Post by thread:[OT] That day again ...

Maybe something to do with "Cinco de Mayo"? I Dunno. Tomorrow is May 4th. Tommorow "May the 4th" will be with me - all day long. Maybe that's it. Can't think about it too much - Got work to do. -- Mark {Quote hidden}> -----Original Message----- > From: spam_OUTpiclist-bouncesTakeThisOuTMIT.EDU [.....piclist-bouncesKILLspam@spam@MIT.EDU]On Behalf > Of Lindy Mayfield > Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 9:21 AM > To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public. > Subject: RE: [OT] That day again ... > > > Google returned over a thousand hits on that phrase. Then I > added "may the fourth be with you" rockets. The closest thing I > could find was National Star Wars Day... Is that correct? > >

> Maybe something to do with "Cinco de Mayo"? I Dunno. Tomorrow is > May 4th. > Tommorow "May the 4th" will be with me - all day long. Maybe that's > it. > Can't think about it too much - Got work to do. Ah - but I'm here and you're there. Where-ever there is. The US West Coast is about 5 hours ahead of me yesterday. Or about 19 behind. More or less. RM

Just HAD to pass on this respnse from a friend Took a moemmnt to get it. Note date below. Write tomorrow's date. Omit placeholders. RM > Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 11:26 AM > Don't forget tomorrow will be the armistice day when we remember all > of > those electronic designs that were complete failures because they > included > that certain timer chip.

The certain timer chip deserves it's own day...25hrs? Nah, just kidding...very popular and a good preformer all round. > Just HAD to pass on this respnse from a friend > Took a moemmnt to get it. > Note date below. > Write tomorrow's date. Omit placeholders. > > > Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 11:26 AM > > Don't forget tomorrow will be the armistice day when we remember all > > of those electronic designs that were complete failures because they > > included that certain timer chip. -- Brent Brown, Electronic Design Solutions 16 English Street, Hamilton 2001, New Zealand Ph: +64 7 849 0069 Fax: +64 7 849 0071 Cell/txt: 025 334 069 eMail: brent.brownKILLspamclear.net.nz

> The certain timer chip deserves it's own day...25hrs? Nah, just > kidding...very > popular and a good preformer all round. That's what the post was about. The day is tomorrow. Look at the date, {Quote hidden}>> Just HAD to pass on this respnse from a friend >> Took a moemmnt to get it. >> Note date below. >> Write tomorrow's date. Omit placeholders. >> >> > Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 11:26 AM >> > Don't forget tomorrow will be the armistice day when we remember >> > all >> > of those electronic designs that were complete failures because >> > they >> > included that certain timer chip.

>> The certain timer chip deserves it's own day...25hrs? Nah, just >> kidding...very >> popular and a good preformer all round. Not all round. The bipolar version has some nasty features. Large supply rail spike at switching due to shoot through being one. The capacitor charge/discharge arrangement partially sharing the same component path, which is common by definition to all variants is also less than ideal. >>> > Don't forget tomorrow will be the armistice day when we remember >>> > all of those electronic designs that were complete failures >>> > because they included that certain timer chip. The Swedes (and some military) no doubt also have special days for the dual version this coming Thursday and the quad version this coming Saturday. RM

part 0 44 bytes his is a multi-part message in MIME format. part 1 663 bytes content-type:text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed (decoded 7bit) Russell McMahon wrote: >> Maybe something to do with "Cinco de Mayo"? I Dunno. > Have I got this wrong or is this supposed to be about STAR WARS and "may the FORCE be with you. Or is there some other joke here. {Quote hidden}>> Tomorrow is May 4th. >> Tommorow "May the 4th" will be with me - all day long. Maybe that's it. >> Can't think about it too much - Got work to do. > > > Ah - but I'm here and you're there. Where-ever there is. > The US West Coast is about 5 hours ahead of me yesterday. Or about 19 > behind. More or less. > > > > RM part 2 391 bytes content-type:text/x-vcard; charset=utf-8; (decoded 7bit) begin:vcard fn:Robert I. Nelson n:Nelson;Robert I. org:RIN Designs adr:;;P.O. BOX 373;RIPON;WI;54971;USA email;internet:.....rindesignsKILLspam.....charter.net tel;work:1-(920)-229-7152 tel;home:1-(920)-748-7443 note;quoted-printable:Custom design and building of small electro mechanical devices.=0D=0A= AUTOCAD work ver2002 x-mozilla-html:FALSE version:2.1 end:vcard part 3 35 bytes content-type:text/plain; charset="us-ascii" (decoded 7bit)

