Pro tip - one second / 60 = nothing. There's no unit that is a 60th of a second. If it was one hertz, and the euros were using 0.833Hz, you might have a point.
That's all besides the point anyway. NA started on DC, and when we first went to AC, it was 25Hz.
Not that any of that is related to the connector, in any way.
You poor bastards using 50/60Hz. I'm so much holier than you with my 25Hz. I AM THE ORIGINATOR OF ELECTRICS
How much tools do they really need for elementary school anyway?
We had chalkboards, and 20 year old books (usually had to share them, also)... I thought the schooling quality was fine on average. Some teachers weren't as good as others.
It's all about the teachers and curriculum, everything else is just fluff. Extras can be nice, but they aren't going to make bad teachers and bad mandatory material magically effective and interesting/fun/whatever.
Ah yeah, I forgot all about BeCu. I usually only see it in some RF connectors, and even then it is only in the springy contact... in an alloy, under gold plating.. so again, pretty safe unless pulverized, I'd think.
The vast majority of general purpose connectors don't use it though, and use the much cheaper phosphor bronze for spring contacts.
I wouldn't think there is much Be in e-waste. I know it was used in BeO insulators, but they are quite rare. I'd think these days it is mostly relegated to aerospace - things like that where you just can't compromise.
AlN is supposed to be pretty close in performance, so even that may be moving out.
For arsenic, it's only used in semiconductors AFAIK, like GaAs and GaAsP LEDs, some fast transistors, etc. But in all of these cases, it's a crystal (and generally epoxy encapsulated), so I'm not sure how much arsenic would leach from it. I Suppose powder from mechanical damage and possible thermal (from reclamation process? or incineration) decomposition products would be considerably more problematic, though.
Keep in mind these would be in pretty minute quantity compared to the (historical at least) asston of lead on every board. Even the copper is fairly bad for aquatic life, IIRC. (seem to recall that humans can process it, but it bioaccumulates in marine life, like various heavy metals do to us).
It's a damn shame that several judges have retired / will retire during Crime Minister Harper's reign. Guess that will be his other legacy, continuing to ruin Canada after he's been turfed.
I order from Digikey and Newark all the time. Both collect GST, so there is no brokerage, as tax is already paid, and it seems the crown isn't bothered to collect the duty? I'm not even sure if there is duty on electronic components, seeing as we don't really make any here. I usually find it is 2 day shipping from both of them, but it varies somewhat... sometimes overnight, sometimes 3-4 days.
However, Newark's flat shipping is $12, so unless you are buying more than a few parts, Digikey is a better deal at $8.
Mouser collects tax too, and I've never had to pay duty with them either. Unfortunately you have to pay actual ship rates with them, if you order is under $200 (which I've never done - so no experience on the sub $200 orders / USPS shipping - I can't guarantee there will be no fees).
digikey is pretty expensive on micros. Newark has ATTINY85 for less than a dollar (CAD) in single quantity. It has eight times as much flash, RAM, and EEPROM of the tiny13, so you can use C on it more practically. (tiny13 only has 64b of RAM... pretty hurtin' unit, really.)
For less than double that, you can get a mega168 though, same thing used on the earlier arduinos. It's got double everything the 85 has, plus real serial devices and far more IO. (the USI on some of the tinys is pretty odd to use. and on the 8pin ones you can only use one serial interface at a time, obviously.)
Ladas were carb, mechanical fuel pump, points ignition, and they even had a hand crank to start when the battery was flat. Of course, being gas, it still needs a non-melted coil for spark, which may not be the case after a big EMP event? That and a functioning generator or alt if you want it to run for any length of time - I suppose a generator might be more likely to survive, no silicon involved.
Many western cars until 1990ish still had carbs, but many had electronic ignition which would have got smoked, presumably.
If EMP kills even mechanical points ignition, and generators... then I guess we'd need to find something that is both diesel, and hand cranked.
That's a pretty reasonable complaint. For my situation, shipping is $12 through newark.
35 + 12, + tax.. pretty much 50 bucks. A bit of a stretch from the semi-disposable-25-dollar-PC meme.
I get pi sized parcels from china all the time for $5 *including* the bloody contents, so $18 for something that size is ridiculous. Even ignoring the fact that it nearly doubles the price - If a pi was $200 I'd still feel bad spending $18 on shipping.
