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Minbarwinkle
Minbarwinkle
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Joined: May 21, 2022 9:14 pm
Last seen: March 20, 2025 4:50 am
Topics: 9 / Replies: 70
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RE: so called software maintenance

Software has been getting worse and worse and the worst part is that we are being forced to use the newer, worse software. I was very happy to use Win...

12 months ago
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RE: Tripod? What Tripod?

I heard a story from a geodetic surveyor that someone had stolen one of their tripods used for static. They took off the receiver and placed it carefu...

12 months ago
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RE: Reminding myself how much I like fieldwork...

Some horrible days when I have to work in mud during the rain on a construction site, setting out marks in an inch of dirty water on a fresh slab, ham...

12 months ago
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RE: Checking the pulse of traverse closure

Judges don't care about math as much as they care about original marks because the point of a survey is to discover the original intent of granting th...

1 year ago
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RE: Joint Tenants vs. Tenants in Common

Can you incorporate property? I mean create a company and transfer to title to it and give shares out to whoever you want? I'm just spitballing here, ...

1 year ago
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RE: Surveying Jokes

I came up with another one today, stop me if you've heard it before. Why are surveyors in short supply? Because they have to be smart enough to know ...

1 year ago
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RE: One Man Crews

I'm in Australia and over here one-man crews have started to become the norm, at least in the big cities, because money talks. At the same time, there...

1 year ago
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RE: Connecticut Benchmakrs

Excuse the potential silly question, are the given coordinates to a benchmark using imperial or metric? Looking at the datasheet, there seems to be a ...

1 year ago
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RE: Trimble 360 prism from an angle..

It would have been interesting to record the vertical angle manually and compare with the stored one. How far was the distance btw? If I was in that ...

1 year ago
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RE: Two thousand and 1997

Ask for the money upfront.

1 year ago
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RE: Trimble "Communications Error" message

I've had some connection issues in specific spots, because of nearby devices emitting a lot of signals. Once, I was setup under a low high voltage wir...

1 year ago
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RE: Leica Captivate - Survey Stylesheet

Why do you need the time stamp? Are you using this to check on some underlings' productivity? I've been through a few companies, and I've never seen t...

1 year ago
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RE: How much does prism selection affect Accuracy?

Leica better be sending you some gift cards, that was a great pitch to buy the quality stuff.

1 year ago
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RE: Unlicensed Surveyors in Senior Positions

Tangential question relating to the licensing system you're using in the US, is the licence per individual or can it per company too? In Australia, so...

1 year ago
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RE: Control Bust

I worked on a project that was using a scale factor for everything. It was a large tunnel and road and we couldn't use CSF 1.000000, or else there wou...

1 year ago
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RE: Bike Path, through private property Steve Lehto

I would just put a fence up to restrict access, at the minimum. Expecting a reasonable verdict from a court of a law seems like a real gamble these da...

1 year ago
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RE: A new toy to play with

Can it do voice commands? That's what I really want in my next controller. Well, that and some UWB auto-lock wizardry but that's probably a few years ...

1 year ago
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RE: Wanted: HP41cx

If you have the dosh, you could fork out for one these replicas: I'm not affiliated with and haven't seen the product in real life but the website lo...

1 year ago
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