On Sat, 18 Nov 2006 19:34:34 -0000, "tim\(yet another new home\)" <tims_new_home@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:> >"John Devereux" <jdREMOVE@THISdevereux.me.uk> wrote in message >news:87mz6od2kj.fsf@cordelia.devereux.me.uk... >> Vladimir Vassilevsky <antispam_bogus@hotmail.com> writes: >> >>> tim(yet another new home) wrote: >>>> "John Devereux" <jdREMOVE@THISdevereux.me.uk> wrote in message >>>> news:87r6w0dad5.fsf@cordelia.devereux.me.uk... >>>> >>>>>I wonder how many companies have opened sales offices in Afghanistan, >>>>>Albania, Algeria.... because of those stupid forms! >>>> >>>> I pity the poor sap who's phone number is: >>>> 0123456789 (that UK format. It's in the town of >>>> Bedford if it actually used) >>> >>> It seems like johndoe@yahoo.com has a hard life also. >> >> Hmm, good point, would not want any collateral damage to innocent >> parties. >> >> Do you think I am safe to use >> >> just_give_me_the_datasheet@you.useless.cretins ? > >I often fill in the address as "dont be nosey street" > >tim > >On those sites where I might want to hear from them, I assign them a site-specific E-mail address... their.name@my.address.forward.com That way I can both control their access to me and stomp them if they sell my address ;-) ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona Voice:(480)460-2350 | | | E-mail Address at Website Fax:(480)460-2142 | Brass Rat | | http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.
Today, I had the misfortune
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"tim(yet another new home)" wrote:> "John Devereux" <jdREMOVE@THISdevereux.me.uk> wrote in message >> "rickman" <gnuarm@gmail.com> writes: >> >>> When I went to LM's web site I found that I have to do the >>> registration, but they don't wait for you to get the email with >>> the access code. You get to the data sheets right away. Even >>> when you use a bogus email address, it will give you access and >>> you can use the same login later. I guess they just don't >>> police the list as a way to not tick off people who don't want >>> to give out their real info. >> >> I wonder how many companies have opened sales offices in >> Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria.... because of those stupid forms! > > I pity the poor sap who's phone number is: > 0123456789 (that UK format. It's in the town of > Bedford if it actually used)For phone numbers, I tend to supply (207) 555-1212, which is the information number for the Maine area code here in the US and Canada. It involves a charge. Always valid. -- Chuck F (cbfalconer at maineline dot net) Available for consulting/temporary embedded and systems. <http://cbfalconer.home.att.net>
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["Followup-To:" header set to sci.electronics.misc.] On 2006-11-18, John Devereux <jdREMOVE@THISdevereux.me.uk> wrote:> Vladimir Vassilevsky <antispam_bogus@hotmail.com> writes:>> It seems like johndoe@yahoo.com has a hard life also.> Hmm, good point, would not want any collateral damage to innocent > parties.> Do you think I am safe to use> just_give_me_the_datasheet@you.useless.cretins ?The technical documents for email reccomend .invalid on the end of fictional, or munged, email addresses. example.com is a domain that belongs to noone, and never will. However, if you want to make a statement; putting their own sales, support, or postmaster, email address wouldbe an option :-) Bye. Jasen
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>On those sites where I might want to hear from them, I assign them a >site-specific E-mail address... their.name@my.address.forward.com>That way I can both control their access to me and stomp them if they >sell my address ;-)How often do idiots sell your address? Do you tell everybody and/or add them to your shit-list on a web page when that happens? -- The suespammers.org mail server is located in California. So are all my other mailboxes. Please do not send unsolicited bulk e-mail or unsolicited commercial e-mail to my suespammers.org address or any of my other addresses. These are my opinions, not necessarily my employer's. I hate spam.
