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From: Chuck Simmons
Organization: You jest.
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Subject: Re: Digital ampemeter
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Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2002 02:25:22 GMT
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"Michael A. Terrell" wrote:
>
> Chuck Simmons wrote:
> >
> > "Michael A. Terrell" wrote:
> > >
> > > Chuck Simmons wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Bruce Lane wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > In article ,
> > > > > m.michailidis@blueyonder.co.uk says...
> > > > >
> > > > > > HI,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I am planning to make a small digital ampmeter using 2 dual 7 segment leds
> > > > > > (similar to MA 6710). In the past I used the 7107 AD converter to drive the
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Just a nitpick; It's not "ampemeter" or "ampmeter." It's "ammeter."
> > > > >
> > > > > Sheesh, kids these days... ;-)
> > > >
> > > > Wow! It would really drive you nuts to hear me say ohmeater. :-)
> > > >
> > > > Note: An ohmeater looks a lot like an aardvark but enjoys an altogether
> > > > different diet.
> > > >
> > > > Chuck
> > >
> > > Do you sit there and hum "Ohm, Ohm, on the range ..." while you use
> > > it? :)
> >
> > Well, no. However, my British coworkers assure me that they will be
> > coming 'ohm from Europe mid week. That reminds me. I have only a couple
> > of days left to find out how to change the combination on the lab door
> > lock.
> >
> > Chuck
>
> Don't forget to paint over their reserved parking signs, and to hide
> their chairs. Or, if you're daring enough, remove the door to their
> office and drywall over it, then repaint to hide your handiwork. Then
> have everyone pretend they have never seen them before. Make them feel
> like they are in the twilight zone!
This is the second company I have been involved with that did not have
any reserved spaces except handicapped and visitor. There are a few
enclosed offices but these are a holdover from when the buildings were
owned by Honeywell and they are all slowly being torn out. Even the CEO
is in a cube in the headquarters in San Jose. A huge cube but still a
cube.
> BTW, is the door lock one of those with five push buttons? When I
> started to work at Cincinnati Electronics they were bragging about how
> secure they are so I walked over to a door, looked at the lock, and
> punched in the code. They demanded to know who had given me the code,
> so I told them "Your janitor." They informed me that the janitor didn't
> clean that room. I pointed to the lock and told them, They don't clean
> the locks either. Four of the five buttons were dirty. The code was
> obvious. Start with the dirtiest button, and repeat till you have all
> four. Of course, the unused button was the cleanest. They got upset and
> told me it didn't work like that so I walked down the isle, opening
> doors. Starting that night the janitors had to clean the locks every
> night, and they used Brasso every couple weeks to cover the wear, as
> well.
The lab lock is sort of a belt, suspenders and two safety pins thing.
The cube area is secured with a badge lock with limited access (the
access list is short). The building I'm in has no lobby and has badge
locks on the outside doors as well. There are hidden cameras at outside
doors. I call the security mediumish. Tight enough for the purpose but
loose enough that it's not in the way. That is, I can walk in on
weekends and during plant closures as if they were normal work days and
I'm not a regular employee but rather an outside contractor. The guards
are the usual rental sort but the company they work for seems to pick
rather pleasant people who do not tend to be inflated with self
importance. The tightest security I ever worked under was at the
University of California. I couldn't get into the parking lot much less
a building without proving I was an employee. The most humorous security
was in the army. The site I worked at had indigenous guards at the gate
who quite often fell asleep. The gate was open all day but if a guard
did not wave me through, I honked the horn until he appeared sleepy eyed
to wave me through. Waking the guards was a sort of an occasional sport
for all of us who drove our own cars.
Chuck
--
... The times have been,
That, when the brains were out,
the man would die. ... Macbeth
Chuck Simmons chrlsim@webaccess.net
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