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* My esr meter repository has grown up ... - 1 messages, 1 author
http://groups.google.com/group/sci.electronics.repair/t/7d64744737d15187?hl=en
* Help with wiring colors on old headphones - 16 messages, 5 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/sci.electronics.repair/t/f8481990f5c47309?hl=en
* another puzzler - 3 messages, 3 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/sci.electronics.repair/t/b80657d8be4c22cd?hl=en
* DATING FOR BEAUTY GIRLS - DATING TIPS FOR GUYS - DATING ROMANCE - CLICK HERE
- 1 messages, 1 author
http://groups.google.com/group/sci.electronics.repair/t/6ff564ffeaeeb96c?hl=en
* Did the Queen's Husband (Prince Phillip) Fart at the Royal Wedding? - 2
messages, 1 author
http://groups.google.com/group/sci.electronics.repair/t/770cf192b4b02afa?hl=en
* SEE KAREENA KAPOOR BOLLYWOOD HOT ACTRESS BOOBS PRESSED IN SHOPPING MALL - 1
messages, 1 author
http://groups.google.com/group/sci.electronics.repair/t/1dce4144d38cd7ee?hl=en
* Is MTS audio a victim of the latest cable company upgrading? - 2 messages, 1
author
http://groups.google.com/group/sci.electronics.repair/t/60a2fa68004f3c17?hl=en

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TOPIC: My esr meter repository has grown up ...
http://groups.google.com/group/sci.electronics.repair/t/7d64744737d15187?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Sun, May 15 2011 2:43 am
From: Kripton


hello,

I announced here some times ago my esr meter repository at
http://kripton2035.free.fr/esr-repository.html

since then, it has grown up...
now it also has a geiger meter repository, a continuity meter
repository, a lcr meter repository

I am still opened to any comment !

regards,
--
---
Kripton


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TOPIC: Help with wiring colors on old headphones
http://groups.google.com/group/sci.electronics.repair/t/f8481990f5c47309?hl=en
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== 1 of 16 ==
Date: Sun, May 15 2011 3:14 am
From: "Dave Plowman (News)"


In article <Xns9EE58D9D9D2126AD265@69.16.185.252>,
Patrick <invalid@invalid.com> wrote:
> > Black and blue are the commons. Not that it would make any difference
> > if you commoned red and yellow.
> >
> > You can check for sure by unplugging the leads from each actual
> > earpiece (red and blue plugs), but be careful to pull on the actual
> > plug only. The pins are of slightly different sizes.
> >
> > Hope you have a source of the muffs for these - they crumble to dust
> > quite quickly.

> You must know the headphones well because I had long forgotten the leads
> plugged into the earpieces. I didn't realize the mini plugs were keyed
> to go in only one way around. With that info I could have continuity
> tested the colored leads to each of the larger pins on the plugs but
> you saved me doing that becauase you have given me the color coding
> too. Thank you.

They were standard issue (for some things) in the BBC when I worked there
many many years ago

> You're right about the muffs crumbling. I threw them out. First I'll
> see what the cans sound like now and then decide if it's worth getting
> new muffs.

I still quite like them for where an open backed design is suitable.

> It's been instructive to see how many people misunderstood what the
> original question was trying to solve and they gave obviously useless,
> if not misleading, advice. It's never been the same since Eternal
> September.

Phil tends to be rude to everyone. And everything to him is black and
white. But I do know out of phase headphones ain't as obvious to all as he
suggests, or are to him.

--
*All generalizations are false.

Dave Plowman dave@davenoise.co.uk London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.


== 2 of 16 ==
Date: Sun, May 15 2011 3:23 am
From: "Dave Plowman (News)"


In article <939el4FjuaU1@mid.individual.net>,
David Looser <david.looser@btinternet.com> wrote:
> The 414s originally came with DIN speaker plugs, but they changed to
> jacks quite some time ago.>

DIN plugs with a socket on the back so they could be inserted 'in line'
with other pairs. And a 1/4" stereo jack plug Y adaptor.

--
*The most common name in the world is Mohammed *

Dave Plowman dave@davenoise.co.uk London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.


