11-year old "engineer" needs counseling
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From: Paul Hovnanian P.E. on 20 Jan 2010 21:09 RFI-EMI-GUY wrote: > > Reinardt Behm wrote: > > On Sunday 17 January 2010 10:02 Falk Willberg wrote: > > > >> Common sense. And common sense (Hollymood movies) teaches, that > >> cylindrical objects are not batteries but dynamite and the wires are > >> used to ignite the dynamite. > >> But it is also general knowledge how to deactivate any bomb: Wait for > >> the counter to go down to 00:05 and the cut the blue wire. (Never cut > >> the red wire!) > > > > This always makes me wonder wether there is a published standard for wire > > colors in a bomb. > > And what the punishment for not adhering to this standard? :-) > > > > I think it is ISO-666 There are different ECMA, JIS, GOST, and BS (to be superseded by EN) standards. -- Paul Hovnanian mailto:Paul(a)Hovnanian.com ------------------------------------------------------------------ Life is like a buffet. Its not very good but there's plenty of it.
From: pimpom on 21 Jan 2010 03:09 JosephKK wrote: > On Tue, 19 Jan 2010 23:35:38 +0530, "pimpom" > <pimpom(a)invalid.invalid> > wrote: > >> >> Agreed that spam and anti-spam measures are hindering >> communications these days, but that accounts for only a small >> part of my experience with Indian companies. I *know* that >> most >> of them have no concept of doing business by email. >> >> There's this successful company in the nearest major city >> (500km >> away as the crow flies). I've bought maybe a quarter of a >> million >> USD worth of computer hardware from them over the years. They >> sometimes turn to me when they can't solve a problem for a >> customer. They bought a factory in China and have their own >> brand. When they have a new product, they send a sample to me >> for >> evaluation and advice. But I still had to call them by phone >> to >> ask them to check their mail every time I send them one. >> >> So, a couple of years back, I went down there, figuratively >> grabbed the boss by the throat and gave him a good talking to. >> They've behaved much better since then. >> >> Last year, I sent an email to the Indian branch of Farnell >> about >> their registration process that included fields not required >> in >> other countries and could put off many potential customers. I >> waited five days and then wrote to the Farnell CEO in the UK. >> She >> replied after 20 minutes and forwarded my mail to the Indian >> branch. They replied in another 14 minutes, made effusive but >> vague promises, and have remained silent ever since. >> >> I could go on and on and cite numerous other incidents, but I >> don't want to be ostracized for boring other member of sed. >> :-) >> > > So what else in electronics do you have going on that you can > discuss? What's your problem? My post had more to do with electronics than half of the others in this thread and much more so than whole threads about AGW and American politics (not that I have anythng against Americans). Can't a guy be allowed to vent some pent-up frustrations once in a while about non-engineering problems that are nevertheless related to electronics? I've seen plenty of rants about much more minor non-technical issues here in sed.
From: JosephKK on 22 Jan 2010 02:34 On Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:39:13 +0530, "pimpom" <pimpom(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: >JosephKK wrote: >> On Tue, 19 Jan 2010 23:35:38 +0530, "pimpom" >> <pimpom(a)invalid.invalid> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> Agreed that spam and anti-spam measures are hindering >>> communications these days, but that accounts for only a small >>> part of my experience with Indian companies. I *know* that >>> most >>> of them have no concept of doing business by email. >>> >>> There's this successful company in the nearest major city >>> (500km >>> away as the crow flies). I've bought maybe a quarter of a >>> million >>> USD worth of computer hardware from them over the years. They >>> sometimes turn to me when they can't solve a problem for a >>> customer. They bought a factory in China and have their own >>> brand. When they have a new product, they send a sample to me >>> for >>> evaluation and advice. But I still had to call them by phone >>> to >>> ask them to check their mail every time I send them one. >>> >>> So, a couple of years back, I went down there, figuratively >>> grabbed the boss by the throat and gave him a good talking to. >>> They've behaved much better since then. >>> >>> Last year, I sent an email to the Indian branch of Farnell >>> about >>> their registration process that included fields not required >>> in >>> other countries and could put off many potential customers. I >>> waited five days and then wrote to the Farnell CEO in the UK. >>> She >>> replied after 20 minutes and forwarded my mail to the Indian >>> branch. They replied in another 14 minutes, made effusive but >>> vague promises, and have remained silent ever since. >>> >>> I could go on and on and cite numerous other incidents, but I >>> don't want to be ostracized for boring other member of sed. >>> :-) >>> >> >> So what else in electronics do you have going on that you can >> discuss? > >What's your problem? My post had more to do with electronics than >half of the others in this thread and much more so than whole >threads about AGW and American politics (not that I have anythng >against Americans). > >Can't a guy be allowed to vent some pent-up frustrations once in >a while about non-engineering problems that are nevertheless >related to electronics? I've seen plenty of rants about much more >minor non-technical issues here in sed. > My problem is that i would rather discuss electronics and you have been bringing more around recently by far. I wish to increase the amount of electronics present in this NG.
