Slinky Question

[DarkMatter]

On Mon, 08 Mar 2004 14:11:42 +0000, Don Pearce <complete@nonsense.com>
Gave us:

On Mon, 08 Mar 2004 13:50:26 GMT, maxfoo
maxfooHeadFromButt@punkass.com> wrote:

On Sun, 7 Mar 2004 12:46:36 -0600, "Tim Williams" <tmoranwms@charter.net> wrote:

"Don Pearce" <complete@nonsense.com> wrote in message
news:vdnm40lm7771kmkf17min9hufgkveosb1e@4ax.com...
I have never been on an escalator that reached the end while it was
still supposed to be working, but I imagine it must happen sometimes,
like when there are delays on the rail network. I suppose there must
be some kind of stop, otherwise the loose end would pop out of the
track, and it would be really hard to thread back in again.

I thought they were a continuous belt?

Tim

You are correct, sir.

http://science.howstuffworks.com/escalator1.htm


Huh! That's what they *want* you to think. The reality,as we all know
is quite different. Anybody who has actually ridden an escalator (and
I like to think of myself as quite a sophisticate here, having been
doing so for over three weeks) knows that there are two types in
common use; the big catching bin type and the
round-the-corner-and-down-the-other-side types.

The idea of sending perfectly good steps all the way to the other end
upside down, only to emerge dizzy and disoriented when they must be
alert and ready to catch the next customer is frankly laughable.

We know you are, but what about the belts? :]

 

[DarkMatter]

On 8 Mar 2004 06:44:05 -0800, shoppa@trailing-edge.com (Tim Shoppa)
Gave us:

Don Pearce <complete@nonsense.com> wrote in message news:<vdnm40lm7771kmkf17min9hufgkveosb1e@4ax.com>...
Certainly here on the London Underground they make the escalators long
enough that they last all day. They do a fast rewind at night so they
are all loaded up again at the right end of the escalator. I haven't
done the maths to work out how much track they need to store for a
day's operation, but it must be quite a lot. They must have really big
pits under the escalators for storage.

I have never been on an escalator that reached the end while it was
still supposed to be working, but I imagine it must happen sometimes

Don't forget about ATM's which run out of green ink for printing $20's.

Let's ask M.C. Escher what he thinks.

 

[DarkMatter]

On 8 Mar 2004 07:26:52 -0800, bigcat@meeow.co.uk (N. Thornton) Gave
us:

"Tim Williams" <tmoranwms@charter.net> wrote in message news:<104mrikb3092033@corp.supernews.com>...
"Don Pearce" <complete@nonsense.com> wrote in message
news:vdnm40lm7771kmkf17min9hufgkveosb1e@4ax.com...
I have never been on an escalator that reached the end while it was
still supposed to be working, but I imagine it must happen sometimes,
like when there are delays on the rail network. I suppose there must
be some kind of stop, otherwise the loose end would pop out of the
track, and it would be really hard to thread back in again.

I thought they were a continuous belt?

Tim


tongue in cheek

What a daft idea, if it was a continuous belt then you'd need _twice_
the length of rubber belt to feed through, since youd have 2 layers
going through at once instead of one, and the top one would be bound
to slip on the bottom one, causing accidents. Evidently youre not so
smart, coming out with such an obviously unhelpful idea.

/tongue

This attitude is all too familiar...

Are you trying to put some wiggle into his walk?

 

[DarkMatter]

On Mon, 08 Mar 2004 07:53:36 -0800, ?@?.? Gave us:

A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing on Usenet?

If we put a stupid top post at the top of a stupid thread, will it
go on forever?

 

[DarkMatter]

On Mon, 8 Mar 2004 20:27:01 +0000, John Woodgate
<jmw@jmwa.demon.contraspam.yuk> Gave us:

I read in alt.binaries.schematics.electronic that Mjolinor
mjolinor@hotmail.com> wrote (in <5M23c.26028$gC2.18034@newsfe5-gui.serv
er.ntli.net&gt about 'Slinky Question', on Mon, 8 Mar 2004:

.ereh no degnared yllatnem lla era ew tuB

Do you KNOW what that means in Welsh???

Should he care? Bob's yer uncle!

