, it has to be considered. You just can't see him as anything other than a backup. Who else other than okafor and Bynum might be waived or bought out? I feel confident now we will get someone good.
If wants to be a Clippers then I'm all for it
The Clippers team, their comradery, their personalities (Doc, Alvin, CP3, Blake) are all bigger than Andrew Bynum's ego. We are a team that wouldn't necessarily have to rely on Bynum the way others might. Doc would make it clear he's coming off the bench for DJ, and that we're the kind of team that can survive without his presence should he try to pull any antics.
It's possible that the more positive atmosphere in our locker room might make Bynum actually want to be a better player. There's a rumor that Bynum wasn't happy to hear that the Cavs were looking to use Zeller more at center off the bench while Varejao started. Meaning Bynum would receive less minutes. Considering we're kinda hurting in the backup big department, maybe he won't have that same situation here.
Do it!!!
When healthy, he's a top-3 center in the league. As a backup, there's nobody to beat him. Worse case scenario he's not healthy, so we sit him at the end of the bench like we do Mullens. He's not going to cause any strife, or he'll get cut and we start looking again.
Andrew is a bum. we do need a backup for the moment. if we make a trade at the deadline. i'll give him the boot. he doesn't fit characteristics of this team. short term ONLY.
I'll take a half ass/not interested bynum coached by Doc for 14 minutes a game over any of the bigs we have coming off the bench right now.
I think what you mean is getting back former Clippers
Matt Barnes - started as a Clipper, goes to Lakers, comes back
Lamar Odom - started as a Clipper, traded to Lakers, comes back
Just getting back former Clippers.
In reality though, Bynum is a bum, and lazy, but if it is at a minimum contract, there's no complaints as long as he isn't disruptive. Well I suppose the complaints are that he isn't working hard enough to be effective night in and night out.
This season he was shooting 41.9% as a C. Is he going to be active on defense? One would have to see
Me too but can he stay healthy? Not so sure.
We don't want Odom. He has too much baggage with his divorce. Nobody would want Mullens. Nobody will take him even if we pay them and gave then a spot in the Cliff Paul commercial. Willie is the deal of a lifetime considering that he has earned regular minutes and he's cheap. We have a full roster, 15 players. Only Jackson and Wayans are non guaranteed. We can't release Wayans while he's injured I think.
Bynum in his prime could have ARGUABLY been the best center in the NBA but he had Beasley Syndrome and was uncoachable. He once shot a 3pter. Coach told him not to do it again. Guess what his next shot was. I question his injuries. In my less than humble opinion LeBron probably will go to Cleveland. Bynum could play with Irving and Varajao and LeBron.
If we got him for nothing in a non guaranteed contract MAYBE but I'd rather have Hollins because he leaves it on the floor and he's much better.
Publicly disrespecting your coach is unacceptable. What makes you think he won't disrespect Doc? What's Doc gonna do, give him a permanent spot on the bench? Disagreements should be private.
"Stupid is as stupid does" Forrest Gump. He acted like a spoiled disrespectful toxic brat because that's what he is. Baron Davis comes to mind. If we waive Jackson and Bynum at the price of paying for his shoes and it's a non guaranteed contract maybe but Jax wants to play and wants to be a Clipper.
A sign and trade for Willie. Salaries should match.
There was once a woman who found a half frozen dying snake on the road. The snake pleaded for her to help. He promised that if she saved him he would never bite her. She took him home and put him by the fire but that didn't work so out of compassion she held him next to her heart so the warmth of her body would revive him. The snake was revived and the first thing he did was bite her. As she was dying she asked the snake why he broke his promise.
His answer "You silly woman you knew I was a snake and that's what we do, we bite"
The fact that andrew bynum is a head case doesn't bother me, Doc rivers has experience with headcases, Rondo and perkins. There were often clashes in the Celtics locker room but he still got production from his players. I think if the clippers sign for bynum it would be a steal, maybe playing under doc will bring his motivation back. I mean he did win 2 Championships he can be a key component to our first chip.
Not only do I think Mike Brown is one of the problems, I think him being on a team lead by a cocky youngster PG and not having any real veterans on that team is a big problem.
