PRC as a amplifier in GPS question.

On Jun 1, 9:39 am, atec77 <"atec77 "@hotmail.com> wrote:
On 1/06/2012 9:11 AM, somebody wrote:> Is there anyway to salvage the toaster and repair it?  I moved the
dial a few times and it doesn't matter anymore; it never pops up
anymore.  In the past, I just have bought a new toaster but I liked my
toaster and don't want to spend money on a new one.

Google " Phill Alison (toaster boy)"

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On Friday, June 1, 2012 9:39:12 AM UTC+10, atec77 wrote:
On 1/06/2012 9:11 AM, somebody wrote:
Is there anyway to salvage the toaster and repair it? I moved the
dial a few times and it doesn't matter anymore; it never pops up
anymore. In the past, I just have bought a new toaster but I liked my
toaster and don't want to spend money on a new one.
Google " Phill Alison (toaster boy)"

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Not worth the hassle. That'e even if you can still get parts.........







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On 16/06/12 05:39, Don McKenzie wrote:
16-June-2012
SINGLE BOARD LINUX COMPUTER with i.MX233 ARM926J @454Mhz

Now available:
Are sales a bit low that you are spamming here
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On 16-Jun-12 4:29 PM, terryc wrote:
On 16/06/12 05:39, Don McKenzie wrote:

16-June-2012
SINGLE BOARD LINUX COMPUTER with i.MX233 ARM926J @454Mhz

Now available:

Are sales a bit low that you are spamming here
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Sorry Terry, I failed to mention it is a brand new product, and only
released today.

Don...

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Don McKenzie

Dontronics: http://www.dontronics-shop.com/

The World's Cheapest Computer:
DuinoMite the PIC32 $30 Basic Computer-MicroController
http://www.dontronics-shop.com/the-maximite-computer.html
Just add a VGA monitor or TV, and PS2 Keyboard.
Arduino Shield, Programmed in Basic, or C.
 
On 16/06/12 17:32, Don McKenzie wrote:
On 16-Jun-12 4:29 PM, terryc wrote:
On 16/06/12 05:39, Don McKenzie wrote:

16-June-2012
SINGLE BOARD LINUX COMPUTER with i.MX233 ARM926J @454Mhz

Now available:

Are sales a bit low that you are spamming here


Sorry Terry, I failed to mention it is a brand new product, and only
released today.
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hmm, even google provides an April date.
 
On a sunny day (Sun, 17 Jun 2012 07:55:52 +1000) it happened Don McKenzie
<5V@2.5A> wrote in <a44dn9Flo1U1@mid.individual.net>:

On 17-Jun-12 7:46 AM, Frank Buss wrote:
Nico Coesel wrote:

It is not as easy as with mounting holes or slots, but that's just a
matter of the right case:

http://www.adafruit.com/products/859

well that is the nicest case I have seen for the RPi to date.

Don...
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Yes transparent plastic boxes are nice:
http://panteltje.com/panteltje/pic/scope_pic/LCD_in_transparent_box_img_2033.jpg
Been using those for years:
http://panteltje.com/panteltje/pic/gm_pic/gm_pic_in_box_front_img_2411.jpg

But how to -fix that box- to something?
Seems merely shifting the problem?
:)
 
On 17-Jun-12 1:36 PM, terryc wrote:
On 16/06/12 17:32, Don McKenzie wrote:
On 16-Jun-12 4:29 PM, terryc wrote:
On 16/06/12 05:39, Don McKenzie wrote:

16-June-2012
SINGLE BOARD LINUX COMPUTER with i.MX233 ARM926J @454Mhz

Now available:

Are sales a bit low that you are spamming here


Sorry Terry, I failed to mention it is a brand new product, and only
released today.

hmm, even google provides an April date.
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I don't know what your point or beef is Terry, but just to prove you
completely wrong, and your google skills badly lacking:

https://twitter.com/Olimex/status/208060617649696771
https://twitter.com/Olimex/status/207755046232928256

Which gives a release date in Bulgaria of the 30th of May. I got my
stock complete with a Fedex document of proof of delivery on Thursday
the 14th of June, 2 days before I made this this announcement.

Cheers Don...

==================

--
Don McKenzie

Dontronics: http://www.dontronics-shop.com/

The World's Cheapest Computer:
DuinoMite the PIC32 $30 Basic Computer-MicroController
http://www.dontronics-shop.com/the-maximite-computer.html
Just add a VGA monitor or TV, and PS2 Keyboard.
Arduino Shield, Programmed in Basic, or C.
 
On 17-Jun-12 7:32 PM, Jan Panteltje wrote:
On a sunny day (Sun, 17 Jun 2012 07:55:52 +1000) it happened Don McKenzie
5V@2.5A> wrote in<a44dn9Flo1U1@mid.individual.net>:

On 17-Jun-12 7:46 AM, Frank Buss wrote:
Nico Coesel wrote:

It is not as easy as with mounting holes or slots, but that's just a
matter of the right case:

http://www.adafruit.com/products/859

well that is the nicest case I have seen for the RPi to date.

