PRC as a amplifier in GPS question.

Ross Marchant wrote:

"John" <sittingbythepool@internode.on.net> wrote in message
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John wrote:

As in stuff that more likely would be thrown out then used
or repaired.

Anyone know where one can go to find items that are more likely
to end up in the bin then fixed?

I'm after a video camera which fits this position to take apart and
have a look inside.

In fact anything like that including any kind of brick style mobile
phone or such if anyone has any destined to be thrown out......
Preferably here in SA too...

email me

sittingbythepool@internode.on.net



Actually forget that just if anyone can recommend a place I
might be able to get to.


The rubbish dump is usually good. Its amazing the things people throw out.
But be careful of getting hooked and becoming a 'dump rat'.

Ross
Click to expand...


I've been to one of our local tips a couple of times
while dumping other stuff in the trailer.

Is it illegal to take stuff from a dump? Because when I
tried to cart off a CRO I got told off, so I let it go
and got back in the car.
 
Richard Waters wrote:

David L. Jones furiously typed the following on 24/11/2005 3:26 PM:
John wrote:

As in stuff that more likely would be thrown out then used
or repaired.

Anyone know where one can go to find items that are more likely
to end up in the bin then fixed?


The last year or two has seen a proliferation of 15" and even 17"
computer monitors.


Universities are excellent for all sorts of stuff, especially office
equipment and computer bits (everything from full systems down to old
hard to get bits) and you can pick up the odd video camera, speaks and
PA units from time to time!

Sometimes they "auction" them for next to nothing - about a yr ago from
UniNSW, I got 2 filing cabinets (4 draw - $20 each!) and a PIII with the
works and a SCSI card for $50... ...they only stipulate that u come
get it urself is all, and thats not a problem for most people!

--Cheers, Richard
Click to expand...


I'll ring around you actually gave me an idea and I'll
try places like gray's auctions but I don't think they
sell stuff that is bin quality and I'd hate to open a
camera that is in working order.
 
"Damian" <damian_andrews75@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
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"Clockmeister" <no-one@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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"Rod Speed" <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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John <sittingbythepool@internode.on.net> wrote

Anyone here made a whitebook and howcome
laptops haven't gone the way of the desktop PC and
people get to make a machine with their own specs?

Its a lot harder with everything integrated on the motherboard.

Bullshit. Everything can be scaled down to size and standardised if the
demand was there.



Never thought bout that. Is it true some companies already started doin
that on small scale as above?! Would b great if I can assemble a Notebook
for the half of the price of a new brandname one.
Click to expand...
Yeah, apparantly it is happening and I think it's a great idea.
 
Damian wrote:

"Clockmeister" <no-one@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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"Rod Speed" <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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John <sittingbythepool@internode.on.net> wrote

Anyone here made a whitebook and howcome
laptops haven't gone the way of the desktop PC and
people get to make a machine with their own specs?

Its a lot harder with everything integrated on the motherboard.

Bullshit. Everything can be scaled down to size and standardised if the
demand was there.



Never thought bout that. Is it true some companies already started doin that
on small scale as above?! Would b great if I can assemble a Notebook for the
half of the price of a new brandname one.
Click to expand...


Well as I mentioned try ASUS or FIS sorry don't have the URL's here
but they're bloody easy to find
 
Damian wrote:
"Clockmeister" <no-one@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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"Rod Speed" <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:3uknp3F11fdavU1@individual.net...
John <sittingbythepool@internode.on.net> wrote

Anyone here made a whitebook and howcome
laptops haven't gone the way of the desktop PC and
people get to make a machine with their own specs?

Its a lot harder with everything integrated on the motherboard.

Bullshit. Everything can be scaled down to size and standardised if
the demand was there.



