Texas comes into the 21 century

What? I use Firefox 6. You see, I keep my software up to date and modern.

Windows 7 has integrated antivirus engine. No need for third party.

XP doesn't come close to being as stable. and then you asked me what web browser I use? That makes the point even more poignant. XP is absolutely vulnerable without protections.

And I doubt you know enough about it to protect it.

I hope you do not go online with your precious mirrored machine without a firewalled router or third party AV software in your path.

Windows 7 does not need that.

You lose... again.

You didn't design this, and you don't understand it.

And is not 60% efficient at 2 uA load. It's not even 2% efficient.

And you don't know why.

John

Maybe so. I believe Newton, well, never had a girlfriend.

John

Did somebody beat you over the head with a thesaurus?

John

it

Obviously. If I hadn't done it wrong, I wouldn't have had anything to complain about.

It wouldn't surprise me. Google found me the fdisk/grub route and it worked, so I didn't feel any need to find another.

When I'm in Sydney I get to see a a couple Microsoft evangelists socially - it's their official Microsoft job title - and one of them will probably tell what Microsoft thinks I should have done.

gEDA keeps on getting up-dated, and someone is in the habit of creating .rpm files for the latest version of SuSE. I download the latest version to my own hard disk whenever I up-grade the Linux partition. I gave up on down-loading ISO images and burning my own disks a few years ago.

I've been keeping an eye on what's available for quite a while now. Terry Pinnell has an extensive list. Which of them do you fancy?

Principia wouldn't be my example of readable.

Jon

I never called you a woman; you aren't good enough. I called you a hen, which is how you and Thompson act.

So, stop posting thousands of lines of lame personal-squabbling blather and say something intelligent about electronics. Or keep clucking and pecking and whining.

John

He was responding to your 'old hen' horseshit, asshole. And YOU are more full of off topic posting than they are. We certainly won't be utilizing your measuring stick!

You will NEVER succeed at pretending to be an authority on civility, John.

When have you ever said anything intelligent or useful about electronics?

You still don't know what the opamp is for in "your" circuit.

John

I know exactly what it is for. You are the dope-in-the-dark here, Johnny. I even told you what it is for, and it went right over your head.

On Mon, 01 Aug 2011 08:13:28 -0700, John Larkin wrote:

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You could take your own advice. Post more electronics, and quit having jerk contests.

Just for giggles here is a modest power amplifier topology that i had = some fun playing with:

Version 4 SHEET 1 880 680 WIRE 640 -240 384 -240 WIRE 384 -224 384 -240 WIRE 576 -176 560 -176 WIRE 640 -176 640 -240 WIRE 640 -160 640 -176 WIRE 704 -160 640 -160 WIRE 704 -144 704 -160 WIRE 384 -128 384 -144 WIRE 560 -128 560 -176 WIRE 560 -128 384 -128 WIRE 560 -96 560 -128 WIRE 640 -96 640 -160 WIRE 496 -32 480 -32 WIRE 624 -32 576 -32 WIRE 672 -32 624 -32 WIRE 624 0 624 -32 WIRE 624 0 -240 0 WIRE 400 16 240 16 WIRE -16 32 -64 32 WIRE 80 32 64 32 WIRE 240 32 240 16 WIRE 240 32 144 32 WIRE 480 32 480 -32 WIRE 640 32 480 32 WIRE 752 32 752 -32 WIRE 752 32 704 32 WIRE -240 48 -240 0 WIRE 208 64 144 64 WIRE 240 64 240 32 WIRE 288 64 240 64 WIRE 368 64 352 64 WIRE 480 80 480 32 WIRE 560 80 480 80 WIRE 656 80 624 80 WIRE -64 112 -64 32 WIRE -32 112 -64 112 WIRE 80 112 48 112 WIRE 400 128 400 16 WIRE 752 128 752 32 WIRE 752 128 400 128 WIRE 240 160 240 64 WIRE 272 160 240 160 WIRE 368 160 368 64 WIRE 368 160 352 160 WIRE 480 176 480 80 WIRE 544 176 480 176 WIRE 656 176 656 80 WIRE 656 176 624 176 WIRE -64 192 -64 112 WIRE -64 192 -144 192 WIRE 480 208 480 176 WIRE 752 208 752 128 WIRE 208 240 208 64 WIRE 320 240 208 240 WIRE 368 256 368 160 WIRE 416 256 368 256 WIRE 656 256 656 176 WIRE 656 256 608 256 WIRE 688 256 656 256 WIRE 608 272 608 256 WIRE -240 384 -240 128 WIRE -144 384 -144 272 WIRE -144 384 -240 384 WIRE 128 384 -144 384 WIRE 144 384 144 160 WIRE 144 384 128 384 WIRE 320 384 320 240 WIRE 480 384 480 304 WIRE 480 384 320 384 WIRE 608 384 608 352 WIRE 608 384 480 384 WIRE 752 384 752 304 WIRE 752 384 608 384 WIRE 128 400 128 384 =46LAG 128 400 0 =46LAG 704 -144 0 =46LAG 560 -176 vout SYMBOL voltage -240 32 R0 WINDOW 3 -349 10 Left 0 WINDOW 123 0 0 Left 0 WINDOW 39 24 132 Left 0 SYMATTR InstName V1 SYMATTR Value PULSE(0 5 1m 10n 10n 100m 200m) SYMATTR SpiceLine Rser=3D.5 SYMBOL voltage -144 176 R0 WINDOW 123 0 0 Left 0 WINDOW 39 24 132 Left 0 SYMATTR InstName V2 SYMATTR Value PULSE(0 5 2m 10n 10n 5m 10m) SYMATTR SpiceLine Rser=3D10 SYMBOL res 64 96 R90 WINDOW 0 1 57 VBottom 0 WINDOW 3 32 56 VTop 0 SYMATTR InstName R1 SYMATTR Value 560 SYMBOL npn2 416 208 R0 SYMATTR InstName Q1 SYMATTR Value 2N5550 SYMBOL npn2 688 208 R0 SYMATTR InstName Q2 SYMATTR Value 2N5550 SYMBOL res 640 160 R90 WINDOW 0 0 56 VBottom 0 WINDOW 3 32 56 VTop 0 SYMATTR InstName R2 SYMATTR Value 10k SYMBOL res 368 144 R90 WINDOW 0 0 56 VBottom 0 WINDOW 3 32 56 VTop 0 SYMATTR InstName R3 SYMATTR Value 10k SYMBOL cap 352 48 R90 WINDOW 0 0 32 VBottom 0 WINDOW 3 32 32 VTop 0 SYMATTR InstName C1 SYMATTR Value 1n SYMBOL cap 624 64 R90 WINDOW 0 0 32 VBottom 0 WINDOW 3 32 32 VTop 0 SYMATTR InstName C2 SYMATTR Value 1n SYMBOL ind2 592 -16 M270 WINDOW 0 32 56 VTop 0 WINDOW 3 5 56 VBottom 0 SYMATTR InstName L1 SYMATTR Value 1m SYMATTR Type ind SYMATTR SpiceLine Rser=3D.1 SYMBOL ind2 768 -16 M270 WINDOW 0 32 56 VTop 0 WINDOW 3 5 56 VBottom 0 SYMATTR InstName L2 SYMATTR Value 1m SYMATTR Type ind SYMATTR SpiceLine Rser=3D.1 SYMBOL ind2 544 -112 M90 WINDOW 0 5 56 VBottom 0 WINDOW 3 32 56 VTop 0 SYMATTR InstName L3 SYMATTR Value 100m SYMATTR Type ind SYMBOL cap 704 16 R90 WINDOW 0 0 32 VBottom 0 WINDOW 3 32 32 VTop 0 SYMATTR InstName C3 SYMATTR Value 5? SYMBOL cap 640 -192 R90 WINDOW 0 0 32 VBottom 0 WINDOW 3 32 32 VTop 0 SYMATTR InstName C4 SYMATTR Value 5n SYMBOL npn2 80 64 R0 SYMATTR InstName Q3 SYMATTR Value 2N5550 SYMBOL cap 144 16 R90 WINDOW 0 0 32 VBottom 0 WINDOW 3 32 32 VTop 0 SYMATTR InstName C5 SYMATTR Value 1n SYMBOL res 80 16 R90 WINDOW 0 0 56 VBottom 0 WINDOW 3 32 56 VTop 0 SYMATTR InstName R4 SYMATTR Value 100 SYMBOL res 592 256 R0 SYMATTR InstName R5 SYMATTR Value 5k SYMBOL res 368 -240 R0 SYMATTR InstName R6 SYMATTR Value 10k TEXT -274 424 Left 0 !.tran 250m TEXT 360 -88 Left 0 !k l1 l2 l3 .95

?-)

Larkin is like a Democrat... without a "Bush" to blame for his own short-comings, what would he have left in life ?:-)

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-- Cheers, James Arthur

I wonder if they'll skip 13, like they do on floors of buildings in New York.

John