The Communication Cube

[Null]

 

[Jourdy288]

^^THAT is a useful skill.

Found an electric scooter at a thrift store for $20.00, the only thing wrong with it was the fact that the chain fell off the sprocket

Neato, what kind?

 

[T.T.]

Made by mongoose, it's serving me quite well. It can get me to work and back, so free transportation for me.

Also, I just got a mac 512ke, with a whopping 800K hard drive

 

[Fzero]

What is the term for a word which is part acronym and part abbreviation?

Abbrevonym isn't a real word I don't think...

Example;

RFID

What is that exactly?

It starts as an acronym of Radio Frequency, then switches to an abbreviation of Identity.

Just wondering...

 

[Neelix]

An acronym is a form of abbreviation, so abbreviation is the word you are looking for.

- Neelix

 

[Fzero]

aha, I see. cheers

 

[slaeshjag]

Potential for ow fu-: Quite high.

 

[slaeshjag]

Update: 150 volts into your hand is indeed quite painful.

 

[Fzero]

What are you even doing?

A really looong LED bulb?

Wear rubber gloves and stop trying to turn yourself into an 'Electroman' superhero

 

[slaeshjag]

It's bar-graph nixie tube. It needs 100-something volts to light up, and how much it lights up is current controlled

 

[Fzero]

Nice, just watched a good example of a graphic equaliser made from them. They look good 

 

[T.T.]

^^ cockcroft-walton multiplier right?

 

[slaeshjag]

Apparently. I just googled "voltage multiplier" and a wikipedia article not naming it showed up

 

[Fzero]

Bailey's Chocolat Luxe is well tasty

 

[T.T.]

fun fact

if one could convert the mass of 70 skittles into pure energy, it could power the entire US for an hour

 

[levi]

To be honest, it's disappointing it takes so many. Speed of light squared, mofos!

 

[Nintendo]

Lolla lol

 

[Klumpen]

Damn it, I had such a good run on my third try on NotTetris and still no chance to reach gold. oO

 

[slaeshjag]

I think my main monitor for my desktop computer has some bad caps. The backlight just went out  :angry:

 

[Fzero]

Oh joy!



I have TWO parcels delivered today waiting for me when I get home tonight...

One from Germany, one from Japan...

I wonder, could that be my PANDORA and Japan edition Pandora box of delights?

Me thinks so

Next stop, http://pandoralive.info/?page_id=9

Thanks ED!

Cheers ekianjo, I'll let you know once I open it