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From: Rui Maciel on 17 Jul 2010 18:54 Tim Wescott wrote: > USENET has newsgroups, the web has forums. > > This is a USENET newsgroup. It's echoed on a few web pages, but it's > still USENET. You seem to be a bit confused. As it was already pointed out, a forum is nothing more than a public meeting place for open discussion. Sites which are ran on software packages such as phpBB are still forums, just like any usenet newsgroup you happen to come across. Just to drive the point home, google offers a web interface to usenet newsgroups through it's google groups service. Do you believe that accessing sci.electronics.basics through google groups would make it a forum but accessing it through a usenet client would take that definition away from it? Rui Maciel
From: Cydrome Leader on 17 Jul 2010 22:38 Michael A. Terrell <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > > "Ron M." wrote: >> >> Yep. RF burns are kinda painful too. But I bet it doesn't compare with >> that infamous second anode. That one will make you change your shorts >> for sure. That is if your still able to. Hit one of those when I was >> in high school. Haven't touched a TV inside once since. > > > Wimp. I've worked with techs who would reach out and touch the > second anode lead with their bare hand to test for high voltage. What's this second anode?
From: Michael A. Terrell on 18 Jul 2010 01:48 "krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz" wrote: > > On Fri, 16 Jul 2010 20:28:04 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell" > <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > > > > >Jasen Betts wrote: > >> > >> On 2010-07-14, Baron <baron.nospam(a)linuxmaniac.nospam.net> wrote: > >> > >> >> How often do people drop dead from actual electrocutions in places > >> >> that use 240, just doing plain tasks like you might at home or > >> >> outside? > >> > > >> > People do die from electrocution on 240 volt AC mains. More often than > >> > not the reflex action causes you to pull away. I agree with your > >> > comment that "the danger is almost always from what you end up hitting > >> > or falling off (like a ladder) /into than from the shock itself." > >> > DC is far more likely to kill you, simply because the muscle contracts > >> > and makes it impossible to let go. > >> > >> AC can do that too, My dad had trouble putting a skilsaw down after > >> cutting the lead. luckily he was able to out-distance the extension > >> lead. Next time he used it with an isolating transformer. > > > > > > It would be simpler to make sure you can't cut the cord with the saw. > > Batteries? ;-) I've never seen a battery operated saw I would buy. :( -- Anyone wanting to run for any political office in the US should have to have a DD214, and a honorable discharge.
From: Michael A. Terrell on 18 Jul 2010 01:51 Rui Maciel wrote: > > Michael A. Terrell wrote: > > > This isn't a forum, it's a newsgroup. > > In your opinion what's the difference? Usenet is hosted on multiple servers around the world. A 'Forum' is hosted on a single machine, or a single, small server farm. -- Anyone wanting to run for any political office in the US should have to have a DD214, and a honorable discharge.
From: Jasen Betts on 18 Jul 2010 05:54
On 2010-07-18, Michael A. Terrell <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > > Rui Maciel wrote: >> >> Michael A. Terrell wrote: >> >> > This isn't a forum, it's a newsgroup. >> >> In your opinion what's the difference? > A 'Forum' is > hosted on a single machine, or a single, small server farm. That requirement seems very arbitrary. --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: news(a)netfront.net --- |