Oh you mean election day in the UK ;))) Maybe we will get rid of tony after all ;0 {Quote hidden}>Just HAD to pass on this respnse from a friend >Took a moemmnt to get it. >Note date below. >Write tomorrow's date. Omit placeholders. > > RM > > Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 11:26 AM > Don't forget tomorrow will be the armistice day when we remember all > of > those electronic designs that were complete failures because they > included > that certain timer chip.

And next year on the Swedish national holiday we will have 666... Lets see what the "doomsday/ /people" will make out of that... ;.) /Ake Alan B. Pearce wrote: {Quote hidden}>Oh you mean election day in the UK ;))) > >Maybe we will get rid of tony after all ;0 > > > >>Just HAD to pass on this respnse from a friend >>Took a moemmnt to get it. >>Note date below. >>Write tomorrow's date. Omit placeholders. >> >> RM >> >>Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 11:26 AM >>Don't forget tomorrow will be the armistice day when we remember all >>of >>those electronic designs that were complete failures because they >>included >>that certain timer chip. >> >> > > > -- --- Ake Hedman (YAP - Yet Another Programmer) eurosource, Brattbergavägen 17, 820 50 LOS, Sweden Phone: (46) 657 413430 Cellular: (46) 73 84 84 102 Company home: http://www.eurosource.se Kryddor/Te/Kaffe: http://www.brattberg.com Personal homepage: http://www.eurosource.se/akhe Automated home: http://www.vscp.org

"666" is old news. Recent archeological findings point to "616". Mark Jordan On 4 May 2005 at 18:47, Ake Hedman wrote: {Quote hidden}> And next year on the Swedish national holiday we will have 666... Lets > see what the "doomsday/ /people" will make out of that... ;.) > > /Ake > > Alan B. Pearce wrote: > > >Oh you mean election day in the UK ;))) > > > >Maybe we will get rid of tony after all ;0 > > > > > > > >>Just HAD to pass on this respnse from a friend > >>Took a moemmnt to get it. > >>Note date below. > >>Write tomorrow's date. Omit placeholders. > >> > >> RM > >> > >>Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 11:26 AM > >>Don't forget tomorrow will be the armistice day when we remember all > >>of > >>those electronic designs that were complete failures because they > >>included > >>that certain timer chip. > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > -- > --- > Ake Hedman (YAP - Yet Another Programmer) > eurosource, Brattbergavägen 17, 820 50 LOS, Sweden > Phone: (46) 657 413430 Cellular: (46) 73 84 84 102 > Company home: http://www.eurosource.se > Kryddor/Te/Kaffe: http://www.brattberg.com > Personal homepage: http://www.eurosource.se/akhe > Automated home: http://www.vscp.org > > > -

He said "May the Fourth be with you." Or, May 4th - be with you. And it is written like "May the Force be with you" from Star Wars. Forth is also a programming language which uses RPN (reverse Polish notation). Russell is also into rocketry, and on this day in 1967 Lunar Orbiter 4 was launched to orbit the moon. The day after today is also Ascension Day, which this year is 555 like the timer chip. And on this day in 1626 the Indians sold Manhattan island for $24 in cloth and buttons. Seems clear as mud to me. {Original Message removed}

616? What are we gonna do now. Is "the end" June 1st 2006 or 6th of Jan 2006 :) -- Mark {Quote hidden}> -----Original Message----- > From: EraseMEpiclist-bouncesspam_OUTTakeThisOuTmit.edu [piclist-bouncesspam_OUTmit.edu]On Behalf > Of Mark Jordan > Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 1:45 PM > To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public. > Subject: Re: [OT] That day again ... > > > > "666" is old news. Recent archeological findings point to "616". > >

