BreakPoint
Introductions
This year, I'm planning on coming to NIWeek, and while I figure it would have been fun to move around anonymously and see what people are saying, there's too much to be done, so I decided it would be an appropriate chance to put an end to the long standing joke and remove the mask.
First off, I'm afraid this is going to disappoint JLV terribly, but I am a guy. I never hinted otherwise and thinking I'm a woman had nothing more to stand on that thinking I was a man. Those who want to know how it started can have a look here.
There. That's me (and this time it really is me, although I do have shorter hair now).
Second - where in the world? Well, I thought it was fairly easy and I'm surprised no one suggested it. I'm from Israel - a place which is GMT+2 and which has the only large community of Hebrew speakers in the world (Occam's razor - the simplest explanation for how I know Hebrew, which has been mentioned a couple of times).
I know that some forum members did guess this (CC, for instance), but since no one made an official guess, no one wins the prize - a brand new Buggatti Veyron, which is a shame, because that's a really nice car. I guess I'll just have to keep it.
I know that some forum members did guess this (CC, for instance), but since no one made an official guess, no one wins the prize - a brand new Buggatti Veyron, which is a shame, because that's a really nice car. I guess I'll just have to keep it.
The heat part is easy - I live here, about a 30 minute drive from the sea of Galilee and about a mile from the Jordan river and it's hot! This week, for instance, it easily got to 110F. Even so, the place I live at is quite beatiful with lots of trees, grass and flowers and with wildlife ranging from insects and hedgehogs all the way to wild boars and deer.
The ski part is also easy - Even though I live about 200M (~700 ft) below sea level, Mt. Hermon,
at the northern tip of Israel, is the beginning of a range of tall mountains which go all the way through Syria and Lebanon and into Turkey (actually, the same mountains JLV mentioned in the other thread when he talked about his Lebanese friends) and it has a ski resort. That's about 2 hours away by car.
Third - the name tst. I suspect many are going to be disappointed, but the story is rather mundane - my boss was the one who initially created this user account and he simply named it after the company. Since his English is not perfect, he used all lowercase because that's the default.
Those who follow the LAVA forums or Info LabVIEW would also know me as Yen - that's simply a homophone of my initials (YN) and I selected it on a whim, since I never really liked the name T.S.T. (which is the proper pronunciation, BTW).
Those who are friends of BlondeGrrrl would know me as Old Grouch (hey, don't blame me. Altenbach came up with that name 
).
).My real name is Yair Ne'eman, which would not be a very rare Hebrew name. Yair is biblical (examples include one of Jacob's grandsons and Mordechai's father), and is simply the masculine future verb for "light" as in "he (or it) will light".
Ne'eman means "loyal", "faithful", "trustworthy" or "true" (in the same meaning. As a piece of trivia, the word Amen is actually an acronym for "El melech ne'eman" which can be loosely translated into "God, the king, is true (to whatever)").
As for its recent history, it comes from Neumann, which simply means "new man", exactly like Von-Neumann, Paul Newman or (I'm guessing) Neiman-Marcus.
Ne'eman means "loyal", "faithful", "trustworthy" or "true" (in the same meaning. As a piece of trivia, the word Amen is actually an acronym for "El melech ne'eman" which can be loosely translated into "God, the king, is true (to whatever)").
As for its recent history, it comes from Neumann, which simply means "new man", exactly like Von-Neumann, Paul Newman or (I'm guessing) Neiman-Marcus.
What else?
Well, I'm hoping to accomplish a lot at NIWeek. What do people suggest?
Should I bring a laptop?
What would be an appropriate blend between keynotes, lectures, the exhibition and talking to other people?
tst,
finally the secret is out!
I'd never guessed the mistery guitarer player/playtress (uuhm) would be a transformer
Ton
PS sorry I'm not coming
finally the secret is out!
I'd never guessed the mistery guitarer player/playtress (uuhm) would be a transformer
Ton
PS sorry I'm not coming
LabVIEW user groep 
tst wrote:Well, I'm hoping to accomplish a lot at NIWeek. What do people suggest?Should I bring a laptop?What would be an appropriate blend between keynotes, lectures, the exhibition and talking to other people?
Don't forget Alfred E. Neuman and Newman!
Ahh, Nice to meet you Yen. We'll meet at NI week! That's a long trip for you and only 2 hours for me.
Laptop is good to have.
I go to all keynotes, they're very entertaining and then i'll pick sessions that interest me. The rest of the time we hang out in the LabVIEW zone or collect free pens from vendors. 😄 Don't forget to come to my session about fitting. 😉
There are a lot of small music venues nearby for the evening or you can watch the largest urban bat colony under the congress bridge leave for their evening hunt.
You will be used to the heat, but maybe not to the humidity. 😮 Indoors is usually almost too chilly.
We will be firing up the NIWeek Blog again this year. Perhaps you can submit some posts there (the url will redirect to the new location soon!).
Since it's your first time at NIWeek, we could use your unbiased candid perspective.
I kinda figured the Israel connection out (i'll let you figure out how). Perhaps now you can update the LAVA Member GeoMap with your approximate location...
Since it's your first time at NIWeek, we could use your unbiased candid perspective.
I kinda figured the Israel connection out (i'll let you figure out how). Perhaps now you can update the LAVA Member GeoMap with your approximate location...
