Very fast rise time generator...

[Peeler]

On Tue, 18 Apr 2023 12:36:20 +1000, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent
Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again:

<FLUSH the abnormal trolling senile cretin\'s latest trollshit unread>

--
David Plowman about senile Rodent Speed\'s trolling:
\"Wodney is doing a lot of morphing these days. Must be even more desperate
than usual for attention.\"
MID: <59a60da1d9dave@davenoise.co.uk>

 

[Commander Kinsey]

On Mon, 03 Apr 2023 19:24:34 +0100, John Larkin <jlarkin@highlandsnipmetechnology.com> wrote:

On Mon, 3 Apr 2023 16:59:43 +0100, The Natural Philosopher
tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:

On 03/04/2023 16:14, John Larkin wrote:
On Mon, 3 Apr 2023 13:45:28 +0100, The Natural Philosopher
tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:

On 03/04/2023 11:43, Vir Campestris wrote:
On 02/04/2023 20:34, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
Frankly, crap in one ear was mad enough. Stereo crap was unusable

And channel space in MW bands is very limited

Google Shannon.

Shannon is a river in Ireland. And a city. And an airport.
And an engineer.


Try \"Shannon\'s Law\" (no quotes needed). Google can be dumb!

Andy

Audio can be compressed more than the Sampling Theorem originally
suggested.

No, it cannot.

Cell phones send voice at bit rates as low as 5 Kbps

So that\'s why they\'re impossible to understand someone on.

 

[John Larkin]

On 13 May 2023 01:34:13 GMT, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:

On Fri, 12 May 2023 20:40:06 -0400, Paul wrote:


Having one derailment per day, is a testament to the technical
sophistication of rail.

In the US it\'s a testament to ignoring maintenance to squeeze out the last
dollar.

https://www.theglobaleconomy.com/rankings/railroad_quality/

 

[rbowman]

On Sat, 13 May 2023 07:25:37 -0700, John Larkin wrote:

On 13 May 2023 01:34:13 GMT, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:

On Fri, 12 May 2023 20:40:06 -0400, Paul wrote:


Having one derailment per day, is a testament to the technical
sophistication of rail.

In the US it\'s a testament to ignoring maintenance to squeeze out the
last dollar.

https://www.theglobaleconomy.com/rankings/railroad_quality/

At least the US is better than Canada...

\"The score for railroad infrastrucutre quality is based on only one
question. The respondents are asked to rate the railroads in their country
of operation on a scale from 1 (underdeveloped) to 7 (extensive and
efficient by international standards).\"

The rail system in the US is extensive, I\'ll give it that. It probably is
fairly efficient. They don\'t lose too many boxcars but then a boxcar can\'t
stray too far from the rails.

I may be a little prejudiced. I briefly worked for Penn Central during its
two year path from merger to the largest at the time bankruptcy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Penn_Central_Transportation_Company#Merger_begins

It was before my employment but I worked at the Selkirk yard where they
mislaid most of Maine\'s potato crop.

It was sad. When I was a young kid you could take a train from Union
Station in Troy NY to Boston or NYC and expect to get home the same day.
By the time I was in my teens the station was gone, but you could take the
train to NYC from the station in Albany if you didn\'t have any pressing
engagements in the city. You might get there someday, and in the winter
the cars might even have heat. You did get to admire the scenic Hudson at
20 mph, which was what the track was good for in many stretches.

I was pleasantly surprised when I took the train from the Rensselaer
station in the mid-80s after it had become AmTrak. On time, and with
comfortable, modern cars. I think it owed that to being an extension of
the AmTrak corridor loved by Biden to the NYS capitol.

 

[Peeler]

On 13 May 2023 19:08:22 GMT, lowbrowwoman, the endlessly driveling,
troll-feeding, senile idiot, blabbered again:


> At least the US is better than Canada...

ONLY in your dumb Yankee \"mind\", bigmouthed senile Trumptard!