Don...

Yes transparent plastic boxes are nice:
http://panteltje.com/panteltje/pic/scope_pic/LCD_in_transparent_box_img_2033.jpg
Been using those for years:
http://panteltje.com/panteltje/pic/gm_pic/gm_pic_in_box_front_img_2411.jpg

But how to -fix that box- to something?
Seems merely shifting the problem?
:)
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Sure, perhaps an option to have a wider bottom panel with 4 outside
mounting holes.

Or two wider panels for the top and bottom, so you can vertically stack
them. :)

But those boxes are sweet. Has my mind running with a few ideas.

Cheers Don...

==============

--
Don McKenzie

Dontronics: http://www.dontronics-shop.com/

The World's Cheapest Computer:
DuinoMite the PIC32 $30 Basic Computer-MicroController
http://www.dontronics-shop.com/the-maximite-computer.html
Just add a VGA monitor or TV, and PS2 Keyboard.
Arduino Shield, Programmed in Basic, or C.
 
On 22/06/2012 11:15 PM, Anonymous wrote:
why do they give free advertising to these swindlers
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Patent

<https://data.epo.org/publication-server/getpdf.jsp?pn=1913454&ki=B1&cc=EP>

Unsurprisingly, this device is a microprocessor controlled multi-tap
autotransformer. It also has a thermally triggered bypass because the
transformer is only rated at 20A.

The central claim in the patent is very specific, presumably because if
it were any wider it would capture existing art, or be bleedin' obvious
(which it arguably is anyway). I suspect the main reason for obtaining a
patent at all was so that they can say it's patented, thus duping the
general public into thinking it's something special, when it's not.

Sylvia.
 
Paper from University of Ballarat supporting the view that changing the
voltage has little effect on energy consumption.

http://itee.uq.edu.au/~aupec/aupec04/papers/PaperID77.pdf
 
On Jun 23, 2:26 am, Sylvia Else <syl...@not.here.invalid> wrote:
On 22/06/2012 11:15 PM, Anonymous wrote:

why do they give free advertising to these swindlers

Patent

https://data.epo.org/publication-server/getpdf.jsp?pn=1913454&ki=B1&c...

Unsurprisingly, this device is a microprocessor controlled multi-tap
autotransformer. It also has a thermally triggered bypass because the
transformer is only rated at 20A.

The central claim in the patent is very specific, presumably because if
it were any wider it would capture existing art, or be bleedin' obvious
(which it arguably is anyway). I suspect the main reason for obtaining a
patent at all was so that they can say it's patented, thus duping the
general public into thinking it's something special, when it's not.
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I think you hit the nail on the head with the last point. A lot of
junk products make a big deal of being patented, or having patent
pending. The general public seems to have an inflated opinion of what
is required to obtain a patent, or copyright, or trademark. I don't
have any patents, but I do have a registered trademark. I just had to
fill out a short form, and send it in to the U.S. Patent Office with a
shall check, and a copy of the source for part of what I was getting
the copyright. The product wasn't anything amazing, just something I
didn't want a former business partner to steal, and even then I
thought it unlikely he'd make anything of it. I suspect the
Australian process is pretty similar. A patent doesn't mean an
invention is useful or at all valuable, just that it's (presumably)
new.
 
On 25/06/2012 4:42 AM, BruceS wrote:
On Jun 23, 2:26 am, Sylvia Else <syl...@not.here.invalid> wrote:
On 22/06/2012 11:15 PM, Anonymous wrote:

why do they give free advertising to these swindlers

Patent

https://data.epo.org/publication-server/getpdf.jsp?pn=1913454&ki=B1&c...

Unsurprisingly, this device is a microprocessor controlled multi-tap
autotransformer. It also has a thermally triggered bypass because the
transformer is only rated at 20A.

The central claim in the patent is very specific, presumably because if
it were any wider it would capture existing art, or be bleedin' obvious
(which it arguably is anyway). I suspect the main reason for obtaining a
patent at all was so that they can say it's patented, thus duping the
general public into thinking it's something special, when it's not.

I think you hit the nail on the head with the last point. A lot of
junk products make a big deal of being patented, or having patent
pending. The general public seems to have an inflated opinion of what
is required to obtain a patent, or copyright, or trademark. I don't
have any patents, but I do have a registered trademark. I just had to
fill out a short form, and send it in to the U.S. Patent Office with a
shall check, and a copy of the source for part of what I was getting
the copyright. The product wasn't anything amazing, just something I
didn't want a former business partner to steal, and even then I
thought it unlikely he'd make anything of it. I suspect the
Australian process is pretty similar. A patent doesn't mean an
invention is useful or at all valuable, just that it's (presumably)
new.