 

[John Woodgate]

I read in alt.binaries.schematics.electronic that DarkMatter <DarkMatter
@thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote (in <0f3u40den525k0uv02vhr881288
hqk49t4@4ax.com&gt about 'Slinky Question', on Wed, 10 Mar 2004:

On Mon, 08 Mar 2004 07:53:36 -0800, ?@?.? Gave us:

More often than not.(;-)

A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing on Usenet?

If we put a stupid top post at the top of a stupid thread, will it go
on forever?

--
Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only.
The good news is that nothing is compulsory.
The bad news is that everything is prohibited.
http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk Also see http://www.isce.org.uk

 

A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing on Usenet?

Paul Camilleri <paul.camilleri@btconnect.com> says...

I have not read any documents with regard to whether one ought to top post
or not. In hindsight I guess it makes sense (from a readability convention
point of view and hence my adoption of bottom posting) that top posting
should be avoided. On the other hand, and judging by the conflicting
remarks, is this really an issue? Which is the *real* way to go? NG's appear
littered with posts from opposing camps of opinion on the subject.

Bottom vs. top posting and quotation style on Usenet
http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/usenet/brox.html

Why bottom-posting is better than top-posting
http://www.caliburn.nl/topposting.html

+What do you mean "my reply is upside-down"?
http://www.i-hate-computers.demon.co.uk/

The advantages of usenet's quoting conventions
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/g.mccaughan/g/remarks/uquote.html

Why should I place my response below the quoted text?
http://allmyfaqs.com/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Top-posting_or_bottom-posting

Quoting Style in Newsgroup Postings
http://www.xs4all.nl/%7ewijnands/nnq/nquote.html

 

[S]

"Garrett Mace" <g.ryan@macetech.com> wrote in message
news:a%tXb.3374$Dg1.1962@twister.rdc-kc.rr.com...

I found something at the following web site that would work, that can
actually be used for measuring force, but it's more than I need, and at
$15.
it's way to expensive, especially for a production product.
http://www.tekscan.com/flexiforce/flexiforce.html
Please post reply. Thanks!


What's the problem? It's pretty much what you need, and if you look around
$15 is close to nothing for a force sensor. Plus I don't think you're
looking at the production issue correctly: if you are actually looking for
a
production price, ask for a quote from them in quantities of 5,000 or
100,000. The qty. four price isn't what a large buyer would pay.

Good Point.

 

[Bill Sloman]

John Fields <jfields@austininstruments.com> wrote in message news:<bfi350tjsc1fj9s9ajuc9qf702l40i7o79@4ax.com>...

On 12 Mar 2004 02:42:29 -0800, bill.sloman@ieee.org (Bill Sloman) wrote:

John Fields <jfields@austininstruments.com> wrote in message news:<6p3250pf42hlj67ebf4265v1vggg05nh5b@4ax.com>...
On 11 Mar 2004 15:26:08 -0800, bill.sloman@ieee.org (Bill Sloman) wrote:


Discourse? A long word to apply to kindergarten-level content. Been
reading "how to improve your word power" have you?

---
Yes, constantly, but no matter what I do I seem unable to please the
dregs of society. Particularly the likes of you, who is only interested
in being combative and never has anything good to say about anything.

Except possibly about gun control? Though the absence of gun control
in Texas may edit your contributions somewhat earlier than might
otherwise happen.

---
No, idiot, there's nothing good about gun control, because it dumbs
everyone down to the least common denominator.

You are the idiot. My approval of gun control falsifies your foolish
claim that I never have anything good to say about anything.

But that's exactly what
you'd like to see, so that one more vestige of every individual's
control over his own life would be gone, making it easier for control
freak pukes like you with opinions about how everyone should and should
not live their lives to have your way.

That I've got opinions about a range of subjects doesn't make me a
control freak, any more than *you* having your own half-baked opinions
on the same subjects makes *you* a control freak.

We do not have an absence of gun control here, it's just much less
restrictive than you would have it be if you had anything to say about
it, which you don't.

So much less restrictive that you have an order of magnitude more guns
murders than other advanced industrialised countries.

Check http://www.gunlaws.com/tgogup2.htm before you continue with your
igno rant.
---

I can see why you like it - it's distinctly pro-gun, and doesn't ask
you to think about any difficult statistics.

But no matter, it's all something you'll have to reconcile on your death
bed.

Not something I expect to find difficult.

---
Prob'ly not a good idea to take too much for granted... :^)

Dying in bed is more likely in a country with effective gun control
....

-------
Bill Sloman, Nijmegen

 

[John Fields]

On 12 Mar 2004 15:56:49 -0800, bill.sloman@ieee.org (Bill Sloman) wrote:

John Fields <jfields@austininstruments.com> wrote in message news:<bfi350tjsc1fj9s9ajuc9qf702l40i7o79@4ax.com>...
On 12 Mar 2004 02:42:29 -0800, bill.sloman@ieee.org (Bill Sloman) wrote:

John Fields <jfields@austininstruments.com> wrote in message news:<6p3250pf42hlj67ebf4265v1vggg05nh5b@4ax.com>...
On 11 Mar 2004 15:26:08 -0800, bill.sloman@ieee.org (Bill Sloman) wrote:


Discourse? A long word to apply to kindergarten-level content. Been
reading "how to improve your word power" have you?

---
Yes, constantly, but no matter what I do I seem unable to please the
dregs of society. Particularly the likes of you, who is only interested
in being combative and never has anything good to say about anything.

Except possibly about gun control? Though the absence of gun control
in Texas may edit your contributions somewhat earlier than might
otherwise happen.

---
No, idiot, there's nothing good about gun control, because it dumbs
everyone down to the least common denominator.

You are the idiot. My approval of gun control falsifies your foolish
claim that I never have anything good to say about anything.

---
Just because it sounds, to you, like you're saying a good thing doesn't
mean that it _is_ a good thing. Your approval of gun control is based
on your fear that some crazy bastard is going to shoot you because
you're a loudmouthed blowhard and you'd like to forstall that
possibility while still being able to be verbally abusive with impunity.

You know what, Bill, you're a goddam redneck just as sure as some
bigoted gun-toting creep is, the only difference between you being that
you'd rather shoot off your mouth .
---

But that's exactly what
you'd like to see, so that one more vestige of every individual's
control over his own life would be gone, making it easier for control
freak pukes like you with opinions about how everyone should and should
not live their lives to have your way.

That I've got opinions about a range of subjects doesn't make me a
control freak, any more than *you* having your own half-baked opinions
on the same subjects makes *you* a control freak.

---
That's one of the stupidest arguments I've ever heard, but I guess I
should consider the source and not be surprised. The basic difference
between you and I is that I'm more interested in controlling myself than
I am in controlling my environment, while you seem to have this
overwhelming need to exert external control by telling everyone exactly
what to do and how to do it, and if they disagree with you then they
have to listen to your imbecilic admonitions about how stupid they are
because they're Americans, or Texans, or anything non-Slomanesque.
---

We do not have an absence of gun control here, it's just much less
restrictive than you would have it be if you had anything to say about
it, which you don't.

So much less restrictive that you have an order of magnitude more guns
murders than other advanced industrialised countries.

---
So what?

You've made it clear over and over again that you have nothing but
contempt for us, so what do you care if we kill ourselves off? You
ought to be pleased actually, since it really means fewer of us to
procreate and make the world less than the idyllic stagnant pond you'd
be happy in.

As far as I'm concerned, all it means is the herd is thinning itself,
leaving behind the able.
---

Check http://www.gunlaws.com/tgogup2.htm before you continue with your
igno rant.
---

I can see why you like it - it's distinctly pro-gun, and doesn't ask
you to think about any difficult statistics.

---
I like it because it's distinctly pro-I-get-to-make-up-my-own-mind and
doesn't presume to tell me that it's my fault that one in six drunk
fools went out and shot themselves or their wives or their girlfriends
or blah, blah, blah.

You, on the other hand, want to blame everyone but yourself for the
sorry state you claim the world is in and, in particular, Americans,
whom you can't seem to stand. Oh, well... Bitch on if you must, but
don't forget; if you ever really want to get serious about it, we're
armed and you're not. So rave on with your squealing and whining, we'll
do just exactly what we want to and there's not a fucking thing you can
do about it.
---

Dying in bed is more likely in a country with effective gun control
...

---
Not if her husband walks in on the pair of you...

--
John Fields

 

[Bill Garber]

Let me say that I have a deep concern for this issue as
do both of you seem to have, but may I just say that
this regurgitation of conversations I've read and heard
many times over in the past, makes me wish I did have a
gun and both of your home addresses. 8o)

Thank you,

Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprizez };-)
Web Site - http://garberstreet.netfirms.com
Email - willy4SPAM6pa@comXcast.net
Remove - SPAM and X to contact me



---
This email ain't infected, dude!

Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
Version: 6.0.593 / Virus Database: 376 - Release Date: 2/26/04

 

[Jim Thompson]

On Fri, 12 Mar 2004 20:33:54 -0500, "Bill Garber"
<willy46pa@comcast.net> wrote:

Let me say that I have a deep concern for this issue as
do both of you seem to have, but may I just say that
this regurgitation of conversations I've read and heard
many times over in the past, makes me wish I did have a
gun and both of your home addresses. 8o)

Thank you,

Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprizez };-)
Web Site - http://garberstreet.netfirms.com
Email - willy4SPAM6pa@comXcast.net
Remove - SPAM and X to contact me

You did such a good job at NON-quoting I had to pull up the references
to make sure *I* wasn't a target ;-)

I have plonked both of your targets and would suggest you do the same.

HOWEVER, I *do* know both of their home addresses. Wanna borrow my
Glock ?

...Jim Thompson
--
| James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens |
| Analog Innovations, Inc. | et |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
| Phoenix, Arizona Voice480)460-2350 | |
| E-mail Address at Website Fax480)460-2142 | Brass Rat |
| http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 |

Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I'm sixty-four?

 

[DarkMatter]

On Fri, 12 Mar 2004 18:46:59 -0700, Jim Thompson
<thegreatone@example.com> Gave us:

On Fri, 12 Mar 2004 20:33:54 -0500, "Bill Garber"
willy46pa@comcast.net> wrote:


Let me say that I have a deep concern for this issue as
do both of you seem to have, but may I just say that
this regurgitation of conversations I've read and heard
many times over in the past, makes me wish I did have a
gun and both of your home addresses. 8o)

Thank you,

Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprizez };-)
Web Site - http://garberstreet.netfirms.com
Email - willy4SPAM6pa@comXcast.net
Remove - SPAM and X to contact me

You did such a good job at NON-quoting I had to pull up the references
to make sure *I* wasn't a target ;-)

I have plonked both of your targets and would suggest you do the same.

HOWEVER, I *do* know both of their home addresses. Wanna borrow my
Glock ?

...Jim Thompson
--
| James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens |
| Analog Innovations, Inc. | et |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
| Phoenix, Arizona Voice480)460-2350 | |
| E-mail Address at Website Fax480)460-2142 | Brass Rat |
| http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 |

Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I'm sixty-four?

The post above to which I respond is a MAJOR fucking TOS violation!

 

[John Woodgate]

I read in sci.electronics.design that Jim Thompson
<thegreatone@example.com> wrote (in <fsp450lbhkksqv6p7oda87us8cc9o884nn@
4ax.com&gt about 'Slinky Question', on Fri, 12 Mar 2004:

Wanna borrow my
Glock ?

You want to threaten them with a glockenspiel? That's cruel and unusual
punishment indeed!!
--
Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only.
The good news is that nothing is compulsory.
The bad news is that everything is prohibited.
http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk Also see http://www.isce.org.uk

 

[Spehro Pefhany]

On Sat, 13 Mar 2004 07:20:11 +0000, the renowned John Woodgate
<jmw@jmwa.demon.contraspam.yuk> wrote:

I read in sci.electronics.design that Jim Thompson
thegreatone@example.com> wrote (in <fsp450lbhkksqv6p7oda87us8cc9o884nn@
4ax.com&gt about 'Slinky Question', on Fri, 12 Mar 2004:
Wanna borrow my
Glock ?

You want to threaten them with a glockenspiel? That's cruel and unusual
punishment indeed!!

Time for them to face the music.

Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
--
"it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward"
speff@interlog.com Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com
Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: http://www.speff.com

 

[John Fields]

On Sat, 13 Mar 2004 13:57:28 GMT, Spehro Pefhany
<speffSNIP@interlogDOTyou.knowwhat> wrote:

On Sat, 13 Mar 2004 07:20:11 +0000, the renowned John Woodgate
jmw@jmwa.demon.contraspam.yuk> wrote:

I read in sci.electronics.design that Jim Thompson
thegreatone@example.com> wrote (in <fsp450lbhkksqv6p7oda87us8cc9o884nn@
4ax.com&gt about 'Slinky Question', on Fri, 12 Mar 2004:
Wanna borrow my
Glock ?

You want to threaten them with a glockenspiel? That's cruel and unusual
punishment indeed!!

