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Vitaliy | 1 Jul 2009 01:34

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solarwind | 1 Jul 2009 01:05
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Re: [OT] FireFox 3.5

On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 10:18 PM, Tamas
Rudnai<tamas.rudnai@...> wrote:
> Not so long ago I was ranting about FireFox on Linux which was very slow
> with some web sites -- especially with Gmail while scrolling down the page
> using the mouse wheel.
> Now with the brand new version 3.5 it seems that the issue disappeared...
> Also it occupies around 140MB of memory compared to the 3.0x which needs
> over 200MB.
>
> Just thought some of you would wonder of this.
>
> Tamas

What graphics card do you have?
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cdb | 1 Jul 2009 06:51
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[OT]Interesting Support suggestion

 I've just changed over from cable to ADSL2+ connection.

I've got massive problems with dropouts and the modem freezing. I have 
a spare modem which doesn't drop out, but can't be used as the 
provider refuses to register my routers MAC number.

I've sent logs, made notes of when it drops out and crashes 
(suspiciously it does it between 4am and 11 am, fine during the 
afternoon until about 11pm) anyhow just got off the phone from one of 
their techs - their remedy is to have the Linksys modem standing 
upright rather than flat. They are positive that will solve the 
problem.

Whilst temperature may well play a part, they haven't quite sussed 
that at 4am and up to about midday the temperature in my house is 
about 16c in the afternoon it is 22c and then drops after about 5pm 
when the sun disappears. So if it is overheating it ought to play up 
during the hot time of day not the cold.

The damn thing keeps giving itself a warm reboot which wipes all the 
logs.

Why they can't just take the Linksys router back and accept my Draytek 
all singing all dancing device I don't know.

I felt like asking if they thought the electrons need to be the right 
way up!

Colin
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Mariano Alvira | 1 Jul 2009 06:57
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Re: [PIC] Hbridge

On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 01:49:01PM -0400, Chris Loper wrote:
> Thanks for the replies. 
> Please pardon the slowness of my response 
> as I get the piclist in the digest form.
> 
> >From Dwayne and Chance, it seems that I will not 
> likely do better than the $75 Hbridge on eBay
> (even if I build it myself).
> 
> Thanks to Olin, Dwayne and Martin K., 
> I realize that my assumption that I need an Hbridge is wrong.
> If I decide to pursue the relay / mosefet option, 
> can anyone venture a guess on how the cost 
> for the relays, mosfets, etc might compare 
> to the $75 mark set by the eBay Hbridge?
> 
> I've found a lot of good information here
>    http://buggies.builtforfun.co.uk
> I'll be researching for a while.
> Thanks again.
> --Chris
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I've built a PWM driver for a go-kart around this size (1.3kW stalled)

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cdb | 1 Jul 2009 07:14
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[OT]Brilliant unintended pun

 Job agency in NZ is advertising for a Technical Adviser.

 .Globally recognised dairy manufacturer.
 .Great team culture.

This is almost certainly Fontana who seem to own the dairy market in 
NZ. I wonder if they only select the cream of the crop and it's hard 
cheese to all those who fail the interview?

Colin
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cdb | 1 Jul 2009 07:16
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[OT]Brilliant unintended pun


This is almost certainly Fontana - oops meant Fonterra

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Xiaofan Chen | 1 Jul 2009 07:32
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Re: [OT]Brilliant unintended pun

On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 1:14 PM, cdb<colin@...> wrote:
>  Job agency in NZ is advertising for a Technical Adviser.
>
>  .Globally recognised dairy manufacturer.
>  .Great team culture.
>
> This is almost certainly Fonterra who seem to own the dairy market in
> NZ. I wonder if they only select the cream of the crop and it's hard
> cheese to all those who fail the interview?
>

I understand the meaning of "the cream of the crop" but I failed
to understand what do you mean by "hard cheese". So I asked
a few colleagues here and none of them understood it even though
one of them is really good at English. So I fired up WordWeb and
found it seems to be only used by Brits and mean "bad luck".

Interesting pun.

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cdb | 1 Jul 2009 09:33
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Re: [OT]Interesting Support suggestion


:: ust set the mac address of the working router to be what the mac
:: of the
:: linksys is.
:: most modems out there support "spoofing" of mac addresses.

Tried that doesn't work. If I leave out my static IP address I get to 
their website but no where else.  I think they download a 
config/security certificate which obviously my Draytek won't have.

I've had dealings with actual Cisco routers and I know the 
organisation always downloaded config certificates.

Colin 
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Picbits Sales | 1 Jul 2009 09:56
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Re: [OT]Interesting Support suggestion

I've seen "interesting" things happen like this in the UK when the street 
lights come on.

One member of our ADSL provider always got cut off at the same time and it 
corresponded exactly to the turn on of their street lights.

Dom
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Subject: [OT]Interesting Support suggestion

> I've just changed over from cable to ADSL2+ connection.
>
> I've got massive problems with dropouts and the modem freezing. I have
> a spare modem which doesn't drop out, but can't be used as the
> provider refuses to register my routers MAC number.
>
> I've sent logs, made notes of when it drops out and crashes
> (suspiciously it does it between 4am and 11 am, fine during the
> afternoon until about 11pm) anyhow just got off the phone from one of
> their techs - their remedy is to have the Linksys modem standing
> upright rather than flat. They are positive that will solve the
> problem.
>
> Whilst temperature may well play a part, they haven't quite sussed
> that at 4am and up to about midday the temperature in my house is
> about 16c in the afternoon it is 22c and then drops after about 5pm
> when the sun disappears. So if it is overheating it ought to play up
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Alan B. Pearce | 1 Jul 2009 10:16
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Re: [OT]Brilliant unintended pun

>:: but I failed to understand what do you mean by "hard cheese".
>
>:: seems to be only used by Brits
>
>I didn't know that, I thought it was in other English variants.
>Now I have a quest to find out other British English only phrases.

I would class it as being well known in English speaking countries, 
specifically those that are part of the British Commonwealth, rather than 
US-centric countries.

The term is a bit more than just 'bad luck', it is self induced bad luck, 
i.e. you have done something that induced the bad luck situation, although 
the way Colin used it, it would be just 'tough luck' rather than 'bad luck'.

I suspect it dates back to the workers going out to harvest, with their 
lunch wrapped up. Lunch would typically be bread, cheese and cider. If you 
didn't wrap the cheese properly it would go hard, and is then almost 
inedible. 

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