in the corner of my mouth. Trying to unplug a night light when I was 7 years old. Yes, I used my teeth and caught a blade on the corner of my mouth. I blacked out. It's a small scar. I've always said that that was my first taste of electricity. They are quite dangerous for little kids. I like most of the European plugs, but it does add a lot to the size. Japanese plugs are the worst.
Malcolm Gladwell does a pretty good job (for me at least) of explaining why IQ isn't all that will make you success. And studies suggest (cited in his book) that all that is needed for graduate school is an IQ of 115. But he didn't say what graduate school (I'd like to think that engineering needs a bit more).
A lot of talent comes from opportunity, that is why people with more leisure time (re: rich parents), if driven properly, will success more often. But not always.
I'm not sure why this is considered funny. But that was my first thought, too. And that is >basically what an e-meter is, a galvanometer (it measures skin resistance).
I think that you touched on it, but shipping would be a major design challenge. I work with stuff shipping from China all the time and passing ISTA ship acceptance testing for a cardboard box with heavy object inside (mother board, hard drive, power supply, etc.) would require a lot of extra support structure.
the best computer I ever had had (10 years of continuous operation, never shut it off, I shelved it because it was win98 but pulled it out a couple of months ago for a DOS application and it worked perfectly): extra big fan and a no frills video board (no fan, less heat). Heat is the enemy here. And setup to shut down the hard drives after 1 hour of inactivity. . But I've also had my share of power supply fans failing on cheap machines.
If the user thinks he is feeling better, isn't that like having a religious faith?
And at the end of the day, if the user relaxes enought to allow the body to heal itself, didn't that work as well? That won't cure a lot of problems, but some it will.
yep, we called that Columbus State (at the time CTI), close to Ohio State. Of course, I spent 4 quarters at Cincinnati before that. And now, after 30 years of experience, I make close to 200K.
I was wondering if anybody was going to mention Micro Center. At this point in my life I've now bought several computers from Micro Center, and lots of repair stuff (CPU fans, power supplies, etc.), always good folks and a minimum of hassles with any problems. 21 locations all of the country, but clearly not everywhere. Pretty decent web store. I bought one of the first IBM PCs for an engineering project at the original store in Westerville, OH, back in 1982.
no s$it. I worked with Motorola on hands free car kits, pre-blue tooth. GSM is just a pain in the butt for electrical noise: the packet rate is in the audible frequency range, something under 50Hz.
I concur. For the 3 labs that I've set up in the last 10 years, I buy a used/calibrated old analog Tektronix 475 (or any of the variations that I can get) for real analog signals, and some sort of a digital scope (I have a Tektronix TDS2022, relatively low end digital but easy to use) to catch random, slow signals (much like an analog storage scope). The TDS2022 won't help you much for a logic analyser.
It's difficult to see the real noise floor with a cheap digital scope, the the power supply interference gives me fits on some systems/signals.
"LED lights also consume far less energy than RF technology, offering the opportunity to build a communication network without added energy costs and reducing carbon emissions over the long term." I'm not expert but short range RF power is WAY below LED lights.
"And Bill Gates once declared that the average person would never have a need for more than 640 kilobytes of memory in a personal computer, too."
So why is it I have to continually add RAM to my computers to bring their speed back up after a Windoze update?
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in the corner of my mouth. Trying to unplug a night light when I was 7 years old. Yes, I used my teeth and caught a blade on the corner of my mouth. I blacked out. It's a small scar. I've always said that that was my first taste of electricity.
They are quite dangerous for little kids. I like most of the European plugs, but it does add a lot to the size. Japanese plugs are the worst.
Malcolm Gladwell does a pretty good job (for me at least) of explaining why IQ isn't all that will make you success. And studies suggest (cited in his book) that all that is needed for graduate school is an IQ of 115. But he didn't say what graduate school (I'd like to think that engineering needs a bit more).
