Driver to drive?

[Rich Grise]

On Wednesday 29 September 2004 10:14 am, Joerg did deign to grace us with
the following:

Hi John,

I repeat, 'Ask your ISP if they have an explanation.'


Provided you are able to get a hold of someone there who'd really know.

I went around in circles for about a week with my ISP about getting

logged onto their news server. Finally, after threatening them, I got
somebody who finally admitted that they don't even own the server -
they lease it from somebody else, so they have no control over it.
A lame excuse, but whatcha gonna do?

Verizon DSL, if it matters.

Thanks,
Rich

 

[Rich Grise]

On Wednesday 29 September 2004 02:10 pm, Mike Page did deign to grace us
with the following:

John Woodgate wrote:

against the war some months ago). We're becoming a nation (continent?)
of pacifists - scary.

I think we are becoming a nation of cynical iconoclasts. 'Anti-war' is a
^^^^^^^^^^^

I confess I had to look this up; a word I had managed to ignore for a
long time. Is "cynical iconoclast" an oxymoron? Or just a synonym for a
nihilist?

I prefer the term, "informed optimist."


Rich

 

[Rich Grise]

On Tuesday 28 September 2004 10:40 pm, john jardine did deign to grace us
with the following:

"Paul Burridge" <pb@notthisbit.osiris1.co.uk> wrote in message
news:td1jl0t868i7rus1n15lhbq2nt4greufq7@4ax.com...
Sick of all the American politics on this group? Here's an
alternative...

[clip]

"What is now proved was once only imagin'd." - William Blake, 1793.

Steady on, Paul old chap. We are British after all!.
We both know there's a truly nasty but well suppressed violent streak,
lurking in the depths of our national pyche.
Best not to speak of these things, or we will all be unmasked.
(Ever see the film "The Forbidden planet"?.)
regards

Yes. It's an allegory, as aren't they all. And if you learn to channel
that Monster From the Id into a more sophisticated pursuit than "Kill the
Enemy!", it's an incredible source of personal power.

Cheers!
Rich

 

[Rich Grise]

On Wednesday 29 September 2004 01:34 pm, Clarence did deign to grace us with
the following:

"normanstrong" <normanstrong@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:arC6d.282940$mD.175338@attbi_s02...
Reasonable people can have valid disagreements about the merit of
Bush's Iraq was and his tax reductions. A case can be made for both.
However, I think most everyone has to agree that both policies were
poorly implemented.

Irrational assumption. At this point at least 45% of the eligible voters
agree that his was the most rational approach given the circumstances at
the time.

And, since 50% of the population have below-average intelligence, this
means that even 20% of _them_ know Bush was wrong.

Gotta Love them Statistics!

Cheers!
Rich

 

[Rich Grise]

On Tuesday 28 September 2004 09:16 am, John Woodgate did deign to grace us
with the following:

I read in sci.electronics.design that Rich Grise <null@example.net
wrote (in <sOf6d.7117$me5.4995@trnddc06&gt about 'OT: Memes Vs. Free
Will', on Tue, 28 Sep 2004:

you have the absolute right, granted by the act of
being born alive, to run your life in whatever manner suits you, whether
you believe you're making decisions or whether you believe you're
executing a program, doesn't really matter. You are the only one who has
to live your life, and it's not any of my business.

I think Kevin said that that is what he does, about 3000 articles ago.
--

I must have misunderstood. ;-)

Thanks,
Rich

 

[Rich Grise]

On Tuesday 28 September 2004 08:36 am, Kevin Aylward did deign to grace us
with the following:

Clifford Heath wrote:
....
I consider ideal communism
in that class. By unrealistic I mean that it cannot be implemented by
humans, because it requires widespread continuous unselfish devotion
to the good of the many.

I agree that communism is not a stable state. That is, and random mutant
that pops up can take advantage of the "unselfish" nature of the rest.
....

Uh, pardon, but where exactly is it that you find this "unselfish nature"
of, well, anybody?

Thanks,
Rich

 

[Rich Grise]

On Tuesday 28 September 2004 10:31 am, Arie de Muynck did deign to grace us
with the following:

"Rich Grise" <null@example.net> wrote in message
news:R_g6d.4278$8H1.3812@trnddc08...
On Monday 27 September 2004 02:13 am, Guy Macon <http://www.guymacon.com
did deign to grace us with the following:

BTW, I can go to the UK and produce a letter, sent by Recorded
Delivery and dated before the start of the season, that correctly
predicts the winner of the Rugby World Cup, No forgery, either.

OK, I give up. How?


Send one lettre for each contestant...

D'OH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LOL!
Thanks!
Rich

 

[Fritz Schlunder]

<Poseidon> wrote in message
news:415ac0b2$0$20581$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au...

Which MOSFETs you would recommend to be connected to to the HIP4081A to
drive 24v 40Amp DC motor ?

My name isn't "you," but I would recommend the use of IRF2804 devices.
These are available from Digikey and offer a number of very desirable
characteristics for this application. A modest amount of heatsinking is
still probably required, but it might be possible to parallel multiple
devices (perhaps of the IRF2804S package type for the smaller form factor)
and get away without any heatsinking at all.

http://www.irf.com/product-info/datasheets/data/irf2804.pdf

 

[John Larkin]

On 29 Sep 2004 17:56:14 -0700, soar2morrow@yahoo.com (Tom Seim) wrote:

You must be very stupid or very dishonest.

I certainly don't think I'm either. You guys must be very poor
debaters to continue to resort to ad hominem attacks (assuming that
you know what that means).

Please don't take this as a personal affront. Bill Sloman was long ago
replaced by an automated insult-bot, apparently the shareware version.

