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From: Michael A. Terrell on 5 Jun 2010 20:24 John Larkin wrote: > > Michael A. Terrell wrote: > > > > Crawling around a hot engine to adjust a trimpot is just bad design. > > Hey, I was just a kid. I was once, too. :) I learned very early that a lot of engineers could give Dilbert's 'Wally' a run for the money when it came to being lazy and careless and that the design review committee was two men: Rube Goldberg and Murphy. I'll bet you never made that particular mistake again. ;-) Since I started as a hobbyist & technician, I always had an eye on making sure something could be serviced. -- Anyone wanting to run for any political office in the US should have to have a DD214, and a honorable discharge.
From: JosephKK on 11 Jun 2010 06:35 On Thu, 03 Jun 2010 19:18:44 -0500, "krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz" <krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz> wrote: >On Thu, 03 Jun 2010 11:26:02 -0700, John Larkin ><jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: > >>On Wed, 02 Jun 2010 23:34:14 -0500, "krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz" >><krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz> wrote: >> >>>On Wed, 02 Jun 2010 20:54:28 -0700, John Larkin >>><jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: >>> >>>>On Wed, 02 Jun 2010 22:44:30 -0500, "krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz" >>>><krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz> wrote: >>>> >>>>>On Wed, 02 Jun 2010 18:57:02 -0700, John Larkin >>>>><jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>On Wed, 2 Jun 2010 15:27:30 -0700 (PDT), "langwadt(a)fonz.dk" >>>>>><langwadt(a)fonz.dk> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>>On 2 Jun., 20:55, John Larkin >>>>>>><jjlar...(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: >>>>>>>> Shot from our conference room: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> ftp://jjlarkin.lmi.net/Sun_1.jpg >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Somebody covered the billboard across the street with plywood, and now >>>>>>>> two guys are working with chisels and mallets to strip away the darker >>>>>>>> surface layer and make an image. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> We rented out one window to a time-lapse photographer, who will >>>>>>>> eventually produce a video ad for the sponsor. $500 will fund a pretty >>>>>>>> nice barbeque. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> The lighthouse is part of the cafe/car wash. I don't know why they >>>>>>>> need a lighthouse. Across the street is another lighthouse, part of >>>>>>>> the u-store business. Goodwill, on a third corner, has sort of a >>>>>>>> lighthouse too. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> John >>>>>>> >>>>>>>why didn't they do the carving before they put it up? would be easy >>>>>>>with a >>>>>>>cnc router too. Not artsy enough? :) >>>>>> >>>>>>Not artsy enough. >>>>>> >>>>>>As far as that goes, why don't they use paint? At the rate they're >>>>>>going, the BP well will be capped before this billboard is done. >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>price gas here in Denmark is around twice that >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>Gas is too cheap in the USA. I don't generally approve of tax >>>>>>increases, but a huge increase in gas tax makes a lot of sense. >>>>>>Proposing it is political suicide, even for the craziest Democrats. >>>>> >>>>>It's a great recessive tax, though the government doesn't need any more money. >>>>>It'll just go even further in debt. >>>> >>>>It's not recessive. >>> >>>Sorry, "regressive". >>> >>>>The tax on every gallon would be the same. >>> >>>That's like saying a flat tax isn't "regressive" (technically it's neutral, >>>but...) >> >>I learned in economics class that a progressive tax had a >>greater-than-1 exponent on the cost of the thing taxed (like US income >>taxes), and that a flat tax has a constant percentage (like most sales >>taxes, past the 12 cent threshold), and a regressive tax had a >>less-then-1 exponent (like Social Security taxes.) > >Ok, that's a good definition. > >>Lots of people now call a tax "regressive" if it taxes everyone at the >>same rate (like a sales tax, for instance) because rich people can >>theoretically afford it easier than poor people. That's a transition >>from mathematics to morality. > >Relativity. Relative to the income tax it's regressive (so is a mugging). > >>There used to be a different definition of "species", too. It used to >>be scientific, now it's moral. So we have lots more species than we >>used to have. > >Sure. Salmon are classified into "species" based on where they spawn, not >their DNA. Also on whether or not they "go to sea" or not. Purely a behavioral distinction and not reliably heritable. > >>>>Poor >>>>folk could even buy Regular and pay less tax than rich folk who buy >>>>Premium. They could even buy small, high-mileage cars. >>> >>>The tax today is per gallon, not percentage. "Poor folk" often have old >>>beaters, which are more often than not gas-guzzlers. >>> >>>But that doesn't alter the fact that the government spends far too much money >>>now. They don't need more smack. >> >>Tax policy influences behavior. There are bad ways to collect X >>dollars and better ways to collect X dollars. Lots of our current ways >>kill jobs and encourage a huge balance of payments deficit. > >That doesn't alter the fact that the government spends far too much money now. >Raising the gas tax *would* be just like giving a junkie that much more smack.
