Do Wiggle Stick Meters Wear Out?

[DarkMatter]

On Wed, 7 Jan 2004 02:43:32 -0500, "Mark Jones" <127.0.0.1> Gave us:

And *what* does this have to do with wiggle sticks?

Someone illustrating the size of their wiggle stick?

Or someone wiggling their stick?

I heard doing that will make you go blind!


Great review!

 

[Ed Price]

"DarkMatter" <DarkMatter@thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote in message
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On Tue, 6 Jan 2004 23:08:21 -0600, "Tim Williams"
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^^
Beep: consistency check error #3F. Minus one point.

Tim

The "a" key on my keyboard has been failing incessantly, I miss it a
lot.

If one looks at many of my errors, if any, they are usually
omissions of n "a" character.

It particularly happens in gaming chat, as I type really fast in
order to continue gaming!

Maybe you could re-finance your house and get a new keyboard.

Ed

 

[Chuck Harris]

DarkMatter wrote:

On Tue, 06 Jan 2004 18:22:30 -0500, Chuck Harris <cfharris@erols.com
Gave us:


Ah yes, you hunt for the tiny scraps I leave behind for the
carrion, but miss the bigger picture. I suppose I should become
like you guys, and when someone is wrong call them a f*ck head
and move on.

I kind of like to explain things... try to be helpful... I can change.


None of them ever sid that. THAT would be only me, dipshit.

Don't blanket the rest, because you are all red faced pissed at one!

Got clue?

I'm not the least bit "red faced", nor pissed (american or british
def.).

I am not embarassed either...

So what exactly were you trying to say?

-Chuck Harris

 

[Chuck Harris]

DarkMatter wrote:

On Tue, 06 Jan 2004 20:21:53 -0500, Chuck Harris <cfharris@erols.com
Gave us:


It gets frustrating to post on any of the sci newsgroups.
If you misspell a word, or fail to use lawyerly precision,
someone is right there to rap your knuckles.



Then don't. That IS what we have spell checkers for, AND that is
something a good pro would watch. So use damned spell checker. You
know... conscious effort and all...

Ignoring it makes you no more than a coffee and doughnuts type.
Fact is, ALL the details matter, not just those you wish to attach
your faith too.

You remind me of well trained cops that sit in a parking lot corner
for hours on end, eating doughnut instead of doing their friggin'
jobs.

YAAP

Yet Another American Problem

It also has a nethack meaning. Hehehe....

Hey Dark,

My spelling mistakes are mine alone. I don't need some damn machine
to bless my posts.

I've yet to see a spell checker that can help with what I see
as the most common usenet spelling/usage/typo mistakes:

loose instead of lose
it's instead of its
misuse of their, they're, there, too, to, two...
effect vs affect
typos like: "what is you problem?"
stoopid vs. stupid (possibly a regional spelling difference)

But seriously, anyone with a functioning brain should be able
to get past a few spelling errors without losing the idea being
conveyed.... And should be able to resist the urge to rap the
knuckles of the occasional offender.

Some of your non sequitur stream of unconsciousness posts are a
more than a little bit trying too...[obligatory usenet ;-)]

As to your comment about cops and doughnuts: This isn't my job!
Pay me to post, and I will post something that is worth paying for.
Otherwise my posts are freebies that I choose to share.

-Chuck Harris

 

[Chuck Harris]

The inrush of current is caused by the filter capacitors being
charged from zero volts to their operating value.

-Chuck Harris

DarkMatter wrote:

On Tue, 06 Jan 2004 20:21:53 -0500, Chuck Harris <cfharris@erols.com
Gave us:


What doesn't happen is a big "inrush of current". That's
the capacitor's shtick.


That is why high powered audio amps or linear DC supplies have to
have thermistors in the AC line. When energized, those rail caps take
it full bore full for some time. Too much current in too little time
for many circuit elements.

 

[Chuck Harris]

Crap, you going to start that war again?

-Chuck Harris (Old enough to understand why I top post!)

Tim Auton wrote:

Chuck Harris <cfharris@erols.com> wrote:
[snip]

It gets frustrating to post on any of the sci newsgroups.
If you misspell a word, or fail to use lawyerly precision,
someone is right there to rap your knuckles.


Don't top post, you arse. ;-)


Tim

 

[Tim Williams]

"Mark Jones" <127.0.0.1> wrote in message
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Or someone wiggling their stick?

I heard doing that will make you go blind!

Well, OT, I'm obliged to :^)
http://www.doaclan.com/coc.html

Tim

--
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[Tim Williams]

Wow. It took you two posts and twenty lines before you realized my one (1)
error. Heh.

