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[Ricky]

On Sunday, May 1, 2022 at 6:32:29 PM UTC-4, Piotr Wyderski wrote:

Jeroen Belleman wrote:

It makes sense, no? It\'s just how hard it needs to be pushed to
keep it going.
In the case of fuel consumption it is simply the cross-sectional area of
the imaginary stream of fuel that runs along the moving vehicle. The
bigger the consumption, the bigger the pipe. Very picturesque and
intuitive IMO.

The point is, the units of Wh/mi or Wh/km can be turned directly into Newtons. Not sure how to turn any of that into a cross section of an electricity stream. I suppose it could be equated to the gauge of wire that would safely carry the current once a voltage is specified. Maybe assume a 240 volt, single phase AC source. But that\'s still not the same thing. The wire doesn\'t get consumed.

For an electric vehicle, maybe the number of AA alkaline cells per mile? For my car, it would be around 80 AA/mi.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AA_battery#Comparison

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=200452841739689

--

Rick C.

---- Get 1,000 miles of free Supercharging
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[Piotr Wyderski]

Clifford Heath wrote:

Exactly my point. The people writing these advertisements are not
physicists and do not understand units.

Or they are actually smarter and we don\'t understand the message: a 1Whr
motor might consume 1 watt and die after an hour of operation. My recent
shredder that lasted 20 minutes appears to be powered by such a motor.

Best regards, Piotr

 

[Anthony William Sloman]

On Monday, May 2, 2022 at 5:45:45 AM UTC+10, jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:

On Sun, 1 May 2022 12:26:01 -0600, rbowman <bow...@montana.com> wrote:

On 05/01/2022 08:25 AM, jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
Slavery was universal throughout recorded history so certainly before
that. It\'s not remarkable that the US and England participated in
slavery. What\'s remarkable is that they ended it.

The Industrial Revolution made wage slaves a much more attractive
proposition. You didn\'t have to feed, clothe, or doctor them, and you
could fire them when you didn\'t need them anymore.

The \"wage slaves\" got heated homes, cars, refrigerators, electric
lights, good and reliable food, literacy, affordable clothing, the
right to vote for their government.

Long after the industrial Revolution got started. The Trade Union movement had something to do with that, and that is definitely post-industrial revolution.
Universal suffrage, was even slower.

They could quit any time if someone made them a better offer. They
could elect to stay in the countryside and struggle to grow enough
food to get their families through the winter. They could watch their
kids die young if they didn\'t want to be exploited.

Kids died young back then even when their parents were rich.

https://ourworldindata.org/child-mortality-in-the-past

The recent decline in child mortality started quite a while after the industrial revolution got under way. The agricultural revolution had made it possible to grow enough food to feed the factory labourers as well as the agricultural labourers who grew it. Canals and then railways got it into the cities.

> The industrial revolution made the average citizen far more productive and far better off than any population had ever been.

And the agricultural revolution made it possible. Neither happened overnight, and the societies that emerged from the changes that these revolutions made possible were rather different from the ones that even the US started off with.

To some extent the fact that the US had started off with a reasonably advanced political system put them at a disadvantage because they could get by with smaller changes than - say - the UK. Post-1900 constitutions work better than political arrangements that got more or less fixed at earlier dates.

Germany\'s 1948 constitution is probably the best around. The French 1956 constitution was devised by de Gaulle to suit himself, and it has it\'s defects. The French president doesn\'t have the executive powers of an American president, but the position is still more powerful than it ought to be.

--
Bill Sloman, Sydney

 

[Piotr Wyderski]

whit3rd wrote:

But it DID work, and its reports through President Biden gave warning that Russian assault
was imminent. That\'s a good thing.
Did you have a credible source elsewhere that told of the recent invasion in advance?

It had been in the air here for quite a long time. The CIA warnings
resonated well with that, but I wouldn\'t give the CIA all the credit.
A distant friend serving in a military logistics unit had given me many
hints about \"unusual events\" long before the war started and I don\'t
claim to be exceptionally well-connected. \"Everybody\" knew.

