Chip with simple program for Toy

[Bret Cahill]

Turns out he was a Toyota Paid Shill all along. Slot cars indeed.

http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/15/toyota-executive-sees-limi....

Mostly induction.  Here in the SW we can do slots.

Bret Cahill

But whatever it is, they are putting some money into the idea.

Is there any other realistic low carbon alternative?

The meantime retrofitting heavy trucks and buses to CH4 may be the
best interim solution to the $10/gallon fuel Obama will be up against
during reelection.


Bret Cahill

 

[Mark Licetti]

That happens, but thanks God never happened to me

I learned hoew to filter scummers out.
I know they will all burn in Hell, but while we live on this Earth, you just
need to learn how to block these people.

 

[Mark Licetti]

I had one fellow, though, elderly (63 years old) who doesn't know ho wto use
computers.
He bought my Nissan Sentra Factory service manual.

He doesn't know how to download!!!!

After a bit of arguing I shipped him a disk at MY EXPENSE.

SOB, couldn't get this in 3 days and started complaining to Ebay. That was
during Christmas holidays when Mail is slower than usual.
He finally got disk, and even managed to download thru some "friend", but he
never bothered to cancel the complaint against me.

This is the kind of people you may run into..... but only once in my life,
and even that is no big deal.

After all I lost just $4.80 on shipping and still without Ebay I would not
have sold all the hundreds of items throughout the years, and wouldn't buy
stuff as cheap as you can find sometimes on Ebay.

Though still that man has left a bad taste in my Ebay experience...

 

[John Fields]

On Fri, 15 Jan 2010 20:59:31 -0800 (PST), Michael B
<baughfam@bellsouth.net> wrote:

Thanks.

---
You're welcome; my pleasure.
---

Lets me know I can't take a shortcut on another project.

---
Glad to be able to help.

JF

 

[Fred Abse]

On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 06:44:23 -0600, John Fields wrote:

You're right, but some of the posts from Google Groups are OK, though,
and if I did a global block I'd miss them, so plonking the goons or just
ignoring them might be better.

Won't Agent let you block Google Groups, but allow you to whitelist ?

You can pick up the non-goons from quoted messages (another good reason
for bottom posting ;-) ).

That's what I do, using Pan.

--
"Electricity is of two kinds, positive and negative. The difference
is, I presume, that one comes a little more expensive, but is more
durable; the other is a cheaper thing, but the moths get into it."
(Stephen Leacock)

 

[Fred Abse]

On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:13:22 +0000, Jasen Betts wrote:

On 2010-01-14, Michael B <baughfam@bellsouth.net> wrote:
No.
The field strength is related to the number of coils.
So if I start out and go around the coil form 2,000
times with one wire, could I get the same effect by
using a multistrand, with each strand insulated
from the adjacent one? If I were to use a 10 strand
and only go around the coil form 200 times, would
it have the same effect?

it'd behave basically the same as a single thicker strand

Multifilar winding is sometimes employed to mitigate transmission line
effects in induction motor windings designed to be driven by IGBTs with
sub-microsecond rise times.

--
"Electricity is of two kinds, positive and negative. The difference
is, I presume, that one comes a little more expensive, but is more
durable; the other is a cheaper thing, but the moths get into it."
(Stephen Leacock)

 

[Fred Abse]

On Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:27:02 -0600, John Fields wrote:

IKYABWAI

???


--
"Electricity is of two kinds, positive and negative. The difference
is, I presume, that one comes a little more expensive, but is more
durable; the other is a cheaper thing, but the moths get into it."
(Stephen Leacock)

 

[krw]

On Sat, 16 Jan 2010 13:24:54 -0800, Fred Abse
<excretatauris@invalid.invalid> wrote:

On Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:27:02 -0600, John Fields wrote:

IKYABWAI

???

