That's awesome, dude.  I can't believe you saw that.  Would've never noticed had you not detailed it as well as you did.

Cool pic too!!

Scott

Smoke?

Somebody's been smokin alright

Well as for opinions, It took me a while to work out the technique to capture the image and afterwards thought it would illicit some comments.
Never noticed a man smoking, but did note what looked like a dragons head to me. 

hogan!

Once again you hit the nail on the head!

Looks great!

Regards,
Stephan

Gerald,

you know that I am very interested in any information with regard to weld-simulation.

Since here one combines - or tries to - both arc- and solid state physics to achieve what is normally hard or nearly impossible(?) to achieve.

Predictions on what might happen while the welding-process is running or how the welding process affects the welded base material.

It is in my personal opinion an incomparable and tremendous field of investigation, information and a great opportunity for very own personal endeavor. Much too much for a single human being in a single human life, I honestly know that, but nonetheless I love it..!

This what you have mentioned is a fraction of a very interesting presentation coming from Professor Tarasankar DeBroy from the Pennsylvania State University, which is - as far as I am correct - one of the world wide leading institutes in the field of computational welding simulation.

He has held this presentation named:

«Tailoring Fusion and Friction Stir Welds using a Reliable and Efficient Transport Phenomena based Model and a Genetic Algorithm»

on the

8th International Seminar
Numerical Analysis of Weldability

been held in Graz in Austria in 2006, see also:

http://iws.tugraz.at/IWS_tree/Veranstalt/Seggau/2006/e_seggau_programme.html

Within the presentation he treats the Friction Stir Welding and the Gas Tungsten Arc Welding process as examples for an introduction of what Numerical Analysis is meanwhile able to achieve in the field of Simulation.

Although I unfortunately couldn't attend personally, I had the luck to receive the presentations, however, because my colleagues from our "Numerical-Simulation-Department" were there. You  know, where my friend the PhD in Mathematics is the head of (he who has the patience to "explain" me math from time to time :-)).

Gerald, unfortunately there are Copyright reasons making it impossible to share the details of DEBROY's presentation with the forum, although I incredibly would like to!

Nonetheless, what I would like to do is to attach the specific slide which you have mentioned in your kind reply hereinafter for your kind information. I guess by that I won't contravene any governing laws of Copyright.

Furthermore I guess as well, it is not prohibited to write me a short private message, for a continued discussion of this interesting presentation. You know what I mean?

So I ask your kind understanding for what I have described and remain with as always
best regards,
Stephan

Like staring into a campfire........Out riding the sands all day, fixin the kids bikes, pickin them up and encouraging them to go on, drinking WAYYYYYYYYYYYYY to many beers, (and goin for a night ride), Gettin lost and finding your way back again (No GPS, just like dad taught you.)  Keeping your mouth shut while youre stupid sister in law talks nonsense,  Getting the tent ready to sleep in............................(Couple more beers and thats it.....)      AHHHHHHHHHHHH Staring into that fire.......... Reminds you of work!!!!!!!!!!!

Beautiful pic--------Thats all I got.

Jon,
I think you have the two Geralds mixed up, although Gerald (CWI555) may still ride his skate board, I think you are thinking about Gerald (pipewelder_1999).

Jon,

I believe the website you refer to belongs to the other Gerald. which is worthy of note as you mentioned.

Hi Jon
Obviously! However you are not alone!!! :) :) :)

Then again, we all have the capacity to replace many of the ones that have become, let's say - incapacitated... The new ones that take their place often do not take up their predecesor's same positions in the hierchy of importance or function so, alot of "rewiring' occurs as a result, and often the cause of much confusion or dellusion on occasion. ;) I say this because, I too have personal experience in this rather unique capability us humans do have within our brains when compared to the rest of the primates. ;)

The regenerating capabilities of our very important yet, much misunderstood organ known as our liver is well known in medical circles... However the above mentioned capabilities of our own brains regenerating capabilities have only come to light recently in comparison, and is probably why no one as of yet has attempted to perform a human brain transplant. There's way too much yet to be learned about the human brain before we as humans can attempt to perform even lower primate brain transplants for research!!!

Any who, I'm getting ahead of my self... My donor liver came from a Mexican American, and that's as much as I know so far, of the individual who's family so generously donated his liver in order for me to recieve the gift of life... Many times I find myself having intense cravings of Mexican Food (Thank God - not for Tequila!) during the middle of the night yet before I was transplanted, I had no such desire or craving for Mexican food whatsoever!!! I also find myself wanting to take many more power siesta's (naps) which I never used to take... The urge of wanting to get on a motorcycle, and fly like the wind only to stop myself at the last moment so, there's alot to be said about inheriting certain characteristics from the donor. The last thing I've noticed is that I find myself writing paragraphs of stuff that have only a very slight connection with the topics at hand... This is most disturbing at times and yet, fascinating on other occasions... So I guess my point is that we all have certain idiosynchrosies in which we deal with all on a personal level that is unique within each, and every individual among us for which I guess gives us so much strength as a whole group of minds! Okay, maybe here is as good as any place to stop! ;) ;) ;)

Respectfully,
Henry