Best regards, Piotr

 

[John Larkin]

On Sat, 30 Apr 2022 06:13:41 GMT, Jan Panteltje
<pNaonStpealmtje@yahoo.com> wrote:

On a sunny day (Fri, 29 Apr 2022 10:43:44 -0700) it happened John Larkin
jlarkin@highland_atwork_technology.com> wrote in
eq8o6htehhqt03esl729sjoot12p127sk9@4ax.com>:

Putin has pounded Ukrainian cities to rubble. And created millions of
refugees. And damaged the food supply to millions in other countries.

That is is what you get for your interference.

Putin is shelling cities and slaughtering possibly millions, and
setting his people back decades, and it\'s our fault?

Any you blame the US?

Of course
Was not that trying to present itself as world police?

No. Certainly not in Ukreaine.

Oh wait defund the police

US milli-tary Destructing Complex NEEDS war
so after Afghanistan (where they left billions of their war tools)
they new do the Europe thing again.

911 upset some people.

--

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end with doubts,
but if he will be content to begin with doubts he shall end in certainties.
Francis Bacon

 

[Jan Panteltje]

On a sunny day (Mon, 02 May 2022 09:40:44 -0700) it happened John Larkin
<jlarkin@highland_atwork_technology.com> wrote in
<k7207ht2jh2kplncf5pmeti83o9hl3g834@4ax.com>:

On Sat, 30 Apr 2022 06:13:41 GMT, Jan Panteltje
pNaonStpealmtje@yahoo.com> wrote:

On a sunny day (Fri, 29 Apr 2022 10:43:44 -0700) it happened John Larkin
jlarkin@highland_atwork_technology.com> wrote in
eq8o6htehhqt03esl729sjoot12p127sk9@4ax.com>:

Putin has pounded Ukrainian cities to rubble. And created millions of
refugees. And damaged the food supply to millions in other countries.

That is is what you get for your interference.

Putin is shelling cities and slaughtering possibly millions, and
setting his people back decades, and it\'s our fault?

US provoked it, using NATO slaves
its the same old song, make war, make money.
Everywhere where even a little bit of uprising is, is the CIA immediately present.
They will put petrol on the fire if possible. Not at home of course.
Euro a threat, EU economy a threat, nothing to lose make war again
(as Bil Clignon did).

Any you blame the US?

Of course
Was not that trying to present itself as world police?

No. Certainly not in Ukreaine.

Worse than that sending billions of weapons there.

Oh wait defund the police

US milli-tary Destructing Complex NEEDS war
so after Afghanistan (where they left billions of their war tools)
they new do the Europe thing again.

911 upset some people.

What US did in Iraq (false \'weapons of mass destruction\' claim) -> total destruction
use depleted Uranium ammo, what you did in Afghanistan (targeting civilians with drones),
what you did in Vietnam (Agent Orange), etc etc
Oh and what you did in Japan targeting civilians in Hiroshima and Nagasaki,
well the list is sooo long.
Your little high-rise is insignificant compared to all that.
The tide is now turning, the more I think about it the more nu-cu-lear becomes likely
Everybody and their cat has now nukes, there are other weapons too you have never heard of.

Any luck with those new transistors?
I bought a LNB in year 2000, still using it in a sat dish,
it has seen temperatures from about -30 C to ??? very hot with the sun directly on it
It has seen St Elmo\'s fire, and it is still very low noise with good frequency stability.
Wonder how those transistors will react to such environments.

 

[whit3rd]

On Monday, May 2, 2022 at 10:46:19 AM UTC-7, Jan Panteltje wrote:

On a sunny day (Mon, 02 May 2022 09:40:44 -0700) it happened John Larkin
jlarkin@highland_atwork_technology.com> wrote in
k7207ht2jh2kplncf...@4ax.com>:
911 upset some people.

What US did in Iraq (false \'weapons of mass destruction\' claim) -> total destruction

Of what? A regime, not a nation. That regime had mass graves before the US arrived,
used chemical weapons against its own citizens.

