On 10/30/2018 12:42 PM, bitrex wrote:>> You, and a lot of other people, have drawn a left/right line down the >> middle of America and defined the entire population of one side to be >> stupid and evil. That's tribalism. No thinking necessary. >> >> If I were alone and freezing on some seldom-traveled road, I'd sure >> prefer the only vehicle that shows up to be a pickup driven by a >> farmer than a Volvo driven by a laywer. >> >> > > and I think you have an idealized idea of what good ol' boy "Real > America" is. No not everyone who lives in "the country" is stupid or > evil. Maybe it's changed from what you recall but I grew up in a > different time, I've spent time in West Virginia and Ohio when I was > younger and in the late 80s and 90s if you're poor the places I was are > not at all fun places to be, drug use, crime, violenceAnd it is by and large their own fault. Not Obama's or Clinton's or nobody else's. Their own. It could be different.
pointers to transistor (semiconductor) curve tracer circuits/projects
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On 10/30/2018 12:47 PM, John Larkin wrote:>> America can best help the third world by going on a diet, IMO. > > How so? The third world needs to stop killing one another and grow > more food and get more energy and medicine and education. My eating a > salad for lunch, instead of a bagel dog, isn't going to eliminate > famine in North Korea. > > >> Maybe >> Dear Leader can initiate a mandatory morning exercise program. Side >> effects include feeling good and living longer so it's a win-win > > Why do so many people think they are right and should therefore force > other people to follow their rules?If Real America doesn't wish to subsidize my decadent coastal elite lifestyle that's fine, but I shouldn't have to subsidize obesity either it raises my health insurance costs. The Northeast has some of the lowest obesity rates in the country so fair's fair.
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tabbypurr@gmail.com wrote:> > I can't help thinking that with the help of a bit of eyesight > persistence one could very simply get a scope to display a set of > curves without even so much as resorting to a microprocessor. The > mu-p would make it easier I expect, but the point is it doesn't look > like a tricky problem.Let Jim Thompson provide the staircase to test at different levels. https://electrooptical.net/static/oldsite/www.analog-innovations.com/SED/CP-Style-Counter.pdf Thanks also to Phil's mirror of the site.
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On 10/30/2018 11:34 AM, John Larkin wrote:> On Mon, 29 Oct 2018 01:34:41 -0400, bitrex <user@example.net> wrote: > >> On 10/28/2018 11:00 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote: >>> On Sun, 28 Oct 2018 18:33:48 -0700 (PDT), jurb6006@gmail.com wrote: >>> >>>>> ""youth", in quotes I'm just shy of 40" >>>> >>>> Wow, that explains why you're not conservative. You will be >>>> in about ten years, and don't worry, it doesn't hurt. >>> >>> Y're right. I'm just short of 71. I started out as a radical >>> leftist, commie pinko, anti-everything, chronically protesting, hippie >>> freak: >>> <http://www.learnbydestroying.com/jeffl/pics/jeffl/slides/jeffl-06.html> >>> Fast forward about 40 years, and today I'm an arch conservative, >>> somewhat reactionary, right leaning, registered Republican, member of >>> the establishment: >> >> Woah, how unusual. >> >>> <http://www.learnbydestroying.com/jeffl/pics/jeffl/slides/jeffl-08.html> >>> It can and probably will happen to you. Resistance is futile. >>> >>> >> >> You don't have to explain to us that the "baby boomer" generation were >> sellouts with no real values who'd gladly hawk their souls for ten >> bucks. We know, already ;-) > > The real problem is that young people tend to think they understand > everything, and that everything is simple. Experience usually teaches > us that many important things are not predictable; otherwise we'd all > still be wearing bell-bottom jeans. The realization that we don't > always understand causalities tempers our enthusiasm for controlling > everything. > > "Capitalism" make progress by random mutation and selection, just like > evolution (theoretically) works. Socialism is top-down management, > which is inevitably both corrupt and wrecked by unexpected > consequences.sounds like a rather facile notion of how economies work. "Capitalism" (in quotes) in the US is heavily top-down already, to the point the interests of industry vs. government are often indistinguishable. See also: crony capitalism.
