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From: John Fields on 10 Apr 2010 12:54 On Sat, 10 Apr 2010 19:18:05 +1000, "Phil Allison" <phil_a(a)tpg.com.au> wrote: > >"John Fields" >> D from BC >> >>>I'm browsing ebay for bench meters and I can't tell if it's bad >>>photography or that most of the fluke bench meters sold on Ebay look >>>dim. >> >> --- >> Sounds like a match made in heaven... >> > > ** ROTFL ... --- :-) JF
From: D from BC on 10 Apr 2010 16:27 In article <kvWdnWRcF_CJPV3WnZ2dnUVZ_jidnZ2d(a)giganews.com>, bit.farmer(a)yahoo.com says... > > D from BC wrote: > > I'm browsing ebay for bench meters and I can't tell if it's bad > > photography or that most of the fluke bench meters sold on Ebay look > > dim. > > > > Polarization effects. I just did an experiment with polarized sunglasses and an old clock radio with a VFD. There's no light attenuation when I rotate the glasses. -- D from BC British Columbia
From: John Fields on 10 Apr 2010 17:18 On Sat, 10 Apr 2010 13:27:55 -0700, D from BC <myrealaddress(a)comic.com> wrote: >In article <kvWdnWRcF_CJPV3WnZ2dnUVZ_jidnZ2d(a)giganews.com>, >bit.farmer(a)yahoo.com says... >> >> D from BC wrote: >> > I'm browsing ebay for bench meters and I can't tell if it's bad >> > photography or that most of the fluke bench meters sold on Ebay look >> > dim. >> > >> >> Polarization effects. > >I just did an experiment with polarized sunglasses and an old clock >radio with a VFD. > >There's no light attenuation when I rotate the glasses. --- That's because God, in His infinite wisdom, has arranged it so that vacuum fluorescent displays don't need polarizers to work, but liquid crystal displays do. JF
From: Michael A. Terrell on 11 Apr 2010 00:09
John Fields wrote: > > On Fri, 9 Apr 2010 15:04:15 -0700, D from BC <myrealaddress(a)comic.com> > wrote: > > >I'm browsing ebay for bench meters and I can't tell if it's bad > >photography or that most of the fluke bench meters sold on Ebay look > >dim. > > --- > Sounds like a match made in heaven... And a race to the bottom. -- Lead free solder is Belgium's version of 'Hold my beer and watch this!' |