Driver to drive?

[Michael A. Terrell]

nospam@nevis.com wrote:

Michael A. Terrell wrote:
nospam@nevis.com wrote:
Don't tell grandma how to suck eggs. I built my first solar water heater
in 1971 (the unit is still functioning) and worked on the first R-2000
homes in North America back in 1973. We built a completely off grid
super insulated home in 1998/99 with Hydronic radiant floor heating,
solar hot water and PV.


I'm sure you are an expert at sucking eggs. You do know that
farmers kill dogs for that, don't you?



Like we used to say in the old days "Plonk"

Big deal. So you drink the cheapest booze you can find. That
explains a lot about you.


--
The movie 'Deliverance' isn't a documentary!

 

[vaughn]

"Dirk Bruere at NeoPax" <dirk.bruere@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:7kuc1aF3ak08nU1@mid.individual.net...

How would one go about powering a laptop from a 12VDC supply? DC-DC
converter?

Google the term "laptop auto adapter" for zillions of returns like this:
http://www.powerstream.com/ADC.htm

The only things I would likely power from PV would be lights, computers
(laptops) and a fridge.

My 'fridge does not like my square wave inverter (some do, some don't).
Also remember that your defrost heaters can take well over 1,000 watts. My
present disaster plan is to run my refrigerator only when my generator is
running.

Vaughn

 

[christofire]

"John Doe" <jdoe@usenetlove.invalid> wrote in message
news:0089715f$0$12344$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com...

cjcountess <cjcountess@yahoo.com> wrote:

Furthermore based on logic that everything is interrelated
including space

If everything is relative, what is everything relative to?

Everything else.

Chris

 

[ChrisQ]

Ian Bell wrote:

Yes. I joined the IEEE a year ago - big waste of money - I will not be
renewing.

Funny that. I joined mid year with a full year's subs and they still
expected another years worth at year end. Not good value at all. Not to
mention all the added charges for accessing online libraries of research
reports, which was one of the main reasons for joining in the first place.

Joined the aiaa recently. Same scenario in practice, but more
interesting and they keep in touch regularly. Hardly ever heard from the
ieee unless they were trying to sell me something...

Regards,

Chris

 

[ChrisQ]

Jim Thompson wrote:

And then there's the Slowman type that rubber-stamps _anything_
spouted by academia, even though he, himself, couldn't manage a
left-handed screw (purport that as you may ;-)

I think the expression is "a left handed monkey wrench". At least from
the song I remember ...

Regards,

Chris

 

[Jim Thompson]

On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:55:05 +0000, ChrisQ <meru@devnull.com> wrote:

Ian Bell wrote:



Yes. I joined the IEEE a year ago - big waste of money - I will not be
renewing.

Funny that. I joined mid year with a full year's subs and they still
expected another years worth at year end. Not good value at all. Not to
mention all the added charges for accessing online libraries of research
reports, which was one of the main reasons for joining in the first place.

Joined the aiaa recently. Same scenario in practice, but more
interesting and they keep in touch regularly. Hardly ever heard from the
ieee unless they were trying to sell me something...

Regards,

Chris

I joined IEEE in 1962. Quit around 1968 when they made the
Proceedings extra cost.

Rejoined 5 years ago when I could get the old farts rate ;-)

Still couldn't get papers from outside my member groups.

Inquired about some kind of senior membership that would allow
reasonable-cost access to the "digital" libraries.

Confiscatory fees.

So I let my IEEE membership lapse.

Worthless bunch of shit-heads.

Slowman fits right in.

So I white-list select @ieee.org addresses (remarkably few people use
@ieee.org addresses anymore), then kill file Slowman ;-)

...Jim Thompson
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"Somebody had to build the ceiling...
before Michelangelo could go to work."
- John Ratzenberger

http://analog-innovations.com/SED/Somebody_had_to_build_the_ceiling.pdf

 

[Artemus]

"Raveninghorde" <raveninghorde@invalid> wrote in message
news:3ltie51h6re5ebaomndvlfjsti138n0iag@4ax.com...

One of my chaps is off to do his PhD, which means he will know a lot
about nothing.

He asked me the other day if reversing the 24V AC power supply to a
board had caused damage to an elctrolytic capacitor. I don't think
you have to know the circuit to answer the question.

Talk about not understanding what he knows.

My favorite was proudly proclaimed by a MSEE with 3 months actual
hands on work experience. "I found the problem. The fuse is shorted."
Art

 

[ChrisQ]

Jim Thompson wrote:

I joined IEEE in 1962. Quit around 1968 when they made the
Proceedings extra cost.

