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"Ivan" wrote in message ... http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/apr/03/research.engineering?gusrc=rss&feed=science Yet another example of how legislators climb onto the environmental bandwaggon on the basis of poor science. And who pays? We do. The sooner this environmental craze passes and we can all get back to sanity the better. Bill |
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Bill Wright wrote: "Ivan" wrote in message ... http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/apr/03/research.engineering?gusrc=rss&feed=science Yet another example of how legislators climb onto the environmental bandwaggon on the basis of poor science. And who pays? We do. The sooner this environmental craze passes and we can all get back to sanity the better. This problem is well known. That is why products for medical or military use may continue to use solder which contains lead. -- From KT24 - in "Leafy Surrey" Using a RISC OS computer running v5.11 |
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Not a new problem as has been said. I understand some satellites suffered,
including some avionics boxes on the Shuttle. By the way, I have no idea what has been done to that page you sent as a link, but its totally unreadable as English, sounding like excerpts jumbled together compared with most web sites. Brian -- Brian Gaff....Note, this account does not accept Bcc: email. graphics are great, but the blind can't hear them Email: __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________ "Ivan" wrote in message ... http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/apr/03/research.engineering?gusrc=rss&feed=science |
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In message , charles
writes In article , Bill Wright wrote: "Ivan" wrote in message ... http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/apr/03/research.engineering?gusrc=rss&feed=science Yet another example of how legislators climb onto the environmental bandwaggon on the basis of poor science. And who pays? We do. The sooner this environmental craze passes and we can all get back to sanity the better. This problem is well known. That is why products for medical or military use may continue to use solder which contains lead. Yes, we can't have people dying from medical problems or military action. And we know that the lead will be in responsible hands, and finally disposed of using an approved procedure. -- Ian |
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"Brian Gaff" wrote in message
... By the way, I have no idea what has been done to that page you sent as a link, but its totally unreadable as English, sounding like excerpts jumbled together compared with most web sites. Perfectly readable to me. |
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On Sun, 06 Apr 2008 08:16:38 +0100, charles
wrote: Yet another example of how legislators climb onto the environmental bandwaggon on the basis of poor science. And who pays? We do. The sooner this environmental craze passes and we can all get back to sanity the better. This problem is well known. That is why products for medical or military use may continue to use solder which contains lead. So it's OK for them to bugger up the environment but not us? What hypocrisy? And what's the environmental cost of people being forced to throw away otherwise perfectly functioning gear because of one small problem caused by this? It's utter bloody madness. |
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On Sun, 6 Apr 2008 01:50:10 +0100, "Bill Wright"
wrote: "Ivan" wrote in message ... http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/apr/03/research.engineering?gusrc=rss&feed=science Yet another example of how legislators climb onto the environmental bandwaggon on the basis of poor science. And who pays? We do. The sooner this environmental craze passes and we can all get back to sanity the better. Bill Wright for Chief Scientific Adviser! He obviously has a much better grasp of the issues than the likes of David King and John Beddington. Sanity here we come... -- http://www.robinfaichney.org/ |
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"Paul Ratcliffe" wrote in message ... On Sun, 06 Apr 2008 08:16:38 +0100, charles wrote: Yet another example of how legislators climb onto the environmental bandwaggon on the basis of poor science. And who pays? We do. The sooner this environmental craze passes and we can all get back to sanity the better. This problem is well known. That is why products for medical or military use may continue to use solder which contains lead. So it's OK for them to bugger up the environment but not us? What hypocrisy? And what's the environmental cost of people being forced to throw away otherwise perfectly functioning gear because of one small problem caused by this? It's utter bloody madness. Exactly Paul, but to manufacturers they see this as an absolute bonus, government inspired premature obsolescence (so we won't hear them complaining too loudly) in a world which may sooner than later be forced into facing up to the fact that valuable resources can't be squandered quite so readily as they have been in the past. |
