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From: Spehro Pefhany on 23 Dec 2009 18:14 On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:33:10 -0800, John Larkin <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: >On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:25:48 -0500, Phil Hobbs ><pcdhSpamMeSenseless(a)electrooptical.net> wrote: > >>Michael A. Terrell wrote: >>> Joel Koltner wrote: >>>> "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message >>>> news:yM6dnRkFd8E5ra_WnZ2dnUVZ_o1i4p2d(a)earthlink.com... >>>>> Typical of Bill. Where is the list ot ten worst analog engineers? >>>>> Is he afraid that his name would be the first, followed by Lucas, then >>>>> Madman Muntz? >>>> The difference is that I don't think Muntz ever claimed to be an engineer... >>>> just a salesguy who was willing to cheapen up equipment if he thought there'd >>>> still be a market for it! >>> >>> >>> Ok, he was an engineering manager with a pair of dykes. :) >>> >>> >>Just dikes. Key distinction. >> >>Cheers >> >>Phil Hobbs > >*I* am a manager with a pair of dykes! > >John LOLs Do they have bikes?
From: krw on 23 Dec 2009 18:57 On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:33:10 -0800, John Larkin <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: >On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:25:48 -0500, Phil Hobbs ><pcdhSpamMeSenseless(a)electrooptical.net> wrote: > >>Michael A. Terrell wrote: >>> Joel Koltner wrote: >>>> "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message >>>> news:yM6dnRkFd8E5ra_WnZ2dnUVZ_o1i4p2d(a)earthlink.com... >>>>> Typical of Bill. Where is the list ot ten worst analog engineers? >>>>> Is he afraid that his name would be the first, followed by Lucas, then >>>>> Madman Muntz? >>>> The difference is that I don't think Muntz ever claimed to be an engineer... >>>> just a salesguy who was willing to cheapen up equipment if he thought there'd >>>> still be a market for it! >>> >>> >>> Ok, he was an engineering manager with a pair of dykes. :) >>> >>> >>Just dikes. Key distinction. >> >>Cheers >> >>Phil Hobbs > >*I* am a manager with a pair of dykes! I once worked for half of a pair of dykes. Good manager, too.
From: krw on 23 Dec 2009 19:00 On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:14:25 -0500, Spehro Pefhany <speffSNIP(a)interlogDOTyou.knowwhat> wrote: >On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:33:10 -0800, John Larkin ><jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: > >>On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:25:48 -0500, Phil Hobbs >><pcdhSpamMeSenseless(a)electrooptical.net> wrote: >> >>>Michael A. Terrell wrote: >>>> Joel Koltner wrote: >>>>> "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message >>>>> news:yM6dnRkFd8E5ra_WnZ2dnUVZ_o1i4p2d(a)earthlink.com... >>>>>> Typical of Bill. Where is the list ot ten worst analog engineers? >>>>>> Is he afraid that his name would be the first, followed by Lucas, then >>>>>> Madman Muntz? >>>>> The difference is that I don't think Muntz ever claimed to be an engineer... >>>>> just a salesguy who was willing to cheapen up equipment if he thought there'd >>>>> still be a market for it! >>>> >>>> >>>> Ok, he was an engineering manager with a pair of dykes. :) >>>> >>>> >>>Just dikes. Key distinction. >>> >>>Cheers >>> >>>Phil Hobbs >> >>*I* am a manager with a pair of dykes! >> >>John > >LOLs > >Do they have bikes? Trikes.
From: Bill Sloman on 23 Dec 2009 19:09 On Dec 23, 11:20 am, Fred Abse <excretatau...(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: > On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:32:31 -0800, Bill Sloman wrote: > > pity about > > > Alan Dower Blumlein > > > apparently the fact that he never worked in the USA means that > > inventing the first practical televison and stereo systems doesn't > > count. He had 128 patents when he died when a bomber carring a > > protoptye of the H2S radar crashed on landing in 1942. > > Without wishing to detract from Blumlein's achievements, he must have been > one of the most prolific inventors of his time in his field, I think that > he would have been the first to point out that the first practical > television system was the result of a various researches. Let's not forget > the contributions of O. S. Puckle, Vladimir Zworykin, Philo T. Farnsworth, > et al. > > (I still have a copy of Puckle on timebases) > > -- > "Electricity is of two kinds, positive and negative. The difference > is, I presume, that one comes a little more expensive, but is more > durable; the other is a cheaper thing, but the moths get into it." > (Stephen Leacock)
From: Bill Sloman on 23 Dec 2009 19:16
On Dec 23, 11:20 am, Fred Abse <excretatau...(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: > On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:32:31 -0800, Bill Sloman wrote: > > pity about > > > Alan Dower Blumlein > > > apparently the fact that he never worked in the USA means that > > inventing the first practical televison and stereo systems doesn't > > count. He had 128 patents when he died when a bomber carring a > > protoptye of the H2S radar crashed on landing in 1942. > > Without wishing to detract from Blumlein's achievements, he must have been > one of the most prolific inventors of his time in his field, I think that > he would have been the first to point out that the first practical > television system was the result of a various researches. Let's not forget > the contributions of O. S. Puckle, Vladimir Zworykin, Philo T. Farnsworth, > et al. Very possibly, but the EMI-Marconi system was the first fully electronic television system to be used in regular broadcasting, which is to say that it was the first practical system. Earlier systems may have been practicable, but they weren't used in practice. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/405-line_television_system I worked at EMI Central Research for a couple of years, and even got to talk to William S. Percival for a while, so I may be prejudiced. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_amplifier -- Bill Sloman, Nijmegen |