Never thought bout that. Is it true some companies already started
doin that on small scale as above?! Would b great if I can assemble a
Notebook for the half of the price of a new brandname one.
Click to expand...
Don't know if the savings would be that high.
I see TodayTech distribute some barebones notebooks.
Look under Clevo and Macron
http://www.todaytech.com.au/ProductType_List.asp?PTID=11
I think they are targetted at smaller retailers who want to offer their own
"Branded" notebook.
Something like Pioneer Computers perhaps and their online configurator.
(Remarkable resemblance to the Dell sites layout)
http://www.pioneercomputers.com.au/products/products.asp?c1=3&c2=12
 
I've been to one of our local tips a couple of times
while dumping other stuff in the trailer.

Is it illegal to take stuff from a dump? Because when I
tried to cart off a CRO I got told off, so I let it go
and got back in the car.
Click to expand...

AFAIK the guys that run the tip usually have "salvage rights", try offering
them 5 bucks or alternately don't get caught....

Check out local councils - in Perth one council shire separates the slops
from the hardgoods. All the good stuff is put to oneside and is open to
offers - at least it used to be (Balcatta baling plant on Balcatta Rd).

I heard the other day that you can buy scrap back from the "cash for crap"
places at a per kilo price. These guys sometimes have electromechanical bits
n pieces.

rob
 
Clockmeister <no-one@nowhere.com> wrote
Rod Speed <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote
John <sittingbythepool@internode.on.net> wrote

Anyone here made a whitebook and howcome
laptops haven't gone the way of the desktop PC and
people get to make a machine with their own specs?

Its a lot harder with everything integrated on the motherboard.

Bullshit. Everything can be scaled down to size and standardised if the demand
was there.
Click to expand...
The size is irrelevant, the problem is that everything is integrated on
the motherboard with a laptop, so you clearly get no flexibility with
what is integrated into that motherboard, its either included or its not.

No wonder you only ever get to crash cars.
 
Mark Harriss <billy@blartco.co.uk> wrote:
The Real Andy wrote:
On Wed, 23 Nov 2005 21:33:46 +1000, Mark Harriss
billy@blartco.co.uk> wrote:


The Real Andy wrote:

I thought air was a good insulator too. How does ligning travel
through air? I beleive the term is called ionisation.



Here: http://wvlightning.com/trees.shtml

"Electricity seeks the path of least resistance, and the moisture
(sap and water) inside a tree is a much better conductor than air.
The result: a tree provides a preferred path for lightning to reach
ground." Now for the trick question: what contains the sap and moisture?
The answer starts with a "w" and ends with a "d" and has four
letters. I expect you'll now try to play with definitions about wood
moisture
content or something.


I beleive i have already quoted elsewhere a 'dry' piece of timber. I
beleive that the article you suggest also specifies 'sap and water'?

BTW. I have seen the results of dry, seasoned timber in lab lightning
tests. I can assure you that a 'dry' peice of timber will not conduct
any better than a piece of ceramic.

Plenty of dry wood in a thunderstorm.
Click to expand...
There can be plenty of dry wood between metal
that gets the strike and the ground in buildings etc.
 
"Dand" <dand@dand.net.au> wrote in message
news:43858fef$0$9866$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au...
They specifically mention 691.2k, so maybe it is a 'standard'....?

Thanks they look good, but where about do they specifically mention
691.2?? I can only see it says 50bps to 921.6, even in the data sheet :-(

Put it down to dyslexia. I'm a member of NAD, the National Dyslexics
Click to expand...
Association.

Cheers.

Ken
 
Richard Waters wrote:
David L. Jones furiously typed the following on 24/11/2005 3:26 PM:
John wrote:

As in stuff that more likely would be thrown out then used
or repaired.

Anyone know where one can go to find items that are more likely
to end up in the bin then fixed?


The last year or two has seen a proliferation of 15" and even 17"
computer monitors.


Universities are excellent for all sorts of stuff, especially office
equipment and computer bits (everything from full systems down to old
hard to get bits) and you can pick up the odd video camera, speaks and
PA units from time to time!

