Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) group therapy thread

[mnementh]

Good morning dragon!  You got me a good laugh.

You're welcome!

And I'll uhhh... try no to use JC's name in vain quite so often in the future... 

mnem
But please...please don't take away my "a-hoppin' on a pogo stick" line... it's one of my favourites...

[bd139]

Aye it's complete shit isn't it. Was just about to have a whine about that 

Edit: this just arrived. Place your bets. How many things did I cock up on this board?

I don't know. Normally I'd hazard a guess, but we're dealing with a man who has "jammie dodgers" as an inventory item and yet has been foolish enough to let the "in stock" column fall to zero. A man who could do that is reckless enough that I fear any reasonable guess at the number of errors would be too low. 

I've just corrected that error and increased the Bourbon and ginger nut quota as well. The reason the inventory gets so low is I am infested with locusts (teenagers) which consume everything in descending order of how much sugar is in it.

On a positive note, did some shopping. Waitrose is still well stocked, there is no queue and people are being civilised around here.

Just ordered the remaining parts to do the first bouncing ball build and will report back if/when it works. If it works I'll push the gerbers somewhere for public consumption.

[bd139]

Good morning dragon!  You got me a good laugh.

You're welcome!

And I'll uhhh... try no to use JC's name in vain quite so often in the future... 

mnem
But please...please don't take away my "a-hoppin' on a pogo stick" line... it's one of my favourites...

You are free to insult my deity. For fucking Flying Spaghetti Monster's sake! He/she just appreciates the air time.

[bd139]

Effing X-Mas morning E-Waste. Kick everyone involved in the junk so hard their asshole becomes a necklace.   

This is exactly my thoughts on half of this crap but it is NOTHING compared to childrens toys these days. I mean this fucking shit: https://www.argos.co.uk/product/9306341

[mnementh]

The wiring harness and misc small parts such as screws, etc. I'm going to have to replace the pilot lamp assembly. The original used as non-replaceable 120V incandescent lamp that is burnt out.

I'll replace it with a neon lamp assembly.   

Are you certain there isn't a BA7S base (7mm European miniature bulb made in 12V and 120V versions) bulb hiding under that lamp jewel?



There are oodles of 120V LED indicator assemblies for cheap out there... there are some that are nearly identical style to that one, or if you're feeling froggy, you could cut one of the white ones apart and use the resistor/diode inside to rebuild that one to keep it as original as possible.   

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2334524.m570.l1312&_nkw=120V+LED+pilot

mnem
 

[Saskia]

Odin, far og klokeste av alle guder, gi meg veiledning, visdom og seier i mine anstrengelser.

@Zucca and no, I am not insulting your god.
Everyone is entitled to their own beliefs.

[Cerebus]

Effing X-Mas morning E-Waste. Kick everyone involved in the junk so hard their asshole becomes a necklace.   

This is exactly my thoughts on half of this crap but it is NOTHING compared to childrens toys these days. I mean this fucking shit: https://www.argos.co.uk/product/9306341

I looked at that. Words fail me. I can't be adequately apoplectic in words about quite how big a worthless heap of crap that it, even if I invoke Cthulhu, the FSM, and all the Hindu pantheon, together on a pogo stick, having an orgy.

(edit) Oh. hold on, I've think I've got it. In the words of that great actor and philosopher Tom Cruise: "vagina poop".

[mnementh]

I'd pay good money to see that!

mnem
 

[mnementh]

Good morning dragon!  You got me a good laugh.

You're welcome!

And I'll uhhh... try no to use JC's name in vain quite so often in the future... 

mnem
But please...please don't take away my "a-hoppin' on a pogo stick" line... it's one of my favourites...

You are free to insult my deity. For fucking Flying Spaghetti Monster's sake! He/she just appreciates the air time.

I too have been touched by his noodly appendage. But I disagree with one core part of the sacred texts of Edlin: There has been no decrease in the number of pirates; they've just moved into politics. I guess I'm a reformed Pastafarian. 

mnem

[Cerebus]

... I guess I'm a reformed Pastafarian. 

Splitter!!

[mnementh]

LUMPER!!!

mnem
 

[nixiefreqq]

my fat ass is still half frozen.

got to our polling place at 0650.  about 125 people were ahead of us in line.  the doors opened at 0700 but we did not get inside until 0900.

it was cold and windy.  there were still about 100 popsicle people serpentined around the parking lot when we pulled away.
 
am thinking a democratic republic is not worth the trouble.  a dictatorship would save me a lot of time standing in lines.

[mnementh]

"All that is required for evil to flourish is that good men do nothing." Some guy way back when.

mnem
I'm not gonna argue over who said it; the concept goes back to Aristotle FFS.

