What a mess!

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John Larkin

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Still working on my manual, I need a chocolate fix. There's this nice
Joseph Schmitt chocolate bunny rabbit, left over from Easter, so
that'll do. The ears are hollow, so they go fast; yum! But the body is
solid and it's hard to type and gnaw chunks out at the same time. So I
rewrap the cellophane and look for something to whack it with, to
break it up into managable bits. I gave it a good slam with AoE,
handily in reach on the bookshelf: no effect. Scotch tape dispenser,
ditto. So the only thing left within reach is the big black steel
3-hole paper punch. Second whack, all the round chad things break out
all over the place, and the damned (earless) rabbit is still intact.

I guess I'll have to tramp up to the garage for a hammer. Engineering
is a tough trade.

John
 
John Larkin wrote:
Second whack, all the round chad things break out
all over the place, and the damned (earless) rabbit is still intact.

I guess I'll have to tramp up to the garage for a hammer. Engineering
is a tough trade.

John
Click to expand...
Stick it in the freezer, then whack it? Or in the oven and cut it?

Tough call!

Mike Monett
 
John Larkin wrote:
Still working on my manual, I need a chocolate fix. There's this nice
Joseph Schmitt chocolate bunny rabbit, left over from Easter, so
that'll do. The ears are hollow, so they go fast; yum! But the body is
solid and it's hard to type and gnaw chunks out at the same time. So I
rewrap the cellophane and look for something to whack it with, to
break it up into managable bits. I gave it a good slam with AoE,
handily in reach on the bookshelf: no effect. Scotch tape dispenser,
ditto. So the only thing left within reach is the big black steel
3-hole paper punch. Second whack, all the round chad things break out
all over the place, and the damned (earless) rabbit is still intact.

I guess I'll have to tramp up to the garage for a hammer. Engineering
is a tough trade.

John
Click to expand...

Do you mean you still haven't learned how to pick out the right sized
hammer the first time? ;-)

--
Former professional electron wrangler.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida
 
"John Larkin" <jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote in message
news:2kmb61drvijgl30smrfrvtgjrfrn9jgcau@4ax.com...

So the only thing left within reach is the big black steel
3-hole paper punch. Second whack, all the round chad things break out
all over the place, and the damned (earless) rabbit is still intact.

I guess I'll have to tramp up to the garage for a hammer. Engineering
is a tough trade.
Click to expand...

Maybe you are just incompetent. :)

Anyway a hammer and all the other tools you have tried are altogether too
primitive for the task. You need something more sophisticated and advanced
like a homemade plasma cutter or carbon dioxide laser. What kind of
electrical engineer are you anyway? Mechanical approaches are the old skool
way of doing things. They lack control, features, and reliability. An
electrical approach almost always allows for far more (at least potentially)
in all of those categories.
 
Fritz Schlunder wrote:
Maybe you are just incompetent. :)

Anyway a hammer and all the other tools you have tried are altogether too
primitive for the task. You need something more sophisticated and advanced
like a homemade plasma cutter or carbon dioxide laser. What kind of
electrical engineer are you anyway? Mechanical approaches are the old skool
way of doing things. They lack control, features, and reliability. An
electrical approach almost always allows for far more (at least potentially)
in all of those categories.
Click to expand...

On the other hand using a hammer lets you ge rid of the built up
stress, and will burn off some of those chocolate flavored calories.
--
Former professional electron wrangler.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida
 
On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 21:41:07 -0700, John Larkin
<jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:

Still working on my manual, I need a chocolate fix. There's this nice
Joseph Schmitt chocolate bunny rabbit, left over from Easter, so
that'll do. The ears are hollow, so they go fast; yum! But the body is
solid and it's hard to type and gnaw chunks out at the same time. So I
rewrap the cellophane and look for something to whack it with, to
break it up into managable bits. I gave it a good slam with AoE,
handily in reach on the bookshelf: no effect. Scotch tape dispenser,
ditto. So the only thing left within reach is the big black steel
3-hole paper punch. Second whack, all the round chad things break out
all over the place, and the damned (earless) rabbit is still intact.