> use depleted Uranium ammo,

Yeah, against tanks. So, there\'s a few ounces of toxic dust residue; not a big problem,
compared to the explosive ammo also in the damaged vehicle. It\'s
an oddball kind of weapon, but not a remarkable one.

>what you did in Afghanistan (targeting civilians with drones),

Target selection at a distance is not perfect. It\'s the nature of the weapon,
and not a policy, nor a war crime.

> what you did in Vietnam (Agent Orange), etc etc

Killed weeds? Again, not remarkable.

> Oh and what you did in Japan targeting civilians in Hiroshima and Nagasaki,

Targets for area weapons are always... areas. Can\'t ever exclude collateral
casualties. Lusitania had civilians aboard, but... that, too, isn\'t a war crime.

> well the list is sooo long.

And, it\'s a list of PRATT, points-refuted-a-thousand-times.

 

[whit3rd]

On Thursday, April 28, 2022 at 12:43:44 PM UTC-7, Dimiter Popoff wrote:

On 4/28/2022 22:16, John Larkin wrote:
On Thu, 28 Apr 2022 02:00:41 -0700 (PDT), whit3rd <whi...@gmail.com
wrote:

On Wednesday, April 27, 2022 at 12:56:42 PM UTC-7, John Larkin wrote:

I want everything on one wireless network. Internet, phones, TV, wifi,
home automation, cars, utility meters, security, webcams, everything.

What we have is a mess. Many cell companies have various spotty
coverage. Ditto cable TV and internet providers....
One uniform microcell mesh system would eliminate all that.

Imagine progress.

It would be nice for things to evolve this way but - and it is a huge
BUT - the standards need to be public. They are anything but at the
moment - the layers above IP and perhaps PPP are completely secret.

And, like old railways (incompatible track spacing) negotiation
of interoperability requires an overall authority (federal, in the US) to write up
a specification, and apply carrot (land grants for development of track) and
stick (we\'ll yank this subsidy if you don\'t meet this standard) pressure.

Network neutrality is one essential. Internet is an interoperability imperative, also essential.
Auctioning bandwidth and expecting the buyers to magically evolve an integrated
whole... not compatible with application of stick, nor a usably aimed carrot.

 

[John Larkin]

On Mon, 02 May 2022 17:46:03 GMT, Jan Panteltje
<pNaonStpealmtje@yahoo.com> wrote:

On a sunny day (Mon, 02 May 2022 09:40:44 -0700) it happened John Larkin
jlarkin@highland_atwork_technology.com> wrote in
k7207ht2jh2kplncf5pmeti83o9hl3g834@4ax.com>:

On Sat, 30 Apr 2022 06:13:41 GMT, Jan Panteltje
pNaonStpealmtje@yahoo.com> wrote:

On a sunny day (Fri, 29 Apr 2022 10:43:44 -0700) it happened John Larkin
jlarkin@highland_atwork_technology.com> wrote in
eq8o6htehhqt03esl729sjoot12p127sk9@4ax.com>:

Putin has pounded Ukrainian cities to rubble. And created millions of
refugees. And damaged the food supply to millions in other countries.

That is is what you get for your interference.

Putin is shelling cities and slaughtering possibly millions, and
setting his people back decades, and it\'s our fault?

US provoked it, using NATO slaves
its the same old song, make war, make money.

The US has paid to defend europe from the Russians since WWII.

As T said, it\'s time for them to pay for their own defense.

--

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end with doubts,
but if he will be content to begin with doubts he shall end in certainties.
Francis Bacon

 

[John Larkin]

On Thu, 28 Apr 2022 22:43:35 +0300, Dimiter_Popoff <dp@tgi-sci.com>
wrote:

On 4/28/2022 22:16, John Larkin wrote:
On Thu, 28 Apr 2022 02:00:41 -0700 (PDT), whit3rd <whit3rd@gmail.com
wrote:

On Wednesday, April 27, 2022 at 12:56:42 PM UTC-7, John Larkin wrote:

I want everything on one wireless network. Internet, phones, TV, wifi,
home automation, cars, utility meters, security, webcams, everything.

Privacy is over-rated.

