Re: [time-nuts] Cautionary tale #4711

2009-10-11 Thread Steve Rooke
To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement time-nuts@febo.com Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 2:27 AM Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Cautionary tale #4711 Mike S wrote: At 08:39 PM 10/5/2009, Magnus Danielson wrote... I think others can share similar experiences when they think back a little

Re: [time-nuts] Cautionary tale #4711

2009-10-06 Thread Magnus Danielson
Mike S wrote: At 08:39 PM 10/5/2009, Magnus Danielson wrote... I think others can share similar experiences when they think back a little... The tidying up in the lab seems more and more sensible. I've more than once blown a $7 fuse in a Fluke multimeter by overloading the Ampere range.

Re: [time-nuts] Cautionary tale #4711

2009-10-06 Thread GandalfG8
In a message dated 06/10/2009 09:27:38 GMT Daylight Time, mag...@rubidium.dyndns.org writes: Another common arbitrary number is 42 -- I'm sure there was a book associated with that, wasn't it Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men?:-) ___

Re: [time-nuts] Cautionary tale #4711

2009-10-06 Thread Rob Kimberley
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy! Rob K -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of gandal...@aol.com Sent: 06 October 2009 09:43 To: time-nuts@febo.com Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Cautionary tale #4711 In a message dated 06/10

Re: [time-nuts] Cautionary tale #4711

2009-10-06 Thread David C. Partridge
-nuts] Cautionary tale #4711 Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy! Rob K ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.

Re: [time-nuts] Cautionary tale #4711

2009-10-06 Thread GandalfG8
In a message dated 06/10/2009 09:53:26 GMT Daylight Time, r...@timing-consultants.com writes: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy! Rob K - I know, 'twas once a favourite of mineI did but make with a small jest:-) regards Nigel GM8PZR -

Re: [time-nuts] Cautionary tale #4711

2009-10-06 Thread Magnus Danielson
David C. Partridge wrote: Question: How many chromosomes does a white rat have? A crucial question if the answer to life, the universe and everything is 42 and you happen to be a pan-dimensional being masquerading as a white laboratory rat ... Yes I know the book specifies white mice

Re: [time-nuts] Cautionary tale #4711

2009-10-06 Thread Don Latham
:27 AM Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Cautionary tale #4711 Mike S wrote: At 08:39 PM 10/5/2009, Magnus Danielson wrote... I think others can share similar experiences when they think back a little... The tidying up in the lab seems more and more sensible. I've more than once blown a $7 fuse

[time-nuts] Cautionary tale #4711

2009-10-05 Thread Magnus Danielson
Fellow time-nuts, I am sure several of you knows from your own experience, that there are times when the equipment in the lab should have been protected from you, as you posed the largest danger in the house. Well, I must confess that I did it again. Open confession should be the punishment I

Re: [time-nuts] Cautionary tale #4711

2009-10-05 Thread Mike S
At 08:39 PM 10/5/2009, Magnus Danielson wrote... I think others can share similar experiences when they think back a little... The tidying up in the lab seems more and more sensible. I've more than once blown a $7 fuse in a Fluke multimeter by overloading the Ampere range. :-) 4711?

[time-nuts] Cautionary tale #4711

2009-10-05 Thread Mark Sims
For a cheap thrill take one Tek 7603 scope mainframe,  install 7T11 and 7S11 sampler modules.  Install the sampling head extender cable in the 7S11,   connect a flakey S-5 head to the extender cable for debugging backwards...   Apply power,  2 second later POP!.  7603 power supply is