Ha ha, I was 6 I was going to wire a motor to a generator, then connect them via belt, and watch them run forever. Dad explained to me about perpetual motion. Next idea was to take a bunch of one-way mirrors, and make a box of them to trap light.
Well it either takes money, or no money. You can't fit too much on a sail boat, so it's not like you have a lot of possessions. It really takes setting priorities.
Live in KS, work in MO. Actually it's 7 now that I look at it, but if my 6 YO son sees his 8 YO sister out of a booster, the shit will hit the fan:
http://www.kansashighwaypatrol...
car is being repaired. Ridiculous! 20 MPG and every time I step on the brakes or the gas it rocks back and forth like a rocking chair. It seats about as many people as a sedan and can carry only slightly more junk than a sedan. Why do people want to drive these things? They aren't attractive, they don't stop/go fast, they can't carry much stuff. I don't get it.
I don't understand why so many people want to drive pickups either. In a pickup you can only haul stuff you care about in decent weather. I get it if you're a farmer or ranch hand and need to haul messy stuff year round, but why would anyone else want to drive a truck? And why is it that the bigger the pickup, the greater the odds that they will back into parking spaces?
Haul'n shit! Seriously though, most of the stuff I haul I really don't care about. I've loaded mine (compact pickup) up with rocks, mulch, wood, scrap metal, furniture, and numerous other things. I also have a small utility trailer, and have loaded both. If you don't have one, you won't miss it, but if you do have one, you may find it is indispensable. Granted I have a utility trailer too, and that would work for most cars, but most cars don't come with a factory hitch, much less a 2" hitch.
Sheesh, I have two kids and the family barely fits in my 4-door Toyota Tacoma pickup. I'm 6'5" so I put the seat all the way back, and kids are required by law to be in car seats until they are probably 10. We also have a Honda minivan, and that is comfortable only because it seats 8. Cars these days, especially what they call mid-sized sedans, are complete crap.
Actually we (they since I voted against it) passed a $265M school bond issue in Johnson County KS. It's mostly all bullshit; a swim complex for the high school, a dark theater, etc. They won't actually hire any more teachers, since that's too long a commitment.
That's because they worked and were reliable. Imagine using a color laser printer these days to print all school materials, spending $1000 just to replace the toner, never mind the other parts, every few weeks.
"The real kick in the pants is when September comes and these same budget people are running around asking if anyone knows of a way to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars in 2 days before purchase orders are cut off at the end of the year or we will lose the money."
Well, you give it to IT to spend on computers, crappy computers. Where else can you spend that amount of money overnight than on pallets of shitty Dell or HP computers? Anything of quality, such as Agilent test equipment, has lead times of weeks. Wouldn't surprise me if the shitbox PC makers pre-build in anticipation of the money.
Huh, I saw the maiden Discovery launch too. My dad and I drove down from VA. I don't remember exactly where we watched from, but there was a pond near by, where the alligators were watching us. I took a few seconds to actually see it rise above the treeline. What still amazes me is how long the thrust tail was; a flame probably as long, or longer than the entire vehicle. BTW, looking forward to that open source HT.
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True. I'm an EE partly due to ST, trying to build the enterprise in the back yard when I was 4. Best Spock scene was when he made the mnemonic memory circuit with stone knives and bear claws. RIP Spock. Funny too, I am wearing a ST shirt today.
Unfortunatly in my part of town, AT&T has really jumped the gun on Google (see map):
http://overlandpark.maps.arcgi...
They are rolling along with fiber installation way ahead of Google.
Well my ISP here in Overland Park, KS bumped me from 30/5 to 100/5 for free; huh, they could have done that years ago. Looking forward to Google Fiber this year.
Yes, but Digikey is not making any money off of you. Until recently, they had a handling fee for any orders under $25. I too buy Digikey for home use, but have probably funneled $1M their way as an EE, which includes tape and reel. They often are the only ones to have several uF ceramic caps; I suppose they have the clout to buy up the inventory. But yeah, great prices on USPS shipping. Mouser is good too.
Microcenter has plenty of RPi, Arduino, maker shit, etc.. Micro Center stores are located in metro areas with >2M population. Microcenter doesn't sell those items for shit, even in a market that large. At best they may sell a $40 dev board per day, if even that. No way a rebranded RS could stay in business.
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Why do you say KS is dying? Overland Park and other area have grown rapidly. Western KS is due to farm consolidation.
Looks good for my EM simulation needs. Too bad the licensing to take advantage of all those cores is very expensive.
Yes Keysight (AKA Agilent, AKA HP) still produces quality test equipment, and yes, I still use an RPN calculator. Sheesh, I can't use a non-RPN one.
Yeah, never mind Texas Instruments, Dallas Seminconductor, Raytheon, etc. as if there were never engineers in TX.