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On 10/30/2018 11:34 AM, John Larkin wrote:> On Mon, 29 Oct 2018 01:34:41 -0400, bitrex <user@example.net> wrote: > >> On 10/28/2018 11:00 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote: >>> On Sun, 28 Oct 2018 18:33:48 -0700 (PDT), jurb6006@gmail.com wrote: >>> >>>>> ""youth", in quotes I'm just shy of 40" >>>> >>>> Wow, that explains why you're not conservative. You will be >>>> in about ten years, and don't worry, it doesn't hurt. >>> >>> Y're right. I'm just short of 71. I started out as a radical >>> leftist, commie pinko, anti-everything, chronically protesting, hippie >>> freak: >>> <http://www.learnbydestroying.com/jeffl/pics/jeffl/slides/jeffl-06.html> >>> Fast forward about 40 years, and today I'm an arch conservative, >>> somewhat reactionary, right leaning, registered Republican, member of >>> the establishment: >> >> Woah, how unusual. >> >>> <http://www.learnbydestroying.com/jeffl/pics/jeffl/slides/jeffl-08.html> >>> It can and probably will happen to you. Resistance is futile. >>> >>> >> >> You don't have to explain to us that the "baby boomer" generation were >> sellouts with no real values who'd gladly hawk their souls for ten >> bucks. We know, already ;-) > > The real problem is that young people tend to think they understand > everything, and that everything is simple. Experience usually teaches > us that many important things are not predictable; otherwise we'd all > still be wearing bell-bottom jeans. The realization that we don't > always understand causalities tempers our enthusiasm for controlling > everything. > > "Capitalism" make progress by random mutation and selection, just like > evolution (theoretically) works. Socialism is top-down management, > which is inevitably both corrupt and wrecked by unexpected > consequences. >It's also hard to get good data points on how well-managed socialist economies work in third-world countries; in the 20th century at least the US shows up and bumps off the leadership and sets up puppet dictatorships before anyone who seems like they might be good at the job gets much of a chance.
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On 10/30/2018 11:34 AM, John Larkin wrote:> On Mon, 29 Oct 2018 01:34:41 -0400, bitrex <user@example.net> wrote: > >> On 10/28/2018 11:00 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote: >>> On Sun, 28 Oct 2018 18:33:48 -0700 (PDT), jurb6006@gmail.com wrote: >>> >>>>> ""youth", in quotes I'm just shy of 40" >>>> >>>> Wow, that explains why you're not conservative. You will be >>>> in about ten years, and don't worry, it doesn't hurt. >>> >>> Y're right. I'm just short of 71. I started out as a radical >>> leftist, commie pinko, anti-everything, chronically protesting, hippie >>> freak: >>> <http://www.learnbydestroying.com/jeffl/pics/jeffl/slides/jeffl-06.html> >>> Fast forward about 40 years, and today I'm an arch conservative, >>> somewhat reactionary, right leaning, registered Republican, member of >>> the establishment: >> >> Woah, how unusual. >> >>> <http://www.learnbydestroying.com/jeffl/pics/jeffl/slides/jeffl-08.html> >>> It can and probably will happen to you. Resistance is futile. >>> >>> >> >> You don't have to explain to us that the "baby boomer" generation were >> sellouts with no real values who'd gladly hawk their souls for ten >> bucks. We know, already ;-) > > The real problem is that young people tend to think they understand > everything, and that everything is simple. Experience usually teaches > us that many important things are not predictable; otherwise we'd all > still be wearing bell-bottom jeans. The realization that we don't > always understand causalities tempers our enthusiasm for controlling > everything. > > "Capitalism" make progress by random mutation and selection, just like > evolution (theoretically) works. Socialism is top-down management, > which is inevitably both corrupt and wrecked by unexpected > consequences. > >Saudi Arabia is a de-facto socialist state just about everyone who lives there is on the government's payroll in some form or another don't hear too much complaint about them, they're one of our best friends apparently.
