Question for Win Hill

[Terry Given]

I read in sci.electronics.design that Terry Given <[email protected]>



Was it accepted, though?

yes.

Cheers
Terry

 

[Terry Given]

"John Larkin" wrote


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I have never seen any "Ladder Logic" where the rails were other
than vertical.

It is an extension of relay logic, which permits software to be
inserted into the flow as if the routing was a relay. I used to
program a complete system in ladder Logic right in the body of a
quote because it allowed the customer to verify with their
electrician that it was what they wanted. Basically it is Boolean
Logic for AC or DC relays!

That it is, but the relays came FIRST. Claude Shannon completed an MSc
thesis on "A symbolic analysis of relay snd switching circuits" whilst
at MIT. He was pretty much responsible for the way we analyse digital
circuits using Boolean algebra. And he could juggle while riding a
unicycle. Smart guy.

Cheers
Terry

 

[Rich Grise]

Ah! "It would look good on your resume." She must have gone to a prep
school that specializes in making third-rate people look second-rate. When
a first-rate, self-motivated person gets into such a school, it can be a
frustrating experience.

If you're a Gilbert and Sullivan fan, you'll recognize what I've been
muttering a parody of:

"I am a perfect specimen of prep-school mediocrity,
I only finish courses if my grade's no lower than a B,
I live a life of things that all will look good on my resumeeee...

But still in matters fiscal, scientific, engineering-ly,

I am a perfect specimen of prep-school mediocrity!"

Cheers!
Rich

 

[Rich Grise]

I don't get it. Could you explain, or give more examples?

I fear John has gone over many of our heads with that one. I don't get
it either. Something to do with leiter = leader?

He (John) seems to have the kind of intellect that could set crossword
puzzles etc. BTW, I heard a rumor that some setters were allegedly
taking payments to incorporate certain brand names into the puzzles.

Frankly, I wouldn't begrudge a Crossword Constructor (that's what they're
'officially' called) any payment, fringe bennies, or anything else they
can get. Have you ever tried to make one up? I'm in awe. (I do crosswords
in pen, so I know whereof I speak.) For example, who knew there were at
least three US baseball teams with exactly 15 letters in their name?

And we still don't know what John was talking about. ;-) And he still
hasn't posted any of the promised jokes. Maybe they don't translate well?

I did hear a little story that some guy said is much funnier in the
original French; translated, it was about some kid being dressed by his
Mom or the nanny or somebody, and he asks if Grandmama can be allowed to
button his fly. His reasoning: "When Grandmama buttons my fly, she
trembles."

Cheers!
Rich

 

[Rich Grise]

On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 19:50:16 -0500,


No. Leiter = conductor. A semiconductor is half a conductor, in
German that's half a ladder, so to make a whole ladder you need two
semiconductors.

The joke really _is_ that lame, and if this is the one John couldn't
restrain himself from sharing because it's his best ladder-logic joke I
fear the worst.

Of course, you've heard about the streetcar conductor who had no money?

He murdered somebody, and was sentenced to death by electric chair. You
stretch this part of the joke out - his last meal was spaghetti and
meatballs, and when they put him in the chair and threw the switch,
nothing happened. They send him back to his holding cell, go over the
equipment, and the next day, he has spaghetti and meatballs for his last
meal, and the chair doesn't work, again. This goes on three or four times,
and you finally ask the audience, "Why didn't he die in the electric chair?"

Pause for effect...

"Because he was a poor conductor."

Ewwwwww!
Rich

 

[Richard the Dreaded Liberal]

It's one of those jokes that don't translate very well, and
a play with words, not extremely funny.

Q: What is the title of the thinnest book on Earth?
A: 200 years of German humor.

"Italian War Heroes"
"Jewish Business Ethics"
"Niggers I've Met While Yachting"

Cheers!
Rich

 

[John Woodgate]

I read in sci.electronics.design that Rich Grise <[email protected]>

Frankly, I wouldn't begrudge a Crossword Constructor (that's what
they're 'officially' called) any payment, fringe bennies, or anything
else they can get. Have you ever tried to make one up? I'm in awe. (I do
crosswords in pen, so I know whereof I speak.) For example, who knew
there were at least three US baseball teams with exactly 15 letters in
their name?

I have constructed British crosswords, which are different from US
crosswords insofar as they don't have large blocks of intersecting words
like (ASCII cop-out):

XYZABC
YZABCD
ZABCDE

British cross words have more black squares, and most words intersect
only one, two or three other words.

And we still don't know what John was talking about. ;-)

To make a ladder, for ladder-logic (Leiter-logik), you need pairs of
semiconductors (Halbleiter = half-conductors OR half-ladders).

And he still
hasn't posted any of the promised jokes. Maybe they don't translate
well?

No, you didn't like that one, so I shan't try any of the others. I won't
even tell you about having a squirrel for breakfast. Or about the
immigrant driver who was supposed to collect a committee from a hotel
and returned with a waste-bin.

 

[John Fields]

"Italian War Heroes"
"Jewish Business Ethics"
"Niggers I've Met While Yachting"

 

[John Fields]

I read in sci.electronics.design that Rich Grise <[email protected]>


I have constructed British crosswords, which are different from US
crosswords insofar as they don't have large blocks of intersecting words
like (ASCII cop-out):

XYZABC
YZABCD
ZABCDE

British cross words have more black squares, and most words intersect
only one, two or three other words.

To make a ladder, for ladder-logic (Leiter-logik), you need pairs of
semiconductors (Halbleiter = half-conductors OR half-ladders).


