Charge Conservation - Hint of the Day
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From: Jim Thompson on 7 Aug 2010 19:58 On Sat, 07 Aug 2010 15:22:10 -0400, Phil Hobbs <pcdhSpamMeSenseless(a)electrooptical.net> wrote: >On 8/7/2010 11:12 AM, markp wrote: >> "Jim Thompson"<To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)On-My-Web-Site.com> wrote in >> message news:jqfb469iggbg6dkeu84c8kgp3m9g0alr3m(a)4ax.com... >>> Charge Conservation - Hint of the Day: >>> >>> How many Coulombs can a 1mH inductor charged to 1A deliver? >>> >>> ...Jim Thompson >>> -- >> >> A somewhat non-sensical question, designed I suspect to illicit responses > >Malapropism of the day, but a beautiful summation. > >> that try to answer if definitively .... > >Try doing the math, folks. It isn't hard, even if it isn't as much fun >as slagging each other off in public, and you learn a lot more per hour. > >Cheers > >Phil Hobbs It was intended to solicit engineering thought, but it was wasted on the (illicit) illiterate. ;-) ...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 | Spice is like a sports car... Performance only as good as the person behind the wheel.
From: John Devereux on 8 Aug 2010 04:53 "markp" <map.nospam(a)f2s.com> writes: > "Phil Hobbs" <pcdhSpamMeSenseless(a)electrooptical.net> wrote in message > news:C8KdnZnxbYJyLMDRnZ2dnUVZ_v6dnZ2d(a)supernews.com... >> On 8/7/2010 11:12 AM, markp wrote: >>> "Jim Thompson"<To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)On-My-Web-Site.com> wrote >>> in >>> message news:jqfb469iggbg6dkeu84c8kgp3m9g0alr3m(a)4ax.com... >>>> Charge Conservation - Hint of the Day: >>>> >>>> How many Coulombs can a 1mH inductor charged to 1A deliver? >>>> >>>> ...Jim Thompson >>>> -- >>> >>> A somewhat non-sensical question, designed I suspect to illicit responses >> >> Malapropism of the day, but a beautiful summation. > > Er, yipe. Solicit!! :-) Or elicit? :) (Not afraid to admit he made me look up exactly what a "malapropism" is, and only saw the error after that) [...] -- John Devereux
From: markp on 8 Aug 2010 06:24 "John Devereux" <john(a)devereux.me.uk> wrote in message news:878w4h1o5v.fsf(a)devereux.me.uk... > "markp" <map.nospam(a)f2s.com> writes: > >> "Phil Hobbs" <pcdhSpamMeSenseless(a)electrooptical.net> wrote in message >> news:C8KdnZnxbYJyLMDRnZ2dnUVZ_v6dnZ2d(a)supernews.com... >>> On 8/7/2010 11:12 AM, markp wrote: >>>> "Jim Thompson"<To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)On-My-Web-Site.com> >>>> wrote >>>> in >>>> message news:jqfb469iggbg6dkeu84c8kgp3m9g0alr3m(a)4ax.com... >>>>> Charge Conservation - Hint of the Day: >>>>> >>>>> How many Coulombs can a 1mH inductor charged to 1A deliver? >>>>> >>>>> ...Jim Thompson >>>>> -- >>>> >>>> A somewhat non-sensical question, designed I suspect to illicit >>>> responses >>> >>> Malapropism of the day, but a beautiful summation. >> >> Er, yipe. Solicit!! :-) > > Or elicit? :) > > (Not afraid to admit he made me look up exactly what a "malapropism" is, > and only saw the error after that) > > [...] > > John Devereux A double malapropism (if there is such a thing)! In fact elicit is the better one :) Mark.
From: ehsjr on 9 Aug 2010 13:07 markp wrote: > "Phil Hobbs" <pcdhSpamMeSenseless(a)electrooptical.net> wrote in message > news:C8KdnZnxbYJyLMDRnZ2dnUVZ_v6dnZ2d(a)supernews.com... > >>On 8/7/2010 11:12 AM, markp wrote: >> >>>"Jim Thompson"<To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)On-My-Web-Site.com> wrote >>>in >>>message news:jqfb469iggbg6dkeu84c8kgp3m9g0alr3m(a)4ax.com... >>> >>>>Charge Conservation - Hint of the Day: >>>> >>>>How many Coulombs can a 1mH inductor charged to 1A deliver? >>>> >>>> ...Jim Thompson >>>>-- >>> >>>A somewhat non-sensical question, designed I suspect to illicit responses >> >>Malapropism of the day, but a beautiful summation. > > > Er, yipe. Solicit!! :-) Well, ok, but how do you know he doesn't want illicit responses? :-) Ed > > >>>that try to answer if definitively .... >> >>Try doing the math, folks. It isn't hard, even if it isn't as much fun as >>slagging each other off in public, and you learn a lot more per hour. >> >>Cheers >> >>Phil Hobbs >> > > > >
From: Jim Thompson on 9 Aug 2010 13:16
On Mon, 09 Aug 2010 13:07:49 -0400, ehsjr <ehsjr(a)nospamverizon.net> wrote: >markp wrote: >> "Phil Hobbs" <pcdhSpamMeSenseless(a)electrooptical.net> wrote in message >> news:C8KdnZnxbYJyLMDRnZ2dnUVZ_v6dnZ2d(a)supernews.com... >> >>>On 8/7/2010 11:12 AM, markp wrote: >>> >>>>"Jim Thompson"<To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)On-My-Web-Site.com> wrote >>>>in >>>>message news:jqfb469iggbg6dkeu84c8kgp3m9g0alr3m(a)4ax.com... >>>> >>>>>Charge Conservation - Hint of the Day: >>>>> >>>>>How many Coulombs can a 1mH inductor charged to 1A deliver? >>>>> >>>>> ...Jim Thompson >>>>>-- >>>> >>>>A somewhat non-sensical question, designed I suspect to illicit responses >>> >>>Malapropism of the day, but a beautiful summation. >> >> >> Er, yipe. Solicit!! :-) > >Well, ok, but how do you know he doesn't want illicit >responses? :-) > >Ed > >> >> >>>>that try to answer if definitively .... >>> >>>Try doing the math, folks. It isn't hard, even if it isn't as much fun as >>>slagging each other off in public, and you learn a lot more per hour. >>> >>>Cheers >>> >>>Phil Hobbs >>> As Phil says, Do the math. I doubt that "clueless-markp" can even come close. ...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 | Spice is like a sports car... Performance only as good as the person behind the wheel. |