--
Self-admiring lowbrowwoman telling everyone yet another \"thrilling\" story
about her great life:
\"In a role reversal my mother taught her father to drive. She was in the
back seat when he took his first test, trying a little telepathy: \"release
the handbrake. release the handbrake\'. He didn\'t, stalled the engine and
failed. The next time went better.\"
MID: <kafp0uF6vi1U5@mid.individual.net>

 

[Commander Kinsey]

On Sun, 16 Apr 2023 19:37:44 +0100, John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> wrote:

On 16 Apr 2023 17:42:37 GMT, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:

On Sun, 16 Apr 2023 08:51:38 -0700, John Larkin wrote:

I wouldn\'t name any kid Herbert.

How about Hubert, Norbert, Cuthbert, Gilbert, Filbert and so forth. It\'s
odd the only *bert that survived is Robert, to the point of being a
cliche. Albert is a distant second.

Maybe named for a rich grandfather.

Gilbert isn\'t too bad. Nickname Gil.

Sounds too much like Gillian, a girl\'s name.

I did go to high school with a Hubert, who was black.

I can beat that. Lionel Dimel.

Sounds like Dwaine Dibley (see Red Dwarf).

 

[Commander Kinsey]

On Sun, 16 Apr 2023 19:37:44 +0100, John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> wrote:

On 16 Apr 2023 17:42:37 GMT, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:

On Sun, 16 Apr 2023 08:51:38 -0700, John Larkin wrote:

I wouldn\'t name any kid Herbert.

How about Hubert, Norbert, Cuthbert, Gilbert, Filbert and so forth. It\'s
odd the only *bert that survived is Robert, to the point of being a
cliche. Albert is a distant second.

Maybe named for a rich grandfather.

Gilbert isn\'t too bad. Nickname Gil.

Sounds too much like Gillian, a girl\'s name.

I did go to high school with a Hubert, who was black.

I can beat that. Lionel Dimel.

Sounds like Dwaine Dibley (see Red Dwarf).

 

[Commander Kinsey]

On Sun, 16 Apr 2023 19:37:44 +0100, John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> wrote:

On 16 Apr 2023 17:42:37 GMT, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:

On Sun, 16 Apr 2023 08:51:38 -0700, John Larkin wrote:

I wouldn\'t name any kid Herbert.

How about Hubert, Norbert, Cuthbert, Gilbert, Filbert and so forth. It\'s
odd the only *bert that survived is Robert, to the point of being a
cliche. Albert is a distant second.

Maybe named for a rich grandfather.

Gilbert isn\'t too bad. Nickname Gil.

Sounds too much like Gillian, a girl\'s name.

I did go to high school with a Hubert, who was black.

I can beat that. Lionel Dimel.

Sounds like Dwaine Dibley (see Red Dwarf).

 

[Commander Kinsey]

On Mon, 17 Apr 2023 09:52:58 +0100, SteveW <steve@walker-family.me.uk> wrote:

On 16/04/2023 19:37, John Larkin wrote:
On 16 Apr 2023 17:42:37 GMT, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:

On Sun, 16 Apr 2023 08:51:38 -0700, John Larkin wrote:

I wouldn\'t name any kid Herbert.

How about Hubert, Norbert, Cuthbert, Gilbert, Filbert and so forth. It\'s
odd the only *bert that survived is Robert, to the point of being a
cliche. Albert is a distant second.

Maybe named for a rich grandfather.

Gilbert isn\'t too bad. Nickname Gil.


I did go to high school with a Hubert, who was black.

I can beat that. Lionel Dimel.

And the semi-famous Amory Lovins. I pal\'d around with him at a
national science fair in Baltimore.

My sons went to school with a child named Finbar,

Sounds too much like Fubar (fucked up beyond all recognition).

which wouldn\'t have
been too bad, except that his surname is Furey. Finbar Furey is a very
well known name in Irish music circles.

Sounds more like a wrestler\'s name.

