25 Dec
2012
25 Dec
'12
1:33 a.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org
[mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Dave McGuire
Sent: 25 December 2012 00:54
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: AT&T 6300 mono monitor
On 12/24/2012 07:47 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
cheap DMM
can
I don't think so. Hows this for a lovely bit of stage magic...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9xwtTNRak8
Dave Wade G4UGM
Illegitimi Non Carborundum
> Yes...the "I'm not doing real
work, so this is good
enough for me"
> garbage. I've taken to bringing along
grownup equipment
whenever I'm
> going to any sort of technical gathering,
because of all
the crap I
see
people toting along. "Well this one was soooo much cheaper!
That means I was a SMART SHOPPER!"
It's much worse than that--just go to YouTube and search for "Free
Energy" or "Magnet Motor" for tons of examples of how a be misused. "Hey, I'm getting 150%
efficiency out of this
because my
DMM says so."
Ohhhhhhhmigod..
Not quite as bad as those (and they're there)
who use voltage as a
measure of power. It makes the head hurt.
This is exactly what P.T. Barnum was talking about.
Unbelievable.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA