From: Richard Henry on 21 Jul 2010 14:06 On Jul 21, 10:15 am, Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-I...(a)On- My-Web-Site.com> wrote: > On Wed, 21 Jul 2010 09:52:25 -0700, John Larkin > > <jjlar...(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: > > [snip] > > > > >The numbers work. Engineering is about what works. > > >John > > Engineering is about what works _all_the_time_, under > _all_environmental_conditions_. > > Schlocky is for Larkin's. > "Schlocky" is constructing a riddle with multiple interpretations so that no matter which answer the victim gives, the perpetrator can cackle (or cluck, in some cases) from his position of "wisdom". This is a trick often played by college sophomores engineering nerds on their freshman dorm-mates.
From: Jan Panteltje on 21 Jul 2010 14:24 On a sunny day (Wed, 21 Jul 2010 10:15:51 -0700) it happened Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)On-My-Web-Site.com> wrote in <mmae46l331ve7p3u2982r00emjlf359ib1(a)4ax.com>: >On Wed, 21 Jul 2010 09:52:25 -0700, John Larkin ><jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: > >[snip] >> >>The numbers work. Engineering is about what works. >> >>John > >Engineering is about what works _all_the_time_, under >_all_environmental_conditions_. Bull. You mean 'specified conditions'. 'All ...' would mean also when the sun burns out. Clue, clue clue Where is yours?
From: John Larkin on 21 Jul 2010 15:54 On Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:24:04 GMT, Jan Panteltje <pNaonStpealmtje(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >On a sunny day (Wed, 21 Jul 2010 10:15:51 -0700) it happened Jim Thompson ><To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)On-My-Web-Site.com> wrote in ><mmae46l331ve7p3u2982r00emjlf359ib1(a)4ax.com>: > >>On Wed, 21 Jul 2010 09:52:25 -0700, John Larkin >><jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: >> >>[snip] >>> >>>The numbers work. Engineering is about what works. >>> >>>John >> >>Engineering is about what works _all_the_time_, under >>_all_environmental_conditions_. > >Bull. >You mean 'specified conditions'. >'All ...' would mean also when the sun burns out. >Clue, clue clue >Where is yours? Am I to suppose all of his linear ICs will work at liquid helium temperatures, or at 350C? John
From: tlbs101 on 21 Jul 2010 18:16 On Jul 20, 9:24 am, Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-I...(a)On-My- Web-Site.com> wrote: > Charge Conservation - Hint of the Day: > > How many Coulombs can a 1mH inductor charged to 1A deliver? > > ...Jim Thompson Q = the limit, as V goes to zero, of 10 mJ/V ..
From: tlbs101 on 21 Jul 2010 18:18
On Jul 21, 4:16 pm, tlbs101 <tlbs...(a)excite.com> wrote: > On Jul 20, 9:24 am, Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-I...(a)On-My- > > Web-Site.com> wrote: > > Charge Conservation - Hint of the Day: > > > How many Coulombs can a 1mH inductor charged to 1A deliver? > > > ...Jim Thompson > > Q = the limit, as V goes to zero, of 10 mJ/V > > . Oops... ,make that 1 mJ/V Tom Pounds Albuquerque |