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Message #06978



To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Sean Rigter rigter@cafe.net
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 18:37:49 -0700
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Tilden on PBS


Well Chris,

a little less porno and a bit more geography would help. A person from
Holland (Nederland to be precise) is a Dutchman and is definitely not a
German. Different language and culture my friend.

Truth is, I'm a Dutchman too!

wilf

Chris wrote:

> Why does every one think Germans are so advanced at engineering? Das BEAM stuffe ist toll! thats some of my limited german vocab... How come I never get to see tilden on PBS, I got to stop watching the porno at night. Someone tell me next time its on.
>
> On Wed, 20 Oct 1999 22:39:30 +0200 Arno Jansen wrote:
> >That's actually what I meant, but I wanted it to say a bit more nicely. And
> >indeed, I DO love the tech, I don't have as much fun in building, well
> >because you know.... the parts thing...hehe But eh! There are a few Beaming
> >Dutchmen which have been able to build a few bots, so why shouldn't be able
> >to do it....right???? Yeah right.
> >
> >seeya!
> >Arno
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: owner-beam@sgiblab.sgi.com [mailto:owner-beam@sgiblab.sgi.com]On
> >Behalf Of JVernonM@aol.com
> >Sent: woensdag 20 oktober 1999 20:50
> >To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
> >Subject: Re: Tilden on PBS
> >
> >
> >In a message dated 10/20/99 10:36:53 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> >arno.jansen@superconsult.nl writes:
> >
> >> But if Tilden broke through something, he wouldn't let us know
> >> until some very thorough research has been done. Or am I wrong on this?
> >>
> >Actually, he wouldn't let us know at all. We're just the people who love the
> >tech and love to build. He doesn't divulge any info to the likes of us. He
> >waits until he can address the techniques to someone very important in the
> >scientific community. Like a producer of documentaries for the Discovery
> >channel.
> >Sorry, but this string has dredged up some sore spots that just get more
> >putrid.
> >
> >



6979 Thu, 21 Oct 1999 21:18:27 -0600 [alt-beam] Bicores aren't the only thing that are imbalanced... beam@sgiblab.sgi.com "John A. deVries II" At 06:33 PM 10/21/99 -0700, Wilf wrote:
>Hiya Robert,
>
>That is caused by some imbalance in the bicore pulsewidth or friction in
>each direction. There are ways to tweak (influence) the bicore waveform
>symmetry to minimize the imbalance but even small offsets would accumulate
>and slowly index the output shaft.


Methinks that instead of all of the hacks that we've accumulated
(particularly the mechanical ones) that a simple, true method for achieving
"tweaking" might be an interesting electronic design topic. I am presuming
that it would (a) change the design of the bicore as LITTLE as possible and
(b) not interfere with intentional imbalance (e.g. tracking).

But then, I haven't had enough sleep lately.

Z



6980 Thu, 21 Oct 99 21:27:47 -0600 [alt-beam] Re: Tilden on PBS Ian Bernstein Hi

>Thats strange, I know of only 3 people who have built turbots, Richard, MWT,
>and Dave.
And Paul Beckingham who has his tubot very well documented on his web
site @ http://www.beckingham.com I think.

Laterz

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