Rejoined 5 years ago when I could get the old farts rate ;-)

Still couldn't get papers from outside my member groups.

Inquired about some kind of senior membership that would allow
reasonable-cost access to the "digital" libraries.

Confiscatory fees.

So I let my IEEE membership lapse.

Worthless bunch of shit-heads.

I just object to any self serving organisation that expects me to feel
gratefull for the high prices they are charging me.

Member organisations should be there to serve the members. Oherwise,
what is the point ?...

Regards,

Chris

 

[Jim Thompson]

On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:02:46 +0000, ChrisQ <meru@devnull.com> wrote:

Jim Thompson wrote:

I joined IEEE in 1962. Quit around 1968 when they made the
Proceedings extra cost.

Rejoined 5 years ago when I could get the old farts rate ;-)

Still couldn't get papers from outside my member groups.

Inquired about some kind of senior membership that would allow
reasonable-cost access to the "digital" libraries.

Confiscatory fees.

So I let my IEEE membership lapse.

Worthless bunch of shit-heads.


I just object to any self serving organisation that expects me to feel
gratefull for the high prices they are charging me.

Member organisations should be there to serve the members. Oherwise,
what is the point ?...

Regards,

Chris

I feel the same way about AARP. I'm dumping them this renewal (Part
D) period.

...Jim Thompson
--
| James E.Thompson, CTO | mens |
| Analog Innovations, Inc. | et |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
| Phoenix, Arizona 85048 Skype: Contacts Only | |
| Voice480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat |
| E-mail Icon at http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 |

"Somebody had to build the ceiling...
before Michelangelo could go to work."
- John Ratzenberger

http://analog-innovations.com/SED/Somebody_had_to_build_the_ceiling.pdf

 

[Bit Farmer]

Rich Grise wrote:

On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:09:20 +0000, Raveninghorde wrote:

One of my chaps is off to do his PhD, which means he will know a lot about
nothing.

He asked me the other day if reversing the 24V AC power supply to a board
had caused damage to an elctrolytic capacitor. I don't think you have to
know the circuit to answer the question.

Talk about not understanding what he knows.

You should send this to Scott Adams for his "True tales of induhviduals"
segment. ;-)

Cheers!

Rich

Well part of this is the Dilbert Principle: That is we all do stupid stuff.
The only reason society works is that we don't all do stupid stuff at the same time.

b. Farmer

 

[Tim Wescott]

On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:09:20 +0000, Raveninghorde wrote:

One of my chaps is off to do his PhD, which means he will know a lot
about nothing.

He asked me the other day if reversing the 24V AC power supply to a
board had caused damage to an elctrolytic capacitor. I don't think you
have to know the circuit to answer the question.

Talk about not understanding what he knows.

If I was _ever_ told not to connect an electrolytic capacitor backwards
it was by a lab technician interested in keeping his lab quiet and clean,
not by a prof. I know that I had to learn the lesson myself while
building a high-current power supply (good thing I had extra 'lytics).

Someone who starts out competent and gets a PhD can do amazing things.

Of course, someone who starts out _incompetent_ and gets a PhD will do
amazing things, too -- it's just a different sort of amazement.

--
www.wescottdesign.com

 

[Hammy]

On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:32:27 +0000, Ian Bell <ruffrecords@yahoo.com>
wrote:

Hammy wrote:
On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:09:20 +0000, Raveninghorde
raveninghorde@invalid> wrote:

One of my chaps is off to do his PhD, which means he will know a lot
about nothing.

He asked me the other day if reversing the 24V AC power supply to a
board had caused damage to an elctrolytic capacitor. I don't think
you have to know the circuit to answer the question.

Talk about not understanding what he knows.

Not surprising.Have you read any IEEE papers most of those pea brains
have PHD's.


Yes. I joined the IEEE a year ago - big waste of money - I will not be
renewing.

Cheers

Ian

They came around to my school trying to get us to join. I was to broke
at the time, now I'm glad I didn't waste my money.

Any extra cash went on booze and women ---> priorities.

 

[Archimedes' Lever]

On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:05:40 -0400, Bill Palmer <Biiil@none.not> wrote:

On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:32:36 -0700 Archimedes' Lever
OneBigLever@InfiniteSeries.Org> wrote in Message id:
39vie55uuho000ofsrhrbl11cdn9e5fgul@4ax.com>:

On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:56:44 -0700 (PDT), a7yvm109gf5d1@netzero.com
wrote:


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Retards like you should get kicked OUT of paypal, and ebay as well.