A lot of talent comes from opportunity, that is why people with more leisure time (re: rich parents), if driven properly, will success more often. But not always.
I'm not sure why this is considered funny. But that was my first thought, too. And that is >basically what an e-meter is, a galvanometer (it measures skin resistance).
I think that you touched on it, but shipping would be a major design challenge. I work with stuff shipping from China all the time and passing ISTA ship acceptance testing for a cardboard box with heavy object inside (mother board, hard drive, power supply, etc.) would require a lot of extra support structure.
Maybe they could just pack it with hamburger...
hmmm... did you see the movie series "Matrix"?
It was 32 years ago for me. The valedictorian of my class and I were the only 2 guys in it. It was a 1/2 year business class.
My mom thought it was a good idea, and it sure was. I got to over 40 words per minute with a mechanical typewriter.
An AP article this morning just came out with: "Software mogul attacked by elephant during safari."
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hRZi6dDUIs98KnY1D7uGJy4buIxwD9AFPOQ80/
Maybe it was this book.
amen, brother. I use IE6 at work and at home. And Adobe Reader 6.
no s$it. if you get out of my way, I don't have to shut down my cruise control and slow down, all the while riding your bumper.
use your freaking rear view mirror.
and hormones in the hair shampoo.
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn2119-early-puberty-linked-to-shampoos.html
and now the editor steps in and fixes it......
Would somebody make up their mind? Off-topic slams welcome.
the best computer I ever had had (10 years of continuous operation, never shut it off, I shelved it because it was win98 but pulled it out a couple of months ago for a DOS application and it worked perfectly): extra big fan and a no frills video board (no fan, less heat). Heat is the enemy here. And setup to shut down the hard drives after 1 hour of inactivity.
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But I've also had my share of power supply fans failing on cheap machines.
would you expect promotion from a $cientology-based organization to include anything but non-fact based opinion?
If the user thinks he is feeling better, isn't that like having a religious faith?
And at the end of the day, if the user relaxes enought to allow the body to heal itself, didn't that work as well?
That won't cure a lot of problems, but some it will.
yep, we called that Columbus State (at the time CTI), close to Ohio State. Of course, I spent 4 quarters at Cincinnati before that.
And now, after 30 years of experience, I make close to 200K.
I was wondering if anybody was going to mention Micro Center. At this point in my life I've now bought several computers from Micro Center, and lots of repair stuff (CPU fans, power supplies, etc.), always good folks and a minimum of hassles with any problems. 21 locations all of the country, but clearly not everywhere. Pretty decent web store. I bought one of the first IBM PCs for an engineering project at the original store in Westerville, OH, back in 1982.
no s$it. I worked with Motorola on hands free car kits, pre-blue tooth. GSM is just a pain in the butt for electrical noise: the packet rate is in the audible frequency range, something under 50Hz.
I concur. For the 3 labs that I've set up in the last 10 years, I buy a used/calibrated old analog Tektronix 475 (or any of the variations that I can get) for real analog signals, and some sort of a digital scope (I have a Tektronix TDS2022, relatively low end digital but easy to use) to catch random, slow signals (much like an analog storage scope). The TDS2022 won't help you much for a logic analyser.
It's difficult to see the real noise floor with a cheap digital scope, the the power supply interference gives me fits on some systems/signals.
"LED lights also consume far less energy than RF technology, offering the opportunity to build a communication network without added energy costs and reducing carbon emissions over the long term."
I'm not expert but short range RF power is WAY below LED lights.
Can someone fact check this?
why was this rated "funny"? This is true.
"You should only believe half of what you see, and none of which you hear"
"trust no one, and live"
guilty as charged...
"And Bill Gates once declared that the average person would never have a need for more than 640 kilobytes of memory in a personal computer, too."
So why is it I have to continually add RAM to my computers to bring their speed back up after a Windoze update?
and then I just realized: Bart Simpson is voiced by a $cientologist. I'll have to fix that.