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  #196  
Old January 6th 20, 12:04 AM posted to comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.os.linux,alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.computer.workshop
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David wrote:
On 05/01/2020 20:55, Joel wrote:
David wrote:
On 05/01/2020 20:41, Snit wrote:

I am pretty sure he was kidding.

I was. ;-)

I've enjoyed 'talking' to you, Snit.
You are a breath of fresh air on Usenet!


Snit is a good man, a friend of mine. Those who attack him either
don't understand him, or are simply full of hatred.


That's good to hear, Joel. :-)

Thanks for speaking up in his favour.



I'm glad to see you doing so, as well. We need more rationality in
the endless bickering about him. For the life of me I can't
understand why the haters are so obsessed.

--
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  #197  
Old January 6th 20, 12:05 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
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Andre wrote in news:5569827128@
3c88f27d1a8f44539b77d9cb4e792892.local:

On 5 Jan 2020 at 21:17:10 CET, "Snit" wrote:

Downloaded and playing with now. Seems good -- though clearly in beta
form. Have suggestions I will post later (to the beta forum).


It's in alpha, not beta.


Get ready for Steve Carroll to join the beta team and create massive
problems by attacking everything snit does.
Best to block Steve Carroll if he tries to join.

  #198  
Old January 6th 20, 12:13 AM posted to comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.os.linux,alt.comp.os.windows-10
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On 05/01/2020 23:04, Joel wrote:
David wrote:
On 05/01/2020 20:55, Joel wrote:
David wrote:
On 05/01/2020 20:41, Snit wrote:

I am pretty sure he was kidding.

I was. ;-)

I've enjoyed 'talking' to you, Snit.
You are a breath of fresh air on Usenet!

Snit is a good man, a friend of mine. Those who attack him either
don't understand him, or are simply full of hatred.


That's good to hear, Joel. :-)

Thanks for speaking up in his favour.



I'm glad to see you doing so, as well. We need more rationality in
the endless bickering about him. For the life of me I can't
understand why the haters are so obsessed.


You may also join us in my group if you wish, Joel!

Here's where you'll find me:-

http://al.howardknight.net/?ID=157826583400

Enjoy the images at the link.

Follow-Up set to 'acw'.

--
David

  #199  
Old January 6th 20, 12:19 AM posted to comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.os.linux,alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.computer.workshop
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On 1/5/20 4:01 PM, David wrote:
On 05/01/2020 21:15, Snit wrote:
Joel wrote:
David wrote:
On 05/01/2020 20:41, Snit wrote:

I am pretty sure he was kidding.

I was. ;-)

I've enjoyed 'talking' to you, Snit.
You are a breath of fresh air on Usenet!


Snit is a good man, a friend of mine.Â* Those who attack him either
don't understand him, or are simply full of hatred.


I spent years not countering the false accusations of sock usage. I
seriously underestimated the number of people who bought into the
“everyone
is Snit” gag.


'Snit' is a somewhat odd-sounding pseudonym.

Would you care to explain the origin? I'm not demanding, just mildly
interested. It really matters not one jot.

From an old gag when I was in high school and then college in Las
Vegas... stood for "Southern Nevada Institute of Technology".

Now just use it out of habit and to keep a consistent name. You can find
"Snit" being used by me going back to 1994 or so (though with different
emails).

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Personal attacks from those who troll show their own insecurity. They
cannot use reason to show the message to be wrong so they try to feel
somehow superior by attacking the messenger.

They cling to their attacks and ignore the message time and time again.
  #200  
Old January 6th 20, 12:21 AM posted to comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.os.linux,alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.computer.workshop
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On 1/5/20 4:04 PM, Joel wrote:
David wrote:
On 05/01/2020 20:55, Joel wrote:
David wrote:
On 05/01/2020 20:41, Snit wrote:

I am pretty sure he was kidding.

I was. ;-)

I've enjoyed 'talking' to you, Snit.
You are a breath of fresh air on Usenet!

Snit is a good man, a friend of mine. Those who attack him either
don't understand him, or are simply full of hatred.


That's good to hear, Joel. :-)

Thanks for speaking up in his favour.



I'm glad to see you doing so, as well. We need more rationality in
the endless bickering about him. For the life of me I can't
understand why the haters are so obsessed.



