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Tend to pay a lot less than in other major cities like Silicon Valley and NYC- think they are still stuck in the stone age economy way of thinking!

Agreed. That’s why i left San Diego for SF back in 2007. Pay was 30% higher in Bay Area. I’m a mechanical engineer.

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Tend to pay a lot less than in other major cities like Silicon Valley and NYC- think they are still stuck in the stone age economy way of thinking!

Agreed. That’s why i left San Diego for SF back in 2007. Pay was 30% higher in Bay Area. I’m a mechanical engineer.

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Tend to pay a lot less than in other major cities like Silicon Valley and NYC- think they are still stuck in the stone age economy way of thinking!

Agreed. That’s why i left San Diego for SF back in 2007. Pay was 30% higher in Bay Area. I’m a mechanical engineer.

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Thanks. Enjoyed those photos.

We all miss San Diego. We remember San Diego seems to have so many family – fun event opportunities like this. I remember going down to the beach once a year to see the red tide. It was amazing!

Now we are up in the Bay Area. It is a rat race up here.

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Thanks. Enjoyed those photos.

We all miss San Diego. We remember San Diego seems to have so many family – fun event opportunities like this. I remember going down to the beach once a year to see the red tide. It was amazing!

Now we are up in the Bay Area. It is a rat race up here.

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Thanks. Enjoyed those photos.

We all miss San Diego. We remember San Diego seems to have so many family – fun event opportunities like this. I remember going down to the beach once a year to see the red tide. It was amazing!

Now we are up in the Bay Area. It is a rat race up here.

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Thanks. Enjoyed those photos.

We all miss San Diego. We remember San Diego seems to have so many family – fun event opportunities like this. I remember going down to the beach once a year to see the red tide. It was amazing!

Now we are up in the Bay Area. It is a rat race up here.

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Thanks. Enjoyed those photos.

We all miss San Diego. We remember San Diego seems to have so many family – fun event opportunities like this. I remember going down to the beach once a year to see the red tide. It was amazing!

Now we are up in the Bay Area. It is a rat race up here.

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Agree with the comment on SolidWorks: this will be far faster than generating solids with AutoCAD.

An inexpensive way to get SolidWorks is to find someone who can verify they are a student or teacher, then have them buy you the educational version (for about $140) from http://www.journeyed.com/

However, before you buy it make sure the educational version supports what you need.

I think the educational version can export IGES, STL, STEP, or other files that can be imported into rendering software, but you should check on that.

Also, I think the educational version of SolidWorks does include their rendering module.

I’m a principle staff mechanical engineer. I use the pro version of SolidWorks on a weekly basis. Many people feel that SolidWorks is the easiest to learn (and use) full-function high-end 3D CAD package.

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Agree with the comment on SolidWorks: this will be far faster than generating solids with AutoCAD.

An inexpensive way to get SolidWorks is to find someone who can verify they are a student or teacher, then have them buy you the educational version (for about $140) from http://www.journeyed.com/

However, before you buy it make sure the educational version supports what you need.

I think the educational version can export IGES, STL, STEP, or other files that can be imported into rendering software, but you should check on that.

Also, I think the educational version of SolidWorks does include their rendering module.

I’m a principle staff mechanical engineer. I use the pro version of SolidWorks on a weekly basis. Many people feel that SolidWorks is the easiest to learn (and use) full-function high-end 3D CAD package.

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Agree with the comment on SolidWorks: this will be far faster than generating solids with AutoCAD.

An inexpensive way to get SolidWorks is to find someone who can verify they are a student or teacher, then have them buy you the educational version (for about $140) from http://www.journeyed.com/

However, before you buy it make sure the educational version supports what you need.

I think the educational version can export IGES, STL, STEP, or other files that can be imported into rendering software, but you should check on that.

Also, I think the educational version of SolidWorks does include their rendering module.

I’m a principle staff mechanical engineer. I use the pro version of SolidWorks on a weekly basis. Many people feel that SolidWorks is the easiest to learn (and use) full-function high-end 3D CAD package.

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Agree with the comment on SolidWorks: this will be far faster than generating solids with AutoCAD.

An inexpensive way to get SolidWorks is to find someone who can verify they are a student or teacher, then have them buy you the educational version (for about $140) from http://www.journeyed.com/

However, before you buy it make sure the educational version supports what you need.