I guess I'll have to tramp up to the garage for a hammer. Engineering
is a tough trade.

John
Click to expand...
Bench vise?

...Jim Thompson
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| E-mail Address at Website Fax:(480)460-2142 | Brass Rat |
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I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.
 
On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 07:38:24 -0700, the renowned Jim Thompson
<thegreatone@example.com> wrote:

On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 21:41:07 -0700, John Larkin
jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:



Still working on my manual, I need a chocolate fix. There's this nice
Joseph Schmitt chocolate bunny rabbit, left over from Easter, so
that'll do. The ears are hollow, so they go fast; yum! But the body is
solid and it's hard to type and gnaw chunks out at the same time. So I
rewrap the cellophane and look for something to whack it with, to
break it up into managable bits. I gave it a good slam with AoE,
handily in reach on the bookshelf: no effect. Scotch tape dispenser,
ditto. So the only thing left within reach is the big black steel
3-hole paper punch. Second whack, all the round chad things break out
all over the place, and the damned (earless) rabbit is still intact.

I guess I'll have to tramp up to the garage for a hammer. Engineering
is a tough trade.

John

Bench vise?

...Jim Thompson
Click to expand...

Exactly, that gives you a great deal of control. My little Record
vise/vice with the hard plastic jaws is perfect for that sort of
thing. If you want to break a light bulb without destroying the
filament (to make a Pirani gauge), crack open an ultrasonically welded
plastic housing, or break up a chocolate bunny, that's the way to go.
Possibly John's brain was addled by chocolate deprivation.


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
 
On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 12:00:33 -0400, Spehro Pefhany
<speffSNIP@interlogDOTyou.knowwhat> wrote:

On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 07:38:24 -0700, the renowned Jim Thompson
thegreatone@example.com> wrote:

[snip]

Bench vise?

...Jim Thompson


Exactly, that gives you a great deal of control. My little Record
vise/vice with the hard plastic jaws is perfect for that sort of
thing. If you want to break a light bulb without destroying the
filament (to make a Pirani gauge), crack open an ultrasonically welded
plastic housing, or break up a chocolate bunny, that's the way to go.
Click to expand...
I even use mine as a press to put interference-fit parts together.

Possibly John's brain was addled by chocolate deprivation.


Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
Click to expand...
Probably. He seems on a bent to declare all transistor designs
obsolete... replace them with a uP ;-)

...Jim Thompson
--
| James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens |
| Analog Innovations, Inc. | et |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
| Phoenix, Arizona Voice:(480)460-2350 | |
| E-mail Address at Website Fax:(480)460-2142 | Brass Rat |
| http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 |

I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.
 
On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 01:49:00 -0400, Mike Monett <no@spam.com> wrote:

John Larkin wrote:

Second whack, all the round chad things break out
all over the place, and the damned (earless) rabbit is still intact.

I guess I'll have to tramp up to the garage for a hammer. Engineering
is a tough trade.

John

Stick it in the freezer, then whack it? Or in the oven and cut it?
Click to expand...
I was sort of hoping I wouldn't have to get out of my chair. It's
surprising how often a workable tool is within reach; but the bunny
won this time.

John
 
On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 23:07:42 -0700, "Fritz Schlunder" <me@privacy.net>
wrote:

"John Larkin" <jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote in message
news:2kmb61drvijgl30smrfrvtgjrfrn9jgcau@4ax.com...

So the only thing left within reach is the big black steel
3-hole paper punch. Second whack, all the round chad things break out
all over the place, and the damned (earless) rabbit is still intact.

I guess I'll have to tramp up to the garage for a hammer. Engineering
is a tough trade.


Maybe you are just incompetent. :)

Anyway a hammer and all the other tools you have tried are altogether too
primitive for the task. You need something more sophisticated and advanced
like a homemade plasma cutter or carbon dioxide laser. What kind of
electrical engineer are you anyway? Mechanical approaches are the old skool
way of doing things. They lack control, features, and reliability. An
electrical approach almost always allows for far more (at least potentially)
in all of those categories.
Click to expand...
Lasers ruin the taste of good chocolate.