I cannot understand why people would focus on me so much. I have some
knowledge about a few things but am a pretty crappy scripter and not a
programmer. What is the obsession for? But whatever... happy to be
talking more about tech here.

Actually making a video as I type this -- Linux is installing in a VM.

--
Personal attacks from those who troll show their own insecurity. They
cannot use reason to show the message to be wrong so they try to feel
somehow superior by attacking the messenger.

They cling to their attacks and ignore the message time and time again.
  #201  
Old January 6th 20, 01:51 AM posted to comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.os.linux,alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.computer.workshop
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On 1/5/2020 10:42 AM, Carlos E.R. wrote:
On 05/01/2020 17.21, nospam wrote:
In article , Carlos E.R.
wrote:

There seems to be a division of opinions on all of this.
So, who would be the authority on this topic?
The creators of Android, which is google.

They are not the authority.


they are for the products they create.


Nope. In terms of "what is Linux", they aren't.


But you are, eh?

  #202  
Old January 6th 20, 01:53 AM posted to comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.os.linux,alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.computer.workshop
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On 1/5/2020 8:25 AM, flatfish+++ wrote:
On Sun, 5 Jan 2020 08:03:20 +0000, David
wrote:

On 05/01/2020 07:43, Diesel wrote:
David Fri,
03 Jan 2020 22:36:28 GMT in alt.computer.workshop, wrote:

On 03/01/2020 21:46, Diesel wrote:
What of the post did you understand?

That I'm FAR better off with Apple macOS :-D

How so?


"The integration between applications on the
desktop, with each other and the OS services, and the integration with my
iOS devices, is a huge plus."

I couldn't phrase things any better than Snit!

Thanks, Snit! :-D


Snit's actually on point about this. Example for me, I use Windows,
however I do have an iPhone and last year purchased an Apple Watch 4
which BTW is an amazing device.

So, getting it working involved charging the watch and placing it near
the iPhone. It picked up and configured networking, applications,
configuration options as they were set on my iPhone and so forth.
I was impressed.

Now would I pay 3x the going rate for a Mac as compared to a PC for
that type of integration? Or even more since I build my own systems.

Probably not, but the Apple watch is not much more expensive than the
other alternatives and it's the only one, currently, with an approved
ECG measuring capability, at least in USA.


I have heard that it saved some peoples lives when having a heart attack
by dialing 911 and letting the dispatcher know where you are at.
The guy woke up at the hospital wondering what happened.

However there is no denying that Apple has the integration between
devices down to a science, as long as the user is willing to fork over
the cash for that option and many do.


  #203  
Old January 6th 20, 01:55 AM posted to comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.os.linux,alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.computer.workshop
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On 1/5/2020 8:27 AM, Melzzzzz wrote:
On 2020-01-05, flatfish+++ wrote:
On Sun, 5 Jan 2020 08:03:20 +0000, David
wrote:

On 05/01/2020 07:43, Diesel wrote:
David Fri,
03 Jan 2020 22:36:28 GMT in alt.computer.workshop, wrote:

On 03/01/2020 21:46, Diesel wrote:
What of the post did you understand?

That I'm FAR better off with Apple macOS :-D

How so?

"The integration between applications on the
desktop, with each other and the OS services, and the integration with my
iOS devices, is a huge plus."

I couldn't phrase things any better than Snit!

Thanks, Snit! :-D


Snit's actually on point about this. Example for me, I use Windows,
however I do have an iPhone and last year purchased an Apple Watch 4
which BTW is an amazing device.

So, getting it working involved charging the watch and placing it near
the iPhone. It picked up and configured networking, applications,
configuration options as they were set on my iPhone and so forth.
I was impressed.

Now would I pay 3x the going rate for a Mac as compared to a PC for
that type of integration? Or even more since I build my own systems.

Probably not, but the Apple watch is not much more expensive than the
other alternatives and it's the only one, currently, with an approved
ECG measuring capability, at least in USA.

However there is no denying that Apple has the integration between
devices down to a science, as long as the user is willing to fork over
the cash for that option and many do.

If Apple didn't have that it would be pointless. Their hardware their
software, what else?


I would say in this case the iwatch is required for lone seniors. Much
better than the other devices. But not much else.