I Know You Are But What Am I

 

[Fred Abse]

On Sat, 16 Jan 2010 15:44:43 -0600, krw wrote:

On Sat, 16 Jan 2010 13:24:54 -0800, Fred Abse
excretatauris@invalid.invalid> wrote:

On Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:27:02 -0600, John Fields wrote:

IKYABWAI

???

I Know You Are But What Am I

YLSNED

You Learn Something New Every Day. ;-)

Thanks.

--
"Electricity is of two kinds, positive and negative. The difference
is, I presume, that one comes a little more expensive, but is more
durable; the other is a cheaper thing, but the moths get into it."
(Stephen Leacock)

 

[Michael B]

Like a capacitive discharge? Ed Gray motor winding?
On Jan 16, 4:24 pm, Fred Abse <excretatau...@invalid.invalid> wrote:

Multifilar winding is sometimes employed to mitigate transmission line
effects in induction motor windings designed to be driven by IGBTs with
sub-microsecond rise times.

 

[John Fields]

On Sat, 16 Jan 2010 13:24:54 -0800, Fred Abse
<excretatauris@invalid.invalid> wrote:

On Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:27:02 -0600, John Fields wrote:

IKYABWAI

???

---
"I know you are but what am I"

JF

 

[Spehro Pefhany]

On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 01:31:28 -0800, the renowned Fred Abse
<excretatauris@invalid.invalid> wrote:

On Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:54:40 -0800, life imitates life wrote:

The Lindstroms are worth the extra outlay if a long term, personal tool
is desired. For a production level, multi-user tool, the lower quality
steel, shorter life span brands are cheaper and are the better value for
such a setting. It just depends on who the tool is for, how well they
take care of their tools, and the term you wish the tool to last for.

I've got Lindstroms that I've had 30 years. Look their age, but still work
as good as ever. The newer ones aren't as good, IMHO.

Golden rule: Never, under any circumstances, lend cutters to *anyone*.
Never let them out of your sight / control.

Amen to that. Otherwise they'll instantly find some piece of hardened
music wire that needs to be snipped..


Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
--
"it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward"
speff@interlog.com Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com
Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: http://www.speff.com

 

[JW]

On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 01:31:28 -0800 Fred Abse
<excretatauris@invalid.invalid> wrote in Message id:
<pan.2010.02.11.09.05.53.812957@invalid.invalid>:

I've got Lindstroms that I've had 30 years. Look their age, but still work
as good as ever.

Ditto, but about 27 years and used almost daily. The best pair of cutters
I've ever used. Does yours have yellow handles by any chance?

 

[life imitates life]

On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 01:31:28 -0800, Fred Abse
<excretatauris@invalid.invalid> wrote:

On Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:49:02 -0800, life imitates life wrote:

Try hunting up Lindstrom on ebay if you want the absolute best Swiss
steel hand tools. Not cheap.

Swedish.

Oh. It comes from one of those "over there" countries. That one that
does all the watches. Or maybe a neighbor...

The fact that they use ball bearing steel is pretty cool. One would
think that some dope over here would make such a choice.

If I made hand tools, I would. It is a shame that Greenlee or Klein
doesn't have a fine tools category.

 

[life imitates life]

On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 01:31:28 -0800, Fred Abse
<excretatauris@invalid.invalid> wrote:

On Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:54:40 -0800, life imitates life wrote:

The Lindstroms are worth the extra outlay if a long term, personal tool
is desired. For a production level, multi-user tool, the lower quality
steel, shorter life span brands are cheaper and are the better value for
such a setting. It just depends on who the tool is for, how well they
take care of their tools, and the term you wish the tool to last for.

I've got Lindstroms that I've had 30 years. Look their age, but still work
as good as ever. The newer ones aren't as good, IMHO.

Golden rule: Never, under any circumstances, lend cutters to *anyone*.
Never let them out of your sight / control.

Well, ALL the techs and engineers in our labs have enough brains to
know that they are for copper, and if they want other than that, there
are plenty of cheap ones around. Then again... I guess there are a
couple that do not think about such things.

