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From: Joerg on 29 Sep 2006 11:59 Hello Joel, > >>Sounds unbelievable but many companies (including some big ones) do not have >>FTP capability. > > IMHO, this is often an IT-Nazi policy, especially if the IT guys were raised > on Windows rather than *NIX. > Maybe it's fear, maybe people just don't know FTP anymore just as most don't know what Usenet is. Then they hit a brickwall because that Solidworks file is above 10MB and the email bounces back. But it absolutely has to get there and you can really here sighs of relief when I hand them that FTP access. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com
From: Joerg on 29 Sep 2006 12:07 Hello Joel, >>One of my current contracts with a large company goes as far as prohibiting >>the disclosure of the very existence of that contract. > > Could be fun playing 20 questions with you... > > Do you have a contract with Intel? -- No -- > Cisco? -- No -- > ... > ... > Fubarbazco? -- Umm... I can neither confirm nor deny the existence of such a > contract... > None of the above :-) Typically you'd never hear that company name. Until the day you or someone close gets really sick. Then we'll all be glad they are there. > >>What browser are you using? It doesn't do that with Mozilla, Netscape, Opera >>and my copy of IE. Re redesign I just want to be honest. About half of my >>assignments begin when it's really too late from a biz point of view and >>require a redesign of crucial parts or of the whole thing. > > > I imagine a lot of people do find your web site after things have gone wrong, > and you're not just telling them, "hey, you screwed up!," but rather "sure, > you might have screwed up, but guess what, I can fix it!" > Something like that. But they typically don't find it on their own. They hear about me from business friends and "google" me until they find my phone number. > I think Frank is just not the kind of guy who ever sees himself using your > services, Joerg, and even the best web page in the world wouldn't convince him > otherwise. > Frank has some good points. I do need to spiff it up. Don't really have the time right now but I'll take up some of his suggestions and make the appearance better. Just not to the point where someone with a slower connection would be turned away. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com
From: Joerg on 29 Sep 2006 13:10 Hello John, > Can someone verify whether the National web site is truly broken? It > sure looks that way to me. In addition to all sorts of snarled links > and stuff, there's no obvious way I can find, say, the datasheet of an > LM7824... had to go to Fairchild's site! > > I'm running Firefox under XP. > Talking about a messed up site. Shopping around for a better broadband deal I came upon this one: http://www.comcast.com/ Totally unusable with Mozilla here. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com
From: John Larkin on 29 Sep 2006 13:43 On Thu, 28 Sep 2006 21:15:13 -0400, Spehro Pefhany <speffSNIP(a)interlogDOTyou.knowwhat> wrote: >On Thu, 28 Sep 2006 14:28:00 -0700, the renowned John Larkin ><jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: > >>On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 15:01:08 -0700, John Larkin >><jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: >> >>> >>>Can someone verify whether the National web site is truly broken? It >>>sure looks that way to me. In addition to all sorts of snarled links >>>and stuff, there's no obvious way I can find, say, the datasheet of an >>>LM7824... had to go to Fairchild's site! >>> >>>I'm running Firefox under XP. >>> >>>John >>> >>> >> >>Wow. You can't see parts by package, but you can see them by package >>volume! A TL082 can be as big as 11862500.0 mm3, which wouldn't fit >>into my backpack. And look at the pricings... the price on the LM101A >>ranges from $0 to $225. >> >>http://www.national.com/VCatalog/view.cgi?command=toggleSort&attr1=Package+Volume&attr2=0&q=200&m0=Category&m1=SubCategory&i=PNumber&s2=PNumber%2F%2F1&s1=Price%2F%2F1&s0=Channels%2F%2F1&a3=Input+OutputType%2F%2Fv%3A8&a1=SubCategory%2F%2Fv%3A8&a0=Category%2F%2Fv%3A8&s=885552904899&a2=Channels%2F%2Fv%3A8&a5=Slew+Rate%2F%2Fv%3A8&t=0&m2=Bpn&c2=x%3A0%2F%2FPrice&c1=e%3A0%2F%2FSubCategory%2F%2F%3Aeq%2F%2FOperational+Amplifiers%3AGeneral+Purpose&c0=e%3A0%2F%2FCategory%2F%2F%3Aeq%2F%2FAmplifiers%2FBuffers%2FComparators&a4=Gain+Bandwidth%2F%2Fv%3A8&as=0&render=1&c=x%3A0%2F%2FPackage+Volume&domains=PNumber >> >> >>They used to have a good web site, before they lost their minds. >> >>Maybe TI has an opamp I can use. >> >>Speaking of which, any recommendation for a cheap SOT-23 opamp, 4 MHz >>maybe, +-5 supplies? Seems that we've purchased over 17,000 pieces of >>LM7301 of late, at 90 cents each, and there must be a better deal >>around. >> >>John > >That +/-5V supply requirement knocks out a lot of contenders. > > Yeah, voltages keep creeping down. The best chopamps are 5-volt parts, and we're running them off +-2.5 volt rails. I guess it just takes getting used to, doing ppm-level signal conditioning at +-2 volt swings. John
From: Jim Thompson on 29 Sep 2006 15:26
On Fri, 29 Sep 2006 15:59:02 GMT, Joerg <notthisjoergsch(a)removethispacbell.net> wrote: >Hello Joel, > >> >>>Sounds unbelievable but many companies (including some big ones) do not have >>>FTP capability. >> >> IMHO, this is often an IT-Nazi policy, especially if the IT guys were raised >> on Windows rather than *NIX. >> > >Maybe it's fear, maybe people just don't know FTP anymore just as most >don't know what Usenet is. Then they hit a brickwall because that >Solidworks file is above 10MB and the email bounces back. But it >absolutely has to get there and you can really here sighs of relief when >I hand them that FTP access. Yep. One of the benefits of having a web site. ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona Voice:(480)460-2350 | | | E-mail Address at Website Fax:(480)460-2142 | Brass Rat | | http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food. |