John
 
On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 09:15:04 -0700, Jim Thompson
<thegreatone@example.com> wrote:

On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 12:00:33 -0400, Spehro Pefhany
speffSNIP@interlogDOTyou.knowwhat> wrote:

On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 07:38:24 -0700, the renowned Jim Thompson
thegreatone@example.com> wrote:

[snip]

Bench vise?

...Jim Thompson


Exactly, that gives you a great deal of control. My little Record
vise/vice with the hard plastic jaws is perfect for that sort of
thing. If you want to break a light bulb without destroying the
filament (to make a Pirani gauge), crack open an ultrasonically welded
plastic housing, or break up a chocolate bunny, that's the way to go.

I even use mine as a press to put interference-fit parts together.

Possibly John's brain was addled by chocolate deprivation.


Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany

Probably. He seems on a bent to declare all transistor designs
obsolete... replace them with a uP ;-)

...Jim Thompson
Click to expand...

You and Bob Pease are kindred souls; at least you use Spice. But the
raw economics of uPs and FPGAs is hard to ignore. I think doing
"analog" stuff in a uP or an FPGA is liberating; you can implement
outrageous algorithms essentially for free, the only expense being the
time to write the code, which itself is (usually) fun.

I've done a few power amps where all the power supply sequencing,
limits, and fet protections were done in firmware. Realtime simulation
of junction temperatures allows the fets to be pushed much harder,
safely, than any practical analog protection scheme. Some of my boxes
have switching regulators where the uP code turns the fets on and off
in real time.

It is 2005, after all.

John
 
John Larkin wrote:
Still working on my manual, I need a chocolate fix. There's this nice
Joseph Schmitt chocolate bunny rabbit, left over from Easter, so
Click to expand...
John, what do you think of Scharffenberger? I'm hooked on their 62%
bittersweet. I'll be mainlining it soon. Never tasted better chocolate.

Good day!


--
_______________________________________________________________________
Christopher R. Carlen
Principal Laser/Optical Technologist
Sandia National Laboratories CA USA
crcarleRemoveThis@BOGUSsandia.gov
NOTE, delete texts: "RemoveThis" and "BOGUS" from email address to reply.
 
John Larkin wrote:
Still working on my manual, I need a chocolate fix. There's this nice
Joseph Schmitt chocolate bunny rabbit, left over from Easter, so
that'll do. The ears are hollow, so they go fast; yum! But the body is
solid and it's hard to type and gnaw chunks out at the same time.
Click to expand...
Life's tough, isn't it? :)

Al
 
"Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:42660882.DBD95B35@earthlink.net...

On the other hand using a hammer lets you ge rid of the built up
stress, and will burn off some of those chocolate flavored calories.
Click to expand...
He recently broke the hammer while installing XP ;-))
 
"John Larkin" <jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote in message
news:411d611rhv6l63tcu411nvla16b3vjt89u@4ax.com...

I've done a few power amps where all the power supply sequencing,
limits, and fet protections were done in firmware. Realtime simulation
of junction temperatures allows the fets to be pushed much harder,
safely, than any practical analog protection scheme.
Click to expand...
I once had Siemens deliver an amplifier with four Hitachi IGBT's each the
size of "The Art of Electronics" for 4KA @ 3Kv 0 - 15000 Hz ... The used an
analogue computer to run a simulation
of junction temperatures based on those wierdo multi-module analogue cards
that Siemens build custom stuff with.

The "Siematic S7" was not around then - there is a DSP module for that.
 
On Thu, 21 Apr 2005 13:30:38 +0200, "Frithiof Andreas Jensen"
<frithiof.jensen@die_spammer_die.ericsson.com> wrote:

"Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:42660882.DBD95B35@earthlink.net...

On the other hand using a hammer lets you ge rid of the built up
stress, and will burn off some of those chocolate flavored calories.

