Howdy Wayne, It seems you keep mistaking me for someone else. :)
On Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:05:50 -0600 Wayne Fugitt <[email protected]> wrote: > Evening Steve, > [Note: you mean indi, not Steve] > >> At 12:15 PM 11/4/2008, you wrote: > > >I think wall wart is specific enough. I've never seen one that > >wasn't a power supply employing at least a step-down transformer and > >rectifier. > > You must not have seen very many, not nearly enough to think > you are an expert. Some are what you say, and some are not. > What kind of wall warts have you seen that were different (oops, maybe we should take this to the OT list before we get scolded)? > Things are changing, I go back many years for the thousands I have > used. Must have 100 or more in my two offices at this time. > > > >A lot of people just call them "AC adapters", which is also specific > >enough, since that's what many manufacturers call them. > > True, Yes I understand that. Again, I doubt if you are anyone can > tell me much I do not know about the Critters. > Critters is about as descriptive as "Wall Wart". > > > Many manufactures do not know if they are using > > RS-232 Serial port communications or RS-485. > > Likely they do not know what they are selling either. > Many do not. > That's true. Probably because marketing rarely communicates well with engineering. > Ask me, .......... I know. > > >Radio Shack sells a wall wart with selectable output voltage which > >they refer to as a "universal power supply". Now *that* is a serious > >misuse of a term, IMO. :) > Yes, indeed, I have seen the and I have one or two. > Some have a selection of plugs to fit most anything. Very nice. > > Never seen a Radio Shack that knew anything much ? > > Have you ? > No, LOL, Radio Shack people never seem to know much of anything. I stopped going there years ago because of that. They were pretty cool back in the Tandy Computer days, but now they just want to sell DVD players and cell phones. :) > Of course this thing about terms, > > Proper Use, Mis-Use, and Hear Say Evidence, > > will drive a genius crazy, including me, you , and Einstein. <grin> > > The English must be a lousy language, > > It has been butchered, chopped, shredded , and spit out again. > > How can we know anything? > You're quite right about that. Sanskrit or Latin would probably be better languages for tech types. Sadly, I'm not fluent in either, so I struggle like everyone else. > Once I worked for a World Wide company. > I called Tech Support with a question. > > They simply said, "we think you are right". > > I decided then and there, I have no technical support. > I have to figure it out, or beat my head against the wall until I > can't. > Exactly! I get occasional tech support from more experienced people I meet online or in person, but almost never from someone whose job is tech support. Weird, isn't it? > If I cannot fix it, I have to explain to the customer some complex > and technical reason why I cannot. Try to fool him if I can. > > It rarely and seldom happened. > > The only real fiasco I ever had was once, years ago, this poor guy needed me to put a starter in his Chevy Monza. All he knew was, "it's the starter, the shop says they can't fix it", and of course he was a friend and he was broke. Trouble was, the shop that failed to fix it had broken the starter bolt off in the engine block. Then, in spite of generous applications of propane torch and liquid wrench I managed to break the E-Z-Out off in the bolt (now there's a real misnomer, "E-Z-Out")! I had to pull the engine and take it to a machine shop so they could use a metal disintegrator to remove the *&%$ E-Z-Out and the bolt. Cost me waaay to much, renting an engine crane and paying the machine shop, but I got it running in the end. I never imagined replacing a starter on an American car could ever become such a hassle. Nowadays I do a bit more investigation before I agree to fix something for someone else, especially if I'm not the first person to try it. :) Cheers, indi -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
