Recent content by 600burger

Anyone have experience with Code::Blocks? I'm trying to get it to compile some FORTRAN for me, but getting some confusing errors. While Compiling: Compiling: horz.f90 mingw32-g++.exe: C:\Documents and Settings\...\horz.f90: linker input file unused because linking not done Linking...

WOW! Thanks for all the great responses. I knew this could potentially be a hot button issue so I'm pleased (but not shocked in a community such as this) that it has remained so civilized and objective. In response I'd like to mention that my original post was not the first time that I have...

Not just the mundane business type ethics. As I'm nearing my B.S. in Mech/Aero engineering I have become very aware that its entierly possible I will be working in a defense type job building/fixing/improving war time machines. It really hit me when I recently went for an interview for a...

Desktop (Build it yourself) Run any linux distro and put it on your resume (also keeps you from playing games) 1.) Inexpensive vs. power 2.) Less theft 3.) Less damages Buy the PC. With the money you save buy a mini fridge to sit next to it. The gain in efficiency of never needing to...

I went through a CC to UCDavis and straight into Mech Eng. When transferring and asking counselors how well transfers do in the University main stream I was told they usually do better then the ones that started there. This is true so far as I can tell as well as I am now a senior in...

Hi all, Was wondering how much anyone really "preps" for the GRE. Senior year in Mech/Aero eng doesn't leave a whole lotta time to study vocab words. I hear a lot of people doing ok (aka, getting into grad school) with some pretty abismal verbal scores. And from what I can tell the math...

Excellent, thanks guys. I am not looking for a spouse, and I say the isolation won't bother me now, but I guess I have no idea how it would affect me. A specific, but unrelated to immigration/working, question would be about language learning. I can imagine that Japanese would be one of the...

Thanks guys, I'm primarily looking to work in Germany or the UK, with hopes for permanent immigration to anywhere in the EU. I guess it would be different country to country, but how would a work visa go? If I worked for however long, would I eventually get naturalized citizenship or...

Cool, thanks guys. It real didn't make sense to me either. I'm extremely happy with the faculty and research going on here. Picnic day is definately a blast (less it rains like last year!). Come check out the AMAT table next year! http://mae.ucdavis.edu/team/amat/news.html

Anyone have any experience with getting jobs overseas (as an American)? Particularly looking for jobs in Mech. engineering.

I've been told conflicting things by many people in higher places than my own. Some say its detrimental to get a BS and MS from the same school when looking for a job. Others say that it really doesn't matter. So my question is why would it hurt me to stay/how could it help me to move...

I recently noticed while crunching some CFD numbers in Matlab that only 50% of my HT processor is being used. I understand basicly that HT is an early imitation of dual core. I assume if i turn off HT i will regain my lost cycles. My question is regarding an invedible upgrade to my rig...

Anyone know a free DVD player/codec for windows XP? Amazingly, windows media player 10 doesn't have one built in.

Homework Statement So, the problem is 4 line vortices in a 2-d square. All have the same strength. I am asked to find the motion of the vortices in the flow of the others. Meaning, each vortex moves in the flow of the other three. I know the correct solution should be just a circular...

Homework Statement a. Given potential flow, find stream function and velocity components. b. Compute pressure along the x-axis and plot it. Homework Equations Psi = 2axy The Attempt at a Solution So, I got the psi from phi (above) but i don't understand how I am to go from...