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From: Jonathan Bromley on 22 Apr 2010 15:03 On Wed, 21 Apr 2010 19:33:37 -0500, "krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz" <krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz> wrote: >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)". C'mon, let's hear it for the Eccles-Jordan relay! -- Jonathan Bromley
From: Otto Bahn on 22 Apr 2010 15:18 "Jonathan Bromley" <spam(a)oxfordbromley.plus.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)". > > C'mon, let's hear it for the Eccles-Jordan relay! I was wondering when someone would latch onto that one. --oTTo--
From: John Fields on 22 Apr 2010 17:26 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! --- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flip-flop_(electronics) JF
From: Tim Williams on 22 Apr 2010 17:37 "Otto Bahn" <Ladybrrane(a)GroinToHell.com> wrote in message news:hqq7f1$1no$1(a)gargoyle.oit.duke.edu... >>>>Weren't 12AX7 flip-flops called "flip-flops"? >>> >>>I thought they were called "multivibrators (bistable)". >> >> C'mon, let's hear it for the Eccles-Jordan relay! > > I was wondering when someone would latch onto that one. I was holding off. Tim -- Deep Friar: a very philosophical monk. Website: http://webpages.charter.net/dawill/tmoranwms
From: Rich Grise on Google groups on 22 Apr 2010 17:40
On Apr 21, 4:05 pm, "Otto Bahn" <Ladybrr...(a)GroinToHell.com> wrote: > <k...(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. > It'll probably work as well as that box of dirt that airplanes carry around in their tail section. ;-) Cheers! Rich |