Telegraph operators have been able to tell which of their fellow operators was at the key practically ever since the invention of the telegraph. Sort of like no two piano players sound exactly the same even though playing the same sheet of music.
Be sure to put that bucket of anti-freeze where dogs and cats and such, not to mention children, absolutely cannot get at it. Ethylene Glycol has a sweet taste but it is poisonous.
The tinfoil or whatever would have to be on the inside of the hose where the air is moving in order to short the static to ground. If it's on the outside the hose will act as an insulator for the charge that builds up on the inside. But if the foil is on the inside it's in danger of being sucked into the vaccuum.
As for the metal bits sticking and resisting vaccuuming after the drilling is done, they probably will. Somehow they tend to get magnetized by the drilling.
So which is it, phantom power, which has been around the audio world for practically forever, or did somebody finally notice that for years now people have been installing (and paying extra for) 8 wires to do the job of 4?
However, DC can travel through whichever of the transformer's windings that it's across, and if the DC resisitance of that winding isn't high enough it could allow too much direct current to flow, which could possibly damage the source of that DC and/or damage the winding through which it flows.
Most belt drives on vaccuum cleaners are for driving the rotating brush used on the floor or carpet. The static comes from the friction of air moving past plastic parts. I'm not sure that I'd trust the filter of a computer vaccuum to do a good job of stopping tiny bits of metal from getting through and getting into the motor, but using compressed air is a good way to drive the stuff you're trying to get rid of deep into places you don't want it.
A magnet attached to the chuck (unless it's doughnut shaped and can be slipped over the drill bit) will throw the drill out of balance and/or become an experiment of magnetic holding power versus motor speed and can be relied upon to fly off towards the most expensive or fragile item on the room.
We may not need to be the policeman of the world but in order to keep the fire from spreading to our own house we do need to be the world's volunteer fireman, although a somewhat self-serving one, concentrating on the blazes most likely to threaten us.
I guess because of that E=m*c*c thing I didn't realise that "c" was being used in this instance as the speed of sound through air rather than the speed of light. Of course the inverse relationship between frequency and wavelength still holds at whatever speed the wave propagates through whatever medium.
"I'm just spouting off my own pseudo-theory here, by the way; I have no reason to believe B&O utilized any of this reasoning when designing their speakers."
No doubt they used their own proprietary patented copyrighted trademarked psuedo-theories, although there's probably some law that declares you to be a terrorist and lets the FBI auction off your stereo if you actually provide proof of their having done so.
"the speed of sound (remember c = f * wavelength),..."
Are you saying that the speed of sound is somehow connected to the speed of light or that the speed of sound is dependant upon the frequency or what? Since wavelength goes down as frequency goes up I'm assuming that the left hand side of that equation remains constant but I don't understand the connection with the trade-offs of size, quality, and expense in speaker design.
"You need to get one of them newfangled psychic microphones--one of the ones that detects what sound you want to hear,..."
Actually they do exist. They're the people who operate the mixers and recording equipment:-)
(I recently got drafted to volunteer to run the sound board for the church's "contemporary music" service, so I have become painfully aware of the above.)
"As Americans, we're all trained to look for pay phones,"
And as one of those well-trained Americans I've noticed that the proliferation of cell phones (and probably increased vandalism as well) has resulted in a rapidly dwindling number of payphones, and when you do find one it's probably owned and operated by mom and pop's fly-by-night phone company instead of whatever real local (even though probably now owned by a giant conglomerate) company that actually owns the telephone wires in the area.
It's been a long, long time since I last saw any Amos and Andy television shows although I remember it well enough to know it catered to stereotypes, but I also remember it well enough to be able to look back and appreciate the talent of the cast. It was also where I first got the idea that there could be competent, professional black doctors, lawyers, judges, policemen, nurses, and various government agency employees. On the other shows of the time they, like the stars and regular casts of those shows, were all generic white. Danny Thomas admitting to being Lebanese was about as ethnically diverse as things ever got.
If you're talking about the original Warner Brothers cartoons it wasn't really "hidden" adult humor because those were aimed at adult (as in grown-up, not as in x-rated) motion picture theater audiences, because before they ran on television for kids to watch they started out as an extra attraction at the movies back in the 30s and the 40s. That's why they lampooned public figures (politicians, movie stars, musicians, etc.) and current events more likely to have been familiar to the adults of the day than the children.