Time for them to face the music.

---
Maybe Jim will grace us with a rendition of his latest tag line?^)


--
John Fields

 

[John Larkin]

On Sat, 13 Mar 2004 13:57:28 GMT, Spehro Pefhany
<speffSNIP@interlogDOTyou.knowwhat> wrote:

On Sat, 13 Mar 2004 07:20:11 +0000, the renowned John Woodgate
jmw@jmwa.demon.contraspam.yuk> wrote:

I read in sci.electronics.design that Jim Thompson
thegreatone@example.com> wrote (in <fsp450lbhkksqv6p7oda87us8cc9o884nn@
4ax.com&gt about 'Slinky Question', on Fri, 12 Mar 2004:
Wanna borrow my
Glock ?

You want to threaten them with a glockenspiel? That's cruel and unusual
punishment indeed!!

Time for them to face the music.

That would even up the score for sure.

John

 

[Jim Thompson]

On Sat, 13 Mar 2004 07:18:31 -0800, John Larkin
<jjlarkin@highlandSNIPtechTHISnologyPLEASE.com> wrote:

On Sat, 13 Mar 2004 13:57:28 GMT, Spehro Pefhany
speffSNIP@interlogDOTyou.knowwhat> wrote:

On Sat, 13 Mar 2004 07:20:11 +0000, the renowned John Woodgate
jmw@jmwa.demon.contraspam.yuk> wrote:

I read in sci.electronics.design that Jim Thompson
thegreatone@example.com> wrote (in <fsp450lbhkksqv6p7oda87us8cc9o884nn@
4ax.com&gt about 'Slinky Question', on Fri, 12 Mar 2004:
Wanna borrow my
Glock ?

You want to threaten them with a glockenspiel? That's cruel and unusual
punishment indeed!!

Time for them to face the music.

That would even up the score for sure.

John

Now *that* was punny ;-)

...Jim Thompson
--
| James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens |
| Analog Innovations, Inc. | et |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
| Phoenix, Arizona Voice480)460-2350 | |
| E-mail Address at Website Fax480)460-2142 | Brass Rat |
| http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 |

Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I'm sixty-four?

 

[Mjolinor]

"John Larkin" <jjlarkin@highlandSNIPtechTHISnologyPLEASE.com> wrote in
message news:3h9650plppgbd9g6eqk3liqjvqdope5qmm@4ax.com...

On Sat, 13 Mar 2004 13:57:28 GMT, Spehro Pefhany
speffSNIP@interlogDOTyou.knowwhat> wrote:

On Sat, 13 Mar 2004 07:20:11 +0000, the renowned John Woodgate
jmw@jmwa.demon.contraspam.yuk> wrote:

I read in sci.electronics.design that Jim Thompson
thegreatone@example.com> wrote (in <fsp450lbhkksqv6p7oda87us8cc9o884nn@
4ax.com&gt about 'Slinky Question', on Fri, 12 Mar 2004:
Wanna borrow my
Glock ?

You want to threaten them with a glockenspiel? That's cruel and unusual
punishment indeed!!

Time for them to face the music.

That would even up the score for sure.

John

Perhaps we should all help orchestrate it?

 

[John Larkin]

On Sat, 13 Mar 2004 15:42:32 -0000, "Mjolinor" <mjolinor@hotmail.com>
wrote:

"John Larkin" <jjlarkin@highlandSNIPtechTHISnologyPLEASE.com> wrote in
message news:3h9650plppgbd9g6eqk3liqjvqdope5qmm@4ax.com...
On Sat, 13 Mar 2004 13:57:28 GMT, Spehro Pefhany
speffSNIP@interlogDOTyou.knowwhat> wrote:

On Sat, 13 Mar 2004 07:20:11 +0000, the renowned John Woodgate
jmw@jmwa.demon.contraspam.yuk> wrote:

I read in sci.electronics.design that Jim Thompson
thegreatone@example.com> wrote (in <fsp450lbhkksqv6p7oda87us8cc9o884nn@
4ax.com&gt about 'Slinky Question', on Fri, 12 Mar 2004:
Wanna borrow my
Glock ?

You want to threaten them with a glockenspiel? That's cruel and unusual
punishment indeed!!

Time for them to face the music.

That would even up the score for sure.

John



Perhaps we should all help orchestrate it?

We could band together and arrange that.

John