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[Rich Grise]

Bill Sloman thinks it should be.

Not true. Encouraging people to use 555's should be a misdemeanour,
but there are (rare) situations where the the 555 could be the right
solution. I've not run into one in thirty years of design work, but I
suppose there must be a few applications where it is still the right
choice.[/QUOTE]

I tried to use one once, but the electrical environment was very harsh;
all my circuit did was eat 555s.

So, I started over and used an ordinary astable with some robust
transistors, and it got the job done. Unfortunately, the project
died due to poor mismanagement. )-;

Cheers!
Rich

 

[martin griffith]

On 13 Feb 2007 07:26:05 -0800, in sci.electronics.design

The 74121 and 74221 both produce more stable delays than the 555, with
less jitter.

I'd be more likely to stick a crystal oscillator onto a PLD.

Thanks Bill, I'd actually forgotten about 74121s etc. but I think an
crystal + PLD may be a bit overkill,


martin

 

[Richard Henry]

Dare I ask how it's possible to score over 100% ? It's not by any change an
attempt to massage the average figure is it ?

Talking of which the average figure someone posted is equivalent to 56% which is
pretty damn lame.

Graham

SAT scores have no direct relation to % correct.

 

[John Larkin]

SAT scores have no direct relation to % correct.

But let's hope the relationship is at least monotonic.

John

 

[John Larkin]

http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070208/NEWS/702080349/-1/State

In the "Who Really Cares" book, there's a pair of USA maps. One shows
the states where people are most generous, in terms of charity, blood
donations, volunteerism, that sort of thing. The other map is the
states that voted for Kerry. They are almost exact complements.

John

 

[Genome]

Unfortunately, the project died due to poor mismanagement. )-;

Cheers!
Rich

Cripes!

You expect mismanagement as standard. Having poor mismanagement must really
suck.

What sort of Mismanagers are schools turning out these days?

DNA

 

[Homer J Simpson]

In the "Who Really Cares" book, there's a pair of USA maps. One shows
the states where people are most generous, in terms of charity, blood
donations, volunteerism, that sort of thing. The other map is the
states that voted for Kerry. They are almost exact complements.

You persist in seeing things in the most simple minded terms. What does that
tell us about you?

 

[John Larkin]

You persist in seeing things in the most simple minded terms. What does that
tell us about you?

That I believe in causality?

That the most self-declared-liberal people I've known were also the
meanest to real people around them?

OK, what's your, more nuanced, explanation for the mappings?

John

 

[Lostgallifreyan]

That the most self-declared-liberal people I've known were also the
meanest to real people around them?

Ah, aren't you confusing liberal with libertarian? I think there is a
difference.

 

[Homer J Simpson]

That I believe in causality?

That the most self-declared-liberal people I've known were also the
meanest to real people around them?

OK, what's your, more nuanced, explanation for the mappings?

That neither right nor left wing voters are a single block of identical
persons. What happened to the 'wide tent' the right keeps proclaiming?

What makes you think the methodology used in the survey accurately describes
the claimed result?

Practical experience would suggest that those who do the bulk of the work in
helping the afflicted are as different from the Hollywood elite you hate as
the conservatives of the mid west are from the Cheneys and Rumsfelds of the
world.

 

[John Larkin]

That neither right nor left wing voters are a single block of identical
persons. What happened to the 'wide tent' the right keeps proclaiming?

What makes you think the methodology used in the survey accurately describes
the claimed result?

Actually, there is no claimed result; just two maps. But I am pretty
good at pattern matching, as most engineers are.

Practical experience would suggest that those who do the bulk of the work in
helping the afflicted are as different from the Hollywood elite you hate as
the conservatives of the mid west are from the Cheneys and Rumsfelds of the
world.

Hate? Have I ever expressed hate for anyone?

You are projecting. I don't even hate you.

John

 

[Richard The Dreaded Libertarian]

Ah, aren't you confusing liberal with libertarian? I think there is a
difference.

I think when he says "self-declared-liberal" he's excluding Libertarians
by default. A "self-declared-liberal" is just a Socialist in a Democrat
suit, just like a "neoconservative" is a Nazi in a Republican suit.

Find out how libertarian you are:
http://www.theadvocates.org/quiz.html

Cheers!
Rich

 

[Rich Grise]

Cripes!

You expect mismanagement as standard. Having poor mismanagement must really
suck.

What sort of Mismanagers are schools turning out these days?

Oh, this guy didn't need to go to any school, because he already knew
everything. ;-)

Cheers!
Rich

 

[John Larkin]

I think when he says "self-declared-liberal" he's excluding Libertarians
by default. A "self-declared-liberal" is just a Socialist in a Democrat
suit, just like a "neoconservative" is a Nazi in a Republican suit.

Find out how libertarian you are:
http://www.theadvocates.org/quiz.html

Cheers!
Rich

Libertarians seem to have the core political belief "I want to be left
alone." That's not as agressive as a classic angry liberal, but it's
not real supportive, either.

John

 

[Eeyore]

Ah, aren't you confusing liberal with libertarian? I think there is a
difference.

By degrees. Traditional liberals are libertarians too.

Graham

 

[Eeyore]

Oh, this guy didn't need to go to any school, because he already knew
everything. ;-)

They can still hone their skills through training though.

Graham

 

[John Larkin]

By degrees. Traditional liberals are libertarians too.

Graham

Modern political liberalism has come a long way from libertarian
roots. It's more evolved (partly through unionism) from the communist
manifesto of taxation and lawmaking as tools of class warfare. At
least we don't use gulags much any more.

The popular vote and mass communications have commoditized most
classic political philosophies.

John

 

[Jim Thompson]

Modern political liberalism has come a long way from libertarian
roots. It's more evolved (partly through unionism) from the communist
manifesto of taxation and lawmaking as tools of class warfare. At
least we don't use gulags much any more.

The popular vote and mass communications have commoditized most
classic political philosophies.

John

"Liberalism is a mental disease" ;-)

...Jim Thompson

 

[John Larkin]

"Liberalism is a mental disease" ;-)

Or a symptom. Read "Who Really Cares." You'd like it.

John

 

[Eeyore]

"Liberalism is a mental disease" ;-)

...Jim Thompson

IDIOT