He recently broke the hammer while installing XP ;-))
Click to expand...
I never installed it, Dell did. All I did was bitch about it.

John
 
On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 21:41:07 -0700, John Larkin wrote:
Still working on my manual, I need a chocolate fix. There's this nice
Joseph Schmitt chocolate bunny rabbit, left over from Easter, so
that'll do. The ears are hollow, so they go fast; yum! But the body is
solid and it's hard to type and gnaw chunks out at the same time. So I
rewrap the cellophane and look for something to whack it with, to
break it up into managable bits. I gave it a good slam with AoE,
handily in reach on the bookshelf: no effect. Scotch tape dispenser,
ditto. So the only thing left within reach is the big black steel
3-hole paper punch. Second whack, all the round chad things break out
all over the place, and the damned (earless) rabbit is still intact.

I guess I'll have to tramp up to the garage for a hammer. Engineering
is a tough trade.
Click to expand...
Well, notwithstanding the hammer jokes and just biting off a chunk,
how about melt it and pour it over a scoop of French Vanilla ice cream?

Cheers!
Rich
 
On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 09:31:00 -0700, John Larkin wrote:

On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 01:49:00 -0400, Mike Monett <no@spam.com> wrote:

John Larkin wrote:

Second whack, all the round chad things break out
all over the place, and the damned (earless) rabbit is still intact.

I guess I'll have to tramp up to the garage for a hammer. Engineering
is a tough trade.

John

Stick it in the freezer, then whack it? Or in the oven and cut it?


I was sort of hoping I wouldn't have to get out of my chair. It's
surprising how often a workable tool is within reach; but the bunny
won this time.
Click to expand...
Oh, hell then. Just hold it in your hand until your hand gets all
chocolaty, and lick it off your hand.

It's optional whether you use the same hand that you watch pornos with.
;-P
--
Cheers!
Rich
------
"At the moment Japan declared war
A sailor was fucking a whore.
He said, "After this poke
`Long and hard' ain't no joke;
This means months 'til I get back ashore.""
 
"John Larkin" <jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote in message
news:2kmb61drvijgl30smrfrvtgjrfrn9jgcau@4ax.com...
Still working on my manual, I need a chocolate fix. There's this nice
Joseph Schmitt chocolate bunny rabbit, left over from Easter, so
that'll do. The ears are hollow, so they go fast; yum! But the body is
solid and it's hard to type and gnaw chunks out at the same time. So I
rewrap the cellophane and look for something to whack it with, to
break it up into managable bits. I gave it a good slam with AoE,
handily in reach on the bookshelf: no effect. Scotch tape dispenser,
ditto. So the only thing left within reach is the big black steel
3-hole paper punch. Second whack, all the round chad things break out
all over the place, and the damned (earless) rabbit is still intact.

I guess I'll have to tramp up to the garage for a hammer. Engineering
is a tough trade.

John
Click to expand...
Wasn't there something about Marianne Faithful and err... oh something or
another and someone else. So the marketing people changed its name to
Snickers?

DNA
 
Fritz Schlunder wrote:
"John Larkin" <jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote in message
news:2kmb61drvijgl30smrfrvtgjrfrn9jgcau@4ax.com...


So the only thing left within reach is the big black steel
3-hole paper punch. Second whack, all the round chad things break out
all over the place, and the damned (earless) rabbit is still intact.

I guess I'll have to tramp up to the garage for a hammer. Engineering
is a tough trade.



Maybe you are just incompetent. :)

Anyway a hammer and all the other tools you have tried are altogether too
primitive for the task. You need something more sophisticated and advanced
like a homemade plasma cutter or carbon dioxide laser. What kind of
electrical engineer are you anyway? Mechanical approaches are the old skool
way of doing things. They lack control, features, and reliability. An
electrical approach almost always allows for far more (at least potentially)
in all of those categories.
Click to expand...
A PIC would be the best solution here. Place 5000 SOIC8 PICs in a sock,
then thump the rabbit. If that doesnt work, program the PICs then try
again (1's weigh more than 0's).

Cheers
Terry
 
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