He probably felt he could do whatever he wants. He'll have fun trying that against S Jax. Bynum May be half a foot bigger, but I wouldn't f*ck with Jax. No way, no how, Jax would be the type of guy to go straight for them knee caps.
Arguably Rondo was one of the reasons Doc left. Rondo was going to be the franchise player and he was uncoachable
ps. How do we get Bynum with a full roster? Waive Jax?
There has to be a huge sit down before even doing this with Doc and crew. Dan Gilbert wants no part in Bynum going to the Heat so I could see him holding on to Bynum. I No Odom though I'm done with that issue. Let the stretch bigs figure it out .
I'll give it a try
Good free throw shooter for a big
He's a legit 7'1"
He has a good post game
He could anchor the second unit defense
Pretty good man defender in post
I think he could play with either BG or DJ
Theres a good 15-20 minutes available behind BG & DJ
Also I think winning cures a lot of the unhappiness.
I do not want to waive stephen Jackson. Can't we just get rid of Malik? He doesn't make that much, who cares if we have to pay him.
I didn't even think of the Dan Gilbert connection. No way he helps Bronny out.
Only way i see this happening is if Bynum is waived and he comes here for the min.. If the cavs trade Bynum, we're stuck paying him his guaranteed 6 million in salary. we'd have to come close to matching his salary but why do that?
Also I think Doc would want to have a sit down with Bynum first to see where his heads at
Damn, forgot to look at Bynum's $$ You're right
What makes you think he'll tell the truth? He may just take pleasure in screwing with people. Again a la Baron
Who is a better alternative? I don't know, I think this is the best situation for him by far. But he is a moron.
There's only 2 Centers in the NBA where if you need a bucket, you throw it down low to them in the post and they will most likely get you the bucket. One is Brook Lopez and the other is Bynum.
http://t.foxsports.msn.com/nba/cavs-sus ... definitely
No id rather wait on okafor
I'm really iffy about Bynum. He's a petulant child who has totally wasted any and all chances with mostly every team he's ever had. To control him, you would need a coach on the level of a Phil Jackson, or a Gregg Poppovich...or a Doc Rivers.
I would still much rather have Okafor than Bynum. That being said, if Okafor isn't bought out by the time the trade deadline is imminent, then I guess we could take a chance on Bynum.
If this guy gets bought out or realeased and we have a shot to sign him for a minimum deal for the season you do it.. no questions about it.
This and this only. Do not trade for Mr Pin Head. We'd have to give up multiple players for him (that's even IF the Cavs would want any of our spare parts) to make the $ work and that would make us weaker not stronger IMO. We'd most likely be able to afford "only" 13 players (league min) as we are very close to the hard cap now (75.7 mil)....danger Will Robinson, danger.
Clips are looking for a big man that's willing to be coming off the bench, be a team player, accept their role, not worry about playing minutes. Bynum is none of that. I don't care how good he is, if he doesn't fit any of the above categories, he'd hurt the team more than he contributes.
According to the LA Times, the Clippers are interested IF he's waived.
http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow ... z2ohGVuVP1
At this point of his career i think he would accept a smaller role to ease him back to a healthier state. Under Doc Rivers Leadership and motivation he main regain the form of player he once was (which is a top 2 Center in the NBA). Imagine a Big three of Paul, Griffin, and Bynum. Don't get me wrong i appreciate everything DJ is doing this year and its great having him, but you have to admit a healthy motivated Bynum is a bigger talent than DJ is. Just point out the possibilities, plus it wouldn't hurt to add a legit 7 footer. In regards to Okafor there is no guarantee that he will be healthy in time for us to use his talents, at least Bynum is more ahead in his recovery than Okafor is.
Bynum has degenerative knees. He cannot be anything other than a bench guy long term.
A healthy motivated Bynum is a rarity. Bad knees, bad BBIQ, bad attitude. Much rather have DJ and thankful we do.
Pick him up ONLY if he's released and pay nothing more then the minimum.
Exactly, perfect for us.
Yes for the minimum, not to replace dj.
Duh. Did someone mention that?
Yes. Someone said our big three would be blake, Chris and Bynum, and seemed to indicate that we would move Dj.