== 3 of 16 ==
Date: Sun, May 15 2011 3:45 am
From: "Phil Allison"

"Martin Brown"

Some wanker wrote:

>> Out of phase headphone transducers create a far more subtle adverse
>> effect than that noticed in loudspeakers, so it is not something
>> immediately evident by A-B testing. Nor is testing necessary if someone
>> here knows what the color coding is.
>
> A pair of headphones with incorrect phasing is about as obvious as being
> hit on the head with a brick.


** ROTFLMAO !!!

> Amplifier to mono and try listening to something. If you have it right the
> sound source will appear to be very close to the middle of your head and
> if not it will be in different places or spread out depending on the
> frequency.
>
> If you can't tell the difference you don't deserve a hifi system.


** LOL.


> You could always look at the cables at the transducer end.

** Just might be that the transducers are mis-wired.

As someone who does repairs for a living - I learnt LONG ago to expect
the unexpected.

Murphy RULES !!!!!


..... Phil

== 4 of 16 ==
Date: Sun, May 15 2011 3:50 am
From: "Phil Allison"

"Dave Plowman (Nutcase)"

>
> Phil tends to be rude to everyone. And everything to him is black and
> white.

** My colour vision is perfect.

> But I do know out of phase headphones ain't as obvious to all as he
> suggests, or are to him.


** Not with a ** MONO ** signal !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

As many others here, with far more insight than a jerk like you, have
agreed.

..... Phil


== 5 of 16 ==
Date: Sun, May 15 2011 3:57 am
From: "Dave Plowman (News)"


In article <939p6dF64cU1@mid.individual.net>,
Phil Allison <phil_a@tpg.com.au> wrote:
> ** Just might be that the transducers are mis-wired.

Highly unlikey with AKG. On this design, the leads plug into the
transducers. One reason they were so popular for pro use - they unplug
rather than break if strained.

--
*If PROGRESS is for advancement, what does that make CONGRESS mean?

Dave Plowman dave@davenoise.co.uk London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.


== 6 of 16 ==
Date: Sun, May 15 2011 4:16 am
From: "Phil Allison"

"Dave Plowman (Nutcase )


>> ** Just might be that the transducers are mis-wired.
>
> Highly unlikey with AKG.

** Irrelevant.

Only ONE ear unit is involved.


> On this design, the leads plug into the
> transducers.


** This * steaming great * RETARDED fuckwit did not read what I wrote.

" As someone who does repairs for a living - I learnt LONG ago to expect
the unexpected. Murphy RULES !!!!! "


... Phil


== 7 of 16 ==
Date: Sun, May 15 2011 4:55 am
From: "Dave Plowman (News)"


In article <939r1cFk6vU1@mid.individual.net>,
Phil Allison <phil_a@tpg.com.au> wrote:

> "Dave Plowman (Nutcase )


> >> ** Just might be that the transducers are mis-wired.
> >
> > Highly unlikey with AKG.

> ** Irrelevant.

> Only ONE ear unit is involved.

So?


> > On this design, the leads plug into the
> > transducers.


> ** This * steaming great * RETARDED fuckwit did not read what I wrote.

> " As someone who does repairs for a living - I learnt LONG ago to
> expect the unexpected. Murphy RULES !!!!! "


You obviously don't know these particular headphones. I do.

--
*Men are from Earth, women are from Earth. Deal with it.

Dave Plowman dave@davenoise.co.uk London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.


== 8 of 16 ==
Date: Sun, May 15 2011 4:57 am
From: "Dave Plowman (News)"


In article <939pgjF8enU1@mid.individual.net>,
Phil Allison <phil_a@tpg.com.au> wrote:
> > But I do know out of phase headphones ain't as obvious to all as he
> > suggests, or are to him.


> ** Not with a ** MONO ** signal !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

> As many others here, with far more insight than a jerk like you, have
> agreed.

You have little idea about the variations between humans. To know this,
you have to be one yourself.

--
*Rehab is for quitters

Dave Plowman dave@davenoise.co.uk London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.


== 9 of 16 ==
Date: Sun, May 15 2011 5:21 am
From: "William Sommerwerck"


"Phil Allison" <phil_a@tpg.com.au> wrote in message
news:939e5jFgmbU1@mid.individual.net...

> "William Sommerwanker"
> > >> "Meat Plow"
> >
> >> ** This trolling asshole is a narcissistic psychopath.
> >
> >> He knows nothing and understands even less.
> >> I want the lunatic jerk kicked right off usenet.
> >> Who will help me ?
> >
> > If the "lunatic jerk" you're referring to is yourself... I'd say
everyone
> > in this group.
>
>
> ** Ain't it just amazing !!
>
> If you go after ONE troll, the rest of the cunts come in and gang up on
> you.
>
> So you gotta take the WHOLE lot on, all at once.
>
> What a bunch of gutless, fascist pricks they are.

Are you being serious? Or is this an attempt at "humour"?


== 10 of 16 ==
Date: Sun, May 15 2011 5:25 am
From: "Phil Allison"

Dave Plowman (Nutcase )

>> ** Just might be that the transducers are mis-wired.
>
> Highly unlikey with AKG.

** Irrelevant.

Only ONE ear unit is involved.


> On this design, the leads plug into the
> transducers.


** This * steaming great * RETARDED fuckwit did not read what I wrote.

" As someone who does repairs for a living - I learnt LONG ago to expect
the unexpected. Murphy RULES !!!!! "

... Phil

== 11 of 16 ==
Date: Sun, May 15 2011 5:25 am
From: "Phil Allison"


"William Sommerwanker"
> "Meat Plow"
>
>> ** This trolling asshole is a narcissistic psychopath.
>
>> He knows nothing and understands even less.
>> I want the lunatic jerk kicked right off usenet.
>> Who will help me ?
>
> If the "lunatic jerk" you're referring to is yourself... I'd say everyone
> in
> this group.


** Ain't it just amazing !!

If you go after ONE troll, the rest of the cunts come in and gang up on
you.

So you gotta take the WHOLE lot on, all at once.

What a bunch of gutless, fascist pricks they are.

.... Phil

== 12 of 16 ==
Date: Sun, May 15 2011 5:26 am
From: "Phil Allison"


"Dave Plowman (Nutcase)"
>
> Phil tends to be rude to everyone. And everything to him is black and
> white.

** My colour vision is perfect.

> But I do know out of phase headphones ain't as obvious to all as he
> suggests, or are to him.


** Not with a ** MONO ** signal !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

As many others here, with far more insight than a jerk like you, have
agreed.


..... Phil

== 13 of 16 ==
Date: Sun, May 15 2011 5:51 am
From: "Dave Plowman (News)"


In article <939v46Fk6pU1@mid.individual.net>,
Phil Allison <phil_a@tpg.com.au> wrote:
> As many others here, with far more insight than a jerk like you, have
> agreed.

Most people around the world agree you're a prat - so why suddenly believe
them?

--
*The most wasted day of all is one in which we have not laughed.*

Dave Plowman dave@davenoise.co.uk London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.


== 14 of 16 ==
Date: Sun, May 15 2011 6:40 am
From: "Phil Allison"


"Dave Plowman (Nutcase)"
>
> Phil tends to be rude to everyone. And everything to him is black and
> white.

** My colour vision is perfect.

> But I do know out of phase headphones ain't as obvious to all as he
> suggests, or are to him.


** Not so with a ** MONO ** signal !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

As many others here, with far more insight than a

FUCKING JERK like you, have agreed.


..... Phil

== 15 of 16 ==
Date: Sun, May 15 2011 7:48 am
From:


"Patrick" <invalid@invalid.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9EE57F121FAB96AD265@69.16.185.252...
>I have some vinatge headphones (Sennheiser HD424) and want to attach a new
> plug.
>
> Which color wires are the positive ones?
>
> The colors in one of the leads are red & blue and in the other lead black
> &
> yellow. (No wire is used as screening - there's just two wires in each
> lead.)

Hello Patrick.

http://www.sennheiser.com/sennheiser/old_manual.nsf/resources/HD_424_oNr_1082_Sp3.pdf/$File/HD_424_oNr_1082_Sp3.pdf

Left ear: Yellow is + and Black is -
Right ear: Red is + and Blue is -

Kindest regards.

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== 16 of 16 ==
Date: Sun, May 15 2011 8:27 am
From: spamtrap1888


On May 15, 12:45 am, "David Looser" <david.loo...@btinternet.com>
wrote:
> "Brian Gaff" <Bria...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
>
> news:iqnu9g$e5l$1@dont-email.me...

