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Plimer and Silicon Chip

Plimer and his pseudo-scientific nonsense were dealt with on the ABC Science Show not long ago. http://www.abc.net.au/r...
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posted by nospam
242 comments posted 16yrs posted by nospam

Late model surround sound receiver

I installed a midrange, late model receiver into a client's system yesterday. Along with all the usual features (up con...
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posted by trevor
1 comments posted 16yrs posted by trevor

DSE

From the look of their ad in SC this month, DSE are getting rid of the last of their components. Well at least Jaycar ar...
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posted by keith
9 comments posted 16yrs posted by keith

Electricians mistake kills 2, injures 13.

http://today.az/news/society/56042.html I think that 10kv on a phone line would make the bell coil vaporise, rather tha...
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posted by kenreed1999
7 comments posted 16yrs posted by kenreed1999

Ian Plimer in this months SC.

It had to happen I guess, Ian Plimer has a big feature letter in this months SC. After being scarred from reading his b...
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posted by altzone
14 comments posted 16yrs posted by altzone

Audio - Eliminating earth loops

I have a friend that has a sound desk and one input to it is from an electronic organ that produces a nasty earth loop...
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posted by notme
5 comments posted 16yrs posted by notme

OT:for those who hate iSnack2.0

See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7aM-VH9eS0 ..... Phil
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posted by phil_a
8 comments posted 16yrs posted by phil_a

Thermistor Question

Hi all Can someone help me with a thermistor question, I have a USB dual hard drive enclosure with two 1TB HD in it. It...
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posted by bebrushe
7 comments posted 16yrs posted by bebrushe

What can I do to keep this board from warping?

I'm trying to make a 10x scope probe that is capable of dealing with slightly higher voltage levels of about +/- 20v ye...
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posted by eyezkubed
30 comments posted 16yrs posted by eyezkubed

last nights robotics show on abc tv

Did anyone catch it? What a load of rubbish. The robot could not even pick up a stone let alone play the game. Poor mot...
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posted by c2247237
9 comments posted 16yrs posted by c2247237

Hello to all and help needed...

Hello Firstly Hi, My name is Leon Meese. I have just started getting into electronics seriously. I worked repairing pin...
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posted by leon.meese
1 comments posted 16yrs posted by leon.meese

Do all wireless modems need a sim?

Do all modems for wireless NextG internet need a sim card? If so can you copy a sim card you already have and use that?...
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posted by postings
10 comments posted 16yrs posted by postings

GPS Phone madness

Looks like using GPS phones will be banned in Vic, even if it's in a cradle: http://www.itwire.com/content/view/27916/53...
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posted by altzone
54 comments posted 16yrs posted by altzone

555

When a 555 is wired as a 1 Hz square wave oscillator and pin 4 goes high does pin 3 go high at the same instant or does...
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posted by dewhurst
7 comments posted 16yrs posted by dewhurst