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On 10/30/2018 11:15 AM, John Larkin wrote:> On Tue, 30 Oct 2018 08:33:02 +0000, Tom Gardner > <spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > >> On 30/10/18 01:25, jjhudak4@gmail.com wrote: >>> I did reply to your first post but I forgot and did it in my email and it >>> didn't get posted. >> >>> 6) unmoderated public forum. Right - anybody can say anything on any topic. >>> My expectations for ppl to stay on topic was apparently incorrect. My >>> expectation of professionals providing feed back in a professional manner was >>> not met by a number of the responses, to which I am unpleasantly surprised. >>> I am used to a higher standard, even in unmoderated groups. My expectations >>> have been 'recalibrated.' I appreciate the helpful feedback from you and >>> other. Peace, J >> >> So clearly you haven't bothered to read /any/ other threads >> in this group! >> >> When wandering into a room/forum/group/etc it is considered >> wise to listen/read for a bit so that your contributions can >> "fit in" with other people's contributions. >> >> If you can't stand the heat (and can't even remember to hit the >> "send" button"!), stay out of the kitchen. > > Does anybody want my custard bread pudding recipe? > >Sure, I consider food to be a quasi-engineering kind of discipline, there's at least as much science to it as there is art
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On Tue, 30 Oct 2018 16:25:58 -0400, bitrex <user@example.net> wrote:>On 10/30/2018 11:15 AM, John Larkin wrote: >> On Tue, 30 Oct 2018 08:33:02 +0000, Tom Gardner >> <spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: >> >>> On 30/10/18 01:25, jjhudak4@gmail.com wrote: >>>> I did reply to your first post but I forgot and did it in my email and it >>>> didn't get posted. >>> >>>> 6) unmoderated public forum. Right - anybody can say anything on any topic. >>>> My expectations for ppl to stay on topic was apparently incorrect. My >>>> expectation of professionals providing feed back in a professional manner was >>>> not met by a number of the responses, to which I am unpleasantly surprised. >>>> I am used to a higher standard, even in unmoderated groups. My expectations >>>> have been 'recalibrated.' I appreciate the helpful feedback from you and >>>> other. Peace, J >>> >>> So clearly you haven't bothered to read /any/ other threads >>> in this group! >>> >>> When wandering into a room/forum/group/etc it is considered >>> wise to listen/read for a bit so that your contributions can >>> "fit in" with other people's contributions. >>> >>> If you can't stand the heat (and can't even remember to hit the >>> "send" button"!), stay out of the kitchen. >> >> Does anybody want my custard bread pudding recipe? >> >> > >Sure, I consider food to be a quasi-engineering kind of discipline, >there's at least as much science to it as there is arthttps://www.dropbox.com/s/xae7kx14zrozulp/CBP.JPG?raw=1 https://www.dropbox.com/s/4tr7pbpez3xosdi/CBP.txt?raw=1 -- John Larkin Highland Technology, Inc picosecond timing precision measurement jlarkin att highlandtechnology dott com http://www.highlandtechnology.com
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On 30/10/18 20:25, bitrex wrote:> On 10/30/2018 11:15 AM, John Larkin wrote: >> On Tue, 30 Oct 2018 08:33:02 +0000, Tom Gardner >> <spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: >> >>> On 30/10/18 01:25, jjhudak4@gmail.com wrote: >>>> I did reply to your first post but I forgot and did it in my email and it >>>> didn't get posted. >>> >>>> 6) unmoderated public forum. Right - anybody can say anything on any topic. >>>> My expectations for ppl to stay on topic was apparently incorrect. My >>>> expectation of professionals providing feed back in a professional manner was >>>> not met by a number of the responses, to which I am unpleasantly surprised. >>>> I am used to a higher standard, even in unmoderated groups. My expectations >>>> have been 'recalibrated.' I appreciate the helpful feedback from you and >>>> other. Peace, J >>> >>> So clearly you haven't bothered to read /any/ other threads >>> in this group! >>> >>> When wandering into a room/forum/group/etc it is considered >>> wise to listen/read for a bit so that your contributions can >>> "fit in" with other people's contributions. >>> >>> If you can't stand the heat (and can't even remember to hit the >>> "send" button"!), stay out of the kitchen. >> >> Does anybody want my custard bread pudding recipe? >> >> > > Sure, I consider food to be a quasi-engineering kind of discipline, there's at > least as much science to it as there is art"Cooking for Geeks: Real Science, Great Hacks, and Good Food Paperback" by Jeff Potter https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cooking-Geeks-Science-Great-Hacks/dp/0596805888 Some of that is relatively hardcore, e.g. which proteins bugs survive which temperatures.
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On Tuesday, October 30, 2018 at 8:43:25 AM UTC-7, John Larkin wrote:> On Tue, 30 Oct 2018 11:33:09 -0400, bitrex <user@example.net> wrote:> >.... Hillary Clinton > >runs a child sex dungeon in a DC pizza parlor, too.> That's just a goofy rumor of a few loonies. On the other hand, she did > kill Muammar Gaddafi and laugh about it, and precipitate astounding > levels of misery and death in Africa and Europe.Nonsense, Gaddafi was in the middle of a revolution BEFORE a score of countries (at French insistance) did a relatively mild intervention. A US secretary of state at the time, Hilary wasn't there when Gaddafi died. As for laughing, that's just free speech - recall, Gaddafi DID confess to the Lockerbie bombing, which is a NATO offense we oughtn't forget.
