An interview with WAS.

[Aranarth]

Hmm. My interpretation of his description for how the turbo rev board works. His multi-torque would require feeding different currents to the motor. Need to look at how the circuit is made, but not sure if it has the capability. Now, taking a small timing circuit, it shouldn't be hard at all to set up a bistable feature to switch the motor speed from slow to fast and back at one portion of the motor's rotation, giving his whole ball stack pendulum thing. Unfortunately for this, you would have to have the chip timed with the paddles to make it effective. There's no way to do so for the average joe, and I severely doubt he has figured a way to have this sort of positive feedback. Maybe the eye is linked to it in some way which sets up an averaging circuit and tells the specific paddle locations based on when the balls feed. But the turbo-chip isn't user programmable, so makes me wonder about compensation for multiple types of paddles. . .
Okay, so some sort of averaging program driven by the eyes, for paddle to eye location. And some sort of bistable to change motor speeds for his kicker pendulum thing (which I am not sure if it works, but maybe. . .). Not a coder myself. Have no idea if something like those two functions could be programmed into that tiny chip on the board. Could interpret that to what he says though. Of course, his is so much more used car salesman. He should just say things straight out, and not try to fill the hype.
NOTE: Eye is the infrared sensors on the rev, not ace.
-AranarthX

[hubadlatimmy]

Hey thinsulate is a 3M product. My daddy works for them!

[TransMan]

The only good thing about stupid people is that they show us who is smart

[Muzikman]

Originally posted by Miscue
If I had the cash, I'd buy a TurboRev right now to really give it a close look... this way I could figure out EXACTLY how it works in comparison to what he says.

I have one that does not work, you can have it. It was the third one I got that was DOA. I said screw it, I kept paying $5 to ship it back to just get another broken one in return. If you want the broken one, you might be able to rip it apart and make it work

[Cristobal]

I noticed over on PBN that somebody posted this interview and the response was nothing like what has been generated here

In my view, from has been posted a number of his claims definitely seem unfounded. There's a fine line, however, in striving for truth against hype and downright picking on him. Just a thought

That said, besides the aforementioned bits there are a couple of other things that struck me as interesting about the interview:

The interviewer says: "People call you guys the "Rocket Scientists" of paintball..."

Reading it I was like "cool, at least some people must think highly of them" -- but then I saw that the WAS site self-referentially calls themelves "The Rocket Scientists of Paintball" and I got to wondering who came up with the phrase in the first place. Sounds like self-promotion to me, which isn't necessarily bad, but kind of funny when the interviewer feeds you back your own self-compliment.


Its also interesting to look at ages and years:
WAS says he has "26 years worth of electronic development and software experience."

He also says he graduated (from high school and with the three degrees) in 1983. That's only 19 years ago. I'm assuming that experience means working in industry. That means he was working in industry for 7 years before he graduated. Clearly, his education did not follow the normal pattern for this country.

I for one would like to know more about who this guy is -- he certainly seems like an interesting character.

[shartley]

Originally posted by Cristobal
I noticed over on PBN that somebody posted this interview and the response was nothing like what has been generated here

In my view, from has been posted a number of his claims definitely seem unfounded. There's a fine line, however, in striving for truth against hype and downright picking on him. Just a thought

That said, besides the aforementioned bits there are a couple of other things that struck me as interesting about the interview:

The interviewer says: "People call you guys the "Rocket Scientists" of paintball..."

Reading it I was like "cool, at least some people must think highly of them" -- but then I saw that the WAS site self-referentially calls themelves "The Rocket Scientists of Paintball" and I got to wondering who came up with the phrase in the first place. Sounds like self-promotion to me, which isn't necessarily bad, but kind of funny when the interviewer feeds you back your own self-compliment.


Its also interesting to look at ages and years:
WAS says he has "26 years worth of electronic development and software experience."

He also says he graduated (from high school and with the three degrees) in 1983. That's only 19 years ago. I'm assuming that experience means working in industry. That means he was working in industry for 7 years before he graduated. Clearly, his education did not follow the normal pattern for this country.

I for one would like to know more about who this guy is -- he certainly seems like an interesting character.

[Cristobal]

Yes, I thought the irony was rather funny myself when I typed the post I did however choose not to post my discussion of the average age on his tourney team, for though interesting, its not as odd as his education.

I'm not quite convinced he's lying through his teeth about himself for the single reason that he'd have to be rather short-sited to not have his story down pat by now. I would guess that he had a rather unusual educational experience before I say he is complete making it all up.

[EnderWigginPballin]

maybe he got the .699 bore from the front half of the timmy barrel....



He also said he's worked with most of the major computer companies, and some that no longer exist..... why didn't he mention a few....
"I've worked for IBM, Microsoft, XXXXX brand, and a few other major companies" something like that....

If I was interviewing someone and they said they graduated HS and earned 3 degrees at the same time I would have asked a few more questions about that....

I think they edited out the part where he claimed that the character Doogie Howser was actually based on his life, and that he was having an affair with Anna Kournikova.

[WickedAirSportz]

You guys have to stop, I am getting a gut ache from laughing so hard.

That "interview" was an emailed questionaire.

... and yes, my stock Intimidator barrel mics out at .699 (at the entry end, not the front).

[shartley]

Originally posted by WickedAirSportz
You guys have to stop, I am getting a gut ache from laughing so hard.

That "interview" was an emailed questionaire.

... and yes, my stock Intimidator barrel mics out at .699 (at the entry end, not the front).

[Cristobal]

Hey WAS -- any chance for some enlightenment... or do we have to go on second-guessing?

[Timmee]

We require proof on your claims, WickedAirSportz. That doesn't seem like an unreasonable request, does it?

[WickedAirSportz]

Proof is fine, but I think I enjoy keeping everyone guessing, even though the truth is right in front of them.


OK, perhaps that wasn't nice... but I do find it amusing that I can provide concrete proof, and then backed by others, and nobody seems to 'get it'. So, I have put up a little challenge, starting with the TurboRev thread. Perhaps people will have the ability to understand clearly the technology behind some of the stuff that I do.

I don't have any rub with the Automag folks. I have been in paintball for a little over a year. I had not seen an eMag until earlier this year, and that was on a wall in a paintball store located 200 miles from here. I had not seen the inside of a Mag until two weeks ago, and I got to see one with the LVL10 mod - pretty impressive (although I was too chicken to put my finger in the breach and pull the trigger).

I had an Angel for about 3 weeks, looking primarily at the electronics in it. I liked some of the technology in it. I have never seen a Tribal marker, Bushmaster, and numerous other markers. Just because I am a manufacturer of paintball products, it does not make me instantly knowledgable about every type of hardware in existance. I may never see a Bushmaster, or half of the other markers out there. So what? My job is for my products, not to know everything about everyone elses.

There are some things that rub me the wrong way in this click of people, and that is assuming you know something when you have no more proof to provide otherwise, than I am willing to give you. Personally, the more you push for proof, the less I feel inclined to give it to you. I know that with 100% certainty if it came to a court issue, someone will be paying my attorney fees, because I will be able to provide proof. Half of what I do is smoke and mirrors, not BS. I sure as hell don't want people duplicating what I am doing, so there are times that I can be evassive, but I always do tell the real truth. That is an art.

Please go look at the TurboRev thread, and let's start there. I think you might be surprised at just how innovative someone can be.

[wes]

does your barrel look like this

[shartley]