R.I.P.

The VA is _still_ f***ed over. I could see my cardiologist immediately, if I wanted. I'm delaying, because they want no more than a month between medical approvals and the surgery date... and I have to fit in the visit of my PITA sister :-( ...Jim Thompson

I eat a lot of Chinese... no problem ;-) ...Jim Thompson

Looks like I _shouldn't_ take it now that the chemo is done (bottom three paragraphs)...

...Jim Thompson

Ah, very interesting, glad you found that. Mikek

Mine only made it to 52. My mother had another 43 years after that.

Mine too. It took a month to see him the first time but all I have to do now is call and ask which office he's in. I may have to drive 40 miles but I can see him pretty much anytime (and have had to, recently). The government is really screwing Michael around. That's what's in store for all of us if the Demonrats get their way.

Krw showing his usual feeble grasp of cause and effect.

On Friday, October 13, 2017 at 12:55:10 PM UTC-4, Jim Thompson wrote: ...

Tell you what, Jim:

When you're super-bored in the recovery room, could you sketch out a quick explanation of how those four-quadrant multipliers work? I never could figure those things out -- other than to just accept that they work as advertised! :)

Good luck with the surgery!

Do you mean a Gilbert cell?

You're on! BIG party on 2/29/2020, my 20th Birthday ;-) ...Jim Thompson

It's loop analysis. Add up the vBE's in a _loop_, where

vBEx = kT/q*ln(Ix/Is)

Simplify the math, noting how sums and differences of LOGs behavior. You will then see how to eliminate the LOGs and be left with a PRODUCT.

Thanks! ...Jim Thompson

On Oct 14, 2017, Jim Thompson wrote (in article):

For a full explanation, google on ?translinear circuits?, for instance "Analysis and Synthesis of Static Translinear Circuits", Bradley A. Minch, Cornell Computer Systems Laboratory, Technical Report No. CSL-TR-2000-1002, March 2000, 54 pages. Download is free.

Joe

They give you super good drugs, so the recovery room isn't that boring. ;)

Cheers

Phil Hobbs

Same here, Jim. I personally have no connection to the forces of the Universe but I've noticed that I can pay other people (Shamen to be specific) who *do* have, to get done what I want done for me and that gets the job done every bit as well.