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"Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com>: Apr 13 09:56PM +0800 How do you recycle solar panels? Without any pollution?   -- @~@ Remain silent! Drink, Blink, Stretch! Live long and prosper!! / v \ Simplicity is Beauty! /( _ )\ May the Force and farces be with you! ^ ^ (x86_64 Ubuntu 9.10) Linux 2.6.39.3 ¤£­É¶U! ¤£¶BÄF! ¤£½ä¿ú! ¤£´©¥æ! ¤£¥´¥æ! ¤£¥´§T! ¤£¦Û±þ! ¤£¨D¯«! ½Ð¦Ò¼{ºî´© (CSSA): http://www.swd.gov.hk/tc/index/site_pubsvc/page_socsecu/sub_addressesa

Fox's Mercantile <jdangus@att.net>: Apr 13 09:48AM -0500 On 4/13/19 8:56 AM, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:   > How do you recycle solar panels? Without any pollution?   You send them to China.     -- "I am a river to my people." Jeff-1.0 WA6FWi http:foxsmercantile.com

"Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com>: Apr 13 11:22PM +0800 On 4/13/2019 10:48 PM, Fox's Mercantile wrote:   >> How do you recycle solar panels? Without any pollution?   > You send them to China.   Then ship them back to USA? It's called economy! :)   -- @~@ Remain silent! Drink, Blink, Stretch! Live long and prosper!! / v \ Simplicity is Beauty! /( _ )\ May the Force and farces be with you! ^ ^ (x86_64 Ubuntu 9.10) Linux 2.6.39.3 ¤£­É¶U! ¤£¶BÄF! ¤£½ä¿ú! ¤£´©¥æ! ¤£¥´¥æ! ¤£¥´§T! ¤£¦Û±þ! ¤£¨D¯«! ½Ð¦Ò¼{ºî´© (CSSA): http://www.swd.gov.hk/tc/index/site_pubsvc/page_socsecu/sub_addressesa

tubeguy@myshop.com: Apr 12 11:23PM -0500 I have an old Realistic (Radio Shack) "Stereo TV Receiver". It's like a radio, designed to receive the audio from tv stations. I've used it as an audio amplifier for one of my computers. But I just wanted to see if it actually received TV audio. I dont have much for an antenna, just a rabbit ears. So I am not getting anything, and where I live getting any tv signal is rare.   However, I'm wondering if it's possible to get anything. This was made for analog tv. It has 3 buttons to select VHF low, VHF high, and UHF. I know all the digital stations now use UHF.   With the proper antenna, is it possible to get the digital signal on UHF, or can that only be gotten using a DTV converter? This has me puzzled....   * I noticed that at the very end of the VHF low, near Channel 6, I do get a very weak signal of some sort. I suspect I'm picking up a little FM radio, but it's too weak to really hear clearly.

Fox's Mercantile <jdangus@att.net>: Apr 13 12:10AM -0500 > I have an old Realistic (Radio Shack) "Stereo TV Receiver".   You been under a rock for the past 10 years? They stopped analog TV broadcasting in 2009.       -- "I am a river to my people." Jeff-1.0 WA6FWi http:foxsmercantile.com

Lucifer <LuciferMorningstar@bigpond.com>: Apr 13 06:24PM +1000 On Sat, 13 Apr 2019 00:10:45 -0500, Fox's Mercantile <jdangus@att.net> wrote:   >> I have an old Realistic (Radio Shack) "Stereo TV Receiver".   >You been under a rock for the past 10 years? >They stopped analog TV broadcasting in 2009.   Are you under a rock? The 4th of December 2019 is in the future.

amdx <nojunk@knology.net>: Apr 13 08:32AM -0500 On 4/13/2019 3:24 AM, Lucifer wrote:   >> You been under a rock for the past 10 years? >> They stopped analog TV broadcasting in 2009.   > Are you under a rock? The 4th of December 2019 is in the future.   Fox used just a tiny bit of poet license, you are just being evil and anally retentive.   Mikek

danny burstein <dannyb@panix.com>: Apr 13 01:34PM >* I noticed that at the very end of the VHF low, near Channel 6, I do >get a very weak signal of some sort. I suspect I'm picking up a little >FM radio, but it's too weak to really hear clearly.   Your radio will NOT work with any of the digital stations, which is 99.999 or so percent of them.   However, there are a number of exceptions, namely some low power stations that operated on "channel 6" before the cutover, and remained in operation.   They're actually exploiting a loophole and are really using that channel, NOT for the tv image, but because the audio portion of channel 6 is at 87.7 Mhz.   That frequency is right at the edge of the FM broadcast band. The older, "dial" type, radios generally have enough slippage, so to speak, to be able to pick them up. However, many of the digital display/control ones have a "hard cut" and won't go that low.   Typical example:   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WNYZ-LP     -- _____________________________________________________ Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key dannyb@panix.com [to foil spammers, my address has been double rot-13 encoded]