Trading for him is a terrible move, luckily i think our FO is smarter than that. If the guy is waived and can be had for the minimum why in our right minds would we say no?
Sign him to be a backup big to supply 15 to 20 minutes a game, if he disrupts the team which i think is highly unlikely you drop him, he gets injured he is only being paid league min so no big lose there..
Probably the same someone who said Mullins would replace DJ. j/k...
Bring him in. but he has 24 m contract will it work?
Ah ok if he is waived, as long as he is interested to play with us.
If anyone saw tonight's game it's obvious.Changed my mind. If Bynum is waived and we can open a spot get him immediately. Hollins being gone showed that .If DJ or Ryan can't play we've got a problem. If Bynum stands there and doesn't move he's more effective than Mullens. I'm starting to feel sorry for the guy. He's worse than Gomes. AB has a big body unlike Ryan and can't be muscled.
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Wake up call.
I was thinking that. Maybe Barnes can get his head out of his butt and get his mojo going else we will want to trade him.
Too bad our SFs will likely continue their low level of play....
That clearing cap stuff was weak because Jamison was an expiring and it was Doc's weird ass who gave Mullens a second year with a freakin player option. Its whatever now soon as guys clear wavier bring them on and stop wasting time and making excuses.
Barnes is so annoying this season. Not just his play, but his whole demeanor and personality.
I find it funny how half of you guys on here talk so much trash on our coach and players. You guys sound like divas always wanting things your way you guys sound like laker fans and it's annoying. Doc is the coach for a reason and of they have him the GM job it's for a reason he's basketball knowledge is very high and of he's the GM he gets to build a team he feels would win a chip. Which by the way he has. Like someone just said Matt Barns has been annoying. Let me ask you this who was our second best player in the playoffs last year matt Barnes because Blake was kinda injured who stood up for Blake this year matt Barnes and if something big happened again you can bet matt would stick up for his whole team again. So stop acting and sounding like divas be a true fan and support your team the players and the GM even if he makes a couple mistakes it's his first year.
Barnes was good in the elimination game - it's not blasphemy to say he has been terrible this season. For the record, I never thought they should bring him back (last year was a contract year and an anomaly). So when he plays bad and has a crappy attitude, I feel justified in pointing it out. His whole behavior about potentially getting traded felt unprofessional.
Lol divas.. I'm actually happy with our team compare last years team.. i know we're gonna make it to the finals this year and win that ring and I'm more confident and comfortable on saying that for our team this year
Or maybe not. Best to judge after the season. Glass half full..
Clippers DA well look at it this way he wouldn't want to be traded he loves this team and his teammates he loves the city. of course he wouldn't want to be traded and yea he's played like **** but everyone has their ups and downs he's giving us more than duds has.
I get why he didn't want to leave - but look at how Danny granger handled it. You think he was thrilled? No. But he was classy. Barnes was making the trade deadline all about him. Saying he will play like it is his last game and just sucking.
Hi! Matt Barnes has been playing like a bum lately. When he has the ball and is about to shoot a layup, it either misses badly or gets blocked... if he throws a pass? Turnover! Shoots a 3? Brick!
I like Barnes and was happy when he signed, but this guy can't do anything right, at least not at the moment. I hope he becomes bench again and also plays a lot better. We're gonna need him.
Dudley should still be starting over Barnes. He's the better player and has been for years.
They have been similar level / impact players for most of their careers. Dudley is the better shooter and has obviously been the more consistent player, especially on offense for their careers. The reason I would say Dudley should start is that Dudley has had a huge dropoff from starter to bench, while Barnes has stayed almost the same. So to get maximal production from both, it seems like Dudley starting works better.