I think the educational version can export IGES, STL, STEP, or other files that can be imported into rendering software, but you should check on that.

Also, I think the educational version of SolidWorks does include their rendering module.

I’m a principle staff mechanical engineer. I use the pro version of SolidWorks on a weekly basis. Many people feel that SolidWorks is the easiest to learn (and use) full-function high-end 3D CAD package.

[stockstradr]

Agree with the comment on SolidWorks: this will be far faster than generating solids with AutoCAD.

An inexpensive way to get SolidWorks is to find someone who can verify they are a student or teacher, then have them buy you the educational version (for about $140) from http://www.journeyed.com/

However, before you buy it make sure the educational version supports what you need.

I think the educational version can export IGES, STL, STEP, or other files that can be imported into rendering software, but you should check on that.

Also, I think the educational version of SolidWorks does include their rendering module.

I’m a principle staff mechanical engineer. I use the pro version of SolidWorks on a weekly basis. Many people feel that SolidWorks is the easiest to learn (and use) full-function high-end 3D CAD package.

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real gold nuts though think that at some point maybe far off GLD and actual gold will part ways..

One night, insomnia had me reach over to the stack of GLD fund prospectus (why do I keep those!) and read the half inch thick thing cover to cover.

You would not believe what that document gives them legal right to do with YOUR funds and YOUR gold while they are “managing” it to increase THEIR profits. So I agree with you about the risk.

Basically most of the gold funds/ETF’s have no written obligation to merely buy and sell bullion to match the in/outflows of investor cash. They have all crafty ways to make extra money, by renting out your bullion, by loaning out your cash, all kinds of wacky stuff all involving COUNTERPARTY RISK for you the investor.

The exception is Central Gold Trust, the only gold fund/ETF I’m now willing to buy and sell.

From Wikipedia:

The Central Fund of Canada (TSX: CEF.A, TSX: CEF.U, NYSE: CEF) and the Central Gold Trust (TSX: GTU.UN, TSX: GTU.U, NYSE: GTU) are closed-end funds headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, mandated to keep the bulk of their net assets in precious metals, with a small percentage of cash. The Central Fund of Canada holds primarily a mix of gold and silver, while the Central Gold Trust holds primarily gold.

The custodian of the precious metals assets of both funds is the main Calgary branch of CIBC. Both funds are considered especially safe because of their published codes of governance and ethics, the Central Fund’s history of operation since 1961, and the funds’ simple prospectuses which equate shares of the closed-end funds with real units of ownership in the trusts. As of October 2009, the Central Fund of Canada held 42.6 tonnes of gold and 2129.7 tonnes of silver in storage, and the Central Gold Trust held 13.6 tons of gold in storage.

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real gold nuts though think that at some point maybe far off GLD and actual gold will part ways..

One night, insomnia had me reach over to the stack of GLD fund prospectus (why do I keep those!) and read the half inch thick thing cover to cover.

You would not believe what that document gives them legal right to do with YOUR funds and YOUR gold while they are “managing” it to increase THEIR profits. So I agree with you about the risk.

Basically most of the gold funds/ETF’s have no written obligation to merely buy and sell bullion to match the in/outflows of investor cash. They have all crafty ways to make extra money, by renting out your bullion, by loaning out your cash, all kinds of wacky stuff all involving COUNTERPARTY RISK for you the investor.

The exception is Central Gold Trust, the only gold fund/ETF I’m now willing to buy and sell.

From Wikipedia:

The Central Fund of Canada (TSX: CEF.A, TSX: CEF.U, NYSE: CEF) and the Central Gold Trust (TSX: GTU.UN, TSX: GTU.U, NYSE: GTU) are closed-end funds headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, mandated to keep the bulk of their net assets in precious metals, with a small percentage of cash. The Central Fund of Canada holds primarily a mix of gold and silver, while the Central Gold Trust holds primarily gold.

The custodian of the precious metals assets of both funds is the main Calgary branch of CIBC. Both funds are considered especially safe because of their published codes of governance and ethics, the Central Fund’s history of operation since 1961, and the funds’ simple prospectuses which equate shares of the closed-end funds with real units of ownership in the trusts. As of October 2009, the Central Fund of Canada held 42.6 tonnes of gold and 2129.7 tonnes of silver in storage, and the Central Gold Trust held 13.6 tons of gold in storage.

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