| IDL Programmer Seeking Sabbatical Position [message #37687] |
Fri, 16 January 2004 12:23  |
David Fanning
Messages: 11724
Registered: August 2001
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Folks,
I've been doing what I've been doing a long time (nearly 17 years).
I'm in the mood for a change. To that end, I am looking for
a short (I.e., 2-5 month) sabbatical position to start
this summer in which I can refresh my batteries and learn
something new. I can offer IDL programming expertise, reasonably
interesting conversation, and fierce tennis competition,
if you are so inclined.
The ideal position will have some (or all) of the following
features. (Along with a reasonable salary, of course.)
1. Science. More than anything I want to learn something new.
I haven't felt like much of a scientist for a long time.
I'd like a project that would get the brain cells moving.
Maybe even cause me to brush the dust off the ol' math
books and feel like a physicist again. I've been leaning
toward medical imaging lately, but anything in the
realm of physical science would appeal to me.
2. Location. I want to get out of town. If the job was off
the Great Barrier Reef, or there were hundreds of exotic
birds nearby, or if the natives didn't speak English, so
much the better. Spanish or German would be my preferred
languages. Is anyone using IDL in Costa Rica? Cheap
housing I could share with my family would be perfect.
House swapping for the summer could work, too, if you
always wanted to spend the summer in fabulous Colorado!
3. Worthwhile project. I'm not interested in locating
military targets or thinking up reasons for a manned
lunar mission, no matter how worthwhile and essential
these jobs may be. I'd like a project that I thought
was contributing to making people's lives better, or
the environment safer, etc. Call me a closet liberal,
if you like, but I'd like to spend a couple of months
making a difference.
If you know of such a position, or if your mother's second
cousin's friend knows of such a position, please let me know.
I'll be diligent about following up every lead. :-)
Cheers,
David
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David W. Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Phone: 970-221-0438, E-mail: david@dfanning.com
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Toll-Free IDL Book Orders: 1-888-461-0155
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| Re: IDL program [message #40271 is a reply to message #37687] |
Thu, 29 July 2004 14:15  |
Paul Van Delst[1]
Messages: 1157
Registered: April 2002
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David Fanning wrote:
> Wayne Landsman writes:
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>> Anyone have any suggestions on a machine-independent way to have an IDL
>> program open a Web page? (For example, a HELP button on widget that
>> makes reference to a Web page.) Presumably, I would need to SPAWN to
>> some utility... Thanks, --Wayne Landsman
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> If the web page exists locally, this works nicely:
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> IDL> ONLINE_HELP, BOOK='C:/CoyoteGuide/index.html'
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> You can open up PDF and HTML files this way in a
> machine independent way. I don't know about an
> external web page.
Hmm.
IDL> online_help, book='~/MyWebStuff/Fortran90/Instrument_Information/SpcCoeff /Main.html'
IDL> /usr/local/rsi/idl_6.0/bin/online_help_html: line 104: netscape: command not found
Is there any way to specify a different browser? I'd check the online help, but acroread
for linux doesn't have a search plugin. :o(
paulv
p.s. I was reading "Hope's Horizon" on the metro last night and there's a whole chapter in
there mostly dedicated to the idea, and, tangentially, the embodiment, of the Coyote, the
littel Trickster.
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| Re: IDL program [message #40340 is a reply to message #40269] |
Mon, 02 August 2004 10:05 |
R.Bauer
Messages: 1424
Registered: November 1998
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Paul Van Delst wrote:
> David Fanning wrote:
>> Paul Van Delst writes:
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>>> p.s. I was reading "Hope's Horizon" on the metro last night and there's a
>>> whole chapter in there mostly dedicated to the idea, and, tangentially,
>>> the embodiment, of the Coyote, the littel Trickster.
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>> I think he has a special affinity for LINUX machines. :-)
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> Oh yeah. Whoever decided the penguin would be a good linux mascot was
> waaaay off. But,
> then, there would no default mascot for Windows...... :o)
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> paulv
... gates
I remember one old slogan
Linux is like a wigwam: no window's, no gate's and apache in side
Reimar
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Forschungszentrum Juelich
email: R.Bauer@fz-juelich.de
http://www.fz-juelich.de/icg/icg-i/
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