Barnes starter:
28.3 mins, 7.6 pts, 3.6 rebs, 2.1 asts, 99 Ortg, 37.0% 3PT, .508 TS%
Dudley starter:
28.6 mins, 8.7 pts, 2.2 rebs, 1.6 asts, 104 Ortg, 37.9% 3PT, .558 TS%
Barnes bench:
21.7 mins, 7.1 pts, 4.3 rebs, 1.4 asts, 94 Ortg, 26.6% 3PT, .471 TS%
Dudley bench:
18.2 mins, 4.4 pts, 2.2 rebs, 1.1 asts, 99 Ortg, 23.5% 3PT, .471 TS%
Dudley was actually scoring more than Barnes is as a starter and more efficiently. Rebounds at SF seem to decrease as a starter and increase on the bench because Dudley's bench 2.2 rebs in 18.2 minutes is 4.4 rebs/36 which would be good for him if he was doing that as a starter. Barnes on the other hand dropped from 7.1 rebs/36 off the bench to 4.6 rebs/36 as a starter, though the sample size isn't conclusive of anything, just an observation, it is an interesting thing to notice.
I don't know, the patterns in production at SF on this team is really weird. At least as a starter though, Dudley was killing it in home games on offense. Now he just sucks everywhere.
The problem with Dudley being in the 2nd unit is that, it's just a different team out there. 2nd unit looks like Vinny Del Negro returned... Barnes did ok in that mess last year, but Dudley seems to benefit more with ball movement from CP3, Blake, DJ, and JJ.
Maybe when he sobers up from that Cabo trip he'll get it,he is in fact expendable.
A while back Doc mentioned that he was hoping playing Dudley less would get his knee all the way better by the post season, so at least part of Barnes starting and playing more might be limiting Dudley's minutes for that.
They've both been pretty bad this year, but I do think Dudley has been a little less bad; most of our big wins this year came at the start of year when Dudley was playing more and Barnes was barely playing. Both are slumping, but Dudley is a little better at minimizing the team level damage done by his poor play than Barnes (lower turnover rate, misses less shots, defers more to better players, less mistake prone of defense even if he's outmatched physically more).
While Redick is out hopefully Bullock gets run as our main backup SG and makes a good impression, if he does that then he should be right in the mix for SF minutes too.
Agreed with this before I even saw the numbers. Barnes works well in transition, when he's running the floor and cutting to the basket for layups. We saw it with Bledsoe running the offense and we've seen it with Collison. Our starters' offense is designed to get open 3's for our wings and he has been dismal from there. Dudley may have slipped from his career numbers, but he's much, much better as a 3pt threat than Barnes.
I think the reason both of them rebound better coming off the bench is pretty simple... more minutes without DJ, Blake or both grabbing all the boards. If Hollins, Mullens, Jamison and Turk were my "competition", I'd sure as hell grab a lot more boards... even from the PG spot.
Paul, if you love someone let 'em go....to L.A.
Should be an easy sell if money will play no part in it.
Pretty hard for Pierce and KG to say anything negative about him coming here when they had their own bags packed before Stern stepped in.
He will get ample playing time here if he has even a modicum of consistency. More than Brooklyn.
Our SF position needs way more consistency, hopefully Barnes and Dudley start playing better and more motivated after almost being traded.
Whoops! I didn't mean to put the Big Baby tweets in this thread. Whateva whateva I do what I want.
Barnes, who signed a 3-year, $12 million deal in the offseason, says he's playing more freely now than he did before, not because he no longer has to worry about being traded but because he thinks this could be his last season in Los Angeles and doesn't want to hold anything back if it is.
"Since the trade deadline I think I know my days are numbered here," Barnes said. "So, I'm going to out there and have fun and play as a hard as I can and help the team in any way. I think I was thinking too much and trying to read into trades and this and that."
Motivated him like it should but this quote alone makes me worry if he becomes a chemistry problem.
http://espn.go.com/blog/los-angeles/cli ... r-clippers
Doubt he is moved unless Carmelo takes a paycut and we need to clear cap during the offseason.
He would be moved if we were getting an upgrade and moving him would facilitate that, doesn't really need to be Carmelo. As of now he'll be here and get minutes.
Players like him can't really think there's zero chance of them being moved, especially when their production is down.
Know what I'm sick of? New posters that haven't proven jack around here coming onto the site and labeling everybody, criticizing people they don't know, and calling out others fanhood. If you don't agree fine, but you need to review the forum rules before posting further or you're going to run into problems around here. NOTHING on this forum should be a personal critique or attack of other posters. That post is actually grounds to give an official warning but the ONLY reason I'm not is because it's 3 days old and I missed it. Let it be a verbal warning for future posts.