Sometimes they "auction" them for next to nothing - about a yr ago from
UniNSW, I got 2 filing cabinets (4 draw - $20 each!) and a PIII with the
works and a SCSI card for $50... ...they only stipulate that u come
get it urself is all, and thats not a problem for most people!

--Cheers, Richard
Click to expand...
I scored two CRO's (one a 100MHz Tek) from Maquarie Uni physics
department, they were literally going in the dumpster *gasp*

Dave :)

Dave :)
 
"Rod Speed" <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:3umg9vF124meoU1@individual.net...
Clockmeister <no-one@nowhere.com> wrote
Rod Speed <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote
John <sittingbythepool@internode.on.net> wrote

Anyone here made a whitebook and howcome
laptops haven't gone the way of the desktop PC and
people get to make a machine with their own specs?

Its a lot harder with everything integrated on the motherboard.

Bullshit. Everything can be scaled down to size and standardised if the
demand was there.

The size is irrelevant, the problem is that everything is integrated on
the motherboard with a laptop, so you clearly get no flexibility with
what is integrated into that motherboard, its either included or its not.
Click to expand...
That is the whole point, changing that so people can customise. It's already
happening.
 
"Rod Speed" <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:3umh3aF105m8pU1@individual.net...
Mark Harriss <billy@blartco.co.uk> wrote:
The Real Andy wrote:
On Wed, 23 Nov 2005 21:33:46 +1000, Mark Harriss
billy@blartco.co.uk> wrote:


The Real Andy wrote:

I thought air was a good insulator too. How does ligning travel
through air? I beleive the term is called ionisation.



Here: http://wvlightning.com/trees.shtml

"Electricity seeks the path of least resistance, and the moisture
(sap and water) inside a tree is a much better conductor than air.
The result: a tree provides a preferred path for lightning to reach
ground." Now for the trick question: what contains the sap and
moisture?
The answer starts with a "w" and ends with a "d" and has four
letters. I expect you'll now try to play with definitions about wood
moisture
content or something.


I beleive i have already quoted elsewhere a 'dry' piece of timber. I
beleive that the article you suggest also specifies 'sap and water'?

BTW. I have seen the results of dry, seasoned timber in lab lightning
tests. I can assure you that a 'dry' peice of timber will not conduct
any better than a piece of ceramic.

Plenty of dry wood in a thunderstorm.

There can be plenty of dry wood between metal
that gets the strike and the ground in buildings etc.
Click to expand...
Doesn't mean it becomes a conductor. For instance ionisation will bridge the
gap and the wood simply burns because of the temperatures involved with a
strike.
 
"David L. Jones" wrote:

Richard Waters wrote:
David L. Jones furiously typed the following on 24/11/2005 3:26 PM:
John wrote:

As in stuff that more likely would be thrown out then used
or repaired.

Anyone know where one can go to find items that are more likely
to end up in the bin then fixed?


The last year or two has seen a proliferation of 15" and even 17"
computer monitors.


Universities are excellent for all sorts of stuff, especially office
equipment and computer bits (everything from full systems down to old
hard to get bits) and you can pick up the odd video camera, speaks and
PA units from time to time!

Sometimes they "auction" them for next to nothing - about a yr ago from
UniNSW, I got 2 filing cabinets (4 draw - $20 each!) and a PIII with the
works and a SCSI card for $50... ...they only stipulate that u come
get it urself is all, and thats not a problem for most people!

--Cheers, Richard

I scored two CRO's (one a 100MHz Tek) from Maquarie Uni physics
department, they were literally going in the dumpster *gasp*

Dave :)

Dave :)
Click to expand...


Don't they realise the value of these items?
 
Gazzus_Blokius wrote:
one GOOD reason, just one.................................
( I bet he pulls the old and tired "well it follows the flow of
conversation" crap)

When you read a book do you start from the bottom of the page and read
Click to expand...
up or start at the top of the page and read down?
 
John wrote:
"David L. Jones" wrote:

Richard Waters wrote:
David L. Jones furiously typed the following on 24/11/2005 3:26 PM:
John wrote:

As in stuff that more likely would be thrown out then used
or repaired.

