11-year old "engineer" needs counseling
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From: Jim Thompson on 17 Jan 2010 13:45 On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 13:08:57 -0500, "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > >Jim Thompson wrote: >> >> On Sat, 16 Jan 2010 16:28:37 -0800, "Joel Koltner" >> <zapwireDASHgroups(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >> >> ><don> wrote in message >> >news:HeGdne8ObvOX3M_WnZ2dnUVZ_jhi4p2d(a)forethought.net... >> >> http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/jan/15/students-evacuated-school-chollas-view/ >> > >> >That's sad. I wonder what "school policies" he supposedly violated? >> > >> >A guy I'm acquainted with was telling me the other day that he build a Xenon >> >flash bulb driver circuit from Popular Electronics back in the '80s, took it >> >to school, and tried to convince his "friends" to touch the output terminals >> >while he hit the trigger button. :-) >> > >> >I suppose these days you'd get expelled for that sort of thing... >> > >> >When I was in high school I built various "photogate" sensors and timers... >> >the photogates were made out of PVC piping (cheap, strong, and readily >> >available); no doubt that'd get you in trouble today too. >> > >> >Make Magazine must be considered terrorist literature by now... >> > >> >---Joel >> >> This demonstrates what is fundamentally wrong with our school systems. >> The educational "elite" think they know better than anyone else about >> anything. They make arbitrary stupid rules and exhibit no capability >> to apply some reasonable judgment. We parents need to take the school >> system back from these terrorists. >> >> I'll supply the pick-em-up truck ;-) > > > Too cheap to spring for the rope? Rope and/or chain provided free of charge... and free "refills" ;-) ...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: Howard Eisenhauer on 17 Jan 2010 14:37 On Sat, 16 Jan 2010 16:28:37 -0800, "Joel Koltner" <zapwireDASHgroups(a)yahoo.com> wrote: *Snip* > >When I was in high school I built various "photogate" sensors and timers... >the photogates were made out of PVC piping (cheap, strong, and readily >available); no doubt that'd get you in trouble today too. > >Make Magazine must be considered terrorist literature by now... > >---Joel When I was in high school the physics teachers used to charge up capacitors & leave them lying around on the lab benches for the first year students. One of my buddies got wise to this ahead of time & sprayed his fingertips with clear acrylic before class. Went in, picked up the cap, waited for the dissappointed look on teach's face then handed it over to him. Priceless :> H.
From: Michael A. Terrell on 17 Jan 2010 14:46 Jim Thompson wrote: > > On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 13:08:57 -0500, "Michael A. Terrell" > <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > > > > >Jim Thompson wrote: > >> > >> On Sat, 16 Jan 2010 16:28:37 -0800, "Joel Koltner" > >> <zapwireDASHgroups(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > >> > >> ><don> wrote in message > >> >news:HeGdne8ObvOX3M_WnZ2dnUVZ_jhi4p2d(a)forethought.net... > >> >> http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/jan/15/students-evacuated-school-chollas-view/ > >> > > >> >That's sad. I wonder what "school policies" he supposedly violated? > >> > > >> >A guy I'm acquainted with was telling me the other day that he build a Xenon > >> >flash bulb driver circuit from Popular Electronics back in the '80s, took it > >> >to school, and tried to convince his "friends" to touch the output terminals > >> >while he hit the trigger button. :-) > >> > > >> >I suppose these days you'd get expelled for that sort of thing... > >> > > >> >When I was in high school I built various "photogate" sensors and timers... > >> >the photogates were made out of PVC piping (cheap, strong, and readily > >> >available); no doubt that'd get you in trouble today too. > >> > > >> >Make Magazine must be considered terrorist literature by now... > >> > > >> >---Joel > >> > >> This demonstrates what is fundamentally wrong with our school systems. > >> The educational "elite" think they know better than anyone else about > >> anything. They make arbitrary stupid rules and exhibit no capability > >> to apply some reasonable judgment. We parents need to take the school > >> system back from these terrorists. > >> > >> I'll supply the pick-em-up truck ;-) > > > > > > Too cheap to spring for the rope? > > Rope and/or chain provided free of charge... and free "refills" ;-) Use a bigger truck so you get more DPG! (Drag Per Gallon) :) -- Greed is the root of all eBay.
From: Son of a Sea Cook on 17 Jan 2010 14:59 On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 19:37:41 GMT, Howard Eisenhauer <howarde(a)NOSPAMhfx.eastlink.ca> wrote: >On Sat, 16 Jan 2010 16:28:37 -0800, "Joel Koltner" ><zapwireDASHgroups(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > >*Snip* > >> >>When I was in high school I built various "photogate" sensors and timers... >>the photogates were made out of PVC piping (cheap, strong, and readily >>available); no doubt that'd get you in trouble today too. >> >>Make Magazine must be considered terrorist literature by now... >> >>---Joel > > >When I was in high school the physics teachers used to charge up >capacitors & leave them lying around on the lab benches for the first >year students. One of my buddies got wise to this ahead of time & >sprayed his fingertips with clear acrylic before class. Went in, >picked up the cap, waited for the dissappointed look on teach's face >then handed it over to him. > >Priceless :> > >H. Elmer's glue works too. The layers are pretty clear for a while. You can show how you are touching it, and he will be sure it has been depleted. Priceless is the right word.
From: Richard Henry on 17 Jan 2010 15:03
On Jan 17, 7:05 am, Jan Panteltje <pNaonStpealm...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > Parkinson's law: if a company becomes big enough it will sustain itself,. > Did not work for Enron though YMMV. Enron was not as big as they claimed to be. |