  #204  
Old January 6th 20, 01:59 AM posted to alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.comp.os.windows-10
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On 1/4/2020 11:51 PM, William Unruh wrote:
On 2020-01-05, AnonLinuxUser wrote:
On 1/3/2020 8:54 PM, nospam wrote:
In article , vallor
wrote:


I have built Preamps and power amps of both types and prefer the solid
state ones hands down.

i also did long ago. i never much cared for designing analog circuits.

A good portion of solid state circuits are analog.

a much larger portion of them are digital.


Not in the sense of power amplification. A lot of integrated circuit
designers do the analog work inside the chip that goes out to the power
amps. The power amps are analog and will always be analog.
Just less analog design to do at that point.


Well, class D is sort of digitial (pulse width modulation).


The only thing that would be classed as I know is some IPS units that
put out staircase power for PCs... I don't like them because of the
problems they created for wifes iMac... makes it run funny at times.
Best not to introduce spikes to the iMac.


  #205  
Old January 6th 20, 03:45 AM posted to comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.os.linux,alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.computer.workshop
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On 06/01/2020 01.51, AnonLinuxUser wrote:
On 1/5/2020 10:42 AM, Carlos E.R. wrote:
On 05/01/2020 17.21, nospam wrote:
In article , Carlos E.R.
wrote:

There seems to be a division of opinions on all of this.
So, who would be the authority on this topic?
The creators of Android, which is google.

They are not the authority.

they are for the products they create.


Nope. In terms of "what is Linux", they aren't.


But you are, eh?


Nope.

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Cheers, Carlos.
  #206  
Old January 6th 20, 03:54 AM posted to comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.os.linux,alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.computer.workshop
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On 2020-01-05 8:45 p.m., Carlos E.R. wrote:
On 06/01/2020 01.51, AnonLinuxUser wrote:
On 1/5/2020 10:42 AM, Carlos E.R. wrote:
On 05/01/2020 17.21, nospam wrote:
In article , Carlos E.R.
wrote:

There seems to be a division of opinions on all of this.
So, who would be the authority on this topic?
The creators of Android, which is google.

They are not the authority.

they are for the products they create.

Nope. In terms of "what is Linux", they aren't.


But you are, eh?


Nope.


I am here To help muddy the waters.
If a Studebaker auto has a Chevy 283 V8 engine, is it a studebaker or a
Chevy??? :-)

Rene



  #207  
Old January 6th 20, 03:58 AM posted to comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.os.linux,alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.computer.workshop
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Rene Lamontagne wrote:
On 2020-01-05 8:45 p.m., Carlos E.R. wrote:
On 06/01/2020 01.51, AnonLinuxUser wrote:
On 1/5/2020 10:42 AM, Carlos E.R. wrote:
On 05/01/2020 17.21, nospam wrote:
In article , Carlos E.R.
wrote:

There seems to be a division of opinions on all of this.
So, who would be the authority on this topic?
The creators of Android, which is google.

They are not the authority.

they are for the products they create.

Nope. In terms of "what is Linux", they aren't.


But you are, eh?


Nope.


I am here To help muddy the waters.
If a Studebaker auto has a Chevy 283 V8 engine, is it a studebaker or a
Chevy??? :-)

Rene





It is semantic distinction that adds nothing to the understanding.

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Personal attacks from those who troll show their own insecurity. They
cannot use reason to show the message to be wrong so they try to feel
somehow superior by attacking the messenger. They cling to their attacks
and ignore the message time and time again.
  #208  
Old January 6th 20, 04:18 AM posted to alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.comp.os.windows-10
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AnonLinuxUser wrote:
On 1/4/2020 11:51 PM, William Unruh wrote:
On 2020-01-05, AnonLinuxUser wrote:
On 1/3/2020 8:54 PM, nospam wrote:
In article , vallor
wrote:


I have built Preamps and power amps of both types and prefer the
solid
state ones hands down.

i also did long ago. i never much cared for designing analog
circuits.

A good portion of solid state circuits are analog.

a much larger portion of them are digital.


Not in the sense of power amplification. A lot of integrated circuit
designers do the analog work inside the chip that goes out to the power
amps. The power amps are analog and will always be analog.
Just less analog design to do at that point.


Well, class D is sort of digitial (pulse width modulation).


The only thing that would be classed as I know is some IPS units that
put out staircase power for PCs... I don't like them because of the
problems they created for wifes iMac... makes it run funny at times.
Best not to introduce spikes to the iMac.


You're referring to a UPS (uninterruptable power supply).