From: pimpom on 22 Jan 2010 04:24 JosephKK wrote: > On Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:39:13 +0530, "pimpom" > <pimpom(a)invalid.invalid> > wrote: > >> JosephKK wrote: >>> On Tue, 19 Jan 2010 23:35:38 +0530, "pimpom" >>> <pimpom(a)invalid.invalid> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Agreed that spam and anti-spam measures are hindering >>>> communications these days, but that accounts for only a >>>> small >>>> part of my experience with Indian companies. I *know* that >>>> most >>>> of them have no concept of doing business by email. >>>> >>>> There's this successful company in the nearest major city >>>> (500km >>>> away as the crow flies). I've bought maybe a quarter of a >>>> million >>>> USD worth of computer hardware from them over the years. >>>> They >>>> sometimes turn to me when they can't solve a problem for a >>>> customer. They bought a factory in China and have their own >>>> brand. When they have a new product, they send a sample to >>>> me >>>> for >>>> evaluation and advice. But I still had to call them by phone >>>> to >>>> ask them to check their mail every time I send them one. >>>> >>>> So, a couple of years back, I went down there, figuratively >>>> grabbed the boss by the throat and gave him a good talking >>>> to. >>>> They've behaved much better since then. >>>> >>>> Last year, I sent an email to the Indian branch of Farnell >>>> about >>>> their registration process that included fields not required >>>> in >>>> other countries and could put off many potential customers. >>>> I >>>> waited five days and then wrote to the Farnell CEO in the >>>> UK. >>>> She >>>> replied after 20 minutes and forwarded my mail to the Indian >>>> branch. They replied in another 14 minutes, made effusive >>>> but >>>> vague promises, and have remained silent ever since. >>>> >>>> I could go on and on and cite numerous other incidents, but >>>> I >>>> don't want to be ostracized for boring other member of sed. >>>> :-) >>>> >>> >>> So what else in electronics do you have going on that you can >>> discuss? >> >> What's your problem? My post had more to do with electronics >> than >> half of the others in this thread and much more so than whole >> threads about AGW and American politics (not that I have >> anythng >> against Americans). >> >> Can't a guy be allowed to vent some pent-up frustrations once >> in >> a while about non-engineering problems that are nevertheless >> related to electronics? I've seen plenty of rants about much >> more >> minor non-technical issues here in sed. >> > > My problem is that i would rather discuss electronics and you > have been bringing more around recently by far. I wish to > increase the amount of electronics present in this NG. OK. I guess I made a mistake thinking you were flaming me - making a sarcastic remark - about my post. Sorry. I'll try to contribute more on-topic discussions to the group.
From: Przemek Klosowski on 28 Jan 2010 02:02
On Mon, 18 Jan 2010 23:28:35 -0500, Spehro Pefhany wrote: > http://www.trexon.com/tube.jpg > Perhaps it is a storage tube? they used electrostatic deflection for addressing and charge storage for data. I don't remember the readout principle, but it could have been electrostatic repulsion-caused current modulation. |