As for Bugs Bunny, his reaction to Humphrey Bogart's date in the cartoon where Elmer Fudd is desperately trying to fill her order for rabbit leaves no doubt as to his proclivities.
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You have to admit that the iLoo gives a whole new meaning to "Where do you want to go today".
Somewhere there's bound to be a Scottish clan or two with prior art on that.
Telegraph operators have been able to tell which of their fellow operators was at the key practically ever since the invention of the telegraph. Sort of like no two piano players sound exactly the same even though playing the same sheet of music.
True. However remembrance is, and no doubt that was the word which you intended. See, your vocabulary is bigger than you thought.
Be sure to put that bucket of anti-freeze where dogs and cats and such, not to mention children, absolutely cannot get at it. Ethylene Glycol has a sweet taste but it is poisonous.
Shouldn't that be "...is not a good person from whom to take lessons."?
As for the metal bits sticking and resisting vaccuuming after the drilling is done, they probably will. Somehow they tend to get magnetized by the drilling.
So which is it, phantom power, which has been around the audio world for practically forever, or did somebody finally notice that for years now people have been installing (and paying extra for) 8 wires to do the job of 4?
However, DC can travel through whichever of the transformer's windings that it's across, and if the DC resisitance of that winding isn't high enough it could allow too much direct current to flow, which could possibly damage the source of that DC and/or damage the winding through which it flows.
Most belt drives on vaccuum cleaners are for driving the rotating brush used on the floor or carpet. The static comes from the friction of air moving past plastic parts. I'm not sure that I'd trust the filter of a computer vaccuum to do a good job of stopping tiny bits of metal from getting through and getting into the motor, but using compressed air is a good way to drive the stuff you're trying to get rid of deep into places you don't want it.
A magnet attached to the chuck (unless it's doughnut shaped and can be slipped over the drill bit) will throw the drill out of balance and/or become an experiment of magnetic holding power versus motor speed and can be relied upon to fly off towards the most expensive or fragile item on the room.
We may not need to be the policeman of the world but in order to keep the fire from spreading to our own house we do need to be the world's volunteer fireman, although a somewhat self-serving one, concentrating on the blazes most likely to threaten us.
I guess because of that E=m*c*c thing I didn't realise that "c" was being used in this instance as the speed of sound through air rather than the speed of light. Of course the inverse relationship between frequency and wavelength still holds at whatever speed the wave propagates through whatever medium.
No doubt they used their own proprietary patented copyrighted trademarked psuedo-theories, although there's probably some law that declares you to be a terrorist and lets the FBI auction off your stereo if you actually provide proof of their having done so.
Are you saying that the speed of sound is somehow connected to the speed of light or that the speed of sound is dependant upon the frequency or what? Since wavelength goes down as frequency goes up I'm assuming that the left hand side of that equation remains constant but I don't understand the connection with the trade-offs of size, quality, and expense in speaker design.
For which I am I going to have to struggle mightily to find it in my heart to forgive you :-)
Either that or rich enough to be able to afford both the equipment and the relationship.
Jonah called. He wants royalties.
Actually they do exist. They're the people who operate the mixers and recording equipment :-)
(I recently got drafted to volunteer to run the sound board for the church's "contemporary music" service, so I have become painfully aware of the above.)
And as one of those well-trained Americans I've noticed that the proliferation of cell phones (and probably increased vandalism as well) has resulted in a rapidly dwindling number of payphones, and when you do find one it's probably owned and operated by mom and pop's fly-by-night phone company instead of whatever real local (even though probably now owned by a giant conglomerate) company that actually owns the telephone wires in the area.
If you don't like the dog I'm sure Microsoft will let you substitute that paper clip.
And here I am with an Apple IIe including 2 floppy drives but no software at all, not even OS disks. Ah, cruel geography!
Take advantage of your relative proximity to Antarctica and use trained attack penguins.
It's been a long, long time since I last saw any Amos and Andy television shows although I remember it well enough to know it catered to stereotypes, but I also remember it well enough to be able to look back and appreciate the talent of the cast. It was also where I first got the idea that there could be competent, professional black doctors, lawyers, judges, policemen, nurses, and various government agency employees. On the other shows of the time they, like the stars and regular casts of those shows, were all generic white. Danny Thomas admitting to being Lebanese was about as ethnically diverse as things ever got.
As for Bugs Bunny, his reaction to Humphrey Bogart's date in the cartoon where Elmer Fudd is desperately trying to fill her order for rabbit leaves no doubt as to his proclivities.