Canada only has ~70% market penetration, one of the lowest rates on earth, definitely low for a developed country.
Most of western Europe is 125-150%, US, AUS are ~100%, Russia is 150%, middle east is similar. South America and Indonesia, Japan, are mostly ~100%. India and China are both at ~75%, which is a massive number on their own.
The numbers are active subscriptions, so If you have a personal mobile and one from work, you're at 200% personally... which is how you get >100% penetration.
Hmm, is that the same hal* root that is in halite, halides and halogens? Neat... guess that makes perfect sense.
In 1842 the Swedish chemist Baron Jöns Jakob Berzelius proposed the term "halogen" – (háls), "salt" or "sea", and - (gen-), from (gígnomai), "come to be" – for the four elements (fluorine, chlorine, bromine, and iodine) that produce a sea-salt-like substance when they form a compound with a metal.[1]
salt generator. I feel a bit moronic for never realising this.
A couple dollars in singles, way less in quantity.
They could just leave two contacts for the battery if they didnt want to deal with it. Seems kind of surprising to me that a SoC doesn't have built-in RTC... Perhaps it does, and they just neglected to make pads for a battery.
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Pro tip - one second / 60 = nothing. There's no unit that is a 60th of a second. If it was one hertz, and the euros were using 0.833Hz, you might have a point.
That's all besides the point anyway. NA started on DC, and when we first went to AC, it was 25Hz.
Not that any of that is related to the connector, in any way.
You poor bastards using 50/60Hz. I'm so much holier than you with my 25Hz. I AM THE ORIGINATOR OF ELECTRICS
Maybe 'how much tools' is a product of my elementary education. 'Tools' felt uncountable for some reason, but obviously isn't... :-p
How much tools do they really need for elementary school anyway?
We had chalkboards, and 20 year old books (usually had to share them, also)... I thought the schooling quality was fine on average. Some teachers weren't as good as others.
It's all about the teachers and curriculum, everything else is just fluff. Extras can be nice, but they aren't going to make bad teachers and bad mandatory material magically effective and interesting/fun/whatever.
I was going to bitch about them forgetting ethernet, but I see it has wifi.. good enough. Guess we'll see when they start selling them.
Ah yeah, I forgot all about BeCu. I usually only see it in some RF connectors, and even then it is only in the springy contact... in an alloy, under gold plating.. so again, pretty safe unless pulverized, I'd think.
The vast majority of general purpose connectors don't use it though, and use the much cheaper phosphor bronze for spring contacts.
I wouldn't think there is much Be in e-waste. I know it was used in BeO insulators, but they are quite rare. I'd think these days it is mostly relegated to aerospace - things like that where you just can't compromise.
AlN is supposed to be pretty close in performance, so even that may be moving out.
For arsenic, it's only used in semiconductors AFAIK, like GaAs and GaAsP LEDs, some fast transistors, etc. But in all of these cases, it's a crystal (and generally epoxy encapsulated), so I'm not sure how much arsenic would leach from it. I Suppose powder from mechanical damage and possible thermal (from reclamation process? or incineration) decomposition products would be considerably more problematic, though.
Keep in mind these would be in pretty minute quantity compared to the (historical at least) asston of lead on every board. Even the copper is fairly bad for aquatic life, IIRC. (seem to recall that humans can process it, but it bioaccumulates in marine life, like various heavy metals do to us).
It's a damn shame that several judges have retired / will retire during Crime Minister Harper's reign. Guess that will be his other legacy, continuing to ruin Canada after he's been turfed.
I order from Digikey and Newark all the time. Both collect GST, so there is no brokerage, as tax is already paid, and it seems the crown isn't bothered to collect the duty? I'm not even sure if there is duty on electronic components, seeing as we don't really make any here. I usually find it is 2 day shipping from both of them, but it varies somewhat... sometimes overnight, sometimes 3-4 days.
However, Newark's flat shipping is $12, so unless you are buying more than a few parts, Digikey is a better deal at $8.
Mouser collects tax too, and I've never had to pay duty with them either. Unfortunately you have to pay actual ship rates with them, if you order is under $200 (which I've never done - so no experience on the sub $200 orders / USPS shipping - I can't guarantee there will be no fees).
