I think the simple answer is that there is no package available that meets the poster's needs. Those that are available at no cost (FOSS) don't have the ease of use and power that's requested. Eagle seems to be the only thing close to the price range. I haven't used it; I have used "pcb" with success. Its interface is a little funky, but not counter-intuitive. And it is under active development, with a user group list that sends me 20+ emails a day.
In particular the requirement for autorouting presents a high barrier. It's a high-end feature, but not really necessary for simple boards. A human being will almost always come up with a better layout than a machine, and for analog boards, autorouting is useless, because the design rules cannot be taught to the machine.
If, as some have surmised, the person who originated the inquiry is a woman, the sometimes harsh and dismissive tone of some posts on this topic leaves me no doubt as to why there seem to be so few women involved with Linux. My thanks to those who have posted helpful suggestions.
It's clear that the writer of TFA didn't understand much about what (s)he heard/read about this. I'm sure that the developers of the technology make no silly claims about greater than 100% efficiency. More likely, this is just an improvement on existing technology that gives, perhaps, somewhat better efficiency, or higher power in a smaller size, less weight for a given power, etc. Any of these would be good, but violate no physical laws.
"Well if everyone in the nation has an "Real ID",shouln't that mean that terrorists in america will be know before and after they strike?"
Prior to 9/11, the most deadly terrorist act in America was commited by US citizens at the Morrow Federal Buiding. I'm sure they had valid driver licenses. This didn't help prevent their acts. Nor will "Real ID".
What if the vast majority of a politician's constituents DO want to suppress the rights of a minority group (of any kind; ethnic, religious, hobby etc.) Then the elected individual WOULD be fairly respesenting the wishes of his/her constituents. It's only the Constitution and Bill of Rights that protect such a minority from the "mob" - majority rule is rightly limited.
"I will never forget the images of those young people being shot at, arrested, stampeded out of the square by the Chinese military."
Two words: Kent State.
Regarding your transistors, if they're bipolars, it's quite common that they exceed rated breakdown voltage specs. Test results are also very dependent on base-emitter termination. If they're MOSFET's, you really have something unusual. I usually measure 10% to 20% over spec.
What you really want to do is absorb the RF energy and convert it to heat. This is done commonly when making an anechoic chamber for RF testing. The walls are lined with ferrite tiles. To make your ferrite hat, see for example http://www.fair-rite.com/. Tell 'em I sent you.
Microsoft broke my trust when they insisted that IE was an integral part of the OS. I've been happily using Linux at home for years now. I don't need them. And I tell others. My colleagues were very impressed when I showed them Quake3 on my Linux box. And it seems, finally, that Microsoft is competing for marketshare now. A very healthy development for all.
Cassettes deserve to die a painful death. They are a horrible medium for music, as they were designed for voice recording. The tape speed is too slow and the tracks are too narrow; the intrinsic signal to noise ratio is poor, and the wow and flutter are intolerable. Hacks like Dolby noise reduction never worked in practice since they required the deck to be properly adjusted and aligned, which they rarely were. But as ever in the marketplace, "convenience" trumped quality, as we witness with compressed formats like MP3 as compared to lossless coding.
Ross was dead wrong. The "giant sucking sound" has turned out to be China taking most of the low-wage manufacturing jobs from Mexico. The border maquilas are carne muerto. TFA mentions a "NAFTA-driven boom in the flow of goods to and from Mexico". What exactly is left for Mexico to produce and ship to us other than..........produce ?
Actually, I did not know that. Indeed, my comment was meant as a joke, based on the poor success of Fiat and Renault cars in the US market. I'm sure these firms have made wonderful cars, and perhaps they were never exported here.
Thanks to Mr. Delorie for his many improvements of PCB. I use very expensive proprietary schematic and PCB software at work, but am quite happy with PCB and gschem at home on my Linux box, where I make DIY projects. I'd like to reinforce that it's easy to whine (whinge) about features and capabilities, but a bit harder to code them.
First, one wonders how this "black box' is integrated into the other control computers in the car - for example, does the engine control computer check to see if it's functional? If not, perhaps the output of a microwave oven magnetron directed to its general vicinity would do the trick............?
From an email offer I recently received:
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 03:36:28 -0600
From: B#*&%$#@zipmail.com
Subject: Microshit Plus 98 clearance
Evidently someone agrees with you.
Oh, the hilarity of getting popups running IE6 with Crossover Office! And involuntary redirects to windowsupdate (a couple of which patches actually "worked").
Folks, we've already won.When big, publicly-traded corporations back GNU/Linux/OSS, and the shareholders don't run for the hills, we're in, for the foreseeable future.
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I think the simple answer is that there is no package available that meets the poster's needs. Those that are available at no cost (FOSS) don't have the ease of use and power that's requested. Eagle seems to be the only thing close to the price range. I haven't used it; I have used "pcb" with success. Its interface is a little funky, but not counter-intuitive. And it is under active development, with a user group list that sends me 20+ emails a day. In particular the requirement for autorouting presents a high barrier. It's a high-end feature, but not really necessary for simple boards. A human being will almost always come up with a better layout than a machine, and for analog boards, autorouting is useless, because the design rules cannot be taught to the machine. If, as some have surmised, the person who originated the inquiry is a woman, the sometimes harsh and dismissive tone of some posts on this topic leaves me no doubt as to why there seem to be so few women involved with Linux. My thanks to those who have posted helpful suggestions.