Fox's Mercantile <jdangus@att.net>: Apr 13 09:48AM -0500 On 4/13/19 8:32 AM, amdx wrote:   >   Fox used just a tiny bit of poet license, you are just being evil and > anally retentive.   >                              Mikek   Heh, where's the "like" button?     -- "I am a river to my people." Jeff-1.0 WA6FWi http:foxsmercantile.com

Allodoxaphobia <trepidation@example.net>: Apr 12 05:51PM > Back in the early days of electronics, Capacitors were called > Condensers. Why was the word changed?   I believe the Brits and their 'empire' still call'em condensers. And, their batteries are "piles".

Martin Gregorie <martin@mydomain.invalid>: Apr 12 07:16PM On Fri, 12 Apr 2019 17:51:19 +0000, Allodoxaphobia wrote:   >> Condensers. Why was the word changed?   > I believe the Brits and their 'empire' still call'em condensers. > And, their batteries are "piles".   Condensers, yes. Piles no - that's French.   Never confuse the French with the English - that pisses them both off.     -- Martin | martin at Gregorie | gregorie dot org

tabbypurr@gmail.com: Apr 12 03:15PM -0700 On Friday, 12 April 2019 18:51:22 UTC+1, Allodoxaphobia wrote: > > Condensers. Why was the word changed?   > I believe the Brits and their 'empire' still call'em condensers. > And, their batteries are "piles".   both incorrect

Mike Coon <gravity@mjcoon.plus.com>: Apr 13 03:06PM +0100 In article <q8qo6m$d1v$1@news.albasani.net>, martin@mydomain.invalid says...   > Never confuse the French with the English - that pisses them both off.   That's a contra-indication?   Mike.

bruce2bowser@gmail.com: Apr 12 01:49PM -0700 > Good cables are #4 copper.   Or with a greater diameter.

tabbypurr@gmail.com: Apr 12 03:16PM -0700 On Friday, 12 April 2019 15:55:26 UTC+1, Fox's Mercantile wrote:   > > Guys and gals: Give advice as if it were to a human being that you might possibly care about. And think about that advice as you give it. What you do for yourself and with only yourself at risk is fine. When you suggest that to another, own it and 100% of the potential consequences - even the possible limitations of the recipient.   > And that video of the guy with the AA batteries is absolutely bull shit. > The key was watching him hook the string up backwards at first.   bzzt. Again. That's normal electroboom style.

Fox's Mercantile <jdangus@att.net>: Apr 12 07:57PM -0500 >> And that video of the guy with the AA batteries is absolutely bull shit. >> The key was watching him hook the string up backwards at first.   > bzzt. Again. That's normal electroboom style.   Then that just means all his other videos are suspect.   -- "I am a river to my people." Jeff-1.0 WA6FWi http:foxsmercantile.com

tabbypurr@gmail.com: Apr 13 01:19AM -0700 On Saturday, 13 April 2019 01:57:49 UTC+1, Fox's Mercantile wrote: > >> The key was watching him hook the string up backwards at first.   > > bzzt. Again. That's normal electroboom style.   > Then that just means all his other videos are suspect.   yawn.

Michael Terrell <terrell.michael.a@gmail.com>: Apr 12 10:32AM -0700 On Friday, April 12, 2019 at 5:44:49 AM UTC-4, Fox's Mercantile wrote:   > > He is BT 2.0   > It took you almost 4 months to come up with this? > Crawl back under your rock you miserable bitter old man.   I haven't been on Usenet for over 15 months. The provider that I paid for is worthless, like much of what people post on these groups. I can read messages, but no longer post so I used Google Groups.   Take your own advice, Texas is full of rocks.

Fox's Mercantile <jdangus@att.net>: Apr 12 07:55PM -0500 On 4/12/19 12:32 PM, Michael Terrell wrote: > Take your own advice, Texas is full of rocks.   Go fuck yourself.     -- "I am a river to my people." Jeff-1.0 WA6FWi http:foxsmercantile.com

Pat <forums@greensdomain.com>: Apr 12 05:49PM -0400 On Fri, 12 Apr 2019 07:41:14 -0700 (PDT), "pfjw@aol.com"   >Alternately, remove it as above, and search on-line for one that will fit. It is extremely likely that the OEM used an off-the-shelf part, vs. a custom part, and that you can find it with a bit of looking.   >Peter Wieck >Melrose Park, PA   I think he hid the part number in the subject line. I search of "microswitch 34006" got a lot of hits.

Terry Schwartz <tschw10117@aol.com>: Apr 12 03:05PM -0700 On Thursday, April 11, 2019 at 8:37:05 PM UTC-5, Keith wrote: > Regards > Keith   > --   https://shop.aeg.co.uk/Cooking/Cooker-Hoods/Buttons-%26-Switches/Cooker-Hood-Microswitch/p/50268680001

Sjouke Burry <burrynulnulfour@ppllaanneett.nnll>: Apr 13 12:15AM +0200 On 13-4-2019 0:05, Terry Schwartz wrote: >> Keith   >> --   > https://shop.aeg.co.uk/Cooking/Cooker-Hoods/Buttons-%26-Switches/Cooker-Hood-Microswitch/p/50268680001   Holy Mozes, 21 pounds for a microswitch...............   Do they use gold contact springs maybe???

John Robertson <spam@flippers.com>: Apr 12 03:41PM -0700 On 2019/04/12 3:15 p.m., Sjouke Burry wrote:   >> https://shop.aeg.co.uk/Cooking/Cooker-Hoods/Buttons-%26-Switches/Cooker-Hood-Microswitch/p/50268680001   > Holy Mozes, 21 pounds for a microswitch...............   > Do they use gold contact springs maybe???   Pretty standard NO (Normally Open) SPST (Single Pole Single Throw) microswitch. The only extra bit is the piece of plastic shown in the photo. If the OP's plastic is fine then he only needs the switch. Hunt around! Do get one that has regular electrical standards such as cUL for safeties sake! Don't get a cheap one from China, unless you want a bit more electrical fire/shock risk in your life.   Some switches do use gold contacts - if the switch is under 1A chances are the contacts are gold flash (perhaps $0.01 worth of gold).   John :-#)# -- (Please post followups or tech inquiries to the USENET newsgroup) John's Jukes Ltd. MOVED to #7 - 3979 Marine Way, Burnaby, BC, Canada V5J 5E3 (604)872-5757 (Pinballs, Jukes, Video Games) www.flippers.com "Old pinballers never die, they just flip out."

adrian@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Adrian Tuddenham): Apr 12 08:19PM +0100 A few months ago I posted an enquiry about tickig noises that appeared during periods of silence when making recordings with a Tascam DR-05. These were only noticeable when the files were played back but couldn't be heard in the monitoring 'phones during the recording session - which was particularly worrying because it meant that I never knew when a recording was going to be ruined until it was too late.   It now appears that I unfairly maligned the DR-05. I have just discovered that if the files are played back on the DR-05, the ticking noises do not occur. This means that 'ruined' recordings are perfectly satisfactory as long as they are played out through the analogue monitoring socket and re-digitised by the computer for editing.   The problem seems to be coming from the editing software (Peak L.E.) which converts the Tascam's .wav files to .aiff before editing them. I thought the differences between the two formats were just in the headers, with the actual data bits being the same - but it appears that something is being done to the data which trips up during periods of silence.   Any ideas?   -- ~ Adrian Tuddenham ~ (Remove the ".invalid"s and add ".co.uk" to reply) www.poppyrecords.co.uk

mjb@signal11.invalid (Mike): Apr 12 09:14PM +0100 In article <1o5xrzs.5xg6emvlhyooN%adrian@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid>, >headers, with the actual data bits being the same - but it appears that >something is being done to the data which trips up during periods of >silence.   Is it possible the "ticking" is there even when you *do* have signal, you just don't notice it (lost in the signal)?   Is the ticking at a very regular interval?   Note that a WAV file is made of multiple chunks, headers, data. Look up the full details of the RIFF-WAVE format and see how much *could* be in there. It is possible that Tascam are inserting periodical "other" data into the stream - header, raw data, metadata, raw data, metadata ...   Some software does not fully implement the WAV file format properly, and assumes 44 byte header, then raw data to end of file. It's lazy, and it mostly works. Then sometimes it doesn't.   You could measure the time between ticks in e.g. Cooledit (Audition) or others, by zooming in to the sample level. Or look at the file in a hex editor. You may well find that the interval is a nice round number of samples.   Of course, if Cooledit loads the WAV file correctly, you might never see the ticks to zoom in on them :)   You could try submitting a minimal-sample of the file to Peak LE's developers and see if they see a problem with their file handling? -- --------------------------------------+------------------------------------ Mike Brown: mjb[-at-]signal11.org.uk | http://www.signal11.org.uk

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