Re: OT Dual core CPUs versus faster single core CPUs?

JosephKK wrote:
On Mon, 5 May 2008 14:05:44 -0700 (PDT), rickman <gnuarm@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

On May 5, 1:52 pm, Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-I...@My-Web-
Site.com> wrote:
On Mon, 05 May 2008 10:16:33 -0700, Joerg



<notthisjoerg...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Jim Thompson wrote:
On Mon, 05 May 2008 09:53:42 -0700, Joerg
<notthisjoerg...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Jim Thompson wrote:
[snip]

Probably something modeled with a macro rather than devices?
It's all transistors, discretes, transformers and such. No chips.
Round up the usual suspects... the transformer, driven by an ideal
source ??





The only time that's a pain is when it entails waiting for a Digikey
order to arrive. Then I tell the shepherd to "keep a good watch". She
immediately understands and moves over to a place where she can see the
road, then almost explodes when the Fedex truck comes around the corner.
This avoids a packages sitting there at the entrance without me knowing
it has arrived.
My dog barks also, but FedEx and UPS always ring the doorbell here,
whether a signature is needed or not.
I wish they would always do that out here. UPS can be a real issue so
when I have a choice I prefer not to use them. Several times they
selected the backyard entrance (closer to the road ...) to drop off
packages and then it started to rain. Other times they claimed that our
address did not exist. Yet it does since almost 40 years.
Ha! The USPS regularly declared me as non-existent, until I gave them
a ration of shit in a letter-to-the-editor... then the postman came to
the door, "It wasn't me, it was a substitute"... sure ;-)

But I agree, only use UPS _and_ USPS when you can afford to have it
get lost ;-)
Just to be fair and give due when it is due... I ordered some parts
from Digikey last Friday. UPS and FedEx are both 4 days by ground at
about $5 for the first pound. I know because I misread the map and
thought it was 3 days only to have a package come a day later than I
wanted. Seems Digikey is up in that Northwest corner of Minn that is
in the 4 day delivery zone for me. Anyway, I wanted it sooner than 4
days and the faster shipping by UPS and FedEx gets expensive real
fast. So I asked for my last shipment to be sent Priority. Today I
asked about a tracking number and got the response, USPS don't give no
stinkin' tracking numbers! I was thinking I had made a mistake since
I realized that now it might take more than 4 days and I wouldn't have
any way to tell where it was. Just after that I went out to get the
mail and found the package in the mailbox! It came in one business
day!!!

So you can't say the PO is all bad.

It has its limitations. Do not expect them to handle anything heavy
or bulky with grace. On the other hand they do all together too well
with junk mail.

When I am not in a rush I use USPS with Digikey as well. Quite fast and when the package doesn't fit into the mailbox the carrier brings it up to the house. You do need a secure mailbox though.

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