> > While on the subject of these open back phones. I have a set of 414s and
> > need new ear cushions for them. anyone know if they can still be bought?
>
> I recently bought new muffs for a pair of 414s from Canford.
>

I wonder if they will last any longer than the originals. At 6.66 UKP
periodic replacement could get expensive, and stockpiling them would
be useless.

A Google search for 414 headphones pops bhphotovideo up to the top,
where the earpads are $5.50, about half the UK price.

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TOPIC: another puzzler
http://groups.google.com/group/sci.electronics.repair/t/b80657d8be4c22cd?hl=en
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== 1 of 3 ==
Date: Sun, May 15 2011 5:14 am
From: Carey Carlan


spam@spam.com (Don Pearce) wrote in
news:4dcd5ee1.224328189@news.eternal-september.org:

> On Fri, 13 May 2011 16:05:33 GMT, Carey Carlan <gulfjoe@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>spam@spam.com (Don Pearce) wrote in
>>news:4dcd3b49.215216046@news.eternal-september.org:
>>
>>> On Fri, 13 May 2011 08:09:11 -0400, "Arny Krueger"
>>> <arnyk@hotpop.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>"Bill Graham" <weg9@comcast.net> wrote in message
>>>>news:t_ydnZKHN4u_QlHQnZ2dnUVZ5rWdnZ2d@giganews.com
>>>>> Soundhaspriority wrote:
>>>>>> "Suppose you're on a game show, and you're given the
>>>>>> choice of three doors: Behind one door is a car; behind
>>>>>> the others, goats. You pick a door, say No. 1, and the
>>>>>> host, who knows what's behind the doors, opens another
>>>>>> door, say No. 3, which has a goat. He then says to you,
>>>>>> "Do you want to pick door No. 2?" Is it to your
>>>>>> advantage to switch your choice?" The above is a famous problem.
>>>>>> I've left out the
>>>>>> attribution to give you a few minutes (or forever, if
>>>>>> you want) to enjoy it. Bob Morein
>>>>>> (310) 237-6511
>>>>>
>>>>> When you pick door #1 you only have a 1/3 chance of
>>>>> winning. But after you see that there is a goat behind
>>>>> door #3, your chance of winning is 1/2, so I would change
>>>>> doors and pick door #2. But I don't really know
>>>>> why....It's just gambler's instinct with me.
>>>>
>>>>After you know there is a goat behind door #3 and are given a
>>>>chance to guess again, there is a 50% chance the car is behind door
>>>>#1 and a 50% chance the car if behind door #2. Change your choice
>>>>or not, you have a 50% chance of being right.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Lets make it ten doors. You pick one, and get a one in ten chance of
>>> being right. That means that the chances are 90% that the car is
>>> behind one of the 9 doors you did not pick. You know for certain
>>> that at least eight of those doors conceal a goat, so when eight
>>> goats are revealed, you have no new information. The chances are 90%
>>> that the car is behind one of the nine - only now there is only one
>>> remaining to open.
>>>
>>> One vital fact here is that the person doing the revealing knows the
>>> contents of the doors and chooses to reveal only goats. Had he been
>>> guessing too, and just happened to reveal only goats, then yes, you
>>> would be down to 50/50.
>>
>>Alternate:
>>
>>You walk in with 8 doors already open revealing 8 goats.
>>The car is behind one of the two remaining doors.
>>Convince me that your odds are not 50% to find the car.
>
> Why? That isn't what happens. Read again and try to follow,
> particularly the last part, which is the vital proviso.

Why? Because at the point of the final decision, that's the situation.
How do the preceding 8 steps affect the final step?

Just as in flipping coins.
Getting 5 heads in a row is 1/32.
But getting the 5th head after already getting 4 is still 1/2.


