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From: Joel Koltner on 26 Jun 2010 21:16 "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message news:nqidnQX_xJzqAbvRnZ2dnUVZ_qednZ2d(a)earthlink.com... > Quite loud, and an old system with a hum. It was built during > W.W.II. The Army didn't allow you to have a radio, electric razor or > anything else to tax the electrical system in those old builings. They > had a single, 120 V 20A circuit. If some idiot blew he fuse, there was > no heat until base maintainence arrived to replace it. It was all part > of teaching you to follow the rules. Wow. That's pretty spartan all right! I wonder if soldiers in basic training these days get to retain, e.g., their cell phones, MP3 players, Gameboys/PSPs, etc. during basic training? I know those items are quite popular with the active duty guys out in Afghanistan. > There was no alcohol availible when you were in basic. That must have been quite a shock, the first few weeks, for some of the guys. :-) Although this was back when most of the guys were ~20, wasn't it? -- So many of them couldn't legally drink anyway? ---Joel
From: robert bristow-johnson on 26 Jun 2010 21:16 On Jun 25, 8:15 pm, "amdx" <a...(a)knology.net> wrote: > -- > MikeK"RST Engineering" <jwei...(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > > news:i0da269vgn1g0un1gb3epl61hjhvcspiic(a)4ax.com...> On Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:14:35 -0500, "amdx" <a...(a)knology.net> wrote: > > >>The vuvuzela produces notes at approximately 235Hz frequency and its first > >>partial at 465Hz. > > > What is a "partial"? it's a well-defined term ... > > If you mean second harmonic, it is at 470, not 465. ... and it doesn't have to be an integer harmonic (and it ain't for sources like bells). r b-j
From: Paul Hovnanian P.E. on 26 Jun 2010 22:15 robert bristow-johnson wrote: > > On Jun 25, 8:15 pm, "amdx" <a...(a)knology.net> wrote: > > -- > > MikeK"RST Engineering" <jwei...(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > > > > news:i0da269vgn1g0un1gb3epl61hjhvcspiic(a)4ax.com...> On Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:14:35 -0500, "amdx" <a...(a)knology.net> wrote: > > > > >>The vuvuzela produces notes at approximately 235Hz frequency and its first > > >>partial at 465Hz. > > > > > What is a "partial"? > > it's a well-defined term ... > > > > If you mean second harmonic, it is at 470, not 465. > > ... and it doesn't have to be an integer harmonic (and it ain't > for sources like bells). > > r b-j http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overtone -- Paul Hovnanian mailto:Paul(a)Hovnanian.com ------------------------------------------------------------------ If Bill gates had a dime for every windows machine that crashed... Wait a minute, he does!
From: JosephKK on 27 Jun 2010 07:53 On Fri, 25 Jun 2010 15:29:45 -0400, Spehro Pefhany <speffSNIP(a)interlogDOTyou.knowwhat> wrote: >On Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:14:35 -0500, "amdx" <amdx(a)knology.net> wrote: > >>The vuvuzela produces notes at approximately 235Hz frequency and its first >>partial at 465Hz. >> American tv soccer fans need a filter to rid the audio of the constant >>noise caused be the vuvuzela. >> >> Here's your chance to be a hero! >> Mike >> > >It took me a couple hours to buy a couple vuvuzelas locally. I'm more >impressed with the markup they get.. got to be 4000%. > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbFoal-aRrE > I remember those from 40 to 50 years ago. They cost about a dollar back then.
From: JosephKK on 27 Jun 2010 07:55
On Fri, 25 Jun 2010 20:02:50 GMT, nico(a)puntnl.niks (Nico Coesel) wrote: >"amdx" <amdx(a)knology.net> wrote: > >>The vuvuzela produces notes at approximately 235Hz frequency and its first >>partial at 465Hz. >> American tv soccer fans need a filter to rid the audio of the constant >>noise caused be the vuvuzela. > >Our kids already regret talking my wife into buying vuvuzelas for >them. We use the vuvuzelas to wake them up in the morning :-) Really classic. They have just learned to be careful what you wish for, just in case you get it. |