Driver to drive?

[Dik T. Winter]

In article <cr42er$97a$1@athen03.muc.infineon.com> "Richards Noah \(IFR LIT MET\)" <Noah.Richards@infineon.com> writes:
....

The reason Bush was criticized wasn't because he was American, it
was because he was circumventing the UN. The point is that there is nothing
apparent to be gained in the US having a "separate operation," and it could
end up wasting valuable money and time in the coordination of two completely
different organizational bodies. Maybe its time for our President to
swallow his pride and try and play nice with the rest of the world.

Indeed. Bush said he was seeking a coalition with (amongst others) Japan
and Australia, while those two countries already have pledged money to the
UN.
--
dik t. winter, cwi, kruislaan 413, 1098 sj amsterdam, nederland, +31205924131
home: bovenover 215, 1025 jn amsterdam, nederland; http://www.cwi.nl/~dik/

 

[Dik T. Winter]

In article <33lptoF3t05o4U3@individual.net> "robert j. kolker" <nowhere@nowhere.net> writes:

Tell that to the victims of 9/11. America got the wakeup call that
morning. The world is a very evil place.

In the mean time Spain and the French make all kinds of excuses for the
excessive behaviour of the Islamofascists and do a good business with
them too.

Tell that to the victims in Madrid.
--
dik t. winter, cwi, kruislaan 413, 1098 sj amsterdam, nederland, +31205924131
home: bovenover 215, 1025 jn amsterdam, nederland; http://www.cwi.nl/~dik/

 

[Dik T. Winter]

In article <cr4ofo$2def$1@news.iquest.net> toor@iquest.net (John S. Dyson) writes:
....

It is very true that your answers/comments do help to show (by their
avoidance of the issue) that OLD EUROPE tends to be very superficial.
Friendship in the European sense is purely that of convienience, and
of limited depth, very similar to relationships with prostitutes. Note
that the French 'friendship' with Saddam is very consistent with my
evaluation of old Europe in general.

Hrm. Rumsfeld shaking hands with Saddam? See:
<http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB82/>.
--
dik t. winter, cwi, kruislaan 413, 1098 sj amsterdam, nederland, +31205924131
home: bovenover 215, 1025 jn amsterdam, nederland; http://www.cwi.nl/~dik/

 

[Dik T. Winter]

In article <3ibBd.4892$5R.1316@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com> "Clarence_A" <no@No.com> writes:

"Franz Heymann" <notfranz.heymann@btopenworld.com> wrote in
message news:cr32s5$96m$6@titan.btinternet.com...
Instead oif ranting, you might consider the shaming fact that even a
small country like Holland has so far contributed more generously to
the disaster fund than your much vaunted USA.
....
SO they have contributed more than 13 BILLION USD?

Of course not. That would have been over 8000 USD per inhabitant. That
would have been about four months of my monthly net income. Pray be
serious.
--
dik t. winter, cwi, kruislaan 413, 1098 sj amsterdam, nederland, +31205924131
home: bovenover 215, 1025 jn amsterdam, nederland; http://www.cwi.nl/~dik/

 

[Rich Grise]

On Sat, 01 Jan 2005 01:29:02 +0000, CFoley1064 wrote:

Subject: OT: Funny Story: "The Wash Cloth"
From: Rich Grise richgrise@example.net
Date: 12/31/2004 3:11 AM Central Standard Time
Message-id: <pan.2004.12.31.09.16.52.396220@example.net

*THE WASH CLOTH*

There is not a woman alive today who won't crack up over this!
snip
Thanks, Rich. The War Department happened to look over my shoulder as I read
your post. You were right, she laughed (urban legend or not).

Happy new year (and send wishes for the best to all your alter-egos,
particularly the one with the pig bladder)

Thanks, I appreciate the kind words.

And happy new year to you and yours, as well!
And, well, everygbody else too, as long as I'm on the subject.

Cheers!
Rich

 

[John S. Dyson]

In article <I9MEKp.5pA@cwi.nl>,
"Dik T. Winter" <Dik.Winter@cwi.nl> writes:

In article <cr4ofo$2def$1@news.iquest.net> toor@iquest.net (John S. Dyson) writes:
...
It is very true that your answers/comments do help to show (by their
avoidance of the issue) that OLD EUROPE tends to be very superficial.
Friendship in the European sense is purely that of convienience, and
of limited depth, very similar to relationships with prostitutes. Note
that the French 'friendship' with Saddam is very consistent with my
evaluation of old Europe in general.

Hrm. Rumsfeld shaking hands with Saddam? See:
http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB82/>.

Remember, Rumsfeld and the US government eventually fully realized the

depth of Saddams corruption. The French government kept on dealing
with Saddam.

So, sure, times do change -- however, old Europe keeps on being
old, corrupt Europe, but getting worse!!! . Old Europe keeps
on dealing with the corrupt leaders.... At least, the US has grown
up since the demise of the cold war, while France/Germany keeps on getting
worse and worse when dealing with corrupt leaders (e.g. the leader of
Zimbabwe.)

John

 

[Robert Baer]

dmartin@newarts.com wrote:

Don, We need to know a little more about what you are trying to do.

Sheet restivity has dimensions of ohms, not ohm-meters. so it is not
clear what conduction path you are thinking of.

Also will you be using DC or could you work at high frequencies? At
high frequencies the thickness of sheet involved in point-to-point
conduction depends on the frequency.

Incorrest on two counts.
Three-dimensional conductivity is measured in ohm-meters.
Sheet resistivity assumes uniform thickness and is measured in ohms
per square, period. If one has a non-square shape, then break it into
squares and add up.

 

[Robert Baer]

dmartin@newarts.com wrote:

See: http://www.esdjournal.com/techpapr/ohms.htm for an example of
sheet resistivity.