== 2 of 3 ==
Date: Sun, May 15 2011 5:23 am
From: spam@spam.com (Don Pearce)


On Sun, 15 May 2011 12:14:44 GMT, Carey Carlan <gulfjoe@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>spam@spam.com (Don Pearce) wrote in
>news:4dcd5ee1.224328189@news.eternal-september.org:
>
>> On Fri, 13 May 2011 16:05:33 GMT, Carey Carlan <gulfjoe@hotmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>spam@spam.com (Don Pearce) wrote in
>>>news:4dcd3b49.215216046@news.eternal-september.org:
>>>
>>>> On Fri, 13 May 2011 08:09:11 -0400, "Arny Krueger"
>>>> <arnyk@hotpop.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>"Bill Graham" <weg9@comcast.net> wrote in message
>>>>>news:t_ydnZKHN4u_QlHQnZ2dnUVZ5rWdnZ2d@giganews.com
>>>>>> Soundhaspriority wrote:
>>>>>>> "Suppose you're on a game show, and you're given the
>>>>>>> choice of three doors: Behind one door is a car; behind
>>>>>>> the others, goats. You pick a door, say No. 1, and the
>>>>>>> host, who knows what's behind the doors, opens another
>>>>>>> door, say No. 3, which has a goat. He then says to you,
>>>>>>> "Do you want to pick door No. 2?" Is it to your
>>>>>>> advantage to switch your choice?" The above is a famous problem.
>>>>>>> I've left out the
>>>>>>> attribution to give you a few minutes (or forever, if
>>>>>>> you want) to enjoy it. Bob Morein
>>>>>>> (310) 237-6511
>>>>>>
>>>>>> When you pick door #1 you only have a 1/3 chance of
>>>>>> winning. But after you see that there is a goat behind
>>>>>> door #3, your chance of winning is 1/2, so I would change
>>>>>> doors and pick door #2. But I don't really know
>>>>>> why....It's just gambler's instinct with me.
>>>>>
>>>>>After you know there is a goat behind door #3 and are given a
>>>>>chance to guess again, there is a 50% chance the car is behind door
>>>>>#1 and a 50% chance the car if behind door #2. Change your choice
>>>>>or not, you have a 50% chance of being right.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Lets make it ten doors. You pick one, and get a one in ten chance of
>>>> being right. That means that the chances are 90% that the car is
>>>> behind one of the 9 doors you did not pick. You know for certain
>>>> that at least eight of those doors conceal a goat, so when eight
>>>> goats are revealed, you have no new information. The chances are 90%
>>>> that the car is behind one of the nine - only now there is only one
>>>> remaining to open.
>>>>
>>>> One vital fact here is that the person doing the revealing knows the
>>>> contents of the doors and chooses to reveal only goats. Had he been
>>>> guessing too, and just happened to reveal only goats, then yes, you
>>>> would be down to 50/50.
>>>
>>>Alternate:
>>>
>>>You walk in with 8 doors already open revealing 8 goats.
>>>The car is behind one of the two remaining doors.
>>>Convince me that your odds are not 50% to find the car.
>>
>> Why? That isn't what happens. Read again and try to follow,
>> particularly the last part, which is the vital proviso.
>
>Why? Because at the point of the final decision, that's the situation.
>How do the preceding 8 steps affect the final step?
>
That isn't the final situation. I will take this a step at a time.

There are three doors - one with a car, two with goats

I choose one. I have a 1 in 3 chance of being right

That means there is a 2 in 3 chance of the car being in the other two

I know for a fact that at least one of the other two is a goat.

That does not change the odds - it is still 2 in 3 that the car is in
one of those

The host shows me one of the two - one he knows to contain a goat.

This is not new information, I knew there was a goat there, I still
know there was a goat there.

The odds are still 2 in 3 that the car is in one of those two doors.

But now those 2 in 3 odds have been concentrated into the one
remaining door of the two, which I will open because that is better
than the 1 in 3 chance of it being my first choice.