That\'s a laugh; Internet range is out to near Earth orbit, and you want your
utility meters to compete for that against your TV remote control? One network
isn\'t the answer, any more than one TV channel is the answer.

What we have is a mess. Many cell companies have various spotty
coverage. Ditto cable TV and internet providers. Once people manage to
get an internet provider, they have to install their own cables and
wifi. Wires are strung on poles, sidewalks are dug up, dishes point
everywhere and rust or get blown away. People pay for multiple
services.

One uniform microcell mesh system would eliminate all that.

Imagine progress.


It would be nice for things to evolve this way but - and it is a huge
BUT - the standards need to be public. They are anything but at the
moment - the layers above IP and perhaps PPP are completely secret.

We have compatible, competitive TV and cell phone and internet
networks. It\'s not hard.

--

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end with doubts,
but if he will be content to begin with doubts he shall end in certainties.
Francis Bacon

 

[Gerhard Hoffmann]

Am 02.05.22 um 21:46 schrieb John Larkin:

On Mon, 02 May 2022 17:46:03 GMT, Jan Panteltje
pNaonStpealmtje@yahoo.com> wrote:

Putin is shelling cities and slaughtering possibly millions, and
setting his people back decades, and it\'s our fault?

US provoked it, using NATO slaves
its the same old song, make war, make money.

The US has paid to defend europe from the Russians since WWII.

As T said, it\'s time for them to pay for their own defense.

No, you invested a bit to ensure your share of the prey.

Just the lesser evil.

Gerhard

 

[John Larkin]

On Mon, 2 May 2022 22:22:38 +0200, Gerhard Hoffmann <dk4xp@arcor.de>
wrote:

Am 02.05.22 um 21:46 schrieb John Larkin:
On Mon, 02 May 2022 17:46:03 GMT, Jan Panteltje
pNaonStpealmtje@yahoo.com> wrote:


Putin is shelling cities and slaughtering possibly millions, and
setting his people back decades, and it\'s our fault?

US provoked it, using NATO slaves
its the same old song, make war, make money.

The US has paid to defend europe from the Russians since WWII.

As T said, it\'s time for them to pay for their own defense.

No, you invested a bit to ensure your share of the prey.

The europeans find excuses to be ungrateful and cheap. We should have
let the Russian Empire grow all the way.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_world

Just the lesser evil.

Take your choice.
--

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end with doubts,
but if he will be content to begin with doubts he shall end in certainties.
Francis Bacon

 

[Joe Gwinn]

On Mon, 02 May 2022 12:49:34 -0700, John Larkin
<jlarkin@highland_atwork_technology.com> wrote:

On Thu, 28 Apr 2022 22:43:35 +0300, Dimiter_Popoff <dp@tgi-sci.com
wrote:

On 4/28/2022 22:16, John Larkin wrote:
On Thu, 28 Apr 2022 02:00:41 -0700 (PDT), whit3rd <whit3rd@gmail.com
wrote:

On Wednesday, April 27, 2022 at 12:56:42 PM UTC-7, John Larkin wrote:

I want everything on one wireless network. Internet, phones, TV, wifi,
home automation, cars, utility meters, security, webcams, everything.

Privacy is over-rated.

That\'s a laugh; Internet range is out to near Earth orbit, and you want your
utility meters to compete for that against your TV remote control? One network
isn\'t the answer, any more than one TV channel is the answer.

What we have is a mess. Many cell companies have various spotty
coverage. Ditto cable TV and internet providers. Once people manage to
get an internet provider, they have to install their own cables and
wifi. Wires are strung on poles, sidewalks are dug up, dishes point
everywhere and rust or get blown away. People pay for multiple
services.

One uniform microcell mesh system would eliminate all that.

Imagine progress.


It would be nice for things to evolve this way but - and it is a huge
BUT - the standards need to be public. They are anything but at the
moment - the layers above IP and perhaps PPP are completely secret.


We have compatible, competitive TV and cell phone and internet
networks. It\'s not hard.

Well I\'ve spent thirty years on standards, and actually it *is* hard.
Not to mention glacial.

