From: Paul Hovnanian P.E. on 23 Dec 2009 14:57 Adrian Tuddenham wrote: > Paul Hovnanian P.E. <paul(a)hovnanian.com> wrote: > >> Tim Wescott wrote: >> > >> > On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:15:36 -0800, whit3rd wrote: >> > >> > > How about the OLD analog guys? Eccles and Jordan, and Steinmetz? >> > > We all build on their foundation work. >> > >> > Honorable mention for Ohm, Ampere, Faraday, Henry, Volta, Maxwell, that >> > crowd? >> >> If you are going to nominate people for fundamental principles, how >> about Murphy? > > Frank Murphy? This guy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murphy's_law Probably used as much as Ohm's. -- Paul Hovnanian paul(a)hovnanian.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Have gnu, will travel.
From: Tim Williams on 23 Dec 2009 15:58 "Phil Hobbs" <pcdhSpamMeSenseless(a)electrooptical.net> wrote in message news:4B3259BA.1030104(a)electrooptical.net... > Well, you can do it by cheating--build an NMOS gate in a CMOS process. > Takes some quiescent current though. Can you strap a PMOS as a CCS, ala Intel's HMOS? As I understand it, they used depletion mode PMOS, which would require implantation or something, certainly not the usual P processing. Tim -- Deep Friar: a very philosophical monk. Website: http://webpages.charter.net/dawill/tmoranwms
From: John Larkin on 23 Dec 2009 17:33 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
From: don on 23 Dec 2009 17:47 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 > Do they read this group ;-). don
From: Phil Hobbs on 23 Dec 2009 17:49
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. Cheers Phil Hobbs -- Dr Philip C D Hobbs Principal ElectroOptical Innovations 55 Orchard Rd Briarcliff Manor NY 10510 845-480-2058 hobbs at electrooptical dot net http://electrooptical.net |