They come in modified sine and pure sine.

https://www.researchgate.net/figure/...fig2_261048059

You will also find a lot of fanciful waveform diagrams,
not all of which are correct.

https://imeon-energy.com.au/wp-conte...-sine-wave.png

*******

Inverters produce square waves (cheap ones, from the past).
And in the dim and distant past, square waves were OK for
a lot of the "naive" loads, like a light bulb perhaps.

*******

Modified sine and square waves were bad for
some of the first Active PFC ATX power supplies.
You could get "coil noise" from the front end,
indicating it wasn't happy or wasn't the right
design for it.

Later, the Active PFC front end was changed (somehow),
to make these supplies less upset by non-sine signals.

The first PFC was designed on an algorithm of
"the current draw waveform should look like the
voltage waveform from the line". This was intended
to reshape the current draw waveform, as well as
bring it into phase with the voltage waveform.

If you were at the campsite, and connected a
desktop PCs to a car battery plus a 200W inverter
(square wave), the desktop PC with APFC would go nuts.
In some cases, the PSU would switch itself off. Or,
it could make "weird noises" in the coils because
of the PFC trying to make a square current waveform,
from a square voltage waveform.

The modern designs must be doing something different.

Summary: If you know a PC has a power supply which
is bad for this sort of thing, stick with
pure sine UPS boxes.

This one, for example, runs *two minutes* at full power
according to the advert text near the bottom of the
main pane.

So naturally, you're not expecting miracles for $190/$210
or whatever the real price is.

The spec tab gives a different number.

https://www.newegg.com/cyberpower-cp...-133-_-Product

AVR
VA Rating 1350 VA Watts 810 Watts
Full Load: 3 Minutes
Half Load: 9 Minutes
10.40" x 3.90" x 14.20"
Weight 20.30 lbs.

This one is $369.99. You're paying by the pound. The
formfactor of the battery, may be easier to find a knockoff
battery for it later.

https://www.newegg.com/apc-smc1500c-...=pure+sine+ups

AVR
VA Rating 1440 VA Watts 900 Watts
Full load: 4 Minutes
Half load: 11 Minutes
8.45" x 6.70" x 17.30"
Weight 45.00 lbs.

You can test this with 9 x 100W lightbulbs, because the
filaments will be hot during switchover, and there won't
be nearly as large a load surge as with cold light bulbs.
900W of incandescent light bulbs would draw 1800W when cold.

Neither unit mentions switching time, which is likely
to be 8msec to 15msec. These aren't double conversion supplies
with zero switchover. Finding a cooling fan on a UPS, is
a hint it's a double conversion type.

Paul

  #209  
Old January 6th 20, 06:47 AM posted to comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.os.linux,alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.computer.workshop
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Rene Lamontagne wrote:
I am here To help muddy the waters.
If a Studebaker auto has a Chevy 283 V8 engine, is it a studebaker or a
Chevy???Â* :-)


Well if you want to put it sort of in terms of the Linux kernel, the
Chevy 283 V8 engine does not cease being a Chevy 283 V8 engine when you
do so.

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Take care,

Jonathan
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  #210  
Old January 6th 20, 09:07 AM posted to comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.os.linux,alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.computer.workshop
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On 05/01/2020 23:19, Snit wrote:
On 1/5/20 4:01 PM, David wrote:
On 05/01/2020 21:15, Snit wrote:
Joel wrote:
David wrote:
On 05/01/2020 20:41, Snit wrote:

I am pretty sure he was kidding.

I was. ;-)

I've enjoyed 'talking' to you, Snit.
You are a breath of fresh air on Usenet!


Snit is a good man, a friend of mine.Â* Those who attack him either
don't understand him, or are simply full of hatred.


I spent years not countering the false accusations of sock usage. I
seriously underestimated the number of people who bought into the
“everyone
is Snit” gag.


'Snit' is a somewhat odd-sounding pseudonym.

Would you care to explain the origin? I'm not demanding, just mildly
interested. It really matters not one jot.

From an old gag when I was in high school and then college in Las
Vegas... stood for "Southern Nevada Institute of Technology".

Now just use it out of habit and to keep a consistent name. You can find
"Snit" being used by me going back to 1994 or so (though with different
emails).


Thank you.

Did you know? .... There is a Shree Narayan Institute of Technology
(SNIT), a college in Khargone, India

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snit

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