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Totally OT: How many Caucasians have been shot in the similar circumstances as Tami Rice or Martin Brown
There have been assertions that Tami Rice or Martin Brown have only been in the media due to their skin color. In the USA, is this the case, or are victims of police shooting sufficiently rare that...
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BASH scripts can do floating point math!??? NAAAWWW!!!
Have fun, guys! Run this BASH script to see your x terminal perform serious floating point operations! HAHAH! save as BASHYBrot do this to time it time . BASHYBrot BASHYBrot follows: #!/bin/bash S0=B;...
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A diode in series with a brushed universal motor?
Not concerned about safety for this discussion. What will happen if you put a diode in series with a universal brushed motor? Of course talking about a diode that can handle standard USA 120 V 60 Hz...
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Red States- Strong Correlation with Least Education
Why are we not surprised, large populations of pathetically gullible and easily manipulated ignorant people. I'm sure they love reading Uncle Eric or whatever that Maybury calls himself. See the link...
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Toshiba; old ICs
Is there anybody having the datasheet of the Toshiba TD2005P and TD2015P? One seems to be a monostable and the other a JK Flip-Flop. The datasheets sit somewhere on shelf cover by some dust; they are...
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Isolation amps, gate transformers 5kV or better, UL60601
Folks, Sometimes I design medical devices and now another system is around the corner. Since quantitities will initially be low I don't want to do the usual where we build our own ferrite isolation...
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It's all Greek to Paul Sheehan
Hi Paul Sheeans's "Tale without a narrative heads for an unhappy end" includes the striking line "the country faces the risk of drifting into the European malaise of unsustainable welfare spending"....
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Transformers??
Equipment: my factory-built "reliable" AADE L/C Meter IIB. Readings done as a set: xfmr T1, then xfmr T2; wait 1-4 hrs and repeat. Xfmr | Pri mH | Sec mH | Series | Series | calc M | calc K | | | |...
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Sepic Charger
Hello all, I am attempting to design a sepic converter ( DC to DC) design. Basically s olar panel to charge a battery. Therefore Input will be anywhere from 6 to 20v and OUTPUT 12v. I am making the...
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WiFi WebSite Question.
Excuse me for asking here, I'm not even sure of the correct vocabulary. I want to be able to plug my PC into a wireless router - or some other magic box - so that anyone with a PC within wireless...
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Obviously OT: Avoiding Dementia in Aging
Gentlemen, Recent science holds more than ever that the brain is like a muscle and needs to be exercised regularly and challenged to remain healthy and active. Google 'neuroplasticity' for further...
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RJ45/8P8C alternatives
Hi, I have an irregular-shaped (metal) enclosure to which an ethernet connection must be mated. I can afford to run at 10BaseT speeds -- though would REALLY REALLY prefer 100BaseTX (-T2 is not a...
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Op Amp Pair - Add Matched Non-Inverting
The circuit diagram linked below is an inverting op amp. I would like a second one that provides non-inverted output. I have the general idea, but would like them to match in configuration and...
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Tek 7834 Landed
OK, I know it is old, but I like it. Has a few kinks to be ironed out but I 'll deal with that. At the moment I got two horizontal time bases in there, both the elcheapo 7B50, and one of them not...
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Distributed Amplifier
So, distributed amps are made with a terminator on one end and input/output on the other. The input/output sides are swapped, so you get a propagating wave of amplification from one side to the other....
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