It's clear that the writer of TFA didn't understand much about what (s)he heard/read about this. I'm sure that the developers of the technology make no silly claims about greater than 100% efficiency. More likely, this is just an improvement on existing technology that gives, perhaps, somewhat better efficiency, or higher power in a smaller size, less weight for a given power, etc. Any of these would be good, but violate no physical laws.
"just disorientates users" GW - is that you ?
Regarding the name "Skype" - is that pronounced "Sky-pee" or "Skippy" ?
"Well if everyone in the nation has an "Real ID",shouln't that mean that terrorists in america will be know before and after they strike?" Prior to 9/11, the most deadly terrorist act in America was commited by US citizens at the Morrow Federal Buiding. I'm sure they had valid driver licenses. This didn't help prevent their acts. Nor will "Real ID".
Soon, Bill G. will announce Windows Vista RBB (Really Big Buffers). System requirement: 1 TB of RAM.
What if the vast majority of a politician's constituents DO want to suppress the rights of a minority group (of any kind; ethnic, religious, hobby etc.) Then the elected individual WOULD be fairly respesenting the wishes of his/her constituents. It's only the Constitution and Bill of Rights that protect such a minority from the "mob" - majority rule is rightly limited.
"I will never forget the images of those young people being shot at, arrested, stampeded out of the square by the Chinese military." Two words: Kent State.
Regarding your transistors, if they're bipolars, it's quite common that they exceed rated breakdown voltage specs. Test results are also very dependent on base-emitter termination. If they're MOSFET's, you really have something unusual. I usually measure 10% to 20% over spec.
What you really want to do is absorb the RF energy and convert it to heat. This is done commonly when making an anechoic chamber for RF testing. The walls are lined with ferrite tiles. To make your ferrite hat, see for example http://www.fair-rite.com/. Tell 'em I sent you.
Microsoft broke my trust when they insisted that IE was an integral part of the OS. I've been happily using Linux at home for years now. I don't need them. And I tell others. My colleagues were very impressed when I showed them Quake3 on my Linux box. And it seems, finally, that Microsoft is competing for marketshare now. A very healthy development for all.
Cassettes deserve to die a painful death. They are a horrible medium for music, as they were designed for voice recording. The tape speed is too slow and the tracks are too narrow; the intrinsic signal to noise ratio is poor, and the wow and flutter are intolerable. Hacks like Dolby noise reduction never worked in practice since they required the deck to be properly adjusted and aligned, which they rarely were. But as ever in the marketplace, "convenience" trumped quality, as we witness with compressed formats like MP3 as compared to lossless coding.
And all along, I thought that "w00t" was an Elmer-Fudism: "Wats. I have to wog in as w00t."
Good question - did they find a cheap, presumably controllerless modem supported by the 2.6.X kernel?
"Phantom Console May Never Materialize" Be patient. It's just trapped in the Pattern Buffer.
No, that just means she wants to barf on your rug.
Ross was dead wrong. The "giant sucking sound" has turned out to be China taking most of the low-wage manufacturing jobs from Mexico. The border maquilas are carne muerto. TFA mentions a "NAFTA-driven boom in the flow of goods to and from Mexico". What exactly is left for Mexico to produce and ship to us other than..........produce ?
Actually, I did not know that. Indeed, my comment was meant as a joke, based on the poor success of Fiat and Renault cars in the US market. I'm sure these firms have made wonderful cars, and perhaps they were never exported here.
Speaking as an American, the involvement of Renault and Fiat doesn't inspire confidence. Perhaps Europe-only is a Good Thing.
Thanks to Mr. Delorie for his many improvements of PCB. I use very expensive proprietary schematic and PCB software at work, but am quite happy with PCB and gschem at home on my Linux box, where I make DIY projects. I'd like to reinforce that it's easy to whine (whinge) about features and capabilities, but a bit harder to code them.
First, one wonders how this "black box' is integrated into the other control computers in the car - for example, does the engine control computer check to see if it's functional? If not, perhaps the output of a microwave oven magnetron directed to its general vicinity would do the trick............?
From an email offer I recently received: Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 03:36:28 -0600 From: B#*&%$#@zipmail.com Subject: Microshit Plus 98 clearance Evidently someone agrees with you.
Oh, the hilarity of getting popups running IE6 with Crossover Office! And involuntary redirects to windowsupdate (a couple of which patches actually "worked").
What do I do when my "registry" gets "corrupted"?
IMHO LOL etc.
"where you can sue....because your FAT...."
Wasn't that Microsoft patent ruled invalid?
Folks, we've already won.When big, publicly-traded corporations back GNU/Linux/OSS, and the shareholders don't run for the hills, we're in, for the foreseeable future.