While the government can push for standards, absent a real shooting
war, the pleas will generally fall on deaf ears. With a shooting war,
there are usually large procurement contract on offer, and time is of
the essence.

Whitworth Screw Threads are a classic example.

..<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Standard_Whitworth>

And it doesn\'t happen until at least a few big companies decide that
they will gain far more from a standard than (bigger total pie) they
will gain from no standard (my pie is smaller, but I have it all).

Once there is a standard, other companies are eventually forced to
comply.

Nor does maturity and interoperability just happen. Taking Ethernet
as the example, the industry supports and independent test facility
and lab at the University of New Hampshire where various vendors
connect into big \"plugfests\" where prototypes are cobbled into a
network and the whole system is integrated. And even so, it usually
takes two major revisions of a new standard to achieve reasonable
maturity.

This is done under the aegis of a de-jure standards development
organization (like the IEEE) for exception to anti-trust statutes that
would otherwise forbid such things.

..<https://www.iol.unh.edu/>


Joe Gwinn






But the dark secret of the standards world is that 90% of all
standards fail in the market.

 

[Ricky]

On Monday, May 2, 2022 at 3:46:27 PM UTC-4, John Larkin wrote:

On Mon, 02 May 2022 17:46:03 GMT, Jan Panteltje
pNaonSt...@yahoo.com> wrote:

On a sunny day (Mon, 02 May 2022 09:40:44 -0700) it happened John Larkin
jlarkin@highland_atwork_technology.com> wrote in
k7207ht2jh2kplncf...@4ax.com>:

On Sat, 30 Apr 2022 06:13:41 GMT, Jan Panteltje
pNaonSt...@yahoo.com> wrote:

On a sunny day (Fri, 29 Apr 2022 10:43:44 -0700) it happened John Larkin
jlarkin@highland_atwork_technology.com> wrote in
eq8o6htehhqt03esl...@4ax.com>:

Putin has pounded Ukrainian cities to rubble. And created millions of
refugees. And damaged the food supply to millions in other countries.

That is is what you get for your interference.

Putin is shelling cities and slaughtering possibly millions, and
setting his people back decades, and it\'s our fault?

US provoked it, using NATO slaves
its the same old song, make war, make money.
The US has paid to defend europe from the Russians since WWII.

As T said, it\'s time for them to pay for their own defense.

Oh, they\'ve been paying. Yeah, they have been paying ever since.

--

Rick C.

---+ Get 1,000 miles of free Supercharging
---+ Tesla referral code - https://ts.la/richard11209

 

[Gerhard Hoffmann]

Am 02.05.22 um 22:36 schrieb John Larkin:

On Mon, 2 May 2022 22:22:38 +0200, Gerhard Hoffmann <dk4xp@arcor.de
wrote:

Am 02.05.22 um 21:46 schrieb John Larkin:
On Mon, 02 May 2022 17:46:03 GMT, Jan Panteltje
pNaonStpealmtje@yahoo.com> wrote:


Putin is shelling cities and slaughtering possibly millions, and
setting his people back decades, and it\'s our fault?

US provoked it, using NATO slaves
its the same old song, make war, make money.

The US has paid to defend europe from the Russians since WWII.

As T said, it\'s time for them to pay for their own defense.

No, you invested a bit to ensure your share of the prey.

The europeans find excuses to be ungrateful and cheap. We should have
let the Russian Empire grow all the way.

There is no such thing as a Russian empire. Russia has a
gross national product the size of Italy, and Italy needed
loans from the EU in the previous years. Plus Russia needs
twice as many people as Italy to reach this rank. Lives
from selling mineral resources / gas, like black Africa.

Just like the \"Scheinriese\" of the Augsburg puppet box.
The closer you come, the more the giant shrinks.


All that Russia has is some nukes, and with their track
record from the cold war, half of them don\'t exist and
another quarter is probably defunct, because the money for
keeping them operational trickled into the kleptocracy.
Just note the excellent performance of their tanks.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_world


Just the lesser evil.

Take your choice.

My choice is Europe. We WILL grow together.
Number 2 after China in 10 years. Just count the noses.