d


== 3 of 3 ==
Date: Sun, May 15 2011 8:39 am
From: spamtrap1888


On May 15, 5:14 am, Carey Carlan <gulf...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> s...@spam.com (Don Pearce) wrote innews:4dcd5ee1.224328189@news.eternal-september.org:
>
>
>
> > On Fri, 13 May 2011 16:05:33 GMT, Carey Carlan <gulf...@hotmail.com>
> > wrote:
>
> >>s...@spam.com (Don Pearce) wrote in
> >>news:4dcd3b49.215216046@news.eternal-september.org:
>
> >>> On Fri, 13 May 2011 08:09:11 -0400, "Arny Krueger"
> >>> <ar...@hotpop.com> wrote:
>
> >>>>"Bill Graham" <w...@comcast.net> wrote in message
> >>>>news:t_ydnZKHN4u_QlHQnZ2dnUVZ5rWdnZ2d@giganews.com
> >>>>> Soundhaspriority wrote:
> >>>>>> "Suppose you're on a game show, and you're given the
> >>>>>> choice of three doors: Behind one door is a car; behind
> >>>>>> the others, goats. You pick a door, say No. 1, and the
> >>>>>> host, who knows what's behind the doors, opens another
> >>>>>> door, say No. 3, which has a goat. He then says to you,
> >>>>>> "Do you want to pick door No. 2?" Is it to your
> >>>>>> advantage to switch your choice?" The above is a famous problem.
> >>>>>> I've left out the
> >>>>>> attribution to give you a few minutes (or forever, if
> >>>>>> you want) to enjoy it. Bob Morein
> >>>>>> (310) 237-6511
>
> >>>>> When you pick door #1 you only have a 1/3 chance of
> >>>>> winning. But after you see that there is a goat behind
> >>>>> door #3, your chance of winning is 1/2, so I would change
> >>>>> doors and pick door #2. But I don't really know
> >>>>> why....It's just gambler's instinct with me.
>
> >>>>After you know there is a goat behind door #3  and are given a
> >>>>chance to guess again, there is a 50% chance the car is behind door
> >>>>#1 and a 50% chance the car if behind door #2.  Change your choice
> >>>>or not, you have a 50% chance of being right.
>
> >>> Lets make it ten doors. You pick one, and get a one in ten chance of
> >>> being right. That means that the chances are 90% that the car is
> >>> behind one of the 9 doors you did not pick. You know for certain
> >>> that at least eight of those doors conceal a goat, so when eight
> >>> goats are revealed, you have no new information. The chances are 90%
> >>> that the car is behind one of the nine - only now there is only one
> >>> remaining to open.
>
> >>> One vital fact here is that the person doing the revealing knows the
> >>> contents of the doors and chooses to reveal only goats. Had he been
> >>> guessing too, and just happened to reveal only goats, then yes, you
> >>> would be down to 50/50.
>
> >>Alternate:
>
> >>You walk in with 8 doors already open revealing 8 goats.
> >>The car is behind one of the two remaining doors.
> >>Convince me that your odds are not 50% to find the car.
>
> > Why? That isn't what happens. Read again and try to follow,
> > particularly the last part, which is the vital proviso.
>
> Why? Because at the point of the final decision, that's the situation.
> How do the preceding 8 steps affect the final step?
>
> Just as in flipping coins.
> Getting 5 heads in a row is 1/32.
> But getting the 5th head after already getting 4 is still 1/2.

The big difference: In the Monty Hall problem there is only one "coin
flip". Only one random choice is made -- the first choice of a door.
In the coin flip situation, there are five coin flips, five random
choices.

Now, in contrast, if the car and remaining goats were randomly
shuffled after each goat door was revealed, then the situation would
be different. But in the MHP problem the car does not move.

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TOPIC: DATING FOR BEAUTY GIRLS - DATING TIPS FOR GUYS - DATING ROMANCE - CLICK
HERE
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Sun, May 15 2011 6:12 am
From: devi vithya


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TOPIC: Did the Queen's Husband (Prince Phillip) Fart at the Royal Wedding?
http://groups.google.com/group/sci.electronics.repair/t/770cf192b4b02afa?hl=en
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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Sun, May 15 2011 7:22 am
From: RoadRunner


If the looks of the royal wedding party in these photos is any
indication I'd say yes. Of course the old guy is 90-years-old so he
may have just dropped a duce…

http://www.craigboyce.com/w/2011/05/prince-phillip-fart/

== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Sun, May 15 2011 7:23 am
From: RoadRunner


If the looks of the royal wedding party in these photos is any
indication I'd say yes. Of course the old guy is 90-years-old so he
may have just dropped a duce…

http://www.craigboyce.com/w/2011/05/prince-phillip-fart/

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TOPIC: SEE KAREENA KAPOOR BOLLYWOOD HOT ACTRESS BOOBS PRESSED IN SHOPPING MALL
http://groups.google.com/group/sci.electronics.repair/t/1dce4144d38cd7ee?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Sun, May 15 2011 7:24 am
From: charmi s


SEE KAREENA KAPOOR BOLLYWOOD HOT ACTRESS BOOBS PRESSED IN SHOPPING
MALL
At http://hollypops.Co.CC

Due to GOOGLE security risks, i have hidden the videos in an image.
in that website on Right side below search box click on image
and watch videos in all angles.

