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  1. Dual 40MHz 12 bit Scope with sample & hold = $ on Cheap PC Oscilloscopes - Any Recommendations? · · Score: 0
    Dual 40MHz 12 bit Scope with sample & hold = $249
    national.com - a/d eval borad comes with wave vision java based gui ;-) A simple high speed op-amp input with a gain adjust will make it possible to adjust for 10-bit at any gain (base 10 makes the software easy to adapt).

    ADC08200EVAL $249.00 Out Of Stock ADC08200 Evaluation Board


    http://www.national.com/appinfo/adc/files/12D040 ma c.pdf



    Don't reinvent the wheel, its already patented ;-)

  2. Re:RFID? You Thinking of DoS or virus stickers? on Utah Leads the Way Toward RFID Privacy Legislation · · Score: 0

    Yes, RF chirp, listen, and filter. Bands of interest (as broadcast is license free): 88.1MHz 443MHz 900MHz 1.21GHz 1.3MHz 5GHz etc... Of course the Tag and Key crowds think its funny. Static electrify, strong emf, low level ionizing radiation, and heat are known to erase or corrupt these devices. Of course there are also concerns of someone writing a delayed walking random ID jammer (Hardware DoS) and embedded binary virus stickers the size of a grain of rice. ;-)

  3. Re:Wow maybe now on How We Knew AL00667 Would Miss Earth · · Score: 0
    To approach infinite certainty of 1 in a probability problem would require only one condition to exist. This would allude to the following:


    1.) The chance of earth colliding with itself is 100% given enough time.


    2.) The chance of a meteor hitting earth is increasing or decreasing depending on the confounding variable sample entropy set of the infinite universe and black holes.


    3.) The moon will eventually collide with earth, that's why we want to go to mars. =) lol


    4.) The earth will impact a meteor just as often as a meteor impacts earth... opps... help me spock... its circular logic... a busy loop.. going offline...

  4. Re:Wow on How We Knew AL00667 Would Miss Earth · · Score: 5, Funny
    The earth is hit by material every day. A planet killer meteor hits about once every... Wait! We are still here? hmmm, that must mean what?...

    Besides everyone knows the world ends in 2017 due to old UNIX Y2K17 bug & embedded NT licence key expiry causing cascade failure of ICBM guidance systems. ;-) lol I will need Lead underpants soon... ha ha ha

    Relax, Statically speaking you will probably win the lotto 12 times, get struck by lighting 302 times, and die from stress or cancer 240 million times... likely to happen long before then... ;-)

  5. Is Kali a statue of the six-arm programmer? on Indian Techies Answer About 'Onshore Insourcing' · · Score: 1, Funny

    Is Kali a statue of the six-arm programmer?
    =)

  6. Re:a few observations... yeah... on Economic Analysis of the Nanotech Future · · Score: 1

    Ever wonder where your flying car is? Imagine the scale of destruction caused by current traffic in a 3D airspace. People smart enough to see the solution, will also see the impact of their contribution (pun intended). This is especially true for potentially dangerous technologies like nano-assemblers. As paranoid and critical some people can become, others are just as clever and creative. No matter how difficult the technology seems to build (see computer design in the 1970's), the demand will be met eventually.
    Economics is the science of allocating the most efficient use of resources to obtain the maximum satisfaction of the consumer. The system has never led to a fair distribution method. Unfortunately, the free market system is the best system people have had so far. The idea of resource control and enforcement is not new though:
    In the beginning: People with spears and horses ruled the land.
    (and there were whores, soldiers, and slaves)
    In roman times: People with swords and ships ruled the trade routes.
    (and there were whores, soldiers, and slaves)
    In recent times: People with canons and sailing ships ruled the oceans.
    (and there were whores, soldiers, and slaves)
    Today? People with nukes and airplanes rule policy.
    and there are desperate poor people without economic or political influence in democracy. The ideal classless society still has classes? ;)

    See the pattern yet? Did the slaves know they were slaves? Did they change things? =)
    Will philanthropy outweigh the ailing education system and demand deficient labor? Never, educated people are harder to sell cigarettes and political ideals, but not impossible ;)
    Are we that much different? No.
    Do you live a better quality of life than your parents did? Statistically speaking, probably not.
    Have we evolved our ethics along with technology? No. See handgun conflict resolution.
    Does a PHD make someone morally agreeable? No. See the H-bomb
    What are the philosophical differences between educated people and intelligent people? None, they are people with differing perspectives of equal quality.
    On an aggregate scale people lie, cheat, and steal. It's in our nature. And it's unlikely to change anytime soon.
    Will you get assistance building such devices? Hmmmmmmm. =)
    Unlikely, the design will most likely be discovered by:
    1.) dumb luck. (by a moron)
    2.) Being stolen or sold. (by a moron)
    cheers ;?)

  7. Crash twice in the same accident? on If Microsoft Built Cars... · · Score: 1

    It is the only way to crash twice in the same accident.

    Does your insurance cover twice the cost?

    Or pay half as much on each claim? ;)

    lol

  8. 2 tin cans and a piece of string can subvert this on Radiofrequency Weapons · · Score: 1

    There have been numerous published and gagged research papers related to EMP shielding techniques. See satellite and stealth tactical technologies for more information if you have clearance =)
    The weapon has always looked intangible, which airs of theoretical research done when the first public contracts from the government for a microwave weapon that could cook targets at a distance was to be awarded in 1930's. The prize should have been for the physical design of a power source necessary to generate a field of that strength at a distance never alone controlling its behavior (see inverse field laws). Would it not be faster, cheaper, and better to simply drop a modified guided tactical system on transmission lines resolved using EMF sensors (or triangulate a specific somebody on a cell-phone of unknown origin). War is about gaining control-using force, and destroying infrastructure costs the occupying forces during the rebuilding of the area captured (any similarity to recent events is strictly coincidental, read a history book for several examples). Motives and politics ultimately decide what policy will be implemented, a 100% clean method of control is never possible.

    Propaganda + Ignorance = Dangerous Archetypes.
    Reasons + Excuses = Action
    Logic + Hydraulics = Wet Chips that are immune to EMP ;o)
    Logic + Genetics = Gene Processing units immune to EMP ;o)
    Logic + Optics = Optical communication systems immune to EMP ;o)
    Logic + Brains = solution to any problem posed by intelligent minds...
    Hence, 2 tin cans and a piece of string can subvert this technology ;)
    "Psstttt!" ]]]|--|[[[ "C.A.N. you hear me now?"
    {This thing gets better reception than my cell} =)lol

  9. Re:what a ripoff! on New Optical Chip Claims 8 Trillion Operations/sec. · · Score: 1

    The DSP optical technology isn't even as impressive as the extremely similar optical switching system developed by lucent 3 years ago that supported multimode optical communications concurrently. But it did make my day, from an economic perspective it is highly unlikely that a company would publish their groundbreaking design before they could maximize their financial returns from its application in the computing industry. It sounds like 15-second elevator pitch from a dot.com burnout looking for investment or a buy-out exit strategy. ;)
    Most engineers develop a pragmatic perspective dealing with the numerous emerging technologies. The Optical array sensors switch time is perhaps more impressive than the design of the DSP itself. But the physical stability, life span, and core design seems like missing information from the press packages. I would like to see even a Pencil sketch on a coffee napkin describing the actual physical properties of the design instead of the performance curves (anyone done a patent search for this item yet?). It's a nice looking board, but I am very skeptical about the viability of the technology until they disclose a real picture of the active core technology (pictures from Star Trek don't count as rough drafts). ;) lol