Driver to drive?

[Jim Thompson]

On 18 Dec 2004 17:31:19 -0800, sdhometech@cox.net wrote:

RFID is the most epic new second coming out of the "closet" today.
[snip]

The sky is falling, I tell you, the sky is falling ;-)

...Jim Thompson
--
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I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.

 

[Terry Pinnell]

Active8 <reply2group@ndbbm.net> wrote:

On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 12:43:07 +0000, Terry Pinnell wrote:

5 54 C in a D (with the Js) Cards in a deck (with the Jacks)

We call 'em Jokers. What do you call Jacks? Is it Knave?

Yes, they're Jokers here too, my slip. Well spotted, thanks. Jacks we
usually also call Jacks, although Knaves is still in occasional use.

--
Terry, West Sussex, UK

 

[Al]

In article <iobxd.536832$35.22770424@news4.tin.it>,
"Ban" <bansuri@web.de> wrote:

sdhometech@cox.net wrote:
RFID is the most epic new second coming out of the "closet" today.

The funny thing is that most of these guys carry a cellphone with them that
allows continuously locating them at *all* times and places and even to
listen to conversations. Much worse than a device with only a meter of
range.

Can't you just open your cell phone and paint over the gps antenna with
aluminium paint? My hand held GPS fails utterly when placed into
aluminium foil.

My cell phone is old enough not to have GPS installed and I'm not
replacing it until I'm forced to.

Al

 

[Charles]

In article <pan.2004.12.19.06.39.26.332761@example.net>, Rich Grise
<rich@example.net> wrote:

So, I thought, before I pass judgement, I'd at least go see what kind of
folks hang out at r.t.c, thinking it'd be kind of a namby-pamby group.
I've read a few posts, and was well into deciding that the r.t.c folks
are even lamer than us s.e.d trolls, and then along comes Becca, with
a message that I think we can all appreciate:

Every newsgroup has it's trolls and kooks. Once you figure out who they
are, and you killfile or ignore the trolls, most newsgroups become
quite readable. You don't have to read every post.

--
Charles

 

[John Woodgate]

I read in sci.electronics.design that Terry Pinnell <terrypinDELETE@THES
Edial.pipex.com> wrote (in <6usas0pmlm3venqsoambpbb43pe96bmduv@4ax.com&gt
about 'OT: Quiz - more suggestions?', on Sun, 19 Dec 2004:

I'm compiling a few familiar quizzes for the family at Christmas,
probably entirely unoriginal. I've copied the first below

The answers to 5, 14 and 17 are not correct. Of such are born family
feuds!

5 Jokers
14 Quadrants
17 None; in fact I don't understand why anyone would ask, unless they
think ZCs are marked out like CWs in the USA!
--
Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only.
The good news is that nothing is compulsory.
The bad news is that everything is prohibited.
http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk Also see http://www.isce.org.uk

 

[Don Pearce]

On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 17:03:42 +0000, John Woodgate
<jmw@jmwa.demon.contraspam.yuk> wrote:

I read in sci.electronics.design that Terry Pinnell <terrypinDELETE@THES
Edial.pipex.com> wrote (in <6usas0pmlm3venqsoambpbb43pe96bmduv@4ax.com&gt
about 'OT: Quiz - more suggestions?', on Sun, 19 Dec 2004:
I'm compiling a few familiar quizzes for the family at Christmas,
probably entirely unoriginal. I've copied the first below

The answers to 5, 14 and 17 are not correct. Of such are born family
feuds!

5 Jokers
14 Quadrants
17 None; in fact I don't understand why anyone would ask, unless they
think ZCs are marked out like CWs in the USA!

And of course number 25 should read 25 L in a BD.

d

Pearce Consulting
http://www.pearce.uk.com

 

[John Woodgate]

I read in sci.electronics.design that John Fields <jfields@austininstrum
ents.com> wrote (in <n7gbs0prjrmouta1dbq10ila7q26oh3cnn@4ax.com&gt about
'Flourescent lamp -Wasting Power?', on Sun, 19 Dec 2004:

Get real.