 

[Commander Kinsey]

On Mon, 17 Apr 2023 09:52:58 +0100, SteveW <steve@walker-family.me.uk> wrote:

On 16/04/2023 19:37, John Larkin wrote:
On 16 Apr 2023 17:42:37 GMT, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:

On Sun, 16 Apr 2023 08:51:38 -0700, John Larkin wrote:

I wouldn\'t name any kid Herbert.

How about Hubert, Norbert, Cuthbert, Gilbert, Filbert and so forth. It\'s
odd the only *bert that survived is Robert, to the point of being a
cliche. Albert is a distant second.

Maybe named for a rich grandfather.

Gilbert isn\'t too bad. Nickname Gil.


I did go to high school with a Hubert, who was black.

I can beat that. Lionel Dimel.

And the semi-famous Amory Lovins. I pal\'d around with him at a
national science fair in Baltimore.

My sons went to school with a child named Finbar,

Sounds too much like Fubar (fucked up beyond all recognition).

which wouldn\'t have
been too bad, except that his surname is Furey. Finbar Furey is a very
well known name in Irish music circles.

Sounds more like a wrestler\'s name.

 

[Commander Kinsey]

On Mon, 17 Apr 2023 15:32:19 +0100, The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid..invalid> wrote:

On 17/04/2023 14:19, Max Demian wrote:
On 17/04/2023 10:41, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 16/04/2023 19:31, Ed P wrote:

Amazing how many people in recent years never travelled more than a
few miles from home.

It is the new Green Future.

Yeah. the \"fifteen minute city\". So everything you need is no more than
a mile from where you live. No chance.

No. so everything you need is delivered to you in half an hour and you
never need leave the house

When it\'s delivered in half an hour from Amazon for £50, or a few days from Ebay for £30, or a couple of weeks from Ali Express for £15, I choose the cheaper one.

 

[Commander Kinsey]

On Mon, 17 Apr 2023 22:12:36 +0100, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:

On Mon, 17 Apr 2023 15:32:19 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 17/04/2023 14:19, Max Demian wrote:
On 17/04/2023 10:41, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 16/04/2023 19:31, Ed P wrote:

Amazing how many people in recent years never travelled more than a
few miles from home.

It is the new Green Future.

Yeah. the \"fifteen minute city\". So everything you need is no more than
a mile from where you live. No chance.

No. so everything you need is delivered to you in half an hour and you
never need leave the house

I think my ex is on that plan. Between limited mobility, covid, and crime
in NYC she doesn\'t get out much.

Why does anybody live in NYC? It sounds like a shithole.

 

[rbowman]

On Wed, 17 May 2023 21:25:00 +0100, Commander Kinsey wrote:

On Mon, 17 Apr 2023 22:12:36 +0100, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:

On Mon, 17 Apr 2023 15:32:19 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 17/04/2023 14:19, Max Demian wrote:
On 17/04/2023 10:41, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 16/04/2023 19:31, Ed P wrote:

Amazing how many people in recent years never travelled more than a
few miles from home.

It is the new Green Future.

Yeah. the \"fifteen minute city\". So everything you need is no more
than a mile from where you live. No chance.

No. so everything you need is delivered to you in half an hour and you
never need leave the house

I think my ex is on that plan. Between limited mobility, covid, and
crime in NYC she doesn\'t get out much.

Why does anybody live in NYC? It sounds like a shithole.

Career move. She had been talking about at least getting out on Long
Island but it would be difficult with limited mobility. In the city you
can get about anything delivered and she uses a car service if she has to
go someplace.

 

[Peeler]

On 18 May 2023 15:22:50 GMT, lowbrowwoman, the endlessly driveling,
troll-feeding, senile idiot, blabbered again:

Career move. She had been talking about at least getting out on Long
Island but it would be difficult with limited mobility. In the city you
can get about anything delivered and she uses a car service if she has to
go someplace.

Does the poor woman know that she is the object of your pathological
gossiping on Usenet, you really abnormal senile blabbermouth?