Dave

Yep! "ohms per square" is the term; so you know from your own example
(above) that "ohms" was incorrect.

 

[Robert Baer]

dmartin@newarts.com wrote:

Don,

For a good short paper that gives the relationship between
point-to-point resistance and plate thickness see:
http://microlab.berkeley.edu/ee143/Four-Point_Probe/

It has info that may be needed to answer your question.
Contact me directly if you like.

Dave

Notice the equation for a thin sheet: a function of thickness, so that
shows the bulk resistance has the units of ohm*meter^-1 (ohm per meter).

 

[robert j. kolker]

John S. Dyson wrote:

smallest portion of american help, because american help is mostly PRIVATE.)

This idea of Private help being predominant is probably imponderable to
the Euro-socialists, who believe in government doing everything.

Alexis de Touquville wrote a book about it. The Eurotrash still don't
get it. A.d.T pointed out that when action is taken in the U.S. it is
usually ad hoc and largely private. Essentiall we are a bottom up
country. It was so in 1835 and it is still so now.

Bob Kolker

 

[robert j. kolker]

Clarence_A wrote:

I agree, they must be tried and locked up for their crimes. The
MONEY is missing, that is KNOWN! Kofi Annan is protecting his
son, and can not be permitted to stand in the way of justice!

The just punishment is making the bastards pay their parking fines.

Bob Kolker

 

[Trog Woolley]

While stranded on the hard shoulder of the information super highway ewill@sirius.athghost7038suus.net typed:

The term "wog" is a bit vague but we can scan around Saudi Arabia and
Iraq and see what we get.

In Australia the term "wog" refers to an Italian.
You can also come down with a wog, which means to catch a cold.
Having to spend a day off work in bed with a wog can either be
a very pleasant or unpleasant experience.

--
Trog Woolley | trog at trogwoolley dot com
(A Croweater back residing in Pommie Land with Linux)
Isis Astarte Diana Hecate Demeter Kali Inanna

 

[Winfield Hill]

robert j. kolker wrote...

The AP is already reporting how aid goods is piling up at the airports
and going nowhere. The part of the world battered by the tsunami does
not know from roads and gas stations. Getting the aid where it is needed
them most is going to be very difficult. This feelgood twitch of sending
blankets and teddy bears while the emotion of pity runs high will do
very little good.

This is blatantly false. I've been looking at the satellite before
and after photos, and it's clear many of the affected areas are well
developed, with streets laid out large and small in grids and with
ordinary-appearing homes filling the grids, as you would find here.
What you also see is that the after picture shows all the vegetation
disturbed, layers of mud and large flotsam everywhere, blocking the
roads and a general massive mess. There's also been mass destruction
of vehicles, further complicating the scene.


--
Thanks,
- Win

 

[robert j. kolker]

jmfbahciv@aol.com wrote:

On top of it all, certain areas are having territorial imperative
fights about who should do the distributing. Common sense says
that those goods that are getting fought over are leaking out
into a black market while "officials" are fighting over the
paperwork.

I said that very thing. Just like Biafra.

Bob Kolker

 

[Winfield Hill]

jkeagle13@aol.com wrote...

... The two parts we stand in need of right now are two 220
volt 50hp phase converters to go from 1 phase to 3 phase. ...

Are you *sure* you can't get your local electric company to
provide the three-phase power? They should consider this a
mandatory community service, part of their charter, especially
considering the importance of protecting the citizenry from
overwhelming death by fire. Perhaps the threat of an article
or two in the local paper will persuade them to meet their
obligations at no extra cost? And if they don't agree, then
run those articles, develop some buzz, and ask them again.


--
Thanks,
- Win

 

[robert j. kolker]

John Woodgate wrote:

The rural areas and islands (of which there are literally thousands) are
in a much worse state. Bridges, railways and roads have been washed
away. Now, numerous helicopters (many from US Navy) are in intensive
use. But saturated ground (and Sri Lanka is now suffering torrential
rain to add to the problems) poses landing problems even for
helicopters.

So the aid must be delivered carefully and with planning. "Rushing in"
aid is basically pissing up a rope.

Bob Kolker

 

[Joe Cummings]

On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 18:27:22 -0800, Uncle Al <UncleAl0@hate.spam.net>
wrote:

Fred Bloggs wrote:

The numbers say it all.

Americans are more valuable than wogs.

My,my,my.

Uncle Al really does want to be a paid-up member of the
Herrenvolk.

The question is, do the Herrenvolk want an Untermensch like
Uncle Al as a member?

I use Nazi terminology so Uncle Al can understand it.

Have fun,

Joe Cummings

 

[Winfield Hill]

smpowell wrote...

Is there a reason for wanting to slow the FET's rise/fall time?

Yes, reduces damaging V = L di/dt inductive spikes, reduces the
dV/dt in the switched circuit, reduces RFI. Recommended.

I'm hoping that some experts will second guess me, in case
it turns out that I really don't understand as much as I think
I do .
For example, is there any reason to add an external component(s)
to protect the MOSFET, or perhaps there is another part that
would be more tolerant of any transients that might occur.

Nah, I think you're set to go. The MOSFET is avalanche rated
in case of a short spike. Go for it (adding in the relevant
timing refinements suggested by others).


--
Thanks,
- Win

 

[robert j. kolker]

John Woodgate wrote:

The aid agencies are aware of this and take preventive measures.

They pay bribes to the Tamil Tigers.

Bob Kolker

 

[robert j. kolker]

jmfbahciv@aol.com wrote:

I don't know which Biafra crises you're talking about. I know
that I put money into the collection plate which was then spent
to buy them pumps to pump water which they couldn't use because
nobody installed the power lines needed for the electric pumps.

Late 60's early 70's. You are too young to remember.

Bob Kolker