Gerhard

 

[whit3rd]

On Monday, May 2, 2022 at 12:49:46 PM UTC-7, John Larkin wrote:

We have compatible, competitive TV and cell phone and internet
networks. It\'s not hard.

TV satellite, TV cable, and TV broadcast are NOT compatible.
Neither is Blu-Ray and DVD completely compatible with region
and hardware-license restrictions. Cell phones interconnect,
but the networks aren\'t \'compatible\' hardwares.
As for internet, YES, that\'s a compatibility layer for networks. It isn\'t
generally the one phones, utility meters, and TV broadcast use, though.

 

[John Larkin]

On Mon, 2 May 2022 23:25:50 +0200, Gerhard Hoffmann <dk4xp@arcor.de>
wrote:

Am 02.05.22 um 22:36 schrieb John Larkin:
On Mon, 2 May 2022 22:22:38 +0200, Gerhard Hoffmann <dk4xp@arcor.de
wrote:

Am 02.05.22 um 21:46 schrieb John Larkin:
On Mon, 02 May 2022 17:46:03 GMT, Jan Panteltje
pNaonStpealmtje@yahoo.com> wrote:


Putin is shelling cities and slaughtering possibly millions, and
setting his people back decades, and it\'s our fault?

US provoked it, using NATO slaves
its the same old song, make war, make money.

The US has paid to defend europe from the Russians since WWII.

As T said, it\'s time for them to pay for their own defense.

No, you invested a bit to ensure your share of the prey.

The europeans find excuses to be ungrateful and cheap. We should have
let the Russian Empire grow all the way.

There is no such thing as a Russian empire. Russia has a
gross national product the size of Italy, and Italy needed
loans from the EU in the previous years. Plus Russia needs
twice as many people as Italy to reach this rank. Lives
from selling mineral resources / gas, like black Africa.

Just like the \"Scheinriese\" of the Augsburg puppet box.
The closer you come, the more the giant shrinks.

The Russians have tanks, planes, helicopters, nukes, and a pretty big
army. Ukrainian towns are rubble, refugees number millions, and the
giant is still hungry.

This is an alphabet war, Latin/English vs Cyrillic. Really, it is.

All that Russia has is some nukes, and with their track
record from the cold war, half of them don\'t exist and
another quarter is probably defunct, because the money for
keeping them operational trickled into the kleptocracy.
Just note the excellent performance of their tanks.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_world


Just the lesser evil.

Take your choice.

My choice is Europe. We WILL grow together.

Russia could be part of europe. But they\'d rather be Russian and poor.

Number 2 after China in 10 years. Just count the noses.

Gerhard

Those noses won\'t be all traditional European noses.

--

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end with doubts,
but if he will be content to begin with doubts he shall end in certainties.
Francis Bacon

 

[John Larkin]

On Mon, 2 May 2022 15:50:41 -0700 (PDT), whit3rd <whit3rd@gmail.com>
wrote:

On Monday, May 2, 2022 at 12:49:46 PM UTC-7, John Larkin wrote:

We have compatible, competitive TV and cell phone and internet
networks. It\'s not hard.

TV satellite, TV cable, and TV broadcast are NOT compatible.

My TV works with all of them. I can switch any time.

Neither is Blu-Ray and DVD completely compatible with region
and hardware-license restrictions. Cell phones interconnect,
but the networks aren\'t \'compatible\' hardwares.

I can switch cell providers and my Samsung and my wife\'s iPhone will
keep working. Over the air and wi-fi.

As for internet, YES, that\'s a compatibility layer for networks. It isn\'t
generally the one phones, utility meters, and TV broadcast use, though.

I project that one day not too far off we\'ll have one wireless network
for everything. It makes too much sense to not do.