Well, he does call himself 'Ban'. (;-)
--
Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only.
The good news is that nothing is compulsory.
The bad news is that everything is prohibited.
http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk Also see http://www.isce.org.uk

 

[Jeff Wisnia]

John Fields wrote:

On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 17:32:49 GMT, "Ban" <bansuri@web.de> wrote:


John Fields wrote:

If the lamps would use 9W they would be *very* hot, I suspect the
most current is not "real" in phase with the voltage, but imaginary
as some capacitive or inductive load. I would guess 1-2W as you
descibe it, much like the small low voltage xformers when idle. You
cannot measure the power consumption with an amperemeter, even if it
is true rms, but you need a dedicated power meter for it with
3connections at least.

---
You can do it with an oscilloscope and a resistive shunt to measure
the current. Display voltage on one channel, current on the other,
determine the phase angle between them and then P = IE cos(phi).

You could also do it with a current transformer once you've determined
its primary-to-secondary phase shift.

John, what you suggest is potentially lethal,


---
So is getting up in the morning.
---


as you will have to connect a
power line directly to the case and earth, hopefully tripping only the earth
leakage circuit breaker.


---
No problem as long as the scope probe grounds are connected to mains
neutral. I do it all the time.
---


You will need two transformers, which are isolated on the secondary, or you
could use an isolation transformer in the power line. But all this is *not*
appropriate for an unskilled hobbyist.


---
So we should all dumb down to what you consider to be a "safe" set of
circumstances for whom you consider to be an unskilled hobbyist to
surround himself with? If it bothers you, I suggest you post a set of
"rules" for the OP to follow, and schematics, and a list of test
equipment of which you approve, and test procedures which the OP must
follow, and a set of forms which he must fill out and get notarized
and post back to you which absolve you of any responsibility for his
death or injury should anything go awry if he decides to follow your
suggestions and...

Get real.

Jeeze guys, I didn't forsee my OP turning into this. <G>

But when I wrote "Thanks for the mammaries" in my response to Fred
Bloggs, maybe I should have included this link to one of my web pages:

http://home.comcast.net/~jwisnia18/jeff/harm.html

Happy Holidays,

Jeff
--
Jeffry Wisnia

(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)

"As long as there are final exams, there will be prayer in public
schools"

 

[James Meyer]

On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 12:43:07 +0000, Terry Pinnell
<terrypinDELETE@THESEdial.pipex.com> wroth:

I'm compiling a few familiar quizzes for the family at Christmas,
probably entirely unoriginal. I've copied the first below
a) so that others may be able to use it
b) to prompt a few more suggestions in similar vein please. (In case
it isn't quite long enough to send everyone to sleep.)

Christmas Quiz 1
No. Initials Answer
--- ------------- -----------------------
1 26 L of the A Letters of the alphabet
2 7 W of the AW

I like:

101 U for a DC 101 Uses for a Dead Cat

Jim (AKA Simon Bond)

 

[Apparatus]

Hi Jim,

I built something like this for my Grand Prix a few months ago when the
tape deck broke in my GM Delco cassette/radio. It's a little pc board
that plugs right over the DSP chip in the radio where the cassette deck
ribbon cables would normally connect.

I've noticed that the delcos are modular (delcos with a CD player only
use the same PCB as the declos with a cassette deck only) so in theory
this should still work for more recent stereos with only a CD player.
I'm sure that at some point the PCBs will be revised (if they haven't
been already) and the tape connectors will no longer be included, so
this solution will no longer work.

So if you happen to have a GM car with a delco in it, you might find
this useful: http://www.its.caltech.edu/~hiszpans/

Cheers,
Chris

 

[John Woodgate]

I read in sci.electronics.design that Ian Stirling
<root@mauve.demon.co.uk> wrote (in <41c5e5bf$0$29756$ed2e19e4@ptn-nntp-
reader04.plus.net&gt about 'Flourescent lamp -Wasting Power?', on Sun, 19
Dec 2004:

You connect the scope to the outputs, in differential mode, and use
"line mode" triggering.

How can you measure the phase angle between voltage and current with

that set-up?
--
Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only.
The good news is that nothing is compulsory.
The bad news is that everything is prohibited.
http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk Also see http://www.isce.org.uk

 

[Ian Stirling]

John Woodgate <jmw@jmwa.demon.contraspam.yuk> wrote:

I read in sci.electronics.design that Ian Stirling
root@mauve.demon.co.uk> wrote (in <41c5e5bf$0$29756$ed2e19e4@ptn-nntp-
reader04.plus.net&gt about 'Flourescent lamp -Wasting Power?', on Sun, 19
Dec 2004:
You connect the scope to the outputs, in differential mode, and use
"line mode" triggering.