A prison newbie is sitting around with the old timers. Every once in awhile one of them would call out some number like 505 or 555 and everyone would laugh. The newbie asked the guy next to him what the numbers meant. "We've all told the same jokes over and over so many times we decided to just give them numbers. It's easier." The newbie, not wanting to be left out, shouted out a number and everyone just stared at him. "What did I do wrong?" he asked the guy next to him. "Some guys just can't tell a joke," the old-timer told him. Eric KE6US --- "James Newton, Host" <@spam@jamesnewtonKILLspampiclist.com> wrote: {Quote hidden}> Ok, this makes no sense... There was a 505 timer > chip? Or a 0505? The only > one I know is 555 and it works great so why would > designs with it be > failures? > > I hate it when there is an inside joke and I'm > outside... > > <GRIN> > > --- > James. > > > > > {Original Message removed}

>A prison newbie is sitting around with the old timers. >Every once in awhile one of them would call out some >number like 505 or 555 and everyone would laugh. ... >The newbie, not wanting to be left out, shouted out a >number and everyone just stared at him. "What did I do >wrong?" he asked the guy next to him. > >"Some guys just can't tell a joke," the old-timer told >him. Well that is a variation on the monks doing the same, but with a different result.

Alan B. Pearce wrote: {Quote hidden}>>A prison newbie is sitting around with the old timers. >>Every once in awhile one of them would call out some >>number like 505 or 555 and everyone would laugh. >> >> >... > > >>The newbie, not wanting to be left out, shouted out a >>number and everyone just stared at him. "What did I do >>wrong?" he asked the guy next to him. >> >>"Some guys just can't tell a joke," the old-timer told >>him. >> >> > >Well that is a variation on the monks doing the same, but with a different >result. > > > Hah, er wait... Which joke number was that?

Oh, well, sort of. (-: A google on "may the fourth be with you" turned up 1,670 hits. I thought it might have something to do with rockets. Then people started talking about 555 chips, which no good rocket would be without, and I started expecting a puzzle like in the da Vinci Code. -----Original Message----- From: KILLspampiclist-bouncesKILLspammit.edu [RemoveMEpiclist-bouncesTakeThisOuTmit.edu] On Behalf Of Rob Young Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 20:21 To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public. Subject: Re: [OT] That day again ... > Yeah but. But. I mean. Of course it's that, but I mean, it has to be > more deep than that because that was too obvious, no? > You were expecting something from Russel's post let alone Star Wars to be deep? ;-) Rob Young

Ok, here is my take on this - maybe I'm just as screwy as Russell (or maybe moreso). I don't think it has anything to do with Star Wars. The similarity to "May the FORCE be with you" is simply a clever way to confuse people. Russells original post... >> May the Fourth be with you. >> >>Here now and for the next 49 or so hours somewhere or other. Somewhere on earth (probably where Russell lives) it becomes May 4th before it does so in any other time zone. So, it's May 4th for Russell - but not for all the other time zones yet. For this discussion assume that there are only 24 distinct time zones each 1 hour apart. So, 1 hour later it becomes May 4th in the next time zone. Now it is May 4th in 2 time zones... and so on. So each hour another time zone is added to the ones that have a current date of "May 4th". After the first time zone has had it's 24 hours of May 4th the "last time zone still has another 23 hours of May 4th to go. Hence the "for the next 49 or so hours somewhere or other". (I think it might really be "the next 47 or so", but I'm not going to bother figuring it out) Jeez, I can't believe I'm trying to explain this. Ok, whatever, it's Star Wars. -- Mark > > > Yeah but. But. I mean. Of course it's that, but I mean, it has to be > > more deep than that because that was too obvious, no? > > > > You were expecting something from Russel's post let alone Star Wars to be > deep? ;-) > > Rob Young > -