From: JosephKK on 11 Jun 2010 10:37 On Thu, 03 Jun 2010 19:18:44 -0500, "krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz" <krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz> wrote: >On Thu, 03 Jun 2010 11:26:02 -0700, John Larkin ><jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: > >>On Wed, 02 Jun 2010 23:34:14 -0500, "krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz" >><krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz> wrote: >> >>>On Wed, 02 Jun 2010 20:54:28 -0700, John Larkin >>><jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: >>> >>>>On Wed, 02 Jun 2010 22:44:30 -0500, "krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz" >>>><krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz> wrote: >>>> >>>>>On Wed, 02 Jun 2010 18:57:02 -0700, John Larkin >>>>><jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>On Wed, 2 Jun 2010 15:27:30 -0700 (PDT), "langwadt(a)fonz.dk" >>>>>><langwadt(a)fonz.dk> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>>On 2 Jun., 20:55, John Larkin >>>>>>><jjlar...(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: >>>>>>>> Shot from our conference room: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> ftp://jjlarkin.lmi.net/Sun_1.jpg >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Somebody covered the billboard across the street with plywood, and now >>>>>>>> two guys are working with chisels and mallets to strip away the darker >>>>>>>> surface layer and make an image. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> We rented out one window to a time-lapse photographer, who will >>>>>>>> eventually produce a video ad for the sponsor. $500 will fund a pretty >>>>>>>> nice barbeque. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> The lighthouse is part of the cafe/car wash. I don't know why they >>>>>>>> need a lighthouse. Across the street is another lighthouse, part of >>>>>>>> the u-store business. Goodwill, on a third corner, has sort of a >>>>>>>> lighthouse too. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> John >>>>>>> >>>>>>>why didn't they do the carving before they put it up? would be easy >>>>>>>with a >>>>>>>cnc router too. Not artsy enough? :) >>>>>> >>>>>>Not artsy enough. >>>>>> >>>>>>As far as that goes, why don't they use paint? At the rate they're >>>>>>going, the BP well will be capped before this billboard is done. >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>price gas here in Denmark is around twice that >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>Gas is too cheap in the USA. I don't generally approve of tax >>>>>>increases, but a huge increase in gas tax makes a lot of sense. >>>>>>Proposing it is political suicide, even for the craziest Democrats. >>>>> >>>>>It's a great recessive tax, though the government doesn't need any more money. >>>>>It'll just go even further in debt. >>>> >>>>It's not recessive. >>> >>>Sorry, "regressive". >>> >>>>The tax on every gallon would be the same. >>> >>>That's like saying a flat tax isn't "regressive" (technically it's neutral, >>>but...) >> >>I learned in economics class that a progressive tax had a >>greater-than-1 exponent on the cost of the thing taxed (like US income >>taxes), and that a flat tax has a constant percentage (like most sales >>taxes, past the 12 cent threshold), and a regressive tax had a >>less-then-1 exponent (like Social Security taxes.) > >Ok, that's a good definition. > >>Lots of people now call a tax "regressive" if it taxes everyone at the >>same rate (like a sales tax, for instance) because rich people can >>theoretically afford it easier than poor people. That's a transition >>from mathematics to morality. > >Relativity. Relative to the income tax it's regressive (so is a mugging). > >>There used to be a different definition of "species", too. It used to >>be scientific, now it's moral. So we have lots more species than we >>used to have. > >Sure. Salmon are classified into "species" based on where they spawn, not >their DNA. > >>>>Poor >>>>folk could even buy Regular and pay less tax than rich folk who buy >>>>Premium. They could even buy small, high-mileage cars. >>> >>>The tax today is per gallon, not percentage. "Poor folk" often have old >>>beaters, which are more often than not gas-guzzlers. >>> >>>But that doesn't alter the fact that the government spends far too much money >>>now. They don't need more smack. >> >>Tax policy influences behavior. There are bad ways to collect X >>dollars and better ways to collect X dollars. Lots of our current ways >>kill jobs and encourage a huge balance of payments deficit. > >That doesn't alter the fact that the government spends far too much money now. >Raising the gas tax *would* be just like giving a junkie that much more smack. Unfortunately, politicians cannot OD on money and thus kill themselves like ordinary drug addicts can.
From: JosephKK on 11 Jun 2010 10:41
On Thu, 03 Jun 2010 17:17:25 GMT, Jan Panteltje <pNaonStpealmtje(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >On a sunny day (Thu, 3 Jun 2010 10:10:43 -0700 (PDT)) it happened Jan >Panteltje <panteltje(a)gmail.com> wrote in ><650df527-d46e-4d79-a594-82253ce4be7c(a)r27g2000yqb.googlegroups.com>: > >>On Jun 2, 8:55 pm, John Larkin >><jjlar...(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: >>> Shot from our conference room: >>> >>> ftp://jjlarkin.lmi.net/Sun_1.jpg >> >>Taking about art, ever seen a movable bridge like this? >>Shot that one today... > >Well, here then is the link: > ftp://panteltje.com/pub/Leeuwarden_bridge_img_1981.jpg That is the first time i have seen that variation on the bascule type. |