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On Sat, 18 Nov 2006 17:36:35 -0600, hal-usenet@ip-64-139-1-69.sjc.megapath.net (Hal Murray) wrote:>>On those sites where I might want to hear from them, I assign them a >>site-specific E-mail address... their.name@my.address.forward.com > >>That way I can both control their access to me and stomp them if they >>sell my address ;-) > >How often do idiots sell your address? Do you tell everybody >and/or add them to your shit-list on a web page when that >happens?Sell? Only once. Load you up with advertising crap... all the time. So I just delete the address until when I need it again ;-) ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona Voice:(480)460-2350 | | | E-mail Address at Website Fax:(480)460-2142 | Brass Rat | | http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.
Reply by ●November 18, 20062006-11-18
On Saturday, in article <455F7196.ED968CC0@yahoo.com>
cbfalconer@yahoo.com "CBFalconer" wrote:
>"tim(yet another new home)" wrote:
>> "John Devereux" <jdREMOVE@THISdevereux.me.uk> wrote in message
>>> "rickman" <gnuarm@gmail.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> When I went to LM's web site I found that I have to do the
>>>> registration, but they don't wait for you to get the email with
>>>> the access code. You get to the data sheets right away. Even
>>>> when you use a bogus email address, it will give you access and
>>>> you can use the same login later. I guess they just don't
>>>> police the list as a way to not tick off people who don't want
>>>> to give out their real info.
>>>
>>> I wonder how many companies have opened sales offices in
>>> Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria.... because of those stupid forms!
>>
>> I pity the poor sap who's phone number is:
>> 0123456789 (that UK format. It's in the town of
>> Bedford if it actually used)
Could be part of TI or Arrow offices in Bedford...
>For phone numbers, I tend to supply (207) 555-1212, which is the
>information number for the Maine area code here in the US and
>Canada. It involves a charge. Always valid.
Well those who remember the British black and white movies, before dialing
codes will remember 1212 as in 'Whitehall 1212' being the number for
Scotland Yard...
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Joerg wrote:> The sad part is > that it was Philips that brought me into electronics. My parents got me > an EE20 experimenters kit for Christmas when I was a kid.The one with a kind of tag board with sping loaded clips and 3 germanium transistors ? I had one of those for Xmas once too. Graham
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Joerg wrote:> Hello Jim, > > >> Digikey has some but much of the good stuff just isn't there. In my > >> case it was the BSP297. A great part, true engineering excellence, but > >> it turned out to be nearly unobtainium unless you order a reel. Even > >> then you might have to wait weeks. Not a realistic proposition for the > >> prototype phase. They really need to clean up their act. > > > > > > RS-components show that one, on a 7 day lead time here in NZ ? > > > > In the US, pretty large market I guess, it looks like this: > > Digikey: Unobtanium > Mouser: Unobtanium > Arrow: 4 weeks (typically you must buy per reel) > > That ain't no way to market electronic parts.Farnell have some ( from Infineon ). They're not cheap ! http://uk.farnell.com/jsp/endecaSearch/partDetail.jsp?SKU=1214270 Graham
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Eeyore wrote:> > Joerg wrote: > >> The sad part is >> that it was Philips that brought me into electronics. My parents got me >> an EE20 experimenters kit for Christmas when I was a kid. > > The one with a kind of tag board with sping loaded clips and 3 germanium > transistors ? > > I had one of those for Xmas once too. > > Graham >I started off with those - a long time ago now! Cheers PeteS
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Hello Graham,>> >>>>Digikey has some but much of the good stuff just isn't there. In my >>>>case it was the BSP297. A great part, true engineering excellence, but >>>>it turned out to be nearly unobtainium unless you order a reel. Even >>>>then you might have to wait weeks. Not a realistic proposition for the >>>>prototype phase. They really need to clean up their act. >>> >>> >>>RS-components show that one, on a 7 day lead time here in NZ ? >>> >> >>In the US, pretty large market I guess, it looks like this: >> >>Digikey: Unobtanium >>Mouser: Unobtanium >>Arrow: 4 weeks (typically you must buy per reel) >> >>That ain't no way to market electronic parts. > > > Farnell have some ( from Infineon ). They're not cheap ! > http://uk.farnell.com/jsp/endecaSearch/partDetail.jsp?SKU=1214270 >Out here they are $0.35 in reel qties. If you can get any, that is. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com