--
Yet another thrilling story from the resident senile gossip\'s thrilling
life:
\"Around here you have to be careful to lock your car toward the end of
summer or somebody will leave a grocery sack full of zucchini in it.\"

 

[John Larkin]

On Mon, 22 May 2023 04:40:47 +1000, \"Rod Speed\"
<rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:

On Mon, 22 May 2023 00:25:05 +1000, John Larkin
jlarkin@highlandsnipmetechnology.com> wrote:

On Sun, 21 May 2023 05:04:50 +0100, \"Commander Kinsey\"
CK1@nospam.com> wrote:

On Tue, 25 Apr 2023 21:29:36 +0100, John Larkin
jlarkin@highlandsnipmetechnology.com> wrote:

On Tue, 25 Apr 2023 20:30:03 +0100, \"Commander Kinsey\"
CK1@nospam.com> wrote:

On Wed, 12 Apr 2023 05:34:17 +0100, John Larkin
jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> wrote:

On Wed, 12 Apr 2023 03:12:45 +0100, \"Commander Kinsey\"
CK1@nospam.com> wrote:

On Mon, 03 Apr 2023 00:49:59 +0100, John Larkin
jlarkin@highlandsnipmetechnology.com> wrote:

On Sun, 2 Apr 2023 16:08:26 -0700, Bob F <bobnospam@gmail.com
wrote:

On 4/1/2023 11:00 PM, John Larkin wrote:
On Sat, 01 Apr 2023 21:05:15 +0100, \"Commander Kinsey\"
CK1@nospam.com> wrote:

On Thu, 23 Mar 2023 09:48:57 -0000, John Larkin
jlarkin@highlandsnipmetechnology.com> wrote:

On Thu, 23 Mar 2023 08:17:19 +0000, alan_m
junk@admac.myzen.co.uk
wrote:

On 22/03/2023 17:15, John Larkin wrote:

They were primitive, barbaric, dangerous, leaky, unreliable,
and great
fun.

Fun until you get older and just want the comfort

And AWD and a ski rack.

Old people don\'t ski.

That\'s excellent news. I have a season pass at Sugar Bowl.


He\'s right in my case. I snowboard.

I tried that for a couple of days, a lot of falling and hopping
around
like a frog. I\'m too old for THAT.

I like that a boarder can go any direction, forward or backwards or
sideways, but I can do that on skis too. I\'m teaching a nice lady
from
Hawaii how to spin.

Here\'s my technique:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/c3u33eojlglnrn4/Features_crash.avi?dl=0

What\'s with the heavy breathing at the start?

Some of us need oxygen when we ski hard at 8200 feet with a camera in
one hand and two poles in the other.

You were stood still!

You might notice that I didn\'t start filming at the top of the
mountain.

Just how long does it take to get your breath back?

Way less time than you take to brood on lame snarky replies. That
ratio is about 900:1.

Isn\'t there a newsgroup just for skill-free flamers?

He is actually very skilled at asking questions that get lots of comments.

Does that pay well?

 

[Rod Speed]

On Mon, 22 May 2023 04:43:31 +1000, John Larkin
<jlarkin@highlandsnipmetechnology.com> wrote:

On Mon, 22 May 2023 04:40:47 +1000, \"Rod Speed\"
rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:

On Mon, 22 May 2023 00:25:05 +1000, John Larkin
jlarkin@highlandsnipmetechnology.com> wrote:

On Sun, 21 May 2023 05:04:50 +0100, \"Commander Kinsey\"
CK1@nospam.com> wrote:

On Tue, 25 Apr 2023 21:29:36 +0100, John Larkin
jlarkin@highlandsnipmetechnology.com> wrote:

On Tue, 25 Apr 2023 20:30:03 +0100, \"Commander Kinsey\"
CK1@nospam.com> wrote:

On Wed, 12 Apr 2023 05:34:17 +0100, John Larkin
jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> wrote:

On Wed, 12 Apr 2023 03:12:45 +0100, \"Commander Kinsey\"
CK1@nospam.com> wrote:

