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From: John Larkin on 10 Dec 2009 13:11 On 10 Dec 2009 17:26:14 GMT, Robert Latest <boblatest(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >Joerg wrote: > >> Back in those days watch dials would be readable all night, not nearly >> have that much decay. That is no longer the case, no matter what fancy >> material they use. > >I wonder if the phosphorescence of that radium compound has anything to >do with the radium's radioactivity. Maybe the radioactivity helps to get >the energy into or back out of the long-term storage states. > >robert Of course it does. Radium phosphors will glow in the dark for centuries. That's what the radium is for. Tritium too, except its half-life is around 12 years. John
From: Charlie E. on 10 Dec 2009 13:20 On Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:36:47 +0000, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bruere(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >In my experience the only engineers who ever wore a tie were the ones >wanting to become managers. Back when I started at Microsim, I decided to wear a full three piece suit the first week, and then step it down each week till I was in the usual jeans and tee shirt. My first week, they were having the annual stockholders meeting, and since I was new, I didn't have any responsibilities to keep me out of it, so I went with my boss. Everyone at the meeting kept wondering who the 'banker' was! I still strongly suspect that the respect that I had at the company might have begun there, where everyone subconsciously remembered me as a 'suit!' ;-) Charlie
From: Joel Koltner on 10 Dec 2009 13:56 "Joerg" <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> wrote in message news:7ob08jF3oortqU1(a)mid.individual.net... > But wait, $600 for a Christmas gift? Ain't that a bit over the top? Only a little... I think that $250-$500 per kid for Xmas today is not at all uncommon today... > As a kid I had to work for stuff like that. For example at a meat factory > until I had the $400 for my first used and pretty banged up HW100 > transceiver. I doubt you can legally work at a meat factory unless you're at least 18 today. :-( If you want to see some kids with wealthy parents who are *seriously* spoiled, check this out: http://www.mtv.com/shows/sweet_16/episodes.jhtml . It's not uncommon on that show for the parents to blow $25-$100k on their kid's 16th birthday! If I had the choice between a Lexus and, I dunno, a Civic and a bunch of test equipment, I think it'd be obvious which I'd choose... ---Joel
From: Charlie E. on 10 Dec 2009 18:36 On Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:59:14 -0800, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: > >Kids moving back in with their folks is almost normal these days. Every >other neighbor has them, and usually two or even more. I'll never really >understand that. I love my parents but couldn't imagine living with them >now (unless they needed that for medical or old age reasons). We moved back in with the folks twice - each time for about two weeks. The first, I had just graduated college and first moved to California. Stayed at my parents while we got jobs and an apartment, maybe two to three weeks. The second time was about 10 years later, and we tried to move to Memphis. Stayed with her folds this time for about three weeks, while I lined up a job and an apartment and tried to get into UofM. Had been there just over a month when I finally got an appointment with the dean of electrical engineering, and found out that there was no chance of getting into UofM, so it was back to California! Charlie
From: Jim Thompson on 10 Dec 2009 18:56
On Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:36:31 -0800, Charlie E. <edmondson(a)ieee.org> wrote: >On Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:59:14 -0800, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> >wrote: > > >> >>Kids moving back in with their folks is almost normal these days. Every >>other neighbor has them, and usually two or even more. I'll never really >>understand that. I love my parents but couldn't imagine living with them >>now (unless they needed that for medical or old age reasons). > >We moved back in with the folks twice - each time for about two weeks. >The first, I had just graduated college and first moved to California. >Stayed at my parents while we got jobs and an apartment, maybe two to >three weeks. > >The second time was about 10 years later, and we tried to move to >Memphis. Stayed with her folds this time for about three weeks, while >I lined up a job and an apartment and tried to get into UofM. Had >been there just over a month when I finally got an appointment with >the dean of electrical engineering, and found out that there was no >chance of getting into UofM, so it was back to California! > >Charlie I left home when I was 18 and never went back. Our kids were all permanently gone at some point from beginning college to graduating. Of course we now have a record bad economy, with high school AND college grads unable to find work. ...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 | Help save the environment! Please dispose of socialism properly! |