LabTOONS, The secret life of LabVIEW objects!

[Intaris]

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@tst wrote:

Yes, that's like the correct-people-when-they-fail-to-use-the-possessive beast.

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I concede that point..... 

[altenbach]

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Intaris wrote: Please, Please keep the creationist / evolution thing away from the forum.....

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I agree, there is nothing funny about "creationsm" or "intelligent design", while in the case of LabVIEW, we might actually argue that is is intelligently designed. 🙂

OTOH, LabVIEW has certainly evolved into something much better due to the natural selection process imposed by customers and betatesters. It would make Darwin proud!

Yes, making fun of creationists in a cartoon is somewhat of a cheap shot, because it is so easy. 😄 (... but you try to come up with a new and unique idea every night!!! 🐵

This reminds me of one of the great Doonesbury cartoons (back from Dec. 18, 2005):

Message Edited by altenbach on 06-27-2008 09:20 AM

[altenbach]

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Henrik Volkers wrote:
What meaning behind the abbrevation  LabTOONS ? 

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Simple, it's just a wordplay on LabVIEW and cartoon, of which toon is a common abbreviation. The lowercase/uppercase pattern matches the pattern for LabVIEW to keep the universe in balance. 🙂

For obvious reasons, it also has been selected because this word is relatively unique and shows a very low hit count on e.g. a google search. You don't want to use something that has many other meanings or uses or is even trademarked.

[altenbach]

This time we explore the more recent history, in particular we go back to NI-Week 2007 and see how the LabVIEW champions are doing in the gameshow.

(Sorry, this is more of an insider joke.... Well, you had to be there...) 😄

DIsclaimer: The icons all represent champions, but not necessarily gameshow participants. 

Message Edited by altenbach on 06-30-2008 12:14 AM

[Gabi1]

i saw the video cast, and this was hilarious!

i have to admit, i have never used any of them. i wonder what if...

[Ben]

Re: Express VI's

"Doh, Are those VIs that execute real fast?"

My car (a Cavalier that uses $14 of gas a week) has a bumper sticker that reads

"LAVA No Express VIs Required"

(that may or may not be responsible for the low fuel usage  ).

Ben

[Ray.R]

LOL!! I still don't know any of them, and use them even less... LOL!! 😄

[tbob]

I just got back from vacation, and I am responding to the LabTOON of 6/26.  Isn't that code from Softwire, a graphic language that hooks up to VB?  I've seen a demo and used it a little.  Quite nice for some applications, but it's no Labview.

[altenbach]

tbob wrote:

 Isn't that code from Softwire, a graphic language that hooks up to VB?

No, you are way off. 😮

One very subtle clue would be the "... planet με ..." bit... You need to read between the lines. Some things are less random than you might think.

See how far you get. (Note also that the US site of this company does not really mention the software, so you need to travel to alien lands) 😄

Message Edited by altenbach on 06-30-2008 10:39 AM

[JB]

με --> ICONNECT from Micro-Epsilon ? I have no idea about this software but I'm from an alien land...