On Mon, 03 Apr 2023 00:49:59 +0100, John Larkin
jlarkin@highlandsnipmetechnology.com> wrote:

On Sun, 2 Apr 2023 16:08:26 -0700, Bob F <bobnospam@gmail.com
wrote:

On 4/1/2023 11:00 PM, John Larkin wrote:
On Sat, 01 Apr 2023 21:05:15 +0100, \"Commander Kinsey\"
CK1@nospam.com> wrote:

On Thu, 23 Mar 2023 09:48:57 -0000, John Larkin
jlarkin@highlandsnipmetechnology.com> wrote:

On Thu, 23 Mar 2023 08:17:19 +0000, alan_m
junk@admac.myzen.co.uk
wrote:

On 22/03/2023 17:15, John Larkin wrote:

They were primitive, barbaric, dangerous, leaky,
unreliable,
and great
fun.

Fun until you get older and just want the comfort

And AWD and a ski rack.

Old people don\'t ski.

That\'s excellent news. I have a season pass at Sugar Bowl.


He\'s right in my case. I snowboard.

I tried that for a couple of days, a lot of falling and hopping
around
like a frog. I\'m too old for THAT.

I like that a boarder can go any direction, forward or backwards
or
sideways, but I can do that on skis too. I\'m teaching a nice lady
from
Hawaii how to spin.

Here\'s my technique:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/c3u33eojlglnrn4/Features_crash.avi?dl=0

What\'s with the heavy breathing at the start?

Some of us need oxygen when we ski hard at 8200 feet with a camera
in
one hand and two poles in the other.

You were stood still!

You might notice that I didn\'t start filming at the top of the
mountain.

Just how long does it take to get your breath back?

Way less time than you take to brood on lame snarky replies. That
ratio is about 900:1.

Isn\'t there a newsgroup just for skill-free flamers?

He is actually very skilled at asking questions that get lots of
comments.

Does that pay well?

Doesn\'t pay at all. That\'s why he bludges off the
state and has lots of time to ask the questions.

 

[jon_t]

On Sun, 21 May 2023 11:43:31 -0700, John Larkin wrote:

On Mon, 22 May 2023 04:40:47 +1000, \"Rod Speed\"
rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:

On Mon, 22 May 2023 00:25:05 +1000, John Larkin
jlarkin@highlandsnipmetechnology.com> wrote:

On Sun, 21 May 2023 05:04:50 +0100, \"Commander Kinsey\"
CK1@nospam.com> wrote:

On Tue, 25 Apr 2023 21:29:36 +0100, John Larkin
jlarkin@highlandsnipmetechnology.com> wrote:

On Tue, 25 Apr 2023 20:30:03 +0100, \"Commander Kinsey\"
CK1@nospam.com> wrote:

On Wed, 12 Apr 2023 05:34:17 +0100, John Larkin
jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> wrote:

On Wed, 12 Apr 2023 03:12:45 +0100, \"Commander Kinsey\"
CK1@nospam.com> wrote:

On Mon, 03 Apr 2023 00:49:59 +0100, John Larkin
jlarkin@highlandsnipmetechnology.com> wrote:

On Sun, 2 Apr 2023 16:08:26 -0700, Bob F <bobnospam@gmail.com
wrote:

On 4/1/2023 11:00 PM, John Larkin wrote:
On Sat, 01 Apr 2023 21:05:15 +0100, \"Commander Kinsey\"
CK1@nospam.com> wrote:

On Thu, 23 Mar 2023 09:48:57 -0000, John Larkin
jlarkin@highlandsnipmetechnology.com> wrote:

On Thu, 23 Mar 2023 08:17:19 +0000, alan_m
junk@admac.myzen.co.uk
wrote:

On 22/03/2023 17:15, John Larkin wrote:

They were primitive, barbaric, dangerous, leaky,
unreliable,
and great fun.

Fun until you get older and just want the comfort

And AWD and a ski rack.

