Care
and feeding of your security key
Miscellaneous Musings from the Technical Director
Monday, 14-MAY-2007 by
Donald MacPherson - Technical Director
Every so often, we get a call from a customer
that they broke their security key (i.e., dongle, hardware
lock). Back in the days of printer port keys, this was an infrequent
event. Since we began supporting USB keys, however, we have seen a
more keys that were truly "broken"...
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In-House
Software: Risk or Asset?
Miscellaneous Musings from the Technical Director
Monday, 19-FEB-2007 by
Donald MacPherson - Technical Director
You read Stephanie's article from her trip to the
SINAVAL show, in which she did her own musing about in-house
software. For decades, HydroComp has commanded a market niche
where our biggest competitive product is a potential customer's own
in-house developed software. This may seem like an enviable position,
but...
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Top
Ten Prognostications for 2007
Miscellaneous Musings from the Technical Director
Monday, 01-JAN-2007 by
Donald MacPherson - HydroComp Technical Director
As As we start the new year, I was asked to make
some predictions about the state of "marine propulsion" in
2007. This is a bit like forecasting the weather six months in
advance, but hey, let's have a little fun. I encourage anyone with
additions or comments to this list to speak right up. (Use the Post A
Comment link below). So, here goes - my Top 10 Prognostications for
2007...
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Programming
Classes in Engineering Schools
Miscellaneous Musings from the Technical Director
Monday, 16-OCT-2006 by
Donald MacPherson - Technical Director
I just read that my alma mater, Webb Institute,
has adopted Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) as the platform
for their new computer programming curriculum. For those of you who
are not yet 100% indoctrinated in the Microsoft way of doing things,
VBA is a variant of their Visual Basic programming language that is
embedded into other applications. VBA is most often used from within
Excel for technical calculations, but it is also part of Word and
Access, for example, and has been licensed for use in many
non-Microsoft products. Three cheers to those responsible at Webb for
a good decision!...
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New
Features for NavCad
Monday, 11-JUL-2006 by
Stephanie McArdle - EU Sales and Marketing
This summer’s round of MSU’s is just around
the corner. Our project engineers have been working hard to develop
substantial new features. NavCad users will be happy to see a new
cavitation prediction method for those props operating in a
transcavitating mode. For those of you who attended the WMTC, in
London, back in March, you probably caught Don MacPherson’s
presentation “Inboard Propeller Cavitation: A Practical Guide and
New Performance Model (pdf).”...
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