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"Albert" wrote in message ... "Brian Gaff" wrote in message ... By the way, I have no idea what has been done to that page you sent as a link, but its totally unreadable as English, sounding like excerpts jumbled together compared with most web sites. Perfectly readable to me. and of course lead is already in the substrat, it's where we get it from, ie lead mines etc. |
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In article , Paul Ratcliffe
wrote: On Sun, 06 Apr 2008 08:16:38 +0100, charles wrote: Yet another example of how legislators climb onto the environmental bandwaggon on the basis of poor science. And who pays? We do. The sooner this environmental craze passes and we can all get back to sanity the better. This problem is well known. That is why products for medical or military use may continue to use solder which contains lead. So it's OK for them to bugger up the environment but not us? Does is really "bugger up the environment"? The reason that they are allowed to continue to use lead is that they both require their equipment to be reliable. What hypocrisy? And what's the environmental cost of people being forced to throw away otherwise perfectly functioning gear because of one small problem caused by this? No-one is required to throw anything away and for repairs to existing equipment you can still used leaded solder. It's utter bloody madness. Yes. -- From KT24 - in "Leafy Surrey" Using a RISC OS computer running v5.11 |
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critcher wrote: "Albert" wrote in message ... "Brian Gaff" wrote in message ... By the way, I have no idea what has been done to that page you sent as a link, but its totally unreadable as English, sounding like excerpts jumbled together compared with most web sites. Perfectly readable to me. and of course lead is already in the substrat, it's where we get it from, ie lead mines etc. There's even a place in southern Scotland called "Leadhills". ;-) -- From KT24 - in "Leafy Surrey" Using a RISC OS computer running v5.11 |
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On Sun, 6 Apr 2008 10:52:21 +0100, "critcher"
wrote: and of course lead is already in the substrat, it's where we get it from, ie lead mines etc. That's right. We all know nothing natural can be harmful. It's common sense! -- http://www.robinfaichney.org/ |
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"charles" wrote in message ... In article , Paul Ratcliffe wrote: On Sun, 06 Apr 2008 08:16:38 +0100, charles wrote: What hypocrisy? And what's the environmental cost of people being forced to throw away otherwise perfectly functioning gear because of one small problem caused by this? No-one is required to throw anything away and for repairs to existing equipment you can still used leaded solder. "If they grow far enough to touch another current-carrying location, they'll cause a short that can wreck the equipment while leaving barely any trace." "One whisker can carry about 30mA - more than enough to cause havoc in digital circuits" I doubt in the above circumstances it would even be worth considering attempting a repair on a device full of tiny vulnerable components. It's utter bloody madness. Yes. -- From KT24 - in "Leafy Surrey" Using a RISC OS computer running v5.11 |
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charles wrote:
Does is really "bugger up the environment"? The reason that they are allowed to continue to use lead is that they both require their equipment to be reliable. Lead in petrol and paint buggers *us* up; that's the reason for anti-lead legislation. But this article says that lead solder is not a problem because it doesn't leach. I'd like to know if anybody's got a reference for the scientific basis for the promotion of lead-free solder. I wouldn't be surprised if it didn't exist at all. -- Dave Farrance |
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Albert wrote:
"Brian Gaff" wrote in message ... By the way, I have no idea what has been done to that page you sent as a link, but its totally unreadable as English, sounding like excerpts jumbled together compared with most web sites. Perfectly readable to me. Yes but how well does your computer read it to you. That's what Brian was referring to. |
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In article , Charles wrote:
This problem is well known. *That is why products for medical or military use may continue to use solder which contains lead. So it's OK for them to bugger up the environment but not us? Does is really "bugger up the environment"? *The reason that they are allowed to continue to use lead is that they both require their equipment to be reliable. Of course, the military need to have reliable ways of killing people, but haven't they already got a much quicker way of using lead to do this...? Rod. |
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In message , Ian Jackson
wrote In message , charles writes In article , Bill Wright wrote: "Ivan" wrote in message ... http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/apr/03/research.engineering?gusrc=rss&feed=science Yet another example of how legislators climb onto the environmental bandwaggon on the basis of poor science. And who pays? We do. The sooner this environmental craze passes and we can all get back to sanity the better. This problem is well known. That is why products for medical or military use may continue to use solder which contains lead. Yes, we can't have people dying from medical problems or military action. And we know that the lead will be in responsible hands, and finally disposed of using an approved procedure. One potential environmental problem could be replaced by another that has a bigger impact. The use of lead free solder will result in electrical/electronic products that are less reliable and have a shorter life-span -- Alan news2006 {at} amac {dot} f2s {dot} com |
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In message , Roderick
Stewart writes In article , Charles wrote: This problem is well known. *That is why products for medical or military use may continue to use solder which contains lead. So it's OK for them to bugger up the environment but not us? Does is really "bugger up the environment"? *The reason that they are allowed to continue to use lead is that they both require their equipment to be reliable. Of course, the military need to have reliable ways of killing people, but haven't they already got a much quicker way of using lead to do this...? Rod. Exactly. It's a well-known fact that a high concentration of lead in a very short time can be very fatal very quickly. -- Ian |
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"charles" wrote in message ... In article , Paul Ratcliffe wrote: On Sun, 06 Apr 2008 08:16:38 +0100, charles wrote: No-one is required to throw anything away and for repairs to existing equipment you can still used leaded solder. No-one repairs things nowadays. It isn't worth it. Bill |
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"Ian Jackson" wrote in message ... In message , Roderick Stewart writes In article , Charles wrote: Exactly. It's a well-known fact that a high concentration of lead in a very short time can be very fatal very quickly. It's better to make your bullets out of ice. Then, by the time the body is found the bullet has melted and no-one knows you shot the traffic warden from behind the chimney where you were working. Whoops. Bill |
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"Robin Faichney" wrote in message ... On Sun, 6 Apr 2008 01:50:10 +0100, "Bill Wright" wrote: Bill Wright for Chief Scientific Adviser! Actually I see myself as PM. Bill |
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"Bill Wright" wrote in message ... "charles" wrote in message ... In article , Paul Ratcliffe wrote: On Sun, 06 Apr 2008 08:16:38 +0100, charles wrote: No-one is required to throw anything away and for repairs to existing equipment you can still used leaded solder. No-one repairs things nowadays. It isn't worth it. There was an interesting article in the the ERT trade magazine a few weeks ago, it was titled something along the lines of 'From showroom to landfill' describing how ever increasing numbers of large flat screen tvs were winding up in landfills after as little as 14 months of use, simply because of the complete lack of any kind of backup, and even where there was, many manufacturers were deliberately designing in none-serviceability and pricing spares at such astronomical prices that repairs would be totally uneconomic.. There was also the suggestion that the government should intervene and compel firms to supply service information and spares for up to six years after manufacturer. Bill |
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In message , Bill Wright
writes "Ian Jackson" wrote in message ... In message , Roderick Stewart writes In article , Charles wrote: Exactly. It's a well-known fact that a high concentration of lead in a very short time can be very fatal very quickly. It's better to make your bullets out of ice. Then, by the time the body is found the bullet has melted and no-one knows you shot the traffic warden from behind the chimney where you were working. Whoops. Bill Has this been done? I've often wondered if a falling icicle has been responsible for a death caused by mystery murder weapon. -- Ian |
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On Sun, 06 Apr 2008 07:59:38 GMT, "Brian Gaff" wrote:
By the way, I have no idea what has been done to that page you sent as a link, but its totally unreadable as English, sounding like excerpts jumbled together compared with most web sites. Try the printable page Brian:- http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology...ineering/print Geo |
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On Sun, 6 Apr 2008 13:58:38 +0100, Ian Jackson
wrote: In message , Bill Wright writes It's better to make your bullets out of ice. Then, by the time the body is found the bullet has melted and no-one knows you shot the traffic warden from behind the chimney where you were working. Has this been done? I've often wondered if a falling icicle has been responsible for a death caused by mystery murder weapon. Wasn't there a "Tales of the Unexpected" where the police ate the murder weapon, a frozen leg of lamb? |
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from Ian Jackson contains these words: In message , Roderick Stewart writes In article , Charles wrote: This problem is well known. *That is why products for medical or military use may continue to use solder which contains lead. So it's OK for them to bugger up the environment but not us? Does is really "bugger up the environment"? *The reason that they are allowed to continue to use lead is that they both require their equipment to be reliable. Of course, the military need to have reliable ways of killing people, but haven't they already got a much quicker way of using lead to do this...? Rod. Exactly. It's a well-known fact that a high concentration of lead in a very short time can be very fatal very quickly. Especially so when the dosage is applied at mach 1 or faster. BTW, you have a redundent "very" in that last sentence. :-) -- Regards, John. Please remove the "ohggcyht" before replying. The address has been munged to reject Spam-bots. |
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In message , Johnny B Good
wrote Well, freezing something that is otherwise relatively harmless when used as a projectile was proven to have potentially fatal consequences by BR when they loaded the test cannon with a frozen chicken to verify that the driver's screen on the HST was bird strike proof. They got rather a shock when they managed to prove the screen wasn't _frozen_bird_ strike proof! Of course, when they realised their mistake and thawed the ammunition out to more accurately simulate a "real life" scenario (it's extremely unlikely that a high speed vehicle will ever encounter a frozen bird [1]), they got the hoped for results. A brick on a string hanging over the line from a bridge is fairly normal. -- Alan news2006 {at} amac {dot} f2s {dot} com |
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Not a great deal of help or any contribution as to why my access software
thought it was in weird format though, that comment. Its like saying, I have no trouble, must be a mistake. Brian -- Brian Gaff - Note:- In order to reduce spam, any email without 'Brian Gaff' in the display name may be lost. Blind user, so no pictures please! "Albert" wrote in message ... "Brian Gaff" wrote in message ... By the way, I have no idea what has been done to that page you sent as a link, but its totally unreadable as English, sounding like excerpts jumbled together compared with most web sites. Perfectly readable to me. |
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When I recall the early solder baths with no ventilation just in the body of
the factory and think, hang on, why are all these folk still living and not just vegetables by now? Brian -- Brian Gaff - Note:- In order to reduce spam, any email without 'Brian Gaff' in the display name may be lost. Blind user, so no pictures please! "critcher" wrote in message ... "Albert" wrote in message ... "Brian Gaff" wrote in message ... By the way, I have no idea what has been done to that page you sent as a link, but its totally unreadable as English, sounding like excerpts jumbled together compared with most web sites. Perfectly readable to me. and of course lead is already in the substrat, it's where we get it from, ie lead mines etc. |
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Is not lead the final substance left after atomic decay of Uranium, or was
I reading the wrong comic. Brian -- Brian Gaff - Note:- In order to reduce spam, any email without 'Brian Gaff' in the display name may be lost. Blind user, so no pictures please! "charles" wrote in message ... In article , critcher wrote: "Albert" wrote in message ... "Brian Gaff" wrote in message ... By the way, I have no idea what has been done to that page you sent as a link, but its totally unreadable as English, sounding like excerpts jumbled together compared with most web sites. Perfectly readable to me. and of course lead is already in the substrat, it's where we get it from, ie lead mines etc. There's even a place in southern Scotland called "Leadhills". ;-) -- From KT24 - in "Leafy Surrey" Using a RISC OS computer running v5.11 |
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"Johnny B Good" wrote in message .. . The message from contains these words: [1] Not impossible, just extremely unlikely. I'm not suggesting that a certain species of goose, famous for being able to fly at heights in excess of 30,000 feet, couldn't expire in flight and end up in a frozen state by the time it dropped to ground level during the winter months whilst the air temperatures right down to ground level were at or below freezing. No, what would happen would be that it would freeze at first, then cook nicely due to the friction of the air. Pretty dangerous I'd say, because somemight find it cold and think they could refreeze it. Bill |
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"Alan" wrote in message ... In message , Johnny B Good wrote A brick on a string hanging over the line from a bridge is fairly normal. Bloody stupid train drivers should look where they're going. Bill |
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On Sun, 06 Apr 2008 11:19:43 +0100, charles
wrote: This problem is well known. That is why products for medical or military use may continue to use solder which contains lead. So it's OK for them to bugger up the environment but not us? Does is really "bugger up the environment"? I've no idea. I suspect not but that is not what we're being told. What is the reason for using lead free solder otherwise? The reason that they are allowed to continue to use lead is that they both require their equipment to be reliable. And everybody else's equipment can go to hell? Why should ordinary people have to put up with crap reliability and therefore increased cost? What hypocrisy? And what's the environmental cost of people being forced to throw away otherwise perfectly functioning gear because of one small problem caused by this? No-one is required to throw anything away Really? Have you heard of anyone being able to get anything mended recently? If you think it's a common occurrence, you must be in cloud cuckoo land. The ever increasing rate at which stuff is made and then junked absolutely has to stop, but the opposite seems to be happening. |
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Paul Ratcliffe wrote: On Sun, 06 Apr 2008 11:19:43 +0100, charles wrote: This problem is well known. That is why products for medical or military use may continue to use solder which contains lead. So it's OK for them to bugger up the environment but not us? Does is really "bugger up the environment"? I've no idea. I suspect not but that is not what we're being told. What is the reason for using lead free solder otherwise? Politics? Lack of understanding of the processes involved? Health of workers near lead solder baths? -- From KT24 - in "Leafy Surrey" Using a RISC OS computer running v5.11 |
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"charles" wrote in message ... In article , Paul Ratcliffe wrote: On Sun, 06 Apr 2008 11:19:43 +0100, charles wrote: This problem is well known. That is why products for medical or military use may continue to use solder which contains lead. So it's OK for them to bug ger up the environment but not us? Does is really "bugger up the environment"? I've no idea. I suspect not but that is not what we're being told. What is the reason for using lead free solder otherwise? Politics? Lack of understanding of the processes involved? Health of workers near lead solder baths? Well Charles I was in the trade for 50 years man and boy before I retired, I'd hate to imagine the amount of solder fumes I have inhaled in confined spaces over those years, how much asbestos inhaled from blowing out the dust from electric irons and other pieces of equipment when changing elements as an apprentice, and also the amount of blue asbestos I must have inhaled from broken pipe lagging when crawling through ducts in the boiler rooms of early 1960's tower blocks were our (Rediffusion) distribution equipment used to be housed. Although it has to be said that I still keep my fingers crossed, as I hear that these things can catch up with one more than 60 years after the event! -- From KT24 - in "Leafy Surrey" Using a RISC OS computer running v5.11 |
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"charles" wrote in message ... In article , Paul Ratcliffe wrote: On Sun, 06 Apr 2008 11:19:43 +0100, charles wrote: This problem is well known. That is why products for medical or military use may continue to use solder which contains lead. So it's OK for them to bugger up the environment but not us? Does is really "bugger up the environment"? I've no idea. I suspect not but that is not what we're being told. What is the reason for using lead free solder otherwise? Politics? Lack of understanding of the processes involved? Health of workers near lead solder baths? Not a problem in modern manufacturing though (people in danger of breathing in any vapour/dust should be wearing a suitable respirator, anyone who needs to be that close to the solder bath is still in danger from scolding should water or some such like fluid enter the hot bath, never mind the risk of actually coming into contact with the hot bath. |
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In article , Ivan
wrote: "charles" wrote in message ... In article , Paul Ratcliffe wrote: On Sun, 06 Apr 2008 11:19:43 +0100, charles wrote: This problem is well known. That is why products for medical or military use may continue to use solder which contains lead. So it's OK for them to bug ger up the environment but not us? Does is really "bugger up the environment"? I've no idea. I suspect not but that is not what we're being told. What is the reason for using lead free solder otherwise? Politics? Lack of understanding of the processes involved? Health of workers near lead solder baths? Well Charles I was in the trade for 50 years man and boy before I retired, I'd hate to imagine the amount of solder fumes I have inhaled in confined spaces over those years, how much asbestos inhaled from blowing out the dust from electric irons and other pieces of equipment when changing elements as an apprentice, and also the amount of blue asbestos I must have inhaled from broken pipe lagging when crawling through ducts in the boiler rooms of early 1960's tower blocks were our (Rediffusion) distribution equipment used to be housed. Although it has to be said that I still keep my fingers crossed, as I hear that these things can catch up with one more than 60 years after the event! I didn't say I believed in these things, I just quoted various possible reasons. I, too, may be susceptible to the problems you mention. (Rawlplastic, remember that?) -- From KT24 - in "Leafy Surrey" Using a RISC OS computer running v5.11 |
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