How can you measure the phase angle between voltage and current with
that set-up?

Oops, I forgot, a third divider to live.

You connect the scope to that, set the mains trigger to zero crossing,
setup the timebase so it shows a positive going half cycle (or whatever),
then stick the scope in differential mode, and do the current measurment.

If the scope is so equipped, then 'trigger view', combined with line sync
mode may well work instead.

 

[Rich Grise]

On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 18:13:53 +0000, Don Pearce wrote:

On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 17:03:42 +0000, John Woodgate
jmw@jmwa.demon.contraspam.yuk> wrote:

I read in sci.electronics.design that Terry Pinnell <terrypinDELETE@THES
Edial.pipex.com> wrote (in <6usas0pmlm3venqsoambpbb43pe96bmduv@4ax.com&gt
about 'OT: Quiz - more suggestions?', on Sun, 19 Dec 2004:
I'm compiling a few familiar quizzes for the family at Christmas,
probably entirely unoriginal. I've copied the first below

The answers to 5, 14 and 17 are not correct. Of such are born family
feuds!

5 Jokers
14 Quadrants
17 None; in fact I don't understand why anyone would ask, unless they
think ZCs are marked out like CWs in the USA!

And of course number 25 should read 25 L in a BD.

What?

What are there 25 of in a Baker's Dozen?

Thanks,
Rich

 

[John Woodgate]

I read in sci.electronics.design that Don Pearce <donald@pearce.uk.com>
wrote (in <41c698d2.86276890@212.159.2.87&gt about 'OT: Quiz - more
suggestions?', on Mon, 20 Dec 2004:

Oops - I meant 13 L in a BD.

There are 12 letters in 'a baker's dozen'. There are 15 characters.
--
Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only.
The good news is that nothing is compulsory.
The bad news is that everything is prohibited.
http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk Also see http://www.isce.org.uk

 

[Don Pearce]

On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 09:52:06 +0000, John Woodgate
<jmw@jmwa.demon.contraspam.yuk> wrote:

I read in sci.electronics.design that Don Pearce <donald@pearce.uk.com
wrote (in <41c698d2.86276890@212.159.2.87&gt about 'OT: Quiz - more
suggestions?', on Mon, 20 Dec 2004:
Oops - I meant 13 L in a BD.

There are 12 letters in 'a baker's dozen'. There are 15 characters.

But there are certainly 13 loaves in a baker's dozen.

d

Pearce Consulting
http://www.pearce.uk.com

 

[Terry Pinnell]

donald@pearce.uk.com (Don Pearce) wrote:

On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 09:52:06 +0000, John Woodgate
jmw@jmwa.demon.contraspam.yuk> wrote:

I read in sci.electronics.design that Don Pearce <donald@pearce.uk.com
wrote (in <41c698d2.86276890@212.159.2.87&gt about 'OT: Quiz - more
suggestions?', on Mon, 20 Dec 2004:
Oops - I meant 13 L in a BD.

There are 12 letters in 'a baker's dozen'. There are 15 characters.

But there are certainly 13 loaves in a baker's dozen.

Probably 13 buns then too <g>.

--
Terry, West Sussex, UK

 

[Bill Bailley]

"Zombiewire" <zombiewire@cox.net> wrote in message
news:1102534618.385863.315580@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...

Hey there is a RFID Tazgapper @
www.tagzapper.com get inline because i have hear that tey hav
not come out yet

What are you in to as a major subject, shoplifting or paranoia?

Bill.

Whatever happened to reasonable spelling, some punctuation, and a modicum of
grammar?

 

[Clifford Heath]

Mark Jones wrote:

(For our useless trivia knowlege, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada is
-3:30GMT.) Isn't St. Johns only one of two places in the world with :30
differences?

Only if Adelaide, South Australia, is the other one.

 

[me]

Cheers!
Rich

dumb ass...


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[Mark Jones]

eScrewDotCom@Hotmail.com wrote:

eScrew
Welcome to eScrew!

eScrew is eScrew and this is eScrew story. eScrew will tell you eScrew
story if you promise eScrew to consider eScrew story as joke. eScrew
story is very funny... [snip]

What the hell is this?

Is it a foreigner with absolutely terrible english but a good
spellchecker, some mental hospital lunatic who broke out and OD'd on
his meds, or a super-intelligent AI?

-M