I lean that way too. It's clearly had the impact we all hoped for. I just hope it doesn't boil over in the future if he doesn't think the team has his back is all.
MB has had a couple good games in a row. He needs to keep it up. But we definitely need wing help!!
Fixed that for you.
And I see nothing wrong with the quote. In fact, it sounds like he's had a wake-up call considering how terribly he had been playing.
Is anyone really surprised by what this guy says or does? There's a reason why he's bounced around from team to team in his career. He's a good role player, but eventually becomes a knucklehead to the point that the team just can't take it anymore. You would think he would have gotten the message by now but I guess not.
He along with Collinson, Dudley, Green and Hollins who's all days are numbered. I think maybe only 1 of those returns next season not named Green or Hollins.
Maybe Matt knows he's playing like diaper dump. If he plays well he probably won't get traded. When he plays well, he and Collison are keepers. Wasn't last year a career year for him? Maybe he's paranoid from being bounced around. Maybe he should shut up
Well in all fairness he doesn't have the typical NBA background. Ever since his Rookie season he's had to work his A@@ off to stay in the NBA, and there were many times were I watched him play for other teams and I thought he should have been starting and getting more minutes, but wasn't for some reason or another. I think he just cares allot about this team specifically and is still a bit bitter from past experiences, and after taking less money to come back here for what he thought would be Security with this team then seeing his name in trade discussion, I can understand were he's coming from. But with that said I can also see the Teams perspective, were trying to do something unheard of around here and sometimes it means getting rid of Loyal but under performing players. But if he keeps playing the way he's playing of late, I doubt this will be an issue, for him or the team.
I like Matt Barnes.
Not to long ago players didn't want to come to the Clippers, it was like being banished to Siberia. Now, Matt showed that he was dying just at the thought of possibly having to leave. He works hard but isn't a premier player. But coach, who knows more than all of us put together, is starting him. We don't have the cap space to bring in a Carmelo level player at the 3. If Granger comes, it will be a rental for a couple of months because we likely wouldn't have the money to pay him next year. Matt is the reality we have at the moment. He was supposed to be coming off the bench but Dudley didn't perform. Embrace him, he bleeds Clippers colors. I know if I am in a bind, I would like to have Matt Barnes saying "Don't worry I got your back."
he plays with heart, and you can't learn that
He had 2 sprained ankles last night and still played - enough said....
This is one of the reasons why I don't post as often and just lurk and read these days. At least when we were losing and heading to the lottery every year, you knew the people that we're posting here were likely real fans lol
Maybe those are Lakers fans who doesn't want to post in the lakers topbuzz because they don't want to know what's the latest of the Lakers
Overly dramatic imo.
I actually feel the Barnes situation.
At my work place, they got lots of spots ( I guess teams) and our manager (came in 8 months ago) has been talking about this other fella who does what I do at another location. Been hearing for a good portion of a year that she wants him at our place. Long be hold, last month I was told I was being shipped out and will bring him in in a 1 week trade. (This so they can see how he holds)
They kept me waiting for a month. It has been in the back of my head. There is not much I can do but do my job.
Still, it bothers the sh!t out of me. Now it is official. Next week he will be in my place and I will be in his.
And yet, I do not earn the millions that Matt does.
Don't be a lamar! Matt u are better than that.
Trades are a part of life and matt hadn't been playing to his contract until two games ago.
I hope it lasts but who knows.
I think Matt really thought he would finally stay in one place longer than a year (and not be part of any trade talks) after he signed his first real long-term contract last summer. It meant a lot to him, I'm sure, and it meant stability for him and his family.
However, due to injuries this season and playing subpar games until the last two games, he was probably feeling a lot of pressure to perform and was hoping the Clippers would give him more time to get his health and act together before tossing his name in the trade banter. It just goes to show that basketball is first and foremost a business and players have to always keep in mind that they may be traded at a drop of a hat regardless of the length of their contract.
On a positive note, I'm relieved Matt is still on the team this season. I really hope he continues his stellar play and make great contributions well into the playoffs.
Matt keep up the good work and your days are not numbered.
