On Feb 12, 3:41 am, "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terr...@earthlink.net
Barry Lennox wrote:

Does that mean that possession of 555's is a felony?

Bill Sloman thinks it should be.

Not true. Encouraging people to use 555's should be a misdemeanour,
but there are (rare) situations where the the 555 could be the right
solution. I've not run into one in thirty years of design work, but I
suppose there must be a few applications where it is still the right
choice.

On Feb 13, 12:24 pm, martin griffith <mart_in_medina@ya___.es> wrote:
On 13 Feb 2007 01:38:49 -0800, in sci.electronics.design

bill.slo...@ieee.org wrote:
On Feb 12, 3:41 am, "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terr...@earthlink.net
wrote:
Barry Lennox wrote:

Does that mean that possession of 555's is a felony?

Bill Sloman thinks it should be.

Not true. Encouraging people to use 555's should be a misdemeanour,
but there are (rare) situations where the the 555 could be the right
solution. I've not run into one in thirty years of design work, but I
suppose there must be a few applications where it is still the right
choice.

I'm just about to try syncing 3 little smps together. Of course the
555 was the first thing that came into my head as a master clock, say
80K, what would you suggest?

I'm certainly not going to use a PIC

The 74121 and 74221 both produce more stable delays than the 555, with
less jitter.

I'd be more likely to stick a crystal oscillator onto a PLD.

kell wrote:
I got an 800 on my math SAT (but only 720 on the verbal) but that was
before they dumbed it down.
I got the very same scores as you did (800/720) in 1993(the scoring
adjustment came a year or two after that).

Dare I ask how it's possible to score over 100% ? It's not by any change an
attempt to massage the average figure is it ?

Talking of which the average figure someone posted is equivalent to 56% which is
pretty damn lame.

Graham

On Feb 11, 10:31 pm, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelati...@hotmail.com
wrote:
kell wrote:
I got an 800 on my math SAT (but only 720 on the verbal) but that was
before they dumbed it down.
I got the very same scores as you did (800/720) in 1993(the scoring
adjustment came a year or two after that).

Dare I ask how it's possible to score over 100% ? It's not by any change an
attempt to massage the average figure is it ?

Talking of which the average figure someone posted is equivalent to 56% which is
pretty damn lame.

Graham

SAT scores have no direct relation to % correct.

On Feb 11, 7:31 pm, "Homer J Simpson" <nob...@nowhere.com> wrote:
"John Larkin" <jjlar...@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote in message

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Like I said, mean people suck.

I agree. What sort of sick, twisted scum sucking bastards lie to thousands
of people so they can steal from them and live a life of luxury while their
'believers' live in misery? Apart from Republicans that is?


http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070208/NEWS/702080349/-1/State

Unfortunately, the project died due to poor mismanagement. )-;

Cheers!
Rich

In the "Who Really Cares" book, there's a pair of USA maps. One shows
the states where people are most generous, in terms of charity, blood
donations, volunteerism, that sort of thing. The other map is the
states that voted for Kerry. They are almost exact complements.

"John Larkin" <jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote in message
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In the "Who Really Cares" book, there's a pair of USA maps. One shows
the states where people are most generous, in terms of charity, blood
donations, volunteerism, that sort of thing. The other map is the
states that voted for Kerry. They are almost exact complements.

You persist in seeing things in the most simple minded terms. What does that
tell us about you?

That the most self-declared-liberal people I've known were also the
meanest to real people around them?

That I believe in causality?

That the most self-declared-liberal people I've known were also the
meanest to real people around them?

OK, what's your, more nuanced, explanation for the mappings?

"John Larkin" <jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote in message
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That I believe in causality?

That the most self-declared-liberal people I've known were also the
meanest to real people around them?

OK, what's your, more nuanced, explanation for the mappings?

That neither right nor left wing voters are a single block of identical
persons. What happened to the 'wide tent' the right keeps proclaiming?

What makes you think the methodology used in the survey accurately describes
the claimed result?

Practical experience would suggest that those who do the bulk of the work in
helping the afflicted are as different from the Hollywood elite you hate as
the conservatives of the mid west are from the Cheneys and Rumsfelds of the
world.

John Larkin <jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote in

That the most self-declared-liberal people I've known were also the
meanest to real people around them?

Ah, aren't you confusing liberal with libertarian? I think there is a
difference.

"Rich Grise" <rich@example.net> wrote in message

Unfortunately, the project died due to poor mismanagement. )-;

Cripes!

You expect mismanagement as standard. Having poor mismanagement must really
suck.

What sort of Mismanagers are schools turning out these days?

On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 21:52:16 +0000, Lostgallifreyan wrote:
John Larkin <jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote in

That the most self-declared-liberal people I've known were also the
meanest to real people around them?

Ah, aren't you confusing liberal with libertarian? I think there is a
difference.

I think when he says "self-declared-liberal" he's excluding Libertarians
by default. A "self-declared-liberal" is just a Socialist in a Democrat
suit, just like a "neoconservative" is a Nazi in a Republican suit.

Find out how libertarian you are:
http://www.theadvocates.org/quiz.html

Cheers!
Rich

John Larkin <jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote

That the most self-declared-liberal people I've known were also the
meanest to real people around them?


Ah, aren't you confusing liberal with libertarian? I think there is a
difference.