Snipped the retarded ditz's dumbfuck stupidity.



Put your retarded for sale posts in a for sale group, ASSWIPE!

It is a paypal violation, an ebay violation, and a Usenet charter
violation, you retarded, inconsiderate bastard that should get his ass
kicked. What you deserve is death and the removal of any and all other
remnants of your bloodline from the gene pool.

Not to mention that you offend nearly ALL of the groups' participants.

So if you are civil and considerate, you'll fucking stop.

Otherwise, you'll end up on every shit list of every person here, and
achieve the exact opposite effect from that which your retarded, fucked
head intends.

In other words, you pathetic piece of shit, You're an idiot!
So, FUCK OFF AND DIE!

 

[Archimedes' Lever]

On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:10:05 -0400, "Josepi" <JRM@invalid..com> wrote:



Retards like you have yet to learn what proportional fonts are.

 

[Archimedes' Lever]

On 29 Oct 2009 20:01:28 GMT, John Doe <jdoe@usenetlove.invalid> wrote:

cjcountess <cjcountess@yahoo.com> wrote:

Furthermore based on logic that everything is interrelated
including space

If everything is relative, what is everything relative to?

Anything... but you.

 

[Ian Bell]

Artemus wrote:

"Raveninghorde" <raveninghorde@invalid> wrote in message
news:3ltie51h6re5ebaomndvlfjsti138n0iag@4ax.com...
One of my chaps is off to do his PhD, which means he will know a lot
about nothing.

He asked me the other day if reversing the 24V AC power supply to a
board had caused damage to an elctrolytic capacitor. I don't think
you have to know the circuit to answer the question.

Talk about not understanding what he knows.

My favorite was proudly proclaimed by a MSEE with 3 months actual
hands on work experience. "I found the problem. The fuse is shorted."
Art

Is it me or was it only 'in the old days' that people went into
electronics (.i.e. got educated in it at college level) because they
were already hooked on it and had built a bunch of stuff? A friend and I
were selling crystal radios at primary school before we were eleven
years old. By the time I was 18 and went to university I had read every
electronics book in the city library, passed the Radio Amateurs Exam,
and built dozens of bits of kit. Don't kids do that any more?

Cheers

Ian

 

[krw]

On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:09:20 +0000, Raveninghorde
<raveninghorde@invalid> wrote:

One of my chaps is off to do his PhD, which means he will know a lot
about nothing.

He asked me the other day if reversing the 24V AC power supply to a
board had caused damage to an elctrolytic capacitor. I don't think
you have to know the circuit to answer the question.

Talk about not understanding what he knows.

Many moons ago, when GE still made small appliances, they had a
troubleshooting tip for a toaster suggesting that if it didn't work
the user should try reversing the plug. Kinda cute, actually.

 

[Clint Sharp]

In message
<6d989131-1280-4969-a6c5-914c9c817736@b2g2000yqi.googlegroups.com>,
osr@uakron.edu writes

What amazes me is the world still funds the PhD system.
Problem is it's extremely difficult to get anywhere without one.

Steve

--
Clint Sharp

 

[krw]

On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:04:00 -0700 (PDT), osr@uakron.edu wrote:

Not surprising.Have you read any IEEE papers most of those pea brains
have PHD's.


They have to have a doctorate or a masters, or your not really allowed
to publish in most refereed journals, unless your a student working
with a PhD..

I'm dealing with a situation where a friend doesn't have the right
"qualifications" to publish. He came up with something earthshaking,
new, useful, and novel, patented it, licensed it etc, Now wants to
further it along, and publish what he found. His condition for
working with the pointy haired crowd, simply his name is on the
byline, he'd even fund the research. He knows the science better then
most postdocs in the field.

So far no takers.

Right. Of course the academics weren't interested. It was useful and
it wasn't profitable (for them).

 

[krw]

On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:25:50 -0700, Joerg <invalid@invalid.invalid>
wrote:

osr@uakron.edu wrote:
Not surprising.Have you read any IEEE papers most of those pea brains
have PHD's.


They have to have a doctorate or a masters, or your not really allowed
to publish in most refereed journals, unless your a student working
with a PhD..


One of the huge mistakes in academia. Right up there with universities
and colleges not allowing practicing engineers to teach because they
don't have the "proper credentials".

I taught in a college for three years a couple of decades ago. I once
asked the dean if I'd get the degree (MIS, at the time) if I taught
all the courses. That was the last semester I taught there. I was
profitable for them too. They paid me about the same, per credit
hour, as each student paid.