[Zucca]

@Zucca and no, I am not insulting your god.
Everyone is entitled to their own beliefs.

Matthäus 11,15
It's TEA here, I will not pollute this wonderful TEA thread again with religion (or whatever you think religion is, bad or good your choice).

[Cerebus]

LUMPER!!!

mnem
 

[Zucca]

Effing X-Mas morning E-Waste

They are selling like hot cakes, or at least it looks like... 

[med6753]

The wiring harness and misc small parts such as screws, etc. I'm going to have to replace the pilot lamp assembly. The original used as non-replaceable 120V incandescent lamp that is burnt out.

I'll replace it with a neon lamp assembly.   

Are you certain there isn't a BA7S base (7mm European miniature bulb made in 12V and 120V versions) bulb hiding under that lamp jewel?



There are oodles of 120V LED indicator assemblies for cheap out there... there are some that are nearly identical style to that one, or if you're feeling froggy, you could cut one of the white ones apart and use the resistor/diode inside to rebuild that one to keep it as original as possible.   

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2334524.m570.l1312&_nkw=120V+LED+pilot

mnem
 

Whatever is in there....is in there for keeps. The glass bulb shattered trying to get it out. And what I see remaining down there is lots of corrosion. So time to pack it in and get a new one. 

[Cerebus]

am thinking a democratic republic is not worth the trouble.  a dictatorship would save me a lot of time standing in lines.

Err, can I just point out that I am available at the moment.

[mnementh]

LUMPER!!!

mnem
 

“It is good to have hair-splitters and lumpers.”   (Charles Darwin, letter to J. D. Hooker, August 1, 1857)

Darwin, writing in this instance to the botanist Hooker about the classification of genera and species in plants, is normally credited with the division,  since  taken  up  in  other  contexts,  between  those  who  prefer  precise  and  minute  distinctions  and  those  seeking  larger  organizing  categories. The world needs both, Darwin suggests, and perhaps further suggests  that  each  of  us  needs  to  entertain  both  modes  of  thought:  without  his  fine  observation  of  the  varieties  of  Galapagos  finches  larger theories may never have arisen in the form for which he is now famous...

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1057/9781137403971_6

mnem
 

[mnementh]

am thinking a democratic republic is not worth the trouble.  a dictatorship would save me a lot of time standing in lines.

Err, can I just point out that I am available at the moment.

What could possibly go wrong...?

mnem
*aka The Left Hand of Wrong-ness*

[mnementh]

@Zucca and no, I am not insulting your god.  Everyone is entitled to their own beliefs.

Matthäus 11,15   It's TEA here, I will not pollute this wonderful TEA thread again with religion (or whatever you think religion is, bad or good your choice).

Ehhh... I have no problem with discussing religion or politics in an open, friendly manner. In fact, to our credit, this is one of the few corners of the internet where we CAN have such discussion and be reasonably certain it will not turn into a flamewar.

I think that's fukkin' awesome.

mnem
 

[BU508A]

I'd for myself would prefer if we could leave this topic out. It is much too delicate and it can turn anytime in a flamewar. And seeing TEA locked would make me really sad.

just my 0.57$

[bd139]

We’d just start our own forum and have a religion topic 

Actually I’m waiting until at some point the forum breaks because of this thread.

[Cerebus]

Religion is always potentially dodgy in a way that politics isn't.

Men and women of good will can discuss politics and at the end of the day it comes down to one's belief in what will and what won't work, it is in some fashion capable of being empirical, even if the systems it's applied to are too complex to easily prove that about. If you can prove that a particular way to achieve some generally accepted worthwhile political goal actually works - say eradicate poverty - then sane people will say "let's do that then" even if it is against a core tenet of their political philosophy. 

On the other hand with religion there is always a risk that someone believes that you are genuinely bad if you don't agree to the same beliefs that they hold, that they are bad if they don't try and correct your disbelief, that god has told them so and that he/she/it will punish you for your disbelief and them for any lack of zeal. From there it kind of goes downhill with at one end you constantly being bombarded with pamphlets and at the other with roasting unbelievers over an open fire.

So, a little bit of politics, ish, sometimes, maybe. Religion, I prefer to pick and choose very carefully who I discuss religion with and where. I'm happy with anybody holding any religious beliefs they want as long as they return the favour and let everybody else hold whatever religious beliefs they want, including none of course. Because of the risk of the 'true believer' type outlined above it's safer to have an absolute bar on discussion of religion in some places.

[Cerebus]

Actually I’m waiting until at some point the forum breaks because of this thread.

Indeed. Some capacity limit poking of SMF would, I'm sure, produce several ways to break it irretrievably. As you suggest, we may be inadvertently fuzzing SMF as we speak.