the 0th and 1st derivative of a scary function

in case anybody wonders why my participation might be a little spotty
of late, take a look at this function of time:

http://waterdata.usgs.gov/vt/nwis/uv?dd_cd=03&format=gif&period=31&site_no=04294500

this happens to be where i live:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=40+North+Cove+Road,+Burlington+VT&aq=&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=36.231745,79.013672&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=40+N+Cove+Rd,+Burlington,+Vermont+05408&ll=44.527889,-73.270944&spn=0.000996,0.002411&t=h&z=19

my hope lies in the fact that the 2nd derivative is a teeny-weeny bit
negative at present.

to get an historical look at it, since i lived here:

http://waterdata.usgs.gov/vt/nwis/dv?cb_00065=on&format=gif_default&begin_date=2000-01-01&end_date=2011-04-12&site_no=04294500&referred_module=sw

a little windfall (if it stops) is that canoeing is readily available
from my back yard.  might be fun.

L8r,

r b-j

On 04/13/2011 01:16 PM, robert bristow-johnson wrote:
>
> in case anybody wonders why my participation might be a little spotty
> of late, take a look at this function of time:
>
> http://waterdata.usgs.gov/vt/nwis/uv?dd_cd=03&format=gif&period=31&site_no=04294500
>
> this happens to be where i live:
>
> http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=40+North+Cove+Road,+Burlington+VT&aq=&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=36.231745,79.013672&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=40+N+Cove+Rd,+Burlington,+Vermont+05408&ll=44.527889,-73.270944&spn=0.000996,0.002411&t=h&z=19
>
> my hope lies in the fact that the 2nd derivative is a teeny-weeny bit
> negative at present.
>
> to get an historical look at it, since i lived here:
>
> http://waterdata.usgs.gov/vt/nwis/dv?cb_00065=on&format=gif_default&begin_date=2000-01-01&end_date=2011-04-12&site_no=04294500&referred_module=sw
>
> a little windfall (if it stops) is that canoeing is readily available
> from my back yard.  might be fun.

Time to jack up the house?

-- 

Tim Wescott
Wescott Design Services
http://www.wescottdesign.com

Do you need to implement control loops in software?
"Applied Control Theory for Embedded Systems" was written for you.
See details at http://www.wescottdesign.com/actfes/actfes.html

On Apr 13, 4:16&#4294967295;pm, robert bristow-johnson <r...@audioimagination.com>
wrote:
> in case anybody wonders why my participation might be a little spotty
> of late, take a look at this function of time:
>
> http://waterdata.usgs.gov/vt/nwis/uv?dd_cd=03&format=gif&period=31&si...
>
> this happens to be where i live:
>
> http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=40+North+...
>
> my hope lies in the fact that the 2nd derivative is a teeny-weeny bit
> negative at present.
>
> to get an historical look at it, since i lived here:
>
> http://waterdata.usgs.gov/vt/nwis/dv?cb_00065=on&format=gif_default&b...
>
> a little windfall (if it stops) is that canoeing is readily available
> from my back yard. &#4294967295;might be fun.
>
> L8r,
>
> r b-j

Cool pics....  Whats up with the four large sundials to the right of
your house --- LOL

Yikes, it's even higher than the time in 2006 when you took me around the
Winooski River floodplain in the canoe. 

How's that ark coming along?

Seriously, stay safe.

Greg

On Apr 13, 3:16&#4294967295;pm, robert bristow-johnson <r...@audioimagination.com>
wrote:
.....

> that canoeing is readily available
> from my back yard. &#4294967295;might be fun.

P. G. Wodehouse once wrote about a
country house on a sloping river bank:

"In the summer, the river was at the
bottom of the garden, while in the winter,
the garden was at the bottom of the river."

YMMV

On Wed, 13 Apr 2011 14:08:54 -0700 (PDT), brent <bulegoge@columbus.rr.com>
wrote:

>Cool pics....  Whats up with the four large sundials to the right of
>your house --- LOL

Those are the radio telescopes that Robert uses to communicate with the Mother
Ship.

On Apr 14, 8:29&#4294967295;am, Greg Berchin <gjberc...@chatter.net.invalid>
wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Apr 2011 14:08:54 -0700 (PDT), brent <buleg...@columbus.rr.com>
> wrote:
>
> >Cool pics.... &#4294967295;Whats up with the four large sundials to the right of
> >your house --- LOL
>
> Those are the radio telescopes that Robert uses to communicate with the Mother
> Ship.

At the plant I once helped manage (and whose Oversight Committee I now
chair) the settling tanks are covered.The vented air passes through a
very effective bio-filter.

Robert: Are any of the aeration tanks covered? Is sludge stored in the
open? (Phew!)

Jerry, erstwhile Shit Commissioner

On 4/13/2011 1:16 PM, robert bristow-johnson wrote:
>
> in case anybody wonders why my participation might be a little spotty
> of late, take a look at this function of time:
>
> http://waterdata.usgs.gov/vt/nwis/uv?dd_cd=03&format=gif&period=31&site_no=04294500
>
> this happens to be where i live:
>
> http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=40+North+Cove+Road,+Burlington+VT&aq=&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=36.231745,79.013672&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=40+N+Cove+Rd,+Burlington,+Vermont+05408&ll=44.527889,-73.270944&spn=0.000996,0.002411&t=h&z=19
>
> my hope lies in the fact that the 2nd derivative is a teeny-weeny bit
> negative at present.
>
> to get an historical look at it, since i lived here:
>
> http://waterdata.usgs.gov/vt/nwis/dv?cb_00065=on&format=gif_default&begin_date=2000-01-01&end_date=2011-04-12&site_no=04294500&referred_module=sw
>
> a little windfall (if it stops) is that canoeing is readily available
> from my back yard.  might be fun.
>
> L8r,
>
> r b-j

robert,

Did I miss it?  What's *your* elevation?

Howzit today?

Fred

On Apr 14, 11:46&#4294967295;am, Fred Marshall <fmarshallxremove_th...@acm.org>
wrote:
>
> robert,
>
> Did I miss it? &#4294967295;What's *your* elevation?

i think the first floor is at 102.5 ft.

> Howzit today?

just checked.  an hour ago it's at 100.62.  we could handle 101 in
2000 and 2001.  the previous owners were forced out in '93 and '98
when it got to just below 102.  but their sump system was crappy and
we put in a real good one right after moving.

r b-j



> Fred

On Apr 14, 10:44&#4294967295;am, Jerry Avins <j...@ieee.org> wrote:
> On Apr 14, 8:29&#4294967295;am, Greg Berchin <gjberc...@chatter.net.invalid>
> wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 13 Apr 2011 14:08:54 -0700 (PDT), brent <buleg...@columbus.rr.com>
> > wrote:
>
> > >Cool pics.... &#4294967295;Whats up with the four large sundials to the right of
> > >your house --- LOL
>
> > Those are the radio telescopes that Robert uses to communicate with the Mother
> > Ship.
>
> At the plant I once helped manage (and whose Oversight Committee I now
> chair) the settling tanks are covered.The vented air passes through a
> very effective bio-filter.
>
> Robert: Are any of the aeration tanks covered? Is sludge stored in the
> open? (Phew!)

i dunno.  they don't look so covered in the sat photo.  but i don't
smell anything from it except on rare occasions.  sometimes rarely, in
the middle of the night, we would smell something like a faint whiff
of lime.  the wind normally comes from the west, so we smell the lake.

it normally smells like woods and moss and pond.  the mosquitoes can
be real bad by July.

r b-j