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From: John Fields on 7 Aug 2006 10:21 On Sun, 6 Aug 2006 16:54:27 +0000 (UTC), kensmith(a)green.rahul.net (Ken Smith) wrote: >In article <692cd2d2kkjj8ker7nqnn8ui027bi4q56m(a)4ax.com>, >John Fields <jfields(a)austininstruments.com> wrote: >>On Sun, 06 Aug 2006 09:20:02 +0100, Eeyore >><rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> >>>The money has to come from *somewhere* ! It doesn't grow on trees. >> >>--- >>Of course it does. >> >>Let's say that I build a house, that it costs me $100,000, and that >>I sell it for $200,000. >> >>Where do you think that $100,000 that I _made_ comes from? > >It comes from the pocket of the one buying the house. :) > >You have done something that has created wealth with the $100K it cost you >to build the house. The economy has just grown as a result. --- Yes. The money tree has sprouted new leaves. -- John Fields Professional Circuit Designer
From: Ken Smith on 7 Aug 2006 10:29 In article <+47JyKiBLj1EFwXG(a)jmwa.demon.co.uk>, John Woodgate <jmw(a)jmwa.demon.co.uk> wrote: >In message <o9acd251rduj8aq0bpokflotbu9np685f6(a)4ax.com>, dated Sun, 6 >Aug 2006, Phat Bytestard <phatbytestard(a)getinmahharddrive.org> writes >>On Sun, 06 Aug 2006 09:57:43 -0500, John Fields >><jfields(a)austininstruments.com> Gave us: >> >>>Can't you understand the difference between a bullet and a >>>thermonuclear weapon? >> >> He obviously cannot. > >Well they are probably of similar shape. You need to know how far away >the object is to be sure of the size. (;-) One makes you dead and the other .... um ... er ... um .. er :) -- -- kensmith(a)rahul.net forging knowledge
From: John Woodgate on 7 Aug 2006 10:22 In message <h8eed2djc39e8jmapoumiehn309o6uju68(a)4ax.com>, dated Mon, 7 Aug 2006, John Fields <jfields(a)austininstruments.com> writes >>That is one way of looking at it, but all officers carry handguns - >>which makes them rather closer to a general purpose tool > >--- >That's just silly, and is akin to saying that because all officers wear >shoes that makes shoes a general-purpose tool. Oh, I read that as 'general-purpose fool'.(;-) -- OOO - Own Opinions Only. Try www.jmwa.demon.co.uk and www.isce.org.uk 2006 is YMMVI- Your mileage may vary immensely. John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex UK
From: Ken Smith on 7 Aug 2006 10:35 In article <aXsBg.5335$uo6.4803(a)newssvr13.news.prodigy.com>, joseph2k <quiettechblue(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >John Woodgate wrote: > >> In message <0oacd2t5g2pkiur9iug5p6g991c76mi65r(a)4ax.com>, dated Sun, 6 >> Aug 2006, John Larkin <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> >> writes >>>Yeah. My company has ignored the RoHS thing entirely, except that we >>>are concerned about tin whiskers on the leads of compliant parts. >> >> You still use parts with LEADS? How quaint. (;-) > >Somebody has to deal with the distribution of hundreds to thousands of watts >in the server farms. That means things like power transistors, inductors >with worthwhile inductance at many amperes, Wind them on pot cores with Litz wire, bolt them down and solder the wire to a big fat pad on the surface and you have "surface mounted" it. The others I can't help you with. -- -- kensmith(a)rahul.net forging knowledge
From: Ken Smith on 7 Aug 2006 10:38
In article <mobcd21on0nq07p650eslhlf52ulip0jsm(a)4ax.com>, John Fields <jfields(a)austininstruments.com> wrote: [....] >Well, I think it's safe to say that a nice Stilton Damn you! and I know Trader Joes has Stilton too. Now I'll have to stop on my way to work. -- -- kensmith(a)rahul.net forging knowledge |