11-year old "engineer" needs counseling
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From: Jim Thompson on 19 Jan 2010 11:13 On Tue, 19 Jan 2010 11:02:30 -0500, "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > >Jim Thompson wrote: >> >> We're heading into a world of "science by consensus"... "reality" >> determined by politicians :-( > > > You forgot 'Advertising' > > >> But look on the positive side: A big meteorite will be heading our >> way, and the "consensus" will attempt to divert it... and fail... and >> the earth will be rebooted ;-) > > > Have you seen those stupid 'Progresso Soup' commercials with their >soup can phones and loose string? Even 'knuckle dragging marketing >types' should have learned that won't work, by the time they were 10 >years old. Yep. REALLY dumb! ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, CTO | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona 85048 Skype: Contacts Only | | | Voice:(480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat | | E-mail Icon at http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.
From: don on 19 Jan 2010 11:18 Michael A. Terrell wrote: > > Have you seen those stupid 'Progresso Soup' commercials with their > soup can phones and loose string? Even 'knuckle dragging marketing > types' should have learned that won't work, by the time they were 10 > years old. > > Hmmm,is this their target market ? "Progresso": Our market are uneducated non-technical people. How do we get to then without insulting them. "knuckle dragging marketing type" : I know, I know, we'll use cans and string. Figures. don
From: Jan Panteltje on 19 Jan 2010 11:31 On a sunny day (Tue, 19 Jan 2010 07:42:34 -0800 (PST)) it happened osr(a)uakron.edu wrote in <185541c8-e29f-4364-aec4-2d6469753f4a(a)l19g2000yqb.googlegroups.com>: >I judged a district level (3 counties) science fair for many years. I >stopped a year after they stopped allowing students to bring the >actual hardware they built. I offered to assemble team of engineers >and techs and professors to inspect gear at the door, but was >declined. Was told by a mindless admin idiot with no OJT experience >that we could not possible know all the hazards. I laughed, then >cried inside. I was responsible for a graduate level lab with lasers, >rad sources, chemicals, biological stuff, and electronics at the >time. > >Asking a 7th or 8th grader to do a totally written presentation was >often a disaster. It basically stopped most 6th graders from coming. I >know this is sad, but there are still developmental differences in >learning and presentation skills at that level. The 6th graders just >read note cards.... It was sad. > >That didn't stop me from mentoring kids for the science fair, although >I did get really ticked when told the electron microscope was a >potential x-ray and HV hazard and I should not allow the high school >kids near it. 13 million dollar microscopes, installed below ground,, >do NOT feature hazards...... Hum, that room was BELOW local >background levels. > >One of these days, all these anti-access fairies are going to find >themselves in a world that no one knows how to repair or >restart...... > >"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from >magic." Clark... > >Steve Roberts Agreed!
From: Spehro Pefhany on 19 Jan 2010 11:40 On Tue, 19 Jan 2010 06:43:56 +0000, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bruere(a)gmail.com> wrote: >Spehro Pefhany wrote: >> On Mon, 18 Jan 2010 22:29:58 +0000, the renowned Dirk Bruere at NeoPax >> <dirk.bruere(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Spehro Pefhany wrote: >>>> On Mon, 18 Jan 2010 22:12:49 +0000, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax >>>> <dirk.bruere(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Spehro Pefhany wrote: >>>>>> On Mon, 18 Jan 2010 03:59:36 +0530, "pimpom" <pimpom(a)invalid.invalid> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Don't remember for sure, but I think they were quite rare by the >>>>>>> end of the 60s. Let's see..... I finished high school when I was >>>>>>> 15 and started teaching myself electronics in my teens while >>>>>>> doing my B.Sc. I remember designing and building mains adapters >>>>>>> for legacy 90V tube radios. Yeah, transistors and proper >>>>>>> mains-operated tubes had taken over by then and only those who'd >>>>>>> bought those 90V sets in the 50s and early 60s had them by the >>>>>>> end of the 60s and early 70s. >>>>>> Would India be a good place to score an ancient Soviet-made portable >>>>>> tube radio? >>>>>> >>>>> How about Russia, or Borat's home town? >>>> I'll endeavor to poke around some frosty antique shops about 250 mi >>>> from Vladivostock shortly.. but not in Russia nor N. Korea. IIRC, some >>>> Soviet televisions were made in their far east. >>>> >>>> Which reminds me, I've got a picture of a weird round oscilloscope >>>> CRT-like vacuum tube, but it has a kind of nipple right in the middle >>>> of where the screen would be, and a kind of arc segment structure >>>> inside. I'll try to scan it in case anyone recognizes what this thing >>>> is. >>>> >>> You could try posting to a Russian NG >> >> Hmmm.. not sure that would help much, seeing as it's Chinese in origin >> and I don't speak Russian, but here's a link: >> >> http://www.trexon.com/tube.jpg >> > >Vircator? > http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/report/1996/apjemp.htm Looking at relevant patents, I suppose that's plausible. Brief MW-GW pulses of several GHz microwave output? It doesn't have enough heat sinking for high average output power. John L? Any ideas?
From: Tim Wescott on 19 Jan 2010 14:09
On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 09:43:15 -0700, don wrote: > Spehro Pefhany wrote: >> On Sat, 16 Jan 2010 15:43:26 -0700, the renowned don <don> wrote: >> >>> http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/jan/15/students-evacuated- school-chollas-view/ >> >> Electronics components found in his backpack? Where does he think he's >> living, China? >> >> >> Best regards, >> Spehro Pefhany > As has been stated many many times. > > The terrorists have won. > > Americans no longer trust each other. No even children. > > Was this country tittering on the edge of blood lust for so long we can > no longer see the good in anything or anyone. I think you meant "teetering", but somehow "tittering" fits just as well. -- www.wescottdesign.com |