Tim

--
"That's for the courts to decide." - Homer Simpson
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"DarkMatter" <DarkMatter@thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote in message
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On Tue, 6 Jan 2004 23:11:59 -0600, "Tim Williams"
tmoranwms@charter.net> Gave us:

"DarkMatter" <DarkMatter@thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote in
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The retards that announce their filter file additions are more
retarded than the top posting retards are.

As if anyone gives a fat flying fuk about your intentions.

Beep beep beep <at this point, checker is practically beeping off the
hook

Who the fuk is "checker".

Would you mean "the checker" by chance?

Beep, error number 69

Why would what he thinks make a fuk to me?
Gottcha! :]

You get Tae Kwan Leap, lesson number one, and lesson number 69...

One is "Boot to da head."

Sixty Nine is "Instant Karma will always get you at some point."

Try not to swallow your tail, you might implode the universe!

snip.

 

[DarkMatter]

On Wed, 07 Jan 2004 08:46:59 -0500, Chuck Harris <cfharris@erols.com>
Gave us:

DarkMatter wrote:
On Tue, 06 Jan 2004 18:22:30 -0500, Chuck Harris <cfharris@erols.com
Gave us:


Ah yes, you hunt for the tiny scraps I leave behind for the
carrion, but miss the bigger picture. I suppose I should become
like you guys, and when someone is wrong call them a f*ck head
and move on.

I kind of like to explain things... try to be helpful... I can change.


None of them ever sid that. THAT would be only me, dipshit.

Don't blanket the rest, because you are all red faced pissed at one!

Got clue?

I'm not the least bit "red faced", nor pissed (american or british
def.).

I am not embarassed either...

So what exactly were you trying to say?

Uhhh... Leave them the fuck alone, because they didn't do anything.

Likely, it was me. Duh.

 

[DarkMatter]

On Wed, 07 Jan 2004 09:41:37 -0500, Chuck Harris <cfharris@erols.com>
Gave us:

stoopid vs. stupid (possibly a regional spelling difference)

No. Modern slang.

 

[DarkMatter]

On Wed, 07 Jan 2004 09:42:47 -0500, Chuck Harris <cfharris@erols.com>
Gave us:

The inrush of current is caused by the filter capacitors being
charged from zero volts to their operating value.

-Chuck Harris

That is what I said, you top posting dork. See now how your top
post has messed up the flow of this sub-thread? NOW, you have to look
DOWN below my response to see that I said "those rail caps take it
full bore for some time..."

What part of "that is inrush" do you not understand?

I didn't need the primer, and if you intent to inform ALL of usenet,
your response shouldn't have been some passing comment at the top of
what YOU call a reply. If your intent is to inform ALL of Usenet,
your reply SHOULD appear UNDER what you are replying to!

THAT WAY, you have instructed, not merely made a peanut gallery
comment!

THAT IS WHY TOP POSTING IS BAD.

THESE ARE ARCHIVES, NOT CHAT BOARDS!

DarkMatter wrote:
On Tue, 06 Jan 2004 20:21:53 -0500, Chuck Harris <cfharris@erols.com
Gave us:


What doesn't happen is a big "inrush of current". That's
the capacitor's shtick.


That is why high powered audio amps or linear DC supplies have to
have thermistors in the AC line. When energized, those rail caps take
it full bore full for some time. Too much current in too little time
for many circuit elements.

 

[DarkMatter]

On Wed, 07 Jan 2004 03:55:48 GMT, "Tom Del Rosso"
<tdnews01@att.net.invalid> Gave us:

In news:njtmvv8j7dsgu5vg1plljn74t4bo8p07ub@4ax.com,
DarkMatter typed:

Got clue?

Got a KF.

You said that the last time, RETARD BOY!

Your lame ass needs to fire up those three brain cells and actually
do it!

Actually, just take a leap off of a tall bridge. That will cure any
retarded twit problems, and you certainly have some...

 

[DarkMatter]

On Wed, 7 Jan 2004 02:35:53 -0800, "Ed Price" <edprice@cox.net> Gave
us:

"DarkMatter" <DarkMatter@thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote in message
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On Tue, 6 Jan 2004 23:08:21 -0600, "Tim Williams"
tmoranwms@charter.net> Gave us:

^^
Beep: consistency check error #3F. Minus one point.

Tim

The "a" key on my keyboard has been failing incessantly, I miss it a
lot.

If one looks at many of my errors, if any, they are usually
omissions of n "a" character.

It particularly happens in gaming chat, as I type really fast in
order to continue gaming!


Maybe you could re-finance your house and get a new keyboard.