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TOPIC: Is MTS audio a victim of the latest cable company upgrading?
http://groups.google.com/group/sci.electronics.repair/t/60a2fa68004f3c17?hl=en
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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Sun, May 15 2011 9:25 am
From: "Deke"


"Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:wrednVacWPk8eFPQnZ2dnUVZ_hGdnZ2d@earthlink.com...
>
> Deke wrote:
>>
>> "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote in message
>> news:88WdndqCHO5q31HQnZ2dnUVZ_hOdnZ2d@earthlink.com...
>> >
>> > Deke wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Universal Cable rule # 1- They don't care about audio, or visual
>> >> quality,
>> >> and will always be geared to please the lowest common denominator.
>> >
>> >
>> > File a complaint with the FCC at FCCInfo@fcc.gov
>> >
>> >
>> >> Universal Cable rule # 2- Even if they DO have a high quality signal
>> >> available to them, they will compress/mangle it (1080i to 720i, 5.1 to
>> >> distorted L-R mono) to save bandwidth.
>> >
>> >
>> > File a complaint with the FCC at FCCInfo@fcc.gov
>> >
>> >
>> >>Universal Cable rule #3- Cable companies don't care if you have a
>> >>$10,000
>> >> home entertainment center. Can you see a picture? Good!, and can you
>> >> hear
>> >> it? Good!, will always be good enough for them.
>> >
>> >
>> > File a complaint with the FCC at FCCInfo@fcc.gov
>> >
>> >
>> >> Universal Cable rule #4- Charge maximum amount of money for the
>> >> poorest
>> >> choice of channels, with the worst possible signal quality. Increase
>> >> rates
>> >> at will.
>> >
>> >
>> > Rate increases must be approved by the franchising authority. They
>> > can not increase rates 'At will'.
>> >
>> >
>>
>> But they CAN, and do increase rates for equipment fees, rental fees,
>> service
>> fees, and anything else that doesn't involve programming.
>
>
> Sigh. You need to learn what a 'CATV Franchise' means. I was in
> that business. The only time a equipment fee wasn't regulated was when
> a new piece of hardware was introduced. Any badly damaged or missing
> equipment could be billed at full replacement costs, plus all other
> incurred expenses. My dad had Dish a couple years ago. The day his
> first year contract was up he received a letter from Dish telling him
> they were going to sue him if they didn't get their equipment back
> within 10 days. No mention of renewing the contract, just threats. I
> boxed it up and dropped it off at the Post Office for him, while he was
> calling Direct TV for service. He's been with them for more than five
> years now.
>
>
And this is relevant to me in what way? Are you saying that your Dad's
cable service is inadequate, so he went with satellite TV?
THAT I can relate to.

== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Sun, May 15 2011 9:21 am
From: "Deke"


"Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:tpmdnWn3RLzLeVPQnZ2dnUVZ_qidnZ2d@earthlink.com...
>
> Deke wrote:
>>
>> "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote in message
>> news:qoSdnYEyRPh_r1PQnZ2dnUVZ_hGdnZ2d@earthlink.com...
>> >
>> > Deke wrote:
>> >>
>> >> "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote in message
>> >> news:88WdndqCHO5q31HQnZ2dnUVZ_hOdnZ2d@earthlink.com...
>> >> >
>> >> > Deke wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Universal Cable rule # 1- They don't care about audio, or visual
>> >> >> quality,
>> >> >> and will always be geared to please the lowest common denominator.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > File a complaint with the FCC at FCCInfo@fcc.gov
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >> Universal Cable rule # 2- Even if they DO have a high quality
>> >> >> signal
>> >> >> available to them, they will compress/mangle it (1080i to 720i, 5.1
>> >> >> to
>> >> >> distorted L-R mono) to save bandwidth.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > File a complaint with the FCC at FCCInfo@fcc.gov
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >>Universal Cable rule #3- Cable companies don't care if you have a
>> >> >>$10,000
>> >> >> home entertainment center. Can you see a picture? Good!, and can
>> >> >> you
>> >> >> hear
>> >> >> it? Good!, will always be good enough for them.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > File a complaint with the FCC at FCCInfo@fcc.gov
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >> Universal Cable rule #4- Charge maximum amount of money for the
>> >> >> poorest
>> >> >> choice of channels, with the worst possible signal quality.
>> >> >> Increase
>> >> >> rates
>> >> >> at will.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > Rate increases must be approved by the franchising authority.
>> >> > They
>> >> > can not increase rates 'At will'.
>> >>
>> >> This solved all my problems, AND gave me a far superior DVR...
>> >> www.dishnetwork.com
>> >
>> >
>> > Tell me how well it works in heavy rain or fog. I have had outages
>> > of over three full days becasue of bad weather, but the local cable
>> > system worked after several hurricanes even though there was no
>> > electricity in the area for over a month.
>> >
>> Since my system was installed correctly, it works fine in heavy fog or
>> rain.
>> I do lose signal when a squall line comes thru, but only for a couple
>> minutes.
>
>
> Big deal. It isn't a problem in your area, but it is in others.
>
So? Big deal indeed. Mine works fine, thanks.

>
>> After a 13 day power outage due to an ice storm, the system came right
>> back
>> up when power was restored.
>
>
> Installed properly? Sigh. I installed the dish and wiring. The
> drone from dish turned on the account. I installed, upgraded and aimed
> 5 meter dishes at CATV headends and TV stations. I worked for Microdyne
> who built the commercial grade equipment. A 'Dish' or Direct TV'
> antenna is designed to be installed by anyone with a pair of pliers.
>
And this is relevant in what way to my complete satisfaction with Dish, and
the fact that local Mediacom service stinks?
BTW, have you installed a three lnb satellite dish lately?
And if a pair of pliers is all you used to install the dish, no wonder there
were problems.


>
>> > Who needs a DVR? There is life outside of watching TV. I spent over
>> > a year with no TV or internet last decade, and all I missed was the
>> > wether maps on the local TV news.
>> >
>> So? Your choice to live off the grid was your choice.
>
>
> What are you smoking? I am not living 'Off grid'
>
So you DID have electricity? Fascinating.


>
>> I choose to watch the TV shows I enjoy, minus the commercials, in HD.
>
>
> Learn to ignore them. I did, when i started working as a TV
> broadcast engineer in 1973. There is no programming worth it to me to
> record to a DVR. If there was, I would build one out of a spare
> computer. It doesn't take much of a computer these days:
>
>
Once again, fascinating. I choose to not spend the time "ignoring" them.
Saves 20 minutes out of every hour. But of course, being a broadcast
engineer from the 70's, you should already know that.


> From http://www.mythbuntu.org/
>
>
> Minimum System Requirements:
>
> 1.0 GHz x86 or x86_64 Processor
> 192 MB of system memory (RAM)
> 2 GB of disk space (Frontend Role)
> 20 GB of disk space (Backend Role)
> Graphics card capable of 1024x768 resolution
> Supported TV Tuner Card (Backend Role)
> Recommended System Requirements:
>
> 2.0 Ghz x86 or x86_64 Processor
> 2GB MB of system memory (RAM)
> 10 GB disk space (Frontend Role)
> 160 GB+ disk space (Backend Role)
> nVidia 8xxx+ 256MB+ Graphics Card
> Supported TV Tuner Card (Backend Role)
>
> I have all of this laying around as spare parts.
>
Reminds me of a TV show called "Hoarders". You should check it out.
I have it recorded on my DVR.


>
>> >> Local Mediacom cable service is HORRIBLE.
>
>
> Not my problem. I used to work in Cable TV in Cincinnati, Ohio at
> the top rated system in the region. I maintained the headend for that
> system, and 35 other systems across the country.
>
>
So? I used to work for the military.

> --
> You can't fix stupid. You can't even put a Band-AidT on it, because it's
> Teflon coated.

Indeed,

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