Well dang...
I was just calibrating the ol' Johnson VFO... Guess I need more shielding.. ;-)
(image hotlinked - we'll find out if Radio Museum allows that if it stays.. ;-)
Posted on 07/31/2015 11:49:41 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows
The time has come to take action against thread hijackers.
Let me begin with an example of thread hijacking:
Like most Freepers, I am pro-life. Abortion and and euthanasia appall me, and marketing the results even more so. I support candidates who oppose the culture of death, and cheer when it is thwarted.
I also do not find it necessary to mention these facts on EVERY. FREAKING. THREAD.
There is a certain type of Freeper, though, who has no such restraint. For these zealots, any thread that deviates from the pro-life cause, no matter how trivially, is a heresy that must be immediately suppressed.
You are shocked by cruelty to animals? I guess that means you couldn't care less about the cruelty of THE MILLIONS OF CHILDREN ABORTED EVERY YEAR!!!!!
You lost a beloved pet? Why can't you mourn THE THOUSANDS OF ABORTED BABIES WHO DIED THE SAME DAY?!!!!
Your car shredded its transmission and you're looking at thousands of dollars in repairs? Why aren't you thinking about THE BABIES WHO WILL NEVER GROW UP TO BE AUTO MECHANICS BECAUSE THEY WERE ABORTED?!!!!
(OK, maybe I made that last one up.)
Arguing with these people is pointless. It's the same principle as wrestling with a pig - you just get muddy and the pig enjoys it. Similarly, trying to convince them that they are being rude is a waste of time - THE CAUSE is far more important little things like courtesy and respect.
So, what can we do about it?
We can get drunk.
I hereby propose The Thread Hijack Drinking Game. The rules are simple: When a poster tries to hijack an unrelated thread to his or her pet cause, you 1) reply to the hijack attempt by quoting the text in question, followed by the word "DRINK!", and 2) Take a drink (or any volume) of your favorite beverage (alcoholic or non-alcoholic). Moderation is suggested on animal cruelty threads to avoid alcohol poisoning.
This game will not, I admit, solve the thread hijacking problem. But after a certain number of attempts we will no longer care.
And if anyone is offended by my little proposal, I can only say...
DRINK!
Thanks , Tc. I’m on my Nook but it doesnt want to let me go sideways.There. I had to re set it. Im pretty frustrated right now, and if i cant get online tomorrow, iwill call Cox again and request new equipment.
I was going to wash clothes but I have to have a CBC at 0745.
Grrrr....
Thanks , Tc. I’m on my Nook but it doesnt want to let me go sideways.There. I had to re set it. Im pretty frustrated right now, and if i cant get online tomorrow, iwill call Cox again and request new equipment.
I was going to wash clothes but I have to have a CBC at 0745.
Grrrr....
GAH!
Yeah, Gah.
If it’s not fixed tomorrow I’ll look at it.
Thanks. ArGee. The Nook is OK for now but payday is coming. I hope i can get online in the morning.
Note to self: Never try to explain to a large predatory feline the relationship of the circumference of a circle to its radius.
Once I get caught up on stuff Frontier Customer Service is getting a phone call. I haven't decided whether to make it a two pronged call or place two separate calls to confuse the CS peoples down Texas way...
First part will be to demand a credit for the two days I was without service which will amount to about two bucksish...
Then I will ask just what speed I should be getting with the High Speed Internet Max that I have been paying for for (I'm not sure how long but it's been )way over a year..
If they tell me their high speed is 3.5mbps, I will shut up but if they tell me it's two or even three times faster than that, I will then demand a credit for being billed for a service I was not receiving and that they never provided until now...
Right now I'm connected at 10.25mbps, about 3x faster than what they have supplied me with since I don't know when - with a bit of effort I could dig up the old phone bills to see when I 'upgraded'.. (Yeah I know, cable is faster but our cable provider is Ted Turner's operation. He doesn't need nor will I give him my financial support...)
Well dang...
I was just calibrating the ol' Johnson VFO... Guess I need more shielding.. ;-)
(image hotlinked - we'll find out if Radio Museum allows that if it stays.. ;-)
So how is that different from a standard signal generator?
The dial is calibrated for 80 - 10 meter Ham bands?
Unless it’s the 6 N 2 model. Then it’s calibrated for 6 and 2 meter bands..
Otherwise it’s a just another highly stable analog rf generator.
Which has been obsoleted by phase-locked-loop synthesis.
I’ve just been reflecting on some of the equipment and procedures we used when I was in the Army.
We as a species may be getting dumber, or maybe not. But the people I worked with were bright. The tools they had were quite primitive by comparison to what is available today.
They were adequate to the task assigned, however; else they would have been designed differently, n’est-ce-pas?
I am impressed that we were able to do what we were able to do.
I wonder why we stopped being that way.
Prolly ‘cause ingenious excellence is not politically correct. We must all strive for mundane homogeneity..
Back in the day most Hams built their own stuff, often repurposing surplus military radios. My HS Physics teacher had a bunch of such gear. Now they go to the corner store...
I worked on getting my Ham ticket but never managed to get to the minimum 5 wpm in Morse for the Novice. Probably ‘cause after HS I had other distractions that put pounding brass on the wayback burner.
Now you can get a Ham license without a code requirement..
I read about a guy who was waiting for an interview to a job where he would be interpreting code on a daily basis.
While he was waiting, he recognized that the apparently random noises he was hearing from the air-conditioning unit were actually a coded message telling him to walk through a certain door and into his new job.
The “interview” was actually a test to see who had the innate talent and conditioned responses to fill the role.
“We must all strive for mundane homogeneity..”
Wait ... wait ... I can DO THAT!!
(Actually, that was another skill I learned in the Army.)
Baby with a M on forehead.
Doing a half wink half blink.
Mazel Tov about Kathleen.
Fun things to make with your 3D printer.
Thanks. I hope we can have another success today.
I hope so to. I think she will be potty trained in the next few days.
To all and anyone who will love seeing two baby kittens wrestling in a boxing ring.
A fun video for a Thusday.
Well. She says. I’m here. But on the Nook instead of the PC. GAH!
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