Re: OT: US administration "yes people"

From	"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc, alt.usage.english
Subject	Re: OT: US administration "yes people"
Date	2026-03-30 23:09 +0200
Message-ID	<lc5r9mxmu9.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> (permalink)
References	(22 earlier) <l99i9mx9ul.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <10q5uvp$3o69i$2@dont-email.me> <m91l9mxh9g.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <eOOcneMyXeY501T0nZ2dnZfqnPSdnZ2d@giganews.com> <10qc5lp$1silm$20@dont-email.me>

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On 2026-03-29 23:30, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> On 29/03/2026 17:09, c186282 wrote:
>> On 3/28/26 09:22, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>>> On 2026-03-27 13:59, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>>>> On 27/03/2026 12:20, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>>>>> On 2026-03-27 11:37, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>>>>>> On 26/03/2026 20:58, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I wrote one of the latter.  Whenever we programmers would get
>>>>>>>> an unreasonable change request, a cow orker would complain,
>>>>>>>> "What do they want us to do, make the machine sing Old MacDonald?"
>>>>>>>> I wrote my program after hours, hid a transistor radio in the
>>>>>>>> machine next to the backplane, then called my buddy over, hit
>>>>>>>> the START button, and enjoyed his expression when "Old Macdonald"
>>>>>>>> came out of the machine.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I don't fully understand. The radio sound came from the 
>>>>>>> interference? Or was playing some station that chanced to play 
>>>>>>> that song?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The radio sound came from the interference...
>>>>>
>>>>> I had trouble with the English, not with the concept.
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRXwWbo_mX0
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Amazing, that the motor can speed that fast to make each tone.
>>>>>
>>>> Ultra light flywheels, cranks, rods and pistons - you don't want to 
>>>> store energy in the motor while accelerating.
>>>
>>> Speeds up gear shifting, too.
>>
>>
>>    Just don't set the idle speed TOO low ... there
>>    is a reason for those heavy flywheels.
>>
> Racing engines idle at 3000 RPM

Wow.

Right, that makes sense with a light flywheel.

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.
ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;

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Re: OT: US administration "yes people" "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-03-28 14:22 +0100
  Re: OT: US administration "yes people" The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-28 13:30 +0000
  Re: OT: US administration "yes people" c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-03-29 12:09 -0400
    Re: OT: US administration "yes people" The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-29 22:30 +0100
      Re: OT: US administration "yes people" "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-03-30 23:09 +0200

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