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On Thu, 10 Oct 2013 09:18:08 +0100, "Brian Gaff"
wrote:

Reminds me of those descriptions of how a semiconductor works from the
1960s, where there are holes in one of the parts of the junction. In this
case holes are not physical, just no electron type holes. grin.
Brian

With Higgs and his mate getting the Nobel, perhaps it is a good time
to say this:
At school, the universe was made up of neutrons protons and electrons,
and there wasn't much to suggest that this model was a grossly
oversimplified analogy, and know body understood it anyway.

Am I alone in feeling cheated, by not being made sufficiently
awestruck at an early age by how much we already knew, and by
implication, how much we didn't know?



--
Graham.

%Profound_observation%

On Thu, 10 Oct 2013 11:14:05 +0100
lid wrote:

On Thu, 10 Oct 2013 10:48:16 +0100, Roderick Stewart
wrote:

Reminds me of how we used to joke in the BBC that if you dropped a
valve or CRT and it broke, it would be impossible to fix because the
vacuum would get out and you'd never find it.

You'd think they would have used coloured vacuums.


(Dyson do)

Oh! Henry also has a Smiley-face.

--
Davey.

"Graham." wrote in message
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On Thu, 10 Oct 2013 09:18:08 +0100, "Brian Gaff"
wrote:

Reminds me of those descriptions of how a semiconductor works
from the
1960s, where there are holes in one of the parts of the
junction. In this
case holes are not physical, just no electron type holes.
grin.
Brian

With Higgs and his mate getting the Nobel, perhaps it is a good
time
to say this:
At school, the universe was made up of neutrons protons and
electrons,
and there wasn't much to suggest that this model was a grossly
oversimplified analogy, and know body understood it anyway.

Am I alone in feeling cheated, by not being made sufficiently
awestruck at an early age by how much we already knew, and by
implication, how much we didn't know?



--
Graham.

%Profound_observation%



On Thought For The Day this morning on Today prog there was a
definition of the H-G particle.

"Its is the stuff that makes stuff stuff." Brilliant.

How did it come to be known as the God particle? Because Someone
want to entitle a book about it "The Goddam Particle" but the
publisher thought it was a bit too strong - so it was shortened!


--
Woody

harrogate three at ntlworld dot com

On Thu, 10 Oct 2013 11:42:21 +0100
"Woody" wrote:

"Graham." wrote in message
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On Thu, 10 Oct 2013 09:18:08 +0100, "Brian Gaff"
wrote:

Reminds me of those descriptions of how a semiconductor works
from the
1960s, where there are holes in one of the parts of the
junction. In this
case holes are not physical, just no electron type holes.
grin.
Brian

With Higgs and his mate getting the Nobel, perhaps it is a good
time
to say this:
At school, the universe was made up of neutrons protons and
electrons,
and there wasn't much to suggest that this model was a grossly
oversimplified analogy, and know body understood it anyway.

Am I alone in feeling cheated, by not being made sufficiently
awestruck at an early age by how much we already knew, and by
implication, how much we didn't know?



--
Graham.

%Profound_observation%



On Thought For The Day this morning on Today prog there was a
definition of the H-G particle.

"Its is the stuff that makes stuff stuff." Brilliant.

How did it come to be known as the God particle? Because Someone
want to entitle a book about it "The Goddam Particle" but the
publisher thought it was a bit too strong - so it was shortened!



It always seems to me that we have got on perfectly well without
knowing whether it existed or not, so what is all the fuss about?

--
Davey.

In message , Roderick
Stewart writes
Reminds me of how we used to joke in the BBC that if you dropped a
valve or CRT and it broke, it would be impossible to fix because the
vacuum would get out and you'd never find it.

Rod.

On Thu, 10 Oct 2013 09:18:08 +0100, "Brian Gaff"
wrote:

Reminds me of those descriptions of how a semiconductor works from the
1960s, where there are holes in one of the parts of the junction. In this
case holes are not physical, just no electron type holes. grin.
Brian

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"Bill Wright" wrote in message
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What item of electrical equipment has its most important quality measured
in 'holes'?

Bill

There was an advert in Craigslist a few years back for a valve.

The owner had taken it apart to clean off the cloudy area at the top of
the inside, and was confident that it would be fine when re-assembled.

The ad was widely circulated on the net.
--
Ian

Brian Gaff wrote:
Does this mean then that all the holes on a course are always the same
distance apart s the buggy travels?
Brian

They must be. And the gradients must be identical. And the players must
all weigh the same.

Bill

In article ,
Bill Wright wrote:

They must be. And the gradients must be identical. And the players must
all weigh the same.

They use an ISO standard golfer.

-- Richard

Roger Mills wrote:

Not to mention the type of terrain - which can have a profound effect on
the energy required to propel the buggy.

We went to a wedding where the place had very thick carpets and Hil's
buggy battery discharged very fast.

Bill

Graham. wrote:
On Thu, 10 Oct 2013 09:18:08 +0100, "Brian Gaff"
wrote:

Reminds me of those descriptions of how a semiconductor works from the
1960s, where there are holes in one of the parts of the junction. In this
case holes are not physical, just no electron type holes. grin.
Brian

With Higgs and his mate getting the Nobel, perhaps it is a good time
to say this:
At school, the universe was made up of neutrons protons and electrons,
and there wasn't much to suggest that this model was a grossly
oversimplified analogy, and know body understood it anyway.

Am I alone in feeling cheated, by not being made sufficiently
awestruck at an early age by how much we already knew, and by
implication, how much we didn't know?

When I was at school everything was made from Earth, Water, Air, and Fire.

Bill

On Thu, 10 Oct 2013 14:44:15 +0100
Bill Wright wrote:

Graham. wrote:
On Thu, 10 Oct 2013 09:18:08 +0100, "Brian Gaff"
wrote:

Reminds me of those descriptions of how a semiconductor works from
the 1960s, where there are holes in one of the parts of the
junction. In this case holes are not physical, just no electron
type holes. grin. Brian

With Higgs and his mate getting the Nobel, perhaps it is a good time
to say this:
At school, the universe was made up of neutrons protons and
electrons, and there wasn't much to suggest that this model was a
grossly oversimplified analogy, and know body understood it anyway.

Am I alone in feeling cheated, by not being made sufficiently
awestruck at an early age by how much we already knew, and by
implication, how much we didn't know?

When I was at school everything was made from Earth, Water, Air, and
Fire.

Bill

And there was a Group called 'Earth, Wind and Fire'.

--
Davey.