John

 

In <LvK6d.76438$wV.46028@attbi_s54>, on 09/30/04 at 02:50 AM,
Robert Monsen <rcsurname@comcast.net> said:

Why do we have a government at all, in your view?

The Constitution of the United States, the only official ruling document that
even begins to allow a federal goverment to exist, answers your question quite
clearly.

" establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common
defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty"

Beyond those issues, EVERYTHING is left to the people, and the states.

 

[Fred Bloggs]

Tom Seim wrote:

Apparently Fred forgot to take his Prozac today.

And this after you just get through pontificating how ad hominem is an
indicator of desperation.

 

[John Larkin]

On 29 Sep 2004 16:31:32 GMT, rolavine@aol.com (Rolavine) wrote:

I think I've noticed a trend in here. righties generally agree with righties
regardless of how extreme their positions are, at least they don't bother to
post to complain.

But us lefties, we are always picking on each other, disagreeing with each
other, and trying to change each others minds. OK, I admitt to letting some
pass, too.

The Left does have a harder time getting organized. Most Western
communism movements have deteriorated to internectine battles over
doctrine.

I saw an interview with a republican party "operative", a guy who
coordinates political campaigns and fund-raising for the RNC. He was
asked to explain why the Rs were, lately, so much more effective than
the Ds at designing and launching successful political strategies. He
said that, when he got a bunch of people together in a meeting, it
worked so well because "nobody here wants anything that anybody else
has."

John

 

[Guy Macon]

Rich Grise <null@example.net> says...

Then it would mean that people could theoretically learn to do real magic,
and more. And eventually, not die, by healing from the inside, not by
application of machinery.

"At JREF, we offer a one-million-dollar prize to anyone who can show,
under proper observing conditions, evidence of any paranormal,
supernatural, or occult power or event."
-http://www.randi.org/research/

 

[Fred Bloggs]

Tom Seim wrote:

OK, Fred, you are so degree-conscious, what degree(s) do you have?

What degrees do you have, Battelle boy?

 

[Guy Macon]

Rich Grise <null@example.net> says...

But, like I say, I'm happy to wax philosophical, if anyone feels like
yakking about amorphous intangible conscious energy fields. ;-)

I enjoy reading it, but for the life of me cannot ever think of a reply..

BTW, check your email Re: lunch.

 

[Chaos Master]

boki puts out:

Dear All,
Why not burn burn device driver into device directly, when
device install to Windows/Linux/OS2..., system could get driver from
device directly?
( I mean USB devices)

And how would you go to update the driver, specially with operating systems
like Linux that often get kernel updates, or with various Windows versions?

[]s
--
Chaos MasterŽ, posting from Brazil.
"People told me I can't dress like a fairy.
I say, I'm in a rock band and I can do what the hell I want!"
-- Amy Lee

The Evanescen(t/ce) HP: http://marreka.no-ip.com

 

[Rich Grise]

On Wednesday 29 September 2004 04:36 am, Leon Heller did deign to grace us
with the following:

An MCU transmitting serial data to the PC will probably be easiest and
cheapest - hardware cost about $10 if you make it yourself. You'll have to
write your own software, of course, or pay someone to do it for you.

No way. The cheapest is just stick the 4 bits to the 4 status bits of the
LPT port. If you can find the DLL for cheap/free. Parts cost: $0.00. ;-)
You can still run DOS apps in the command window, but I don't know about
getting exclusive access to the LPT port.

Or with Linux, you can do anything you want to.

Cheers!
Rich

 

[Fred Bloggs]

John Larkin wrote:

Thank Goodness for the hicks and hillbillies who patiently grow our
food and build our houses, ...

And with vastly improved productivity, materials, safety, and knowledge
resulting from fundamental scientific research. Well you can't be a hick
or hillbilly and make it in agriculture anymore.

 

[Rich Grise]

On Tuesday 28 September 2004 11:12 pm, Guy Macon <http://www.guymacon.com>
did deign to grace us with the following:

John Woodgate <jmw@jmwa.demon.contraspam.yuk> says...

Rich Grise <null@example.net> wrote:

Guy Macon did deign to grace us with the following:

John Woodgate <jmw@jmwa.demon.contraspam.yuk> says...

Appearing and producing ANYTHING is both necessary and sufficient. (;-)

Do invisible six-foot tall white rabbits count?

A flow of Living Kundalini from your Root Chakra certainly does, but
only for the one experiencing it. ;-)

Doesn't it make a mess on the floor?

If you do it right, it make a mess on the ceiling.

LOL!
LOL!
.... <gasp>
LOL!

Yes, but what a Divine mess it is!

Thanks!
Rich

 

[Tobin Fricke]

I recently acquired a moving-message LED sign at a garage sale. It has a
male DB-9 connector that I hope/assume is a serial port by which I can
program the sign. The question is, what is the protocol?

I made a null-modem cable (two female DB9 connectors, with pins 2<-->3,
3<-->2, 1<-->1, and 5<-->5 connected). From a terminal emulator, it seems
that any character I send to the sign is echoed back, no matter what
serial parameters I choose. This leads me to suspect that this port is
not actually an RS-232 serial port. (?) Any ideas?

The sign bears a plaque indicating "Pro-Lite Model TL-1" and also "Model
No. PL-2100W." It appears to be manufactured by U-Sun Electric Co., Ltd.
There is a ROM on board ("P/N A090128") and a Z80 CPU. There is also a
~30 conductor cardedge connector labelled "LOADER INPUT." Maybe
something could be done with that --- I don't have the original
keypad/programmer.

When powered up, the sign displays the message "* STOP MODE *".

thanks,
Tobin