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From: Paul Hovnanian P.E. on 23 Dec 2009 23:40 Spehro Pefhany wrote: > > On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:14:27 -0700, the renowned "Paul Hovnanian P.E." > <paul(a)hovnanian.com> wrote: > > >krw wrote: > >> > >> On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:39:37 -0700, don <don> wrote: > >> > >> >Paul Hovnanian P.E. wrote: > >> >> Bill Sloman wrote: > >> >>> On Dec 23, 11:20 am, Fred Abse <excretatau...(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: > >> >>>> On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:38:25 -0700, Paul Hovnanian P.E. wrote: > >> >>>>> Hedy Lamarr? > >> >>> The co-inventor of frequency-hopping > >> >>> > >> >>> http://www.inventions.org/culture/female/lamarr.html > >> >> > >> >> When you realize that she had no formal technical training and what she > >> >> knew, she picked up listening to her first husband when she was 19 years > >> >> old, think of what she could have done had she actually trained and > >> >> worked in the field. > >> >> > >> >I think her own work was more rewarding and profitable. > >> > >> ...and that's just the pin ups. > > > >It makes one wonder what the world would have been like if Cindy > >Crawford had pursued her chemical engineering degree. > > Or Weird Al Yankovic had fully utilized his architecture degree... You just had to screw up my mental image of Cindy in a white lab coat with big horn-rimmed glasses. :-( -- Paul Hovnanian mailto:Paul(a)Hovnanian.com ------------------------------------------------------------------ Don't upset me! I'm running out of places to hide the bodies.
From: Michael A. Terrell on 24 Dec 2009 02:09 John Larkin wrote: > > On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:01:17 -0500, "Michael A. Terrell" > <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > > > > >John Larkin wrote: > >> > >> On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:49:58 -0500, Phil Hobbs > >> <pcdhSpamMeSenseless(a)electrooptical.net> wrote: > >> > >> >John Larkin 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 > >> >> > >> > > >> >Yeah, but look where you live. Anyway, you're a madman too. > >> > > >> > >> Aw, shucks, thanks. > > > > > > Finally, someone gives you the recognition you deserve. It isn't > >easy being a madman these days! :) > > Dare to be crazy! That's why I was 'Banned from engineering for life' at my last job. Of course, that only lasted three days. :) > It's the best way to design things. Or to solve problems. I had to drill a hole through a concrete block building a few years ago to run some 25 pair telephone cable. The problem was that there was already a cable run where I needed to drill the hole, and it couldn't be pulled without putting a radio station off the air. They freaked out when I chiseled out a square hole big enough for three more cables without touching the existing wire. :) Someone said, "You think outside the box" a few days ago. I told him that "There is no box, just old bags." ;-) -- Offworld checks no longer accepted!
From: Adrian Tuddenham on 24 Dec 2009 03:48 krw <krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzz> wrote: > On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:39:37 -0700, don <don> wrote: > > >Paul Hovnanian P.E. wrote: > >> Bill Sloman wrote: > >>> On Dec 23, 11:20 am, Fred Abse <excretatau...(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: > >>>> On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:38:25 -0700, Paul Hovnanian P.E. wrote: > >>>>> Hedy Lamarr? > >>> The co-inventor of frequency-hopping > >>> > >>> http://www.inventions.org/culture/female/lamarr.html > >> > >> When you realize that she had no formal technical training and what she > >> knew, she picked up listening to her first husband when she was 19 years > >> old, think of what she could have done had she actually trained and > >> worked in the field. > >> > >I think her own work was more rewarding and profitable. > > ...and that's just the pin ups. Hertha Ayrton http://www.theiet.org/about/libarc/archives/biographies/ayrtonh.cfm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertha_Marks_Ayrton -- ~ Adrian Tuddenham ~ (Remove the ".invalid"s and add ".co.uk" to reply) www.poppyrecords.co.uk
From: Robert Baer on 24 Dec 2009 05:32 Fred Abse 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) > ??Nipkov??
From: Jim Thompson on 24 Dec 2009 10:54
On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:07:37 -0700, "Paul Hovnanian P.E." <paul(a)hovnanian.com> wrote: >Jim Thompson wrote: >> > >> It might be amusing to suggest a class (SED lurkers) problem... design >> (at the CMOS transistor level) a three-input NAND, so that delays to >> output from each input are identical. > > > V+ o---------------------------+-+----+-+-----+--+ > | | | | | | > | +---+ | | | | | > A o-------+------------------+ +->---+ | | | | > | | +-+ | | | | > | | | | | | > | | | +--+ | | | > B o-------|-----+--------------------+ +->--+ | | > | | | | +-+ | | > | | | | | | > | | | | | +---+ | > C o-------|-----|-----+---------------------+ +->----+ > | | | | | | +-+ > | | | | | | > | | | +-------+------+-------o >OUT > | | | | > | | | | +--+ > | | +-----+ +-<---+ > | | | +--+ | > | | | | > | | | +--+ | > | +-----------+ +-<---+ > | | +--+ | > | | | > | | +--+ | > +-----------------+ +-<---+ > | +--+ | > | | > | | > +--+ > | > V That's a standard NAND, you missed the requirement, "...so that delays to output from each input are identical." ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, CTO | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona 85048 Skype: Contacts Only | | | Voice:(480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat | | E-mail Icon at http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | Help save the environment! Please dispose of socialism responsibly! |