OT: [OT] That was funny!

Yup.

Within a couple weeks of introduction, I could read popular resistor values directly.

I suspect that is true for most folks.

A glance at Brown - Black - Orange gives me the idea '10K' instantly.

Don't tell SWMBO, but at flea markets I memorize her outfit by color code so I can pick her out easily in a large crowd. A green blouse with bluejeans is '56'. :)

SMT resistors are easier and much more difficult. I can noodle most of them out very quickly but some of those

1% values use a 'Magic Decoder' scheme that always defeats me:

"For some 1% resistors, a three-digit alphanumeric code is sometimes used, which is not obviously related to the value but can be derived from a table of 1% values. For instance, a resistor marked 68C is 499 (68) × 100(C) = 49,900 Ω. In this case the value 499 is the 68th entry of a table of 1% values between 100 and 999."

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--Winston

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Colors would be much more decorative and fun, IMHO

'8,4,2,1' would be much more intuitive for me. It'd read much more quickly if the '8' bulb were gray, the '4' bulb yellow, '2' red and '1' brown. (Do I sound like a broken record?) :)

I proudly reveal my ignorance. What the heck is '2*' as in '1,2,4,2*'?

--Winston

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Winston

And Neptune?

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Steve Ackman

It was used to be able to tell when the number was >5 and some other things that I have forgotten. It was in the 1950 (late) that I worked on some computer stuff that used it. I'm trying to think of a way to type these so it shows.

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LSD MSD

1 2 4 2*

0 0 0 0 0

1 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 5 1 0 1 0 6 0 0 1 1 7 1 0 1 1 8 0 1 1 1 9 1 1 1 1

There may have been some other factors too. Like I said it's been a heck of a long time ago. ...lew...

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Lewis Hartswick

I'm with you on that. I don't facebook, twit er, or cellular text message. I'm just not into that new age crap. Email and usenet is good enough for me! :)

Wes

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Wes

Big Ben robbed only young girls but violet gave willingly. The gold and silver for tolerance is a nice touch.

Wes

-- "Additionally as a security officer, I carry a gun to protect government officials but my life isn't worth protecting at home in their eyes." Dick Anthony Heller

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Wes

Heliograph is a lot more effective than people realize. How much important stuff is there to say after dark, anyway? d8-)

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Ed Huntress

I'm just not

I am not into either. I researched twitter and came to a conclusion that it is a wasteland of spam, users like SaveTenPercentOnViagra following everyone, etc.

My site algebra.com tweets every unsolved math problem. I have a personal account too, but rarely use it.

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Ignoramus22048

I'm just not

My personal opinion of social networking sites is it is a great way to advertise you have something worth stealing and the times you won't be home.

Wes

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Wes

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That is amazing!

Thanks!

--Winston

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advertise you have

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Yup.

--Winston

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Winston

On Wed, 14 Apr 2010 20:36:26 -0700, the infamous Gunner Asch scrawled the following:

I heard

The angle of the dangle is inversely proportionate to the mass of the ass and directly proportionate to the heat of the meat and the bulk of the balls.

ah dunno.

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Larry Jaques

On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:24:58 -0600, the infamous Steve Ackman scrawled the following:

Nicely done. Oops.

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Larry Jaques

I looked at Twitter, could see some uses for it, especially for bridging between desktop and mobile devices. For the life of me though I can't grok how companies are making use of it...

I would think that mobile devices would work well with Usenet. Flexible text formatting, don't need to be connected all the time, low bandwidth... would make a lot more sense than trying to use conventional websites on a tiny little screen to discuss anything (shrug).

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Leon Fisk

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