[Hallicrafters] vibrator how it works

[Duane Fischer, W8DBF]

Hi Jim,

I used to do third party software development for Texas Instruments Inc. 
when J. Fred Bucy was the CEO. I recall getting a one half page dispatch 
from the corporate powers that be  that concerned some policy change. I 
could not help but be a bit taken aback by the corporate secretary, or 
whomever, spelling both "corporation" and "resolution" wrong! One was in the 
line that said: "Texas Instruments Corepuration"!

If these obvious blunders were in the "as high as it gets" dispatches, what 
in the world did the common folk correspondence look like? It sure does not 
speak well for the major corporations here in the USA. I am "NOT" singling 
out, or picking on, Texas Instruments Inc.! Between the late? Bell Labs and 
TI, some of the greatest marvels of electronic history have been born. Bell 
Labs invented the 'transistor' and TI the "integrated circuit'. I should 
also give TI credit for the creation of TTS - Text To Speech. That is the 
code that makes all of the electronic items that 'speak the tongue of 
humans', speak! See the 1980 article entitled "The Chip Heard Around The 
World" or my article published by Ziff-Davis Inc. in PC Magazine: "Shut Up 
Jr., I'm Trying To Think!"

The "Jr", in this instance, meaning the IBM PC Jr. computer. Circa 1984. I 
added the TTS code to it and made the PC Jr. speak for the blind, visually 
impaired and print handicapped.


Duane Fischer, W8DBF/WPE8CXO
dfischer at usol.com
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Brannigan" <jbrannig at optonline.net>
To: "Duane Fischer, W8DBF" <dfischer at usol.com>; "Gerry Steffens" 
<gsteffens at pitel.net>; "'Edward B Richards'" <zuu6k at juno.com>; 
<hbreuer at debitel.net>
Cc: <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 5:54 PM
Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] vibrator how it works


> This idea of ignoring spelling, as it  reduces ones powers of creativity, 
> is simply flushable!
>
> Bravo!
> The spelling errors one sees on the NET (fat fingers excused) or the 
> inability to write a simple declarative sentence is inexcusable.
>
> Jim
>
>
>
>> Hey Gerry,
>>
>> You need to understand that the younger generation cut their numeric 
>> calculation neurons by being taught the "new math". Which like most of 
>> the latest and greatest educational concepts, does not work in the real 
>> world. Simulations are one thing, but reality determines those who 
>> survive and those who become organic fertilizer! The same can be said for 
>> the fundamental rules for writing a technically correct, and still 
>> comprehensible and meaningful, essay. This idea of ignoring spelling, as 
>> it reduces ones powers of creativity, is simply flushable! History has 
>> shown man, but man has failed to learn for the most part, that learning 
>> something takes half the effort of unlearning it! So learn it right the 
>> first time! It saves times, conserves each of our limited finite energy 
>> reserves for other challenges and helps one cultivate an orderly and 
>> efficient work/learning ethic.
>>
>> Remember the "Secretary"? She could type over 80 words per minute with 
>> zero errors. Said 'errors' including incorrectly spelled words, correct 
>> grammar and proper use of punctuation. She would now and then pick up a 
>> college level dictionary to check on a word or tense of a verb. The hand 
>> typed end product was flawless and ready in a matter of minutes.
>>
>> She accomplished all of this with no computer, no spelling checker, no 
>> grammar correction software etc. Just try and find a "real" Secretary 
>> nowadays!
>>
>> So Gerry, if you have to explain 'watt's up' to those who have serious 
>> 'Hertz' in the electronics department, just grin and bare the ends of 
>> those wires!
>>
>>
>> Duane Fischer, W8DBF/WPE8CXO
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