I have 2 US patents on software processes, I wouldn't have thought
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either of them worth the bother, but my employer did, and who am I to
knock back $5K per item. The process was tedious, I had to explain the
idea to a patent lawyer who went away and came back with my explanation
translated into patentese which was barely recognisable as the same
thing. There were a whole lot of legal documents to be reviewed and
signed, it was a painful process. It then took about a year for them to
be approved.

The reason that the company was prepared to spend the not inconsiderable
money to get these patents, is the patent battle going on within the
computer business. It was started as a protection racket run by IBM.
They'd send a couple of heavies around to other companies in the
business who pointed out that IBM had thousands of patents and it was
unlikely that the victim was not infringing at least some of them and
was thus open to being sued. However, if the victim stumped up some
large sum, they could make the problem go away. So, other companies
started building up patent banks to offset IBMs position and started
doing the same to each other.
 
I have 2 US patents on software processes, I wouldn't have
thought either of them worth the bother, but my employer
did, and who am I to knock back $5K per item.
Click to expand...
Are you saying your employer personally gave you $5k for the
comapny patents with you as inventor? My company has given me
zero for my patents, though I believe they dont have to.
 
On 6/25/2012 9:02 AM, Geoff wrote:
I have 2 US patents on software processes, I wouldn't have
thought either of them worth the bother, but my employer
did, and who am I to knock back $5K per item.

Are you saying your employer personally gave you $5k for the
comapny patents with you as inventor? My company has given me
zero for my patents, though I believe they dont have to.
Click to expand...
I guess they felt "Nothing" was too good for you ??
 
On 25/06/2012 11:02 AM, Geoff wrote:
I have 2 US patents on software processes, I wouldn't have
thought either of them worth the bother, but my employer
did, and who am I to knock back $5K per item.

Are you saying your employer personally gave you $5k for the
comapny patents with you as inventor? My company has given me
zero for my patents, though I believe they dont have to.

That was the going rate a few years ago, I believe that they have cut it
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back to $3K now. They have used the GFC as an excuse for cutting back on
a lot of perks.

OTOH, I wrote an application for them that, at last count, had brought
in $40M in revenue. My share, I get to keep my job.
 
Rheilly Phoull <rheilly@bigslong.com> wrote in news:pdydnc-
WD4RnTnrSnZ2dnUVZ_vOdnZ2d@westnet.com.au:

On 6/25/2012 9:02 AM, Geoff wrote:
I have 2 US patents on software processes, I wouldn't have
thought either of them worth the bother, but my employer
did, and who am I to knock back $5K per item.

Are you saying your employer personally gave you $5k for the
comapny patents with you as inventor? My company has given me
zero for my patents, though I believe they dont have to.

I guess they felt "Nothing" was too good for you ??
Click to expand...
That must be true.
 
keithr <user@domain.invalid> wrote in
news:a4q83cF9goU1@mid.individual.net:

On 25/06/2012 11:02 AM, Geoff wrote:
I have 2 US patents on software processes, I wouldn't
have thought either of them worth the bother, but my
employer did, and who am I to knock back $5K per item.

Are you saying your employer personally gave you $5k for
the comapny patents with you as inventor? My company has
given me zero for my patents, though I believe they dont
have to.

That was the going rate a few years ago, I believe that
they have cut it back to $3K now. They have used the GFC as
an excuse for cutting back on a lot of perks.

OTOH, I wrote an application for them that, at last count,
had brought in $40M in revenue. My share, I get to keep my
job.
Click to expand...
Sounds familiar.
 
On Jun 24, 11:55 pm, Geoff <pub...@email.com> wrote:
keithr <u...@domain.invalid> wrote innews:a4q83cF9goU1@mid.individual.net:









On 25/06/2012 11:02 AM, Geoff wrote:
I have 2 US patents on software processes, I wouldn't
have thought either of them worth the bother, but my
employer did, and who am I to knock back $5K per item.

Are you saying your employer personally gave you $5k for
the comapny patents with you as inventor? My company has
given me zero for my patents, though I believe they dont
have to.

That was the going rate a few years ago, I believe that
they have cut it back to $3K now. They have used the GFC as
an excuse for cutting back on a lot of perks.

OTOH, I wrote an application for them that, at last count,
had brought in $40M in revenue. My share, I get to keep my
job.

Sounds familiar.
Click to expand...
Same here. I wrote an application for one employer that saved them a
little more than $10M/year, and got a bonus of a couple hundred. They
didn't even try very hard to keep me from jumping ship.

I'd forgotten about the protection racket, though I'd heard that
before. Patents in software are hard to enforce, but hard to defend
against as well. This is another area where the winner is generally
whoever has the means to prolong the argument, not who's right.
 
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