That must mean the average American only has 5% of their money left over after paying the mortgage, tax, food, and fuel costs.
Of which 2.7/5 is spent on chinese shit.
That should be 64B of RAM. Oops.
WR-703N does, though. it has double the flash and RAM. (4/32MB).
I ordered one from ebay the other day for $23 CAD shipped (I guess ~20 USD). It will be interesting to see how it works out.
openwrt wiki entry for WR-703N
digikey is pretty expensive on micros. Newark has ATTINY85 for less than a dollar (CAD) in single quantity. It has eight times as much flash, RAM, and EEPROM of the tiny13, so you can use C on it more practically. (tiny13 only has 64b of RAM... pretty hurtin' unit, really.)
For less than double that, you can get a mega168 though, same thing used on the earlier arduinos. It's got double everything the 85 has, plus real serial devices and far more IO. (the USI on some of the tinys is pretty odd to use. and on the 8pin ones you can only use one serial interface at a time, obviously.)
I'm far more scared of Monsanto than I am of white coats.
Ha, you should check out Saskatchewan sometime. One of the least populous regions, with the most paved kilometres in the country.
Simply not enough tax base to cover it, half should never have been paved. Looks like Grozny.
Ladas were carb, mechanical fuel pump, points ignition, and they even had a hand crank to start when the battery was flat. Of course, being gas, it still needs a non-melted coil for spark, which may not be the case after a big EMP event? That and a functioning generator or alt if you want it to run for any length of time - I suppose a generator might be more likely to survive, no silicon involved.
Many western cars until 1990ish still had carbs, but many had electronic ignition which would have got smoked, presumably.
If EMP kills even mechanical points ignition, and generators... then I guess we'd need to find something that is both diesel, and hand cranked.
That's a pretty reasonable complaint. For my situation, shipping is $12 through newark.
35 + 12, + tax.. pretty much 50 bucks. A bit of a stretch from the semi-disposable-25-dollar-PC meme.
I get pi sized parcels from china all the time for $5 *including* the bloody contents, so $18 for something that size is ridiculous. Even ignoring the fact that it nearly doubles the price - If a pi was $200 I'd still feel bad spending $18 on shipping.
Tinfoil would work much better than lead. It's not ionizing radiation, so you want something with high conductivity, not high density.
Ignoring the obviousness of this... Nokia phones have done that before 'iPhone' was a word. ughh.
'Not only was this page unsecured, it was actually referenced in their robots.txt file.'
Sounds more like they took the door off the hinges, and put up a big sign saying "NO DOOR! COME ON IN!".
Canada only has ~70% market penetration, one of the lowest rates on earth, definitely low for a developed country.
Most of western Europe is 125-150%, US, AUS are ~100%, Russia is 150%, middle east is similar. South America and Indonesia, Japan, are mostly ~100%.
India and China are both at ~75%, which is a massive number on their own.
The numbers are active subscriptions, so If you have a personal mobile and one from work, you're at 200% personally... which is how you get >100% penetration.
Hmm, is that the same hal* root that is in halite, halides and halogens? Neat... guess that makes perfect sense.
In 1842 the Swedish chemist Baron Jöns Jakob Berzelius proposed the term "halogen" – (háls), "salt" or "sea", and - (gen-), from (gígnomai), "come to be" – for the four elements (fluorine, chlorine, bromine, and iodine) that produce a sea-salt-like substance when they form a compound with a metal.[1]
salt generator. I feel a bit moronic for never realising this.
The standard pronunciation of Detroit is an awful brutalizing too... It's just so accepted that no one thinks twice about it.
There's many others but that's the first that comes to mind.
Today is the fourth of June, 2012. (4th day of the 6th month of the 2012th year).
By your logic, quarter to twelve should be written 45:11.
A couple dollars in singles, way less in quantity.
They could just leave two contacts for the battery if they didnt want to deal with it. Seems kind of surprising to me that a SoC doesn't have built-in RTC... Perhaps it does, and they just neglected to make pads for a battery.
To top it off, we ended up with paper thin walls,
That's because shitty North American houses are made out of paper. (usually) :-p