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20692
I will be out of communication until Hotmail Italy can get it together again. I may be able to work off of the Web page or something, but it'll be a neat...
Mark Kinsler
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Jul 1, 2004
7:37 am
20693
Fishing boats here are wood. But they have radar. M Kinsler...
k33
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Jul 1, 2004
7:39 am
20694
... Back again, courtesy of the htw website. My problem with private space flight is the dependence on wealthy, hypothetical tourists. If there is no other...
k33
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Jul 1, 2004
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20695
About the light switches, they are ... a while, and ... kind of pre- ... something down ... that's over- ... that off ... These are rocker switches. You push...
k33
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Jul 1, 2004
8:23 am
20696
... leaded ... Dunno. There's some sort of gas station at the dock for the fishing and pleasure boats, but nobody, but nobody, speaks English down there....
k33
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Jul 1, 2004
8:36 am
20697
... the ... extracted ... paying that ... firearms so ... I believe they had crude jokes about this even then. A better source was the stables and cattle...
k33
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Jul 1, 2004
8:40 am
20698
... We have one of those in our attic. The first switches were sort of a key affair that was purposely made similar to the valve on a gas fixture. The...
k33
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Jul 1, 2004
8:51 am
20699
... evolved, so ... Dunno. Europe was electrified very early on. Italian wiring in the home is something of a mess. And each block has its own big power ...
k33
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Jul 1, 2004
8:56 am
20700
... solid ... dia. ... offset ... center ... Our house in Lancaster, OH has some of that. Scares hell out of me; gotta rewire the whole place. ... ...
k33
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Jul 1, 2004
9:00 am
20701
I always assumed that the ground pin went up as a way to guide a plug in faster and easier without having to look since the ground is longer. Not having the...
Arcane-Computing
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Jul 1, 2004
12:35 pm
20702
... erich> In a message dated 6/30/2004 8:03:37 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... I would have thought that aircraft engines can be obtained for either direction....
Paul Koning
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Jul 1, 2004
1:30 pm
20703
... kinsler33> Fishing boats here are wood. But they have radar. But do they have corner cube radar reflectors so one can see the other? :-) paul...
Paul Koning
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Jul 1, 2004
1:41 pm
20704
... kinsler33> Back again, courtesy of the htw website. kinsler33> My problem with private space flight is the dependence on kinsler33> wealthy, hypothetical...
Paul Koning
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Jul 1, 2004
1:47 pm
20705
... kinsler33> Our house in Lancaster, OH has some of that. Scares hell kinsler33> out of me; gotta rewire the whole place. Why? Unless it's in a place where...
Paul Koning
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Jul 1, 2004
1:52 pm
20706
... Nicholas> This seems to be a single-author project written by a very Nicholas> capable fellow. I found the descriptions of the world's Nicholas>...
Paul Koning
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Jul 1, 2004
2:29 pm
20707
Referring to Mark's message about cold Hotmail, I Googled on [snav ship] and got lucky. (In Googlish, that means the first hit is the one you hoped to get.)...
Nicholas Bodley
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Jul 1, 2004
3:31 pm
20708
Minesweepers have been made of wood, so that magnetically-triggered mines wouldn't blow up. I'd be surprised if none had radar. I can remember degaussing tests...
Nicholas Bodley
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Jul 1, 2004
3:38 pm
20709
Mostly Serbo-Croatian, I think. Offer some vowels, politely? (Just kidding. On the Qalam list, we can't resist branching out into linguistics. There are some...
Nicholas Bodley
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Jul 1, 2004
3:58 pm
20710
... Just think of all the fun you could have walking around a shopping mall with a bag full of RFID tags. Hide them on maintenance equipment, drop them in ...
Joel Ph_elps
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Jul 1, 2004
4:11 pm
20711
... Wealthy tourist or deck hand? _________________________________________________________________ FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar – get it...
Joel Ph_elps
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Jul 1, 2004
4:13 pm
20712
... Yep, they used to joke that the outhouse at the bishop's was best because ot the amount of wine consumed there. ...
Joel Ph_elps
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Jul 1, 2004
4:22 pm
20713
Scott Livingston's ongoing nightmare with the 3 partnered optometry firm is one problem I wish to avoid. Recall that I was the one who about a month ago asked...
Larry Hmurcik
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Jul 1, 2004
4:32 pm
20714
Paul Koning wrote: The 60 Hz thing makes me wonder. Clearly it's NOT optimal -- large airplanes use 400 Hz because it makes the transformers smaller yet. ...
Nicholas Bodley
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Jul 1, 2004
6:32 pm
20715
... Nicholas> [nb]: Optimal for the technology: I had considered Nicholas> that. Insulation as well as core materials were inferior, Nicholas> not that I'm in...
Paul Koning
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Jul 1, 2004
6:37 pm
20716
... [Joel P.] Just think of all the fun you could have walking around a shopping mall with a bag full of RFID tags. Hide them on maintenance equipment, drop...
Nicholas Bodley
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Jul 1, 2004
6:56 pm
20717
(Reply to Larry Hmurcik) [LH] Scott Livingston's ongoing nightmare with the 3 partnered optometry firm is one problem I wish to avoid. Seems like one of the...
Nicholas Bodley
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Jul 1, 2004
7:07 pm
20718
Paul, do contemporary computer "supplies" work at 1 MHz or above? I'm also thinking of rectifier losses, but maybe those aren't too significant. -- Nicholas...
Nicholas Bodley
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Jul 1, 2004
7:10 pm
20719
Paul Koning wrote, some time ago: I have a clock (wedding present from my father, who built it) which has 7 segment numeric displays for the minutes and hours,...
Nicholas Bodley
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Jul 1, 2004
7:18 pm
20720
... I think Helium is just an alpha particle that has captured 2 electrons. It can be produced by a number of different nuclear reactions. It was first...
John Tinker
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Jul 1, 2004
7:19 pm
20721
... Nicholas> (Reply to Larry Hmurcik) [LH] Scott Livingston's ongoing Nicholas> nightmare with the 3 partnered optometry firm is one Nicholas> problem I wish...
Paul Koning
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Jul 1, 2004
7:21 pm
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