Old people don\'t ski.

That\'s excellent news. I have a season pass at Sugar Bowl.


He\'s right in my case. I snowboard.

I tried that for a couple of days, a lot of falling and hopping
around like a frog. I\'m too old for THAT.

I like that a boarder can go any direction, forward or backwards
or sideways, but I can do that on skis too. I\'m teaching a nice
lady from Hawaii how to spin.

Here\'s my technique:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/c3u33eojlglnrn4/Features_crash.avi?dl=0

What\'s with the heavy breathing at the start?

Some of us need oxygen when we ski hard at 8200 feet with a camera
in one hand and two poles in the other.

You were stood still!

You might notice that I didn\'t start filming at the top of the
mountain.

Just how long does it take to get your breath back?

Way less time than you take to brood on lame snarky replies. That
ratio is about 900:1.

Isn\'t there a newsgroup just for skill-free flamers?

He is actually very skilled at asking questions that get lots of
comments.

Does that pay well?

Idiots do it for free

 

[Peeler]

\"Who or What is Rod Speed?

Rod Speed is an entirely modern phenomenon. Essentially, Rod Speed
is an insecure and worthless individual who has discovered he can
enhance his own self-esteem in his own eyes by playing \"the big, hard
man\" on the InterNet.\"

https://www.pcreview.co.uk/threads/rod-speed-faq.2973853/

--
The Natural Philosopher about senile Rodent:
\"Rod speed is not a Brexiteer. He is an Australian troll and arsehole.\"
Message-ID: <pu07vj$s5$2@dont-email.me>

 

[Peeler]

On Sun, 21 May 2023 18:53:16 -0000 (UTC), jon_t wrote:

He is actually very skilled at asking questions that get lots of
comments.

Does that pay well?

Idiots do it for free

And even bigger idiots keep \"answering\" those \"questions\" for free! ;-)

 

[John Larkin]

On Tue, 23 May 2023 13:08:49 +0200, \"Carlos E.R.\"
<robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:

On 2023-05-21 04:26, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Sun, 23 Apr 2023 13:24:52 +0100, Carlos E.R.
robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:

On 2023-03-16 19:21, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Mon, 13 Mar 2023 05:45:10 -0000, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:

On Sun, 12 Mar 2023 22:43:31 -0400, ? Mighty Wannabe ? wrote:

rbowman wrote on 3/12/2023 10:05 PM:
On Mon, 13 Mar 2023 00:30:39 -0000, Commander Kinsey wrote:

On Thu, 02 Mar 2023 03:09:14 -0000, rbowman <bowman@montana.com
wrote:

On Wed, 01 Mar 2023 15:05:31 -0000, Commander Kinsey wrote:


Why were they never made of something more grippy than highly
polished steel?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Washington_Cog_Railway
Should be used on all tracks, then perhaps trains could stop in the
distance my car is required to by law.
Do the math. A fully laden coal car weighs about 140 tons. I\'ve never
been bored enough to count cars when I stopped at a crossing but
there
are a lot of them. Let\'s say 30 for the sake of argument, 4200 tons
plus the weight of the engines. Let\'s say 4 at 200 tons each. So,
roughly 5000 tons traveling at 50 mph. That\'s quite a bit of kinetic
energy to dump in 300\'.
I can hear snapping axles and see flying wheels.


The wheels and the rails are steel. A train can never have enough
friction to stop at a short distance. The brakes can lock all the
wheels
but the train will still move forward due to inertia.

The reference was to the Mt. Washington Cog Railway. The wheels are for
guidance but the motive power is a rack and pinion.

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

At least on Mt Washington it\'s only the engine and a small passenger
car
operating at less than 10 mph. They\'re not feasible for general use.

Surely cogs can go over 10mph.  Your car gearbox is full of them turning
at very high speed.

Inside a box full of oil.

I had a radio controlled car with a gearbox without oil.

how many thousand miles did it last?

How fast did it go?