On May 6, 2005, at 10:02 AM, Lindy Mayfield wrote: > it has to be more deep than that because that was too obvious, no? No. Well, typically you might string along a "sucker": "Happy Star Wars day!" Huh? "Star wars day. You know." no. never heard of it. What's 'star wars day'? "well, you know the date, right?" Um. May 4th? "Right. May the 4th be with you!" (groan.) It doesn't translate so well to email. And you know why programmers keep getting halloween and christmas confused, right? BillW

Nah, it has to do with an RPN type programming language. You need more credibility if you didn't immediately think of that. :) Dilbert: http://scott.yang.id.au/2004/11/credibility-in-dress-code/ Mark Scoville wrote: {Quote hidden}>Ok, here is my take on this - maybe I'm just as screwy as Russell (or maybe >moreso). I don't think it has anything to do with Star Wars. The similarity >to "May the FORCE be with you" is simply a clever way to confuse people. > >Russells original post... > > > >>> May the Fourth be with you. >>> >>>Here now and for the next 49 or so hours somewhere or other. >>> >>> > >Somewhere on earth (probably where Russell lives) it becomes May 4th before >[snip] >Jeez, I can't believe I'm trying to explain this. Ok, whatever, it's Star >Wars. > >-- Mark > >

Because dec 25 is oct 31? -----Original Message----- From: spamBeGonepiclist-bouncesspamBeGonemit.edu [TakeThisOuTpiclist-bouncesEraseMEspam_OUTmit.edu] On Behalf Of William "Chops" Westfield Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 22:38 To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public. Subject: Re: [OT] That day again ... On May 6, 2005, at 10:02 AM, Lindy Mayfield wrote: > it has to be more deep than that because that was too obvious, no? No. Well, typically you might string along a "sucker": "Happy Star Wars day!" Huh? "Star wars day. You know." no. never heard of it. What's 'star wars day'? "well, you know the date, right?" Um. May 4th? "Right. May the 4th be with you!" (groan.) It doesn't translate so well to email. And you know why programmers keep getting halloween and christmas confused, right? BillW

>> Yeah but. But. I mean. Of course it's that, but I mean, it has >> to be more deep than that because that was too obvious, no? > You were expecting something from Russel's post let alone Star Wars > to be deep? ;-) 1. What is the sound of one dog barking? 2. Not everyone is as incisive as Lindy :-). It's truly amazing how many people look at you completely blankly and have to have it spelt out word by word. rather makes it unworthwhile. If it ever was. 3. People have queried how 5/5/5 (0r 5/5/05 (inconsistently)) relates to an unsuccessful timer as they consider it works well. That was an opinion from a group of friends of mine who consider the 555 an abomination, an opinion I only partially share. The original ones had (and have) a very very nasty supply spike at switching time due to totem pole shoot through. They are also not nicely planned in the charge and discharge area. CMOS implementations fix the supply spike by not having any hair on their chest for driving loads. My friends maintain that you can do a better job as easily using better technology. I consider that despite its faults the 555 is a useful building block as long as you are aware of its shortcomings. applies to many ICs. RM

{Quote hidden}>>>Here now and for the next 49 or so hours somewhere or other. > Somewhere on earth (probably where Russell lives) it becomes May 4th > before > it does so in any other time zone. So, it's May 4th for Russell - > but not > for all the other time zones yet. For this discussion assume that > there are > only 24 distinct time zones each 1 hour apart. So, 1 hour later it > becomes > May 4th in the next time zone. Now it is May 4th in 2 time zones... > and so > on. So each hour another time zone is added to the ones that have a > current > date of "May 4th". After the first time zone has had it's 24 hours > of May > 4th the "last time zone still has another 23 hours of May 4th to go. > Hence > the "for the next 49 or so hours somewhere or other". (I think it > might > really be "the next 47 or so", but I'm not going to bother figuring > it out) Good explanation. When we have daylight saving in NZ each day lasts 49 hours or 2 + 1/24 earth rotation. When we don't have daylight saving it's 48 hours. Tonga cheat and place themselves across the boundary in order to get Y2K benefits. If THEY had daylighty savings then each day would last 50 hours :-) > ... Ok, whatever, it's Star Wars. That too :-) RM