No, you didn't like that one, so I shan't try any of the others. I won't
even tell you about having a squirrel for breakfast. Or about the
immigrant driver who was supposed to collect a committee from a hotel
and returned with a waste-bin.

---
My favorite joke from the UK is about this woman who goes to her
gynecologist because of some discomfort she's experiencing, and after
the examination he says, "I'm sorry to have to tell you this, but
we're going to have to remove your avaries". "My *avaries*?" she
exclaims, "don't you mean my ovaries?" "No," he replies, "there's
been a cockatoo up there!"

 

[John Fields]

I read in sci.electronics.design that Rich Grise <[email protected]>


I have constructed British crosswords, which are different from US
crosswords insofar as they don't have large blocks of intersecting words
like (ASCII cop-out):

XYZABC
YZABCD
ZABCDE

British cross words have more black squares, and most words intersect
only one, two or three other words.

To make a ladder, for ladder-logic (Leiter-logik), you need pairs of
semiconductors (Halbleiter = half-conductors OR half-ladders).


No, you didn't like that one, so I shan't try any of the others. I won't
even tell you about having a squirrel for breakfast.

 

[Rich The Newsgropup Wacko]

---
My favorite joke from the UK is about this woman who goes to her
gynecologist because of some discomfort she's experiencing, and after
the examination he says, "I'm sorry to have to tell you this, but we're
going to have to remove your avaries". "My *avaries*?" she exclaims,
"don't you mean my ovaries?" "No," he replies, "there's been a cockatoo
up there!"

"We should have brought Zsa Zsa. We could have kept the car." ;-)

II. "You have such a small organ!"
"Sorry, lady. I didn't know I was going to be playing in a cathedral."

Cheers!
Rich

 

[Rich The Newsgropup Wacko]

http://www.google.com/search?&q="rich+grise"
http://groups.google.com.au/groups?q="rich+grise"

Sorry. ;-p

Cheers!
Rich

 

[Winfield Hill]

Richard the Dreaded Liberal wrote...
Subtlety and dry humor may not be Rich Grise's forte.

"Italian War Heroes"

Another stupid time-worn prejudice. It's a well-documented
fact that Italy had more than their fair share of war heros.

"Jewish Business Ethics"

ALL my Jewish business friends have exemplary business ethics,
a claim I wish I could make about all the rest of my friends.

"Niggers I've Met While Yachting"

And just how much yachting have you done? I thought so.

 

[Richard the Dreaded Liberal]

Richard the Dreaded Liberal wrote...

Subtlety and dry humor may not be Rich Grise's forte.


Another stupid time-worn prejudice. It's a well-documented
fact that Italy had more than their fair share of war heros.


ALL my Jewish business friends have exemplary business ethics,
a claim I wish I could make about all the rest of my friends.


And just how much yachting have you done? I thought so.

You're right. A dreaded liberal would never say such a thing. I just can't
bring myself to call myself a neocon, which are the people who would enjoy
that sort of hate.

If George Bush, Dick Cheney, and Donald Rumsfeld all jumped off the Sears
Tower simultaneously, which one would hit the ground first?

Who cares?

;-)
Rich

 

[John Woodgate]

I read in sci.electronics.design that Richard the Dreaded Liberal
doubleclick.net>) about 'Question for Win Hill/ Athlon64', on Sat, 8 Jan
2005:

If George Bush, Dick Cheney, and Donald Rumsfeld all jumped off the
Sears Tower simultaneously, which one would hit the ground first?

Since you think they are all light-weights, they would float gently down
and land unharmed.

 

[John Larkin]

You're right. A dreaded liberal would never say such a thing. I just can't
bring myself to call myself a neocon, which are the people who would enjoy
that sort of hate.

The semi-official definition of "neo-conservative" is "a liberal who
has been mugged by reality." That's sort of an engineering approach to
social well-being.

John

 

[keith]

The semi-official definition of "neo-conservative" is "a liberal who
has been mugged by reality." That's sort of an engineering approach to
social well-being.

True, but the way the left uses the term it's closer to "damned Jew".

 

[Richard the Dreaded Liberal]

The semi-official definition of "neo-conservative" is "a liberal who
has been mugged by reality." That's sort of an engineering approach to
social well-being.

What, they turn neocon to get revenge on reality by flipping over to perp?

Sounds logical to me.

Cheers!
Rich

 

[Winfield Hill]

Jim Thompson wrote...

Winfield Hill wrote:
Jim Thompson wrote...
Winfield Hill wrote:
Winfield Hill wrote:

[snip]

OK, I've gotten my computer running again, wheew! and will try to
find the time to evaluate these six interesting 2n7000 spice models.

Thanks, Win, I appreciate the help... if there's anyone here with
"hands-on" you're "the-man" ;-)

Sheesh, Jim says such nice things about me, almost a week goes by,
and I'm only now sitting down to take a better look at the issue.

 

[Jim Thompson]

Jim Thompson wrote...

Jim Thompson wrote...
Winfield Hill wrote:
Winfield Hill wrote: [snip]

OK, I've gotten my computer running again, wheew! and will try to
find the time to evaluate these six interesting 2n7000 spice models.

Thanks, Win, I appreciate the help... if there's anyone here with
"hands-on" you're "the-man" ;-)

Sheesh, Jim says such nice things about me, almost a week goes by,
and I'm only now sitting down to take a better look at the issue.

Have fun ;-)

...Jim Thompson