--

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end with doubts,
but if he will be content to begin with doubts he shall end in certainties.
Francis Bacon

 

[Anthony William Sloman]

On Tuesday, May 3, 2022 at 9:45:53 AM UTC+10, John Larkin wrote:

On Mon, 2 May 2022 23:25:50 +0200, Gerhard Hoffmann <dk...@arcor.de> wrote:
Am 02.05.22 um 22:36 schrieb John Larkin:
On Mon, 2 May 2022 22:22:38 +0200, Gerhard Hoffmann <dk...@arcor.de> wrote:
Am 02.05.22 um 21:46 schrieb John Larkin:
On Mon, 02 May 2022 17:46:03 GMT, Jan Panteltje <pNaonSt...@yahoo.com> wrote:

<snip>

There is no such thing as a Russian empire. Russia has a
gross national product the size of Italy, and Italy needed
loans from the EU in the previous years. Plus Russia needs
twice as many people as Italy to reach this rank. Lives
from selling mineral resources / gas, like black Africa.

Just like the \"Scheinriese\" of the Augsburg puppet box.
The closer you come, the more the giant shrinks.

The Russians have tanks, planes, helicopters, nukes, and a pretty big army. Ukrainian towns are rubble, refugees number millions, and the giant is still hungry.

It\'s got quite a lot fewer tanks, planes, helicopters and soldiers than it had when it started trying to invade the Ukraine. It may still have the same number of nukes, but it won\'t if it tries to use any of them.

> This is an alphabet war, Latin/English vs Cyrillic. Really, it is.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_alphabet

Really, it isn\'t. The Ukraine uses a Cyrillic alphabet.

All that Russia has is some nukes, and with their track
record from the cold war, half of them don\'t exist and
another quarter is probably defunct, because the money for
keeping them operational trickled into the kleptocracy.
Just note the excellent performance of their tanks.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_world

Just the lesser evil.

Take your choice.

My choice is Europe. We WILL grow together.

Russia could be part of Europe. But they\'d rather be Russian and poor.

The kleptocrats like Russia the way it is. The rest of the population doesn\'t, but don\'t have a lot of influence.

Number 2 after China in 10 years. Just count the noses.

Those noses won\'t be all traditional European noses.

But they will have democratic governments, which will count them when working out what to do next. And do a better job of it than the American governments does.

--
Bill Sloman, Sydney

 

[Jan Panteltje]

On a sunny day (Mon, 02 May 2022 16:51:38 -0700) it happened John Larkin
<jlarkin@highland_atwork_technology.com> wrote in
<7cr07hp81i2qmgeoef7sj9od6p5ho7fdll@4ax.com>:

On Mon, 2 May 2022 15:50:41 -0700 (PDT), whit3rd <whit3rd@gmail.com
wrote:

On Monday, May 2, 2022 at 12:49:46 PM UTC-7, John Larkin wrote:

We have compatible, competitive TV and cell phone and internet
networks. It\'s not hard.

TV satellite, TV cable, and TV broadcast are NOT compatible.

My TV works with all of them. I can switch any time.

Neither is Blu-Ray and DVD completely compatible with region
and hardware-license restrictions. Cell phones interconnect,
but the networks aren\'t \'compatible\' hardwares.

I can switch cell providers and my Samsung and my wife\'s iPhone will
keep working. Over the air and wi-fi.

As for internet, YES, that\'s a compatibility layer for networks. It isn\'t
generally the one phones, utility meters, and TV broadcast use, though.

I project that one day not too far off we\'ll have one wireless network
for everything. It makes too much sense to not do.

Make no sense whatsoever.
First there is diversity for security
if your one for all thing is down, nothing works.
Then there are radio frequencies like used by aircraft, ships,
and other services that have totally different requirements.
Use the best system for the required purpose and frequency.
Make sure there is redundancy.
You are just dreaming. Mindless babble, no in depth knowledge, no experience.
US itself always wants to be \'different\' we came with DVB-T for terrestrial,
US wanted ATSC.
Market protection really, same way other way around, we had PAL but France wanted Secam.
PAL was better (and better than NTSC).

Over-standardization, forcing things by law, like EU now does force Apple(and I am no Apple fan)
to give up whats it called they have for some USB connector hinders innovation.

Once your same for all system is in place that is like pouring you in concrete

Man where do I get all this after 4 hour sleep early in the morning.