The only bad luck you had was that mister Dudley is so great that we had to give you a starting spot and you couldn't handle it, i don't blame you because you're a benchplayer who gives us a spark from coming off the bench like last season.
So we were in panic mode and the value of Dudley was zero.
So i'm glad you re still on the team and prove most people wrong with the performance from your last two games. Keep it up.
Matt repeated it again postgame in the Pelicans game. He said "I'm just playing loose because these could be my last 3 months in a Clippers uniform. I'm going to give my all until this summer". I don't know why he's being emotionally affected by trade rumors after 11 years in the league and like 9 teams. It's good that it lit a fire under his ass but he needs to know that as long as he brings it every game and plays hard, he has a home here. It's never too late to turn it around. Hell if Jared Dudley suddenly starts playing well and sustains it till the end of the season, I'm sure we'd all come around.


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We need to pick up the defense. The probabilities are high that we won't continue to shoot 64% in the 2nd half. We allowed the Bulls to shoot 48%. Defense, defense.
Exactly. I don't trust hot shooting on the road. We need to play sharp. Make the right passes. Don't forget Blake inside. AND REBOUND!!!
Wish we played the Bulls more. I was encouraged by Turk's 3, I want him to get a few more shot attempts.
Since he's never been to the playoffs anyone that has been must've cheated right?
Well I hope he doesn't get too many up.
Why not, that would mean its garbage time probably & it's not like he's looked like a chucker so far.
I'd love to see us force a bunch of turnovers in the 2nd half. I'll breathe easier if we start doing that with a large lead.
I agree. Bulls out-rebounding the Clips by 5 and have 13 offensive rebounds.
Very good start! Keep it up, chippers
Pretty sure Barnes traveled
Well if that's what it is due to, then sure, fire away
Lol, that was certainly a foul
Don't yell at the ref, Blake! You're doing so well. I can't figure out how Noah got that rebound from Blake. Looked like BG had good position, but the ball just bounced weird!
They're doing a good job on JJ right now, but we're making pretty good decisions so far.
DJ finally playing solid d
Lets not forget that Noah is longer and taller. That is how he is getting his boards over Blake.
Yeah I almost forgot, Noah is basically a center.
We cannot keep allowing Dunleavy to hit threes!
The refs keeping Noah in the game to make this a close game.
9 offensive boards from Noah....
More importantly, Doc needs to calm Blake down.
Ugh. The turnovers are annoying!
Darren Collison goes bingo!!
Collison has turned on the switch.
not just basically, he is a C!
Collison deciding to bring the team back
Collison beasting.
Um, can we please hit our free throws?
We're just poking at rebounds instead of securing them!
Oh man. We could use some Crawford baskets.
If JD could hit an effing shot, I'd feel a little better.
Lol @ Thibodeau screaming:
-get him!
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Only a 12 point game. Need to put the Bulls away.
This 12-point lead going into the 4th quarter is too close for comfort. Bulls can get back into this game very easily if the Clippers slack off on their defense.
To Chicago's credit, the stepped up the D on the two guys who killed them in the first half, by closing out well on JJ and hammering Blake inside. Thankfully, DC took advantage.
Well so much for my prediction of this being a defensive game... Hopefully they put there foot down and win this game..
Oh yay! Willie is in this game!
Turkish airline has lifted.
Wow Willie came out firing!
Willie Green is truly the ultimate team guy.
Our secret weapon.
I am so glad for Willie! He's always ready when his number is called up. Great baskets to start. Keep it up, Willie!
I always feel good when willie comes in and plays well.. Guy deserves the time just based off of his attitude
Woot! Lawler's Law already. I hope this law holds, lol.
Nice shot by Jamal.
It's like we can't make layups on these guys.
Dudley is REALLY not making me happy.
Yeah where is the defense on the guy driving in? lazy defense kills
What the heck! Bulls just shaved off 8 points to our lead. Dudley needs to find his shooting groove fast.
Crawford is a complete ball hog and Dudley is beyond words terrible. Doc, why would you foist him on us?!
I hate these kinds of games too. We start to put a team away, then in 2 minutes back they are. I know we "lawed" 'em,but I suspect they may may this harder then it should be in closing.