If Frank Z would have seen this he would have said,
Great Googily Moogily!!!!
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Collins Graham" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 9:38 AM
Subject: Re: [TN] What-cha-macallit
> Hi Steve!
> Not sure Frank would have agreed with this, he was known as one who
> would stick to the tried and true - I've heard he used to fine his
> musicians for playing incorrect notes. One of the best concerts I've
> ever seen though.
>
> In any case, I'd call it a resistor klugework
>
> Why? Well, it's a homegrown resistor network, and a kludge is defined
> (dictionary.com) as: A system, especially a computer system, that is
> constituted of poorly matched elements or of elements originally
> intended for other applications.
>
> Plus there is even a electronics connection with the word "kluge":
>
> Again from dictionary.com:
> In 1947, the "New York Folklore Quarterly" reported a classic
> shaggy-dog story "Murgatroyd the Kluge Maker" then current in
> the Armed Forces, in which a "kluge" was a complex and
> puzzling artifact with a trivial function. Other sources
> report that "kluge" was common Navy slang in the WWII era for
> any piece of electronics that worked well on shore but
> consistently failed at sea.
>
>
> - Graham C
>
>
>
> regards,
>
> Graham Collins
> Process Engineer,
> Northrop Grumman Canada Corporation
> Halifax
> (902) 873-2000 ext 6215
>
> >>> [log in to unmask] 03/02/04 10:13AM >>>
> "Necessity is the mother of invention..."
> -Frank Zappa
>
> Not real sure if Frank Zappa really quoted that...however, I do know he
> was
> in the mothers of invention. "What's that got to do with anything
> Steve?"
> you're probabably pondering now. Well, the point is, if one needs
> something, one
> will create it.
>
> I'm sure you all have heard the terms; dead-bug, scab resistors,
> hay-wires,
> etc. Those are terms mostly heard when you're talking about prototypes.
> I like
> prototypes, because you can do just about anything you want with them
> if you
> need to...creativity is the only limiting factor.
>
> I've seen something new recently, and I don't know what to call it.
> There
> obviously was a real need for what you are about to see, so it was
> made. Go take
> a look at "What-cha-macallit" at http://www.stevezeva.homestead.com
> and tell
> me what YOU would call it.
>
> -Steve Gregory-
>
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