Ed

Maybe you could provide more to these groups than peanut gallery
commentary.

 

[Ed Price]

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On Wed, 7 Jan 2004 02:35:53 -0800, "Ed Price" <edprice@cox.net> Gave
us:


"DarkMatter" <DarkMatter@thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote in
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On Tue, 6 Jan 2004 23:08:21 -0600, "Tim Williams"
tmoranwms@charter.net> Gave us:

^^
Beep: consistency check error #3F. Minus one point.

Tim

The "a" key on my keyboard has been failing incessantly, I miss it a
lot.

If one looks at many of my errors, if any, they are usually
omissions of n "a" character.

It particularly happens in gaming chat, as I type really fast in
order to continue gaming!


Maybe you could re-finance your house and get a new keyboard.

Ed

Maybe you could provide more to these groups than peanut gallery
commentary.

Maybe, although it's not my job to fix your mind. I thought the fat
bytestard loved peanuts?

Ed

 

[John Fields]

On Thu, 08 Jan 2004 17:32:20 -0800, DarkMatter
<DarkMatter@thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote:

Actually, just take a leap off of a tall bridge. That will cure any
retarded twit problems, and you certainly have some...

---
If you took your own advice that would cure the 'retarded twit' problem
for _all_ of us!^)

--
John Fields

 

[DarkMatter]

On Fri, 09 Jan 2004 14:35:13 -0600, John Fields
<jfields@austininstruments.com> Gave us:

On Thu, 08 Jan 2004 17:32:20 -0800, DarkMatter
DarkMatter@thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote:


Actually, just take a leap off of a tall bridge. That will cure any
retarded twit problems, and you certainly have some...

---
If you took your own advice that would cure the 'retarded twit' problem
for _all_ of us!^)

Said the retarded, puppy dog troll.

 

[Rich Grise]

Man, it's been too many years since those classes! At first
blush, it does look like the current increases linearly,
but that's just because you're looking at a small portion
of that e^-t time constant graph, right?

And I should be chastized for missing that misspelling.
Shame on me!

Cheers!
Rich

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In news:3ffb4337$0$6771$61fed72c@news.rcn.com,
Chuck Harris typed:
Ah yes, you hunt for the tiny scraps I leave behind for the
carrion, but miss the bigger picture. I suppose I should become
like you guys, and when someone is wrong call them a f*ck head
and move on.

I kind of like to explain things... try to be helpful... I can change.

Don't think I mean it that way Chuck. I know it's a typo. I was being
a little facetious, that's all.

Pointing out the typo was my attempt at making a rimshot, aimed
tangentially at Rich. I was actually thinking that an inductor's
current is not linear at all. But I know that's a form of typo too.
What really surprised me is that Rich didn't point it out.

So it was sort of a tangential rimshot made from the behind the
backboard. Maybe it was too ambitious an attempt at humor.


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[Rich Grise]

I've more or less solved the bottom-feede^H^H^H^H^Hposter problem. If I
don't
see any kind of new information in the first screen, such that it's just a
repeat of what's gone before, with its little pyramids of angle brackets ad
nauseam, I just skip it and move on.

Saves wear and tear on the killfile, too. ;-)

Cheers!
Rich

"Chuck Harris" <cfharris@erols.com> wrote in message
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Crap, you going to start that war again?

-Chuck Harris (Old enough to understand why I top post!)

Tim Auton wrote:
Chuck Harris <cfharris@erols.com> wrote:
[snip]

It gets frustrating to post on any of the sci newsgroups.
If you misspell a word, or fail to use lawyerly precision,
someone is right there to rap your knuckles.


Don't top post, you arse. ;-)


Tim

 

[Chuck Harris]

Nope,

Current rises linearly in a *perfect* inductor when you apply
a constant voltage source.

and,

Voltage rises linearly in a *perfect* capacitor when you apply a
constant current source.

-Chuck Harris

Rich Grise wrote:

Man, it's been too many years since those classes! At first
blush, it does look like the current increases linearly,
but that's just because you're looking at a small portion
of that e^-t time constant graph, right?

And I should be chastized for missing that misspelling.
Shame on me!

Cheers!
Rich

 

[Tom Del Rosso]

In news:dB6Mb.4050$zj7.2063@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net,
Rich Grise typed:

Man, it's been too many years since those classes! At first
blush, it does look like the current increases linearly,
but that's just because you're looking at a small portion
of that e^-t time constant graph, right?

No, it's just that I was thinking of series circuits (with almost
anything in series with the inductor) and I misread the part where a
constant voltage source was specified.

And I should be chastized for missing that misspelling.
Shame on me!

Yeah! tsk...tsk


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