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james_s:
I have a couple different analog clocks and replaced the movements with some that have WWVB receiver built in so they set themselves and keep excellent time.

DrG:

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--- Quote from: CatalinaWOW on January 05, 2022, 02:13:04 am ---Lots of entertainment for such a limited subject.  I have taken apart quite a few of this type of movement and the number of minor variations on the basic idea is actually kind of impressive.  Why bother looking?  Standard answer, the same curiosity that led me into an engineering career.

While I have several times contemplated programming up a micro to do some fancier functions than these things do, i just keep buying one of these movements when I want to make a clock.  They do the job very well.  In my experience they are usually accurate enough to last until the next daylight savings time forced adjustment and they are far cheaper than the pieces I would have to buy for functionality that isn't that compelling.

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So happy that I could be the source of entertainment for you. I have lots of material :)  When I searched on that little clock box, I found hundreds of examples and was in the process of trying to locate the patent on this one.

One thing that I do want to comment on is your statements

--- Quote ---Why bother looking?  Standard answer, the same curiosity that led me into an engineering career.
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Now, I am not trying to insult you and I trust you know that I would not be too subtle if I were, but those statements whether intended or not, really illustrate to me, some difference between an EE and a Behavioral Scientist. Now, I am happy that curiosity about anything captured your focus, I always am happy to hear about that, assuming the curiosity was not about unscrupulous activities.

I was going to throw the clock out. It was old and crusty and somewhat yellowed. Yes, I did fix it (if you call identifying some oxidation on a contact and cleaning it off, fixing), but that was not going to rejuvenate the age and I did not care to find out if it lost even more accuracy. My point is that such an experience, for me, was driven by a simple curiosity that I have had all my life about anything and it would never inspire me to go into EE.

Instead, the pathological  behaviors (my opinion) of folks who become keyboard warriors believing that they are operating anonymously is just one of a kazillion aspects of human behavior that inspired me to go into and stay into the Neurosciences - something I have never regretted over decades of work which I call the best work a person could have - trying to understand the nervous system.

Hey, different strokes for different folks - just saying and, of course, it is what it is :)

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Sorry my response.offended you.  Have a nice day.

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Oh come on, do you really think your response above the handful of crap I read (e.g., this circuit is resistant to pulse width - I know because umm I designed it and here is the link and I'm really a big deal so just believe me and act like I know more than I do). Your post, in contrast, was nothing like that. I think you were just trying to talk about what fun it is to be curious and how it inspired you to pursue a career in that field.

Nevertheless, I think it is important to stand up to weapons-grade arrogance and delusional SME without any demonstration of commensurate accomplishment AND factual basis with the issue at hand. People secure in what they know and what they don't know, do not act that way and in my experience it is a meaningful predictor.

That a small group band together and like each other's posts and rely on the royal we and a bunch of well know and quite tired defenses does not bother me at all - they are not used to being taken to task and rely on one or two sentence replies in hope that someone will come around to save them and then they flock to liking the posts - it is expected. They can't stand up for themselves so they just make crap up.

These are folks that I have now blocked and I am happy to do that. It is a great feature because they have little to offer me and are, in my view, recalcitrant. Yes, pathological behavior has always interested me but sometimes an asshole is just an asshole and when they are so simple to predict, having to see all that crap is little more than a waste of time. Now, I don't always know somebody's reputation on here from their nickname and have to refresh my memory, but I don't ever remember seeing such arrogance from you and I have no reason to not engage.

If you sincerely think that you offended me, please know that you did not. If I offended you somehow, even vicariously, please also know that I am not apologizing for anything that I wrote - I meant all of it (well, save some typos and grammar) and nobody is forced to read any posts let alone respond to them.

You have a great day also.

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 :o

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I have to sincerely thank you for that as it is the most that I have laughed in at least three days. I have no idea who you are and don’t ever recall discussing anything with you or even reading one of your posts other than this one.

Yet, in a thread that I started, you post, quoting, literally, hundreds of words. Not just mine but from another poster as well….and your contribution: A single emoji.  There is no editing your way out of that.

I think it is absolutely fantastic; I already sent it to a couple of friends.

It is as though you are holding up a sign that says “Sycophant with lips looking for butt to kiss” or maybe “C’mon guys, can I be in the club, can I, huh, can I”.

If you are trying to get me to put you on an ignore list, you have got to do much better than that. I can’t in good conscience ignore someone on the basis of a single emoji, it’s just not right. You have to use your words and not just an FU. There have to be more words than that, strung together in a sentence. Maybe even use two or three sentences. Aim high.

Now I’m not making any promises, but if you can make a really snappy comeback, I will at least consider it because; I believe you have potential - you just have to apply yourself.



DrG:

--- Quote from: james_s on January 05, 2022, 08:36:07 am ---I have a couple different analog clocks and replaced the movements with some that have WWVB receiver built in so they set themselves and keep excellent time.

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That is encouraging. If I am to believe Amazon, I will have it very soon and will, of course, test out whether it can receive. It really only needs to do this every few days or even less often than that.  As I mentioned, I do have an old wrist watch (with outdated DST code) that does, occasionally get reception so I know my location is not out of the question.

Were the modules you got strictly for clocks? I have, on occasion, thought about getting something that I could interface, e.g., https://universal-solder.ca/product/canaduino-60khz-atomic-clock-receiver-module-wwvb-msf-jjy60/ This is probably more of a vestigial desire from reading Popular Electronics years ago and marveling at the receiver projects, rather than a real need although it would be kind of cool to have my own local time server. Yes, I know I can go through my router and get to NIST – done that lots of times.

edavid:

--- Quote from: DrG on January 05, 2022, 03:10:37 am ---not unlike your inability to understand that you alone are not the only one who understands that a 6501 is not the same as a 6500/01 as from your missive from a few weeks ago.

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I didn't think that I was the only one who understood it, I just thought that you didn't understand it.  Again, because your post was too vague.

edavid:

--- Quote from: james_s on January 05, 2022, 08:36:07 am ---I have a couple different analog clocks and replaced the movements with some that have WWVB receiver built in so they set themselves and keep excellent time.

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Is there a particular model of movement you can recommend?

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