My only concern is how stupid this cat is, and i don't mean that as an exaggeration. Something can hit his tail end and take a minute for it to reach his brain that anything has happened at all, he is amazed by the water when we refill the dish, good old fashions stone cold brain dead stupidity.
My only concern is how stupid this cat is, and i don't mean that as an exaggeration. Something can hit his tail end and take a minute for it to reach his brain that anything has happened at all, he is amazed by the water when we refill the dish, good old fashions stone cold brain dead stupidity.That's very unusual, normally they just have a superiority attitude....who me, you can't be talking to me in that tone.
Most cats can be trained to some degree, our current one that loves climbing onto any higher place now has boundaries on what's allowed and what's not. A few months of launching soft missiles at her (cushions, pillows, baseball caps etc) accompanied with the command 'get down' in a gruff voice has got the message through.
Now anytime she steps out of bounds 'get down' has her heading for the door to escape an expected barrage of missiles.
The problem comes in the form of cats because the second i leave my bench they yank the stand off and no matter what i do they don't stop.
Now to find the time to wring out and clean up the counters!
The problem comes in the form of cats because the second i leave my bench they yank the stand off and no matter what i do they don't stop.
Neo, what about using an iron power cord holder? Clip it to the edge of your bench or a shelf. (Or make your own.)
You just gave me an amazing idea.
Test setup:
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Three different connectors, 2x Lemo, 1x Triax BNC 3-lug - over 130€. Huuhh.
Big warning when you’re getting the old one out: getting all the legs cleanly desoldered is a pain. I actually tend to pull the top off the switch, extract the innards, Dremel most of it off, then desolder the legs individually and clean up the holes with chemtronics soder wick. This was after I ruined a board getting one off with a pump years ago.
My only concern is how stupid this cat is, and i don't mean that as an exaggeration. Something can hit his tail end and take a minute for it to reach his brain that anything has happened at all, he is amazed by the water when we refill the dish, good old fashions stone cold brain dead stupidity.
You just gave me an amazing idea.
I hope, this includes only the holder, not the flat iron.
I appear to have a cat problem, before i delve into the intricacies of that let me first mention my soldering iron is exactly where i want it on my bench.
Where my soldering iron sits the cord hangs off the edge of the desk, i like it that way the cord comes freely out when pulled, gravity withdraws it and i don't even have to reach for the iron as it is at my fingertips.
The problem comes in the form of cats because the second i leave my bench they yank the stand off and no matter what i do they don't stop. One of my cats stopped bothering my workbench altogether when it got whacked in the head by the stand but the main one to do it is far too stupid for that to work.
Any ideas on how to deal with a cat that can learn neither from a carrot or the stick?
I have three options, get through to the cat that my workbench is forbidden ( );
coil it up which i never think of and consider to be a bane of my existence to be forced to do;
or i let them break the thing by pulling it off.
So this post isn't entirely about the stupidity of cats, i have been wondering whether or not the oscilloscope i bought will require a special probe or will any probe do?
I used tape to secure the cord in such a fashion that it still moves rather freely without hanging a "Play with me!" sign on it. Lets see how long it takes either the big idiot to ruin this idea or for me to want a better system.
But as I'm sticking to HP-IB/GPIB equipped instruments those pieces of gorgeous design will most unlikely hit my desk.
Wow, this thread certainly has been active lately. It’s good to see all these admitted addictions out in the open. I take comfort in knowing that I’m not alone and not crazy. Well, maybe a little nuts. But aren’t we all?
And now maybe it’s time to branch out a bit. Been thinking of going after Keithley DMM’s such as a 179. After all, I have room on the chart!
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Since this thread has completely drifted away from its starting point, and is going down the hill taken by the entire internet towards cute cat videos, I might as well ask whether anybody remembers the early 80s book "101 uses of a dead cat".
Since this thread has completely drifted away from its starting point, and is going down the hill taken by the entire internet towards cute cat videos, I might as well ask whether anybody remembers the early 80s book "101 uses of a dead cat".
(Yes, there's a hint buried somewhere in the entrails of that sentence)
Ah, nice to see the rubidium reference working properly! Wouldn't expect those old counters to be so accurate.
Are those equipped with OCXOs?
I'm not a nixie fanboy at all but nice glowing, by the way; Like a warm fireplace in the winter.
The design of those counters is delicious.
Not to be compared to modern plasticky stuff (even if it's only a printed plastic foil covering the front panel).
But as I'm sticking to HP-IB/GPIB equipped instruments those pieces of gorgeous design will most unlikely hit my desk. Have to warm me (in my thoughts) with such fotos.
My cat comments are entirely TEA related, in preservation of equipment. Water bottle might not work because he actually doesn't mind water even if i could catch him in the act and trust me he really is as dumb as i make him sound.
So many nixies, ebay is calling and my wallet is aching. MUST. AVOID. EBAY.
Great counters and pictures thereof Pat.
... I just popped the cover off of the 5327B and discovered that it has a TCXO in it. It's on a vectorboard edge card, but may well be custom from HP - the unit has a non-standard serial number (SC-94), so my guess is that it's built to some customer's specification. The date codes on the parts are in the same ballpark at least.
With my new scope (Tektronix 7704A) does it require probes built special for it or will common probes work?