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electronic box
Hello When I make my electronic stuff I often have a problem to get a box to put it in : They are expensive an often inapropriate. So I prefer to use a video tape box/cover (I don't now the exact translation) and tune it to receive my electronic card, switches, screens, buttons ,etc. It is inexpensive, and ea... 8 Feb 2010 03:27

90% of U.S. IP Output Comes From Just 6 Cities RepresentingLess Than 10% of the U. S. Population
On 2010-02-07, Bret Cahill <BretCahill(a)peoplepc.com> wrote: There's something about agriculture that encourages invention. Monotony I expect. --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: news(a)netfront.net --- ... 7 Feb 2010 03:13

90% of U.S. IP Output Comes From Just 6 Cities Representing Less Than 10% of the U. S. Population
Bret Cahill wrote: A study on intellectual property was published a couple years ago. You'll find similar results in other western countries. The top 4 cities are in the 3 bluest of the blue states. No need to even mention names because everyone on the planet knows the 4 cities. Americ... 14 Feb 2010 14:02

NiTM - Your One Stop IT Solutions Center
I would like to share some of our product information to you and to have a business relationship with your esteemed company. NiTM Technologies Pte Ltd, ( www.NiTMTech.com ) is Your One Stop IT Solutions Center we highly focus the business of IT connectivity bringing technologies across continents thereby forgoin... 5 Feb 2010 11:40

R. T. Cahill's Quantum Foam Theory
"fitz" <zeusrdx(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:d15e35c7-85f3-4647-a504-f78b7a1ad610(a)l26g2000yqd.googlegroups.com... R. T. Cahill's Quantum Foam Theory a bit more light about it (click link) http://www.amperefitz.com/cahill.htm Bret: Is this one of your kinfolk? Do you believe grav... 5 Feb 2010 11:40

Sum of 2 Noisy Signals Makes Perfect Lock In Reference for Both Signals
On Wed, 3 Feb 2010 21:38:46 -0800 (PST), Bret Cahill <BretCahill(a)peoplepc.com> wrote: Obviously the same noise causing one signal to increase is causing the other to decrease. False inference, there. �The 'sum of two signals' has twice the signal Depends on the 2 signals. That's generally no... 4 Feb 2010 16:51

Snubber for triac light switch?
If I use a triac as a simple on-off switch to control a lamp at mains voltage, do I need a snubber across the triac? Say the lamp is 10 meters away from the triac, mains-rated LED or 100W incandescent (not CFL, mercury, neon, etc.), and the switchig is via an optoisolator without zero-cross sensing. Thanks in ... 4 Feb 2010 05:35

Inventing Is No Longer Optional
Whenever some idiot on a science or tech tries to bluff he is more worthwhile than Al Gore in a dust devil, just ask him for his patent numbers. Inventing is no longer optional. Bret Cahill ... 5 Feb 2010 16:13

Quirky old LCD
I've got an old 16x2 character LCD, no make or model number visible. It uses an SED1278F0A and a KS0065. I can get it to display characters, just not the right ones. For instance, if I instruct it to display '0123456789ABCDEF' on line 1, it displays '45674567<=EFGDEF'. If I send it the word 'Processor',... 6 Feb 2010 12:59

Magnet Damage to LCD
So, I know that speaker and light magnets donot damage LCD like they used to dmage CRT's. However, my daughter a mere 2.5yrs old, took a magnet and was able to make entire area on the screen go completely black. First question... anyway to repair it? second, how could this happen? ... 4 Feb 2010 17:58