Ha ha, I was 6 I was going to wire a motor to a generator, then connect them via belt, and watch them run forever. Dad explained to me about perpetual motion. Next idea was to take a bunch of one-way mirrors, and make a box of them to trap light.
Yes, Fldigi
Well it either takes money, or no money. You can't fit too much on a sail boat, so it's not like you have a lot of possessions. It really takes setting priorities.
Live in KS, work in MO. Actually it's 7 now that I look at it, but if my 6 YO son sees his 8 YO sister out of a booster, the shit will hit the fan: http://www.kansashighwaypatrol...
car is being repaired. Ridiculous! 20 MPG and every time I step on the brakes or the gas it rocks back and forth like a rocking chair. It seats about as many people as a sedan and can carry only slightly more junk than a sedan. Why do people want to drive these things? They aren't attractive, they don't stop/go fast, they can't carry much stuff. I don't get it.
I don't understand why so many people want to drive pickups either. In a pickup you can only haul stuff you care about in decent weather. I get it if you're a farmer or ranch hand and need to haul messy stuff year round, but why would anyone else want to drive a truck? And why is it that the bigger the pickup, the greater the odds that they will back into parking spaces?
Haul'n shit! Seriously though, most of the stuff I haul I really don't care about. I've loaded mine (compact pickup) up with rocks, mulch, wood, scrap metal, furniture, and numerous other things. I also have a small utility trailer, and have loaded both. If you don't have one, you won't miss it, but if you do have one, you may find it is indispensable. Granted I have a utility trailer too, and that would work for most cars, but most cars don't come with a factory hitch, much less a 2" hitch.
Sheesh, I have two kids and the family barely fits in my 4-door Toyota Tacoma pickup. I'm 6'5" so I put the seat all the way back, and kids are required by law to be in car seats until they are probably 10. We also have a Honda minivan, and that is comfortable only because it seats 8. Cars these days, especially what they call mid-sized sedans, are complete crap.
Actually we (they since I voted against it) passed a $265M school bond issue in Johnson County KS. It's mostly all bullshit; a swim complex for the high school, a dark theater, etc. They won't actually hire any more teachers, since that's too long a commitment.
That's because they worked and were reliable. Imagine using a color laser printer these days to print all school materials, spending $1000 just to replace the toner, never mind the other parts, every few weeks.
Ditto. 6'5" and most of mine are from Norway.
"The real kick in the pants is when September comes and these same budget people are running around asking if anyone knows of a way to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars in 2 days before purchase orders are cut off at the end of the year or we will lose the money." Well, you give it to IT to spend on computers, crappy computers. Where else can you spend that amount of money overnight than on pallets of shitty Dell or HP computers? Anything of quality, such as Agilent test equipment, has lead times of weeks. Wouldn't surprise me if the shitbox PC makers pre-build in anticipation of the money.
Yeah, I'm sure all those people developing 10 nm CMOS process nodes are humanities majors.
I have been doing RF/Microwave/Antenna design for 20 years and plan on doing it until I drop dead. Never had a lack of work.
Huh, I saw the maiden Discovery launch too. My dad and I drove down from VA. I don't remember exactly where we watched from, but there was a pond near by, where the alligators were watching us. I took a few seconds to actually see it rise above the treeline. What still amazes me is how long the thrust tail was; a flame probably as long, or longer than the entire vehicle. BTW, looking forward to that open source HT. KD4HSO
Argh! Do you not get symbolism?
True. I'm an EE partly due to ST, trying to build the enterprise in the back yard when I was 4. Best Spock scene was when he made the mnemonic memory circuit with stone knives and bear claws. RIP Spock. Funny too, I am wearing a ST shirt today.
There are no regulations covering firearms manufacturing equipment; at least not YET. They are just covering their asses.
Unfortunatly in my part of town, AT&T has really jumped the gun on Google (see map): http://overlandpark.maps.arcgi... They are rolling along with fiber installation way ahead of Google.
Well my ISP here in Overland Park, KS bumped me from 30/5 to 100/5 for free; huh, they could have done that years ago. Looking forward to Google Fiber this year.
Yes, but Digikey is not making any money off of you. Until recently, they had a handling fee for any orders under $25. I too buy Digikey for home use, but have probably funneled $1M their way as an EE, which includes tape and reel. They often are the only ones to have several uF ceramic caps; I suppose they have the clout to buy up the inventory. But yeah, great prices on USPS shipping. Mouser is good too.
Microcenter has plenty of RPi, Arduino, maker shit, etc.. Micro Center stores are located in metro areas with >2M population. Microcenter doesn't sell those items for shit, even in a market that large. At best they may sell a $40 dev board per day, if even that. No way a rebranded RS could stay in business.
Imagine being a RS employee finding out your new boss is Sprint. Fuck! I'd slit the first wrist from RS I'd slit the other from Sprint.