I still dislike working with folks that are oblivious to the details of
life around them. The same kind of people that think they have it
together enough to yack on the phone while driving.

 

[Dave Plowman (News)]

In article <pan.2010.02.11.09.05.53.812957@invalid.invalid>,
Fred Abse <excretatauris@invalid.invalid> wrote:

Golden rule: Never, under any circumstances, lend cutters to *anyone*.
Never let them out of your sight / control.

Most will have several pairs of cutters. Of varying sizes. Electrician's
size tend to cost rather less than instrument ones because they are made
in larger quantities. I would happily lend out my Lindstroms to someone
who knew what they were. Others would get a pair of my cheaper
electricians ones. Lidl in the UK do some very good and cheap tools -
ideal for this sort of thing. The cutters I bought from them will cut
piano wire without damage - a good test. And cost several times less than
branded ones which won't.

--
*What am I? Flypaper for freaks!?

Dave Plowman dave@davenoise.co.uk London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

 

[Fred Abse]

On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 05:51:00 -0800, life imitates life wrote:

On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 01:31:28 -0800, Fred Abse
excretatauris@invalid.invalid> wrote:

On Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:49:02 -0800, life imitates life wrote:

Try hunting up Lindstrom on ebay if you want the absolute best Swiss
steel hand tools. Not cheap.

Swedish.


Oh. It comes from one of those "over there" countries. That one that
does all the watches. Or maybe a neighbor...

Not quite neighbors, Germany's in the way, not to mention some water.

The fact that they use ball bearing steel is pretty cool. One would
think that some dope over here would make such a choice.

Ball bearing still is totally unsuitable, too hard and brittle. Just good
quality tool steel.

If I made hand tools, I would. It is a shame that Greenlee or Klein
doesn't have a fine tools category.

--
"Electricity is of two kinds, positive and negative. The difference
is, I presume, that one comes a little more expensive, but is more
durable; the other is a cheaper thing, but the moths get into it."
(Stephen Leacock)

 

[Fred Abse]

On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 05:00:59 -0500, JW wrote:

On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 01:31:28 -0800 Fred Abse
excretatauris@invalid.invalid> wrote in Message id:
pan.2010.02.11.09.05.53.812957@invalid.invalid>:

I've got Lindstroms that I've had 30 years. Look their age, but still work
as good as ever.

Ditto, but about 27 years and used almost daily. The best pair of cutters
I've ever used. Does yours have yellow handles by any chance?

They used to have white plastic sleeves that held the leaf springs. Now
they have aged to yellow, and in a couple of cases have lost the plastic
dip and now have heatshrink sleeving instead. Unlike the modern ones, the
handles are steel all the way to the ends, not plastic clip-on handles.

My favorite pair (made for piano wire) is plain steel all over.

I'd love to know how they made the box joints.

--
"Electricity is of two kinds, positive and negative. The difference
is, I presume, that one comes a little more expensive, but is more
durable; the other is a cheaper thing, but the moths get into it."
(Stephen Leacock)

 

[Fred Abse]

On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 04:57:25 -0500, Spehro Pefhany wrote:

Amen to that. Otherwise they'll instantly find some piece of hardened
music wire that needs to be snipped..

See previous post.

--
"Electricity is of two kinds, positive and negative. The difference
is, I presume, that one comes a little more expensive, but is more
durable; the other is a cheaper thing, but the moths get into it."
(Stephen Leacock)

 

[Fred Abse]

On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 05:54:58 -0800, life imitates life wrote:

Well, ALL the techs and engineers in our labs have enough brains to
know that they are for copper

Actually, one pair of Lindstrom diagonal cutters I have, sadly no longer
made, were guaranteed for cutting piano wire.

Will still cut one thickness of copier paper, despite 30 years daily use.

--
"Electricity is of two kinds, positive and negative. The difference
is, I presume, that one comes a little more expensive, but is more
durable; the other is a cheaper thing, but the moths get into it."
(Stephen Leacock)