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From: Otto Bahn on 21 Apr 2010 19:05 <krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz> wrote >>> And when was it that the beach wear started to be called flip-flops? >>> >>> I haven't yet tried to explain to my daughter that when I was >>> her age that flip-flops were electronic circuits. >> >> >>http://xkcd.com/730/ >> >>(just SW of the arena) > > Looks like a flux capacitor due west. Using holy water as a ground won't work just for starters. --oTTo--
From: PeterD on 21 Apr 2010 19:31 On Wed, 21 Apr 2010 21:13:55 +0100, Adam Funk <a24061(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >glen herrmannsfeldt wrote: > >> And when was it that the beach wear started to be called flip-flops? >> >> I haven't yet tried to explain to my daughter that when I was >> her age that flip-flops were electronic circuits. > AFAIK, flip-flops were named in the mid-60s... But I'm sure someone older will remember that as even earlier!
From: Jim Thompson on 21 Apr 2010 19:57 On Wed, 21 Apr 2010 19:31:50 -0400, PeterD <peter2(a)hipson.net> wrote: >On Wed, 21 Apr 2010 21:13:55 +0100, Adam Funk <a24061(a)yahoo.com> >wrote: > >>glen herrmannsfeldt wrote: >> >>> And when was it that the beach wear started to be called flip-flops? >>> >>> I haven't yet tried to explain to my daughter that when I was >>> her age that flip-flops were electronic circuits. >> > >AFAIK, flip-flops were named in the mid-60s... But I'm sure someone >older will remember that as even earlier! Weren't 12AX7 flip-flops called "flip-flops"? ...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 | The only thing bipartisan in this country is hypocrisy
From: Joel Koltner on 21 Apr 2010 20:10 <krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz> wrote in message news:be0vs5htvm073cvjcnlbi656itu3p0ge1f(a)4ax.com... > Looks like a flux capacitor due west. Just wait for Universal Studios to file a DMCA takedown request like they did with Dave Jones' t-shirt... :-)
From: krw on 21 Apr 2010 20:33
On Wed, 21 Apr 2010 16:57:23 -0700, Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)On-My-Web-Site.com> wrote: >On Wed, 21 Apr 2010 19:31:50 -0400, PeterD <peter2(a)hipson.net> wrote: > >>On Wed, 21 Apr 2010 21:13:55 +0100, Adam Funk <a24061(a)yahoo.com> >>wrote: >> >>>glen herrmannsfeldt wrote: >>> >>>> And when was it that the beach wear started to be called flip-flops? >>>> >>>> I haven't yet tried to explain to my daughter that when I was >>>> her age that flip-flops were electronic circuits. >>> >> >>AFAIK, flip-flops were named in the mid-60s... But I'm sure someone >>older will remember that as even earlier! > >Weren't 12AX7 flip-flops called "flip-flops"? I thought they were called "multivibrators (bistable)". |