Anyone know where one can go to find items that are more likely
to end up in the bin then fixed?


The last year or two has seen a proliferation of 15" and even 17"
computer monitors.


Universities are excellent for all sorts of stuff, especially office
equipment and computer bits (everything from full systems down to old
hard to get bits) and you can pick up the odd video camera, speaks and
PA units from time to time!

Sometimes they "auction" them for next to nothing - about a yr ago from
UniNSW, I got 2 filing cabinets (4 draw - $20 each!) and a PIII with the
works and a SCSI card for $50... ...they only stipulate that u come
get it urself is all, and thats not a problem for most people!

--Cheers, Richard

I scored two CRO's (one a 100MHz Tek) from Maquarie Uni physics
department, they were literally going in the dumpster *gasp*

Dave :)

Dave :)

Don't they realise the value of these items?
Click to expand...
Even if they do it takes time and effort to sell them, so it's easier
to just bin them. Project funding comes around again next year!
A lot of them wouldn't know how or who to sell them too anyway.
I had to stop a company I worked for from trashing hundreds of
thousands of dollars worth of Silicon Graphics workstations, because a
project folded and they were taking up space. I convinced them to keep
them as I knew we'd them, and what do you know, six months later they
had a need for them again for a new project.

Dave :)
 
Clockmeister <no-one@nowhere.com> wrote
Rod Speed <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote
Clockmeister <no-one@nowhere.com> wrote
Rod Speed <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote
John <sittingbythepool@internode.on.net> wrote

Anyone here made a whitebook and howcome
laptops haven't gone the way of the desktop PC and
people get to make a machine with their own specs?

Its a lot harder with everything integrated on the motherboard.

Bullshit. Everything can be scaled down to size and standardised if the
demand was there.

The size is irrelevant, the problem is that everything is integrated on the
motherboard with a laptop, so you clearly get no flexibility with what is
integrated into that motherboard, its either included or its not.

That is the whole point, changing that so people can customise.
Click to expand...
Cant be done with everything integrated on the motherboard, stupid.

It's already happening.
Click to expand...
Nope, what is happening is actually quite different. Nothing like desktop PCs.
 
Clockmeister <no-one@nowhere.com> wrote
Rod Speed <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote
Mark Harriss <billy@blartco.co.uk> wrote
The Real Andy wrote
Mark Harriss <billy@blartco.co.uk> wrote
The Real Andy wrote

I thought air was a good insulator too. How does ligning travel through
air? I beleive the term is called ionisation.

Here: http://wvlightning.com/trees.shtml

"Electricity seeks the path of least resistance, and the moisture
(sap and water) inside a tree is a much better conductor than air.
The result: a tree provides a preferred path for lightning to
reach ground." Now for the trick question: what contains the sap
and moisture?

The answer starts with a "w" and ends with a "d" and has four
letters. I expect you'll now try to play with definitions about
wood moisture content or something.

I beleive i have already quoted elsewhere a 'dry' piece of timber.
I beleive that the article you suggest also specifies 'sap and water'?

BTW. I have seen the results of dry, seasoned timber in lab
lightning tests. I can assure you that a 'dry' peice of timber
will not conduct any better than a piece of ceramic.

Plenty of dry wood in a thunderstorm.

There can be plenty of dry wood between metal
that gets the strike and the ground in buildings etc.

Doesn't mean it becomes a conductor.
Click to expand...
Wrong, as always.

For instance ionisation will bridge the gap and the wood simply burns because
of the temperatures involved with a strike.
Click to expand...
Thanks for that completely superfluous proof that you have
never ever had a fucking clue about anything at all, ever.

No wonder you only ever get to crash cars.
 
Rod Speed wrote:

Nope, what is happening is actually quite different. Nothing like desktop PCs.
Proof . come on now Philthys bum boi post some proof
Click to expand...
incidently hitting a std reply without content will be accepted as
proof you have nfi .
 
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