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Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System

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First post2015-07-25 20:23 -0600
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  Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-07-25 20:23 -0600
    Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System kefischer <emoneyjoe@iglou.com> - 2015-07-26 15:40 -0400
      Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System wobbly <wobbly@dont-email.me> - 2015-07-28 22:14 +0000
    Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-07-26 23:20 +0000
      Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System Lofty Goat <rlwatkins@gmail.com> - 2015-07-26 23:46 -0500
    Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System Lofty Goat <rlwatkins@gmail.com> - 2015-07-26 23:44 -0500
      Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-07-27 22:52 +0000
        Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System Jackpol11@hotmail.com - 2015-07-28 16:41 -0400
          Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2015-08-01 12:32 +0200
            Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System Jackpol11@hotmail.com - 2015-08-02 15:51 -0400
              Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-08-02 20:29 +0000
              Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2015-08-03 01:12 +0200
                Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-08-03 00:07 +0000
                  Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System Jackpol11@hotmail.com - 2015-08-03 12:17 -0400
                    Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2015-08-03 09:36 -0700
                    Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System Poutnik <Poutnik4NNTP@gmail.com> - 2015-08-03 19:00 +0200
                      Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System Bohuš Matuška <bohu@paranetnet.net> - 2015-08-03 18:01 +0000
                        Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System Poutnik <Poutnik4NNTP@gmail.com> - 2015-08-03 20:31 +0200
                          Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System Bohuš Matuška <bohu@paranetnet.net> - 2015-08-03 19:28 +0000
                      Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-08-03 18:01 +0000
                      Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System Jackpol11@hotmail.com - 2015-08-03 14:52 -0400
                        Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2015-08-03 23:00 +0200
                          Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System Jackpol11@hotmail.com - 2015-08-06 10:36 -0400
                            Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2015-08-07 07:58 +0200
                            Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2015-08-07 08:35 +0200
                              Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System Jackpol11@hotmail.com - 2015-08-07 10:13 -0400
                                Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2015-08-08 00:26 +0200
                                  Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System Jackpol11@hotmail.com - 2015-08-07 22:25 -0400
                                    Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2015-08-08 07:14 +0200
                                      Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-08-08 05:44 +0000
                                        Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System Emmerich Schultheiß <emme@noemail.thx> - 2015-08-08 13:23 +0000
                                      Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System Jackpol11@hotmail.com - 2015-08-08 10:16 -0400
                                      Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System Jackpol11@hotmail.com - 2015-08-08 10:34 -0400
                                        Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2015-08-09 10:47 +0200
                                          Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-08-09 17:09 +0000
                                            Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System Emmerich Schultheiß <emme@noemail.thx> - 2015-08-09 17:24 +0000
                                              Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-08-09 17:56 +0000
                                              Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2015-08-09 20:05 +0200
                                                Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-08-09 18:44 +0000
                                                Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System Emmerich Schultheiß <emme@noemail.thx> - 2015-08-09 19:08 +0000
                                                  Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System Poutnik <Poutnik4NNTP@gmail.com> - 2015-08-10 10:49 +0200
                                            Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2015-08-09 19:53 +0200
                                              Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-08-09 18:47 +0000
                                          Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System Jackpol11@hotmail.com - 2015-08-09 17:52 -0400
                                            Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2015-08-10 00:07 +0200
                                              Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-08-09 22:33 +0000
                                                Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System Felipe Delgado <fd@spreadspectrum.org> - 2015-08-09 22:55 +0000
                                              Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System Felipe Delgado <fd@spreadspectrum.org> - 2015-08-09 22:58 +0000
                                                Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System Poutnik <Poutnik4NNTP@gmail.com> - 2015-08-10 10:54 +0200
                                                  Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-08-10 17:38 +0000
                                                    Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System Felipe Delgado <fd@spreadspectrum.org> - 2015-08-10 18:07 +0000
                                                      Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2015-08-11 01:11 +0200
                                                        Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-08-10 23:28 +0000
                                              Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System Jackpol11@hotmail.com - 2015-08-09 20:43 -0400
                                                Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System Poutnik <Poutnik4NNTP@gmail.com> - 2015-08-10 10:55 +0200
                                                Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System Poutnik <Poutnik4NNTP@gmail.com> - 2015-08-10 11:01 +0200
                                                  Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System Jackpol11@hotmail.com - 2015-08-10 09:32 -0400
                                                  Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-08-10 17:42 +0000
                                                  Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System Jackpol11@hotmail.com - 2015-08-11 11:38 -0400
                                                    Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2015-08-11 23:00 +0200
                                                      Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-08-11 22:27 +0000
                                                        Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System Jackpol11@hotmail.com - 2015-08-11 22:12 -0400
                                                          Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System Tom Roberts <tjroberts137@sbcglobal.net> - 2015-08-12 23:32 -0500
                                                            Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2015-08-13 07:32 +0200
                                                              Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2015-08-13 07:30 -0500
                                                                Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System Mahipal <mahipal7638@gmail.com> - 2015-08-13 05:50 -0700
                                                                Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System Felipe Delgado <fd@spreadspectrum.org> - 2015-08-13 13:11 +0000
                                                                  Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2015-08-13 08:23 -0500
                                                                    Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System Felipe Delgado <fd@spreadspectrum.org> - 2015-08-13 13:28 +0000
                                                                Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System Poutnik <Poutnik4NNTP@gmail.com> - 2015-08-13 15:20 +0200
                                                                  Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System Felipe Delgado <fd@spreadspectrum.org> - 2015-08-13 13:22 +0000
                                                            Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2015-08-13 07:24 -0500
                                                              Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System Poutnik <Poutnik4NNTP@gmail.com> - 2015-08-13 15:10 +0200
                                                                Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System Felipe Delgado <fd@spreadspectrum.org> - 2015-08-13 13:15 +0000
                                                                  Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System Poutnik <Poutnik4NNTP@gmail.com> - 2015-08-13 15:21 +0200
                                                            Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System Jackpol11@hotmail.com - 2015-08-13 16:26 -0400
                                                              Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2015-08-13 16:35 -0500
                                                                Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System Jackpol11@hotmail.com - 2015-08-13 21:52 -0400
                                                                  Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2015-08-14 07:42 -0500
                                                                    Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System Jackpol11@hotmail.com - 2015-08-14 14:04 -0400
                                                          Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System dsr@mail.lns.cornell.edu (Daniel S. Riley) - 2015-08-13 12:27 -0400
                                                    Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System Jackpol11@hotmail.com - 2015-08-11 22:20 -0400
                                        Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2015-08-09 11:39 +0200
                                        Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2015-08-09 12:42 +0200
                            Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System Jackpol11@hotmail.com - 2015-08-11 14:40 -0400
                              Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2015-08-11 22:35 +0200
                                Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System Jackpol11@hotmail.com - 2015-08-12 21:56 -0400
                    Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-08-03 17:57 +0000
        Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System Yousuf Khan <bbbl67@spammenot.yahoo.com> - 2015-07-30 11:03 -0400
          Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System Yousuf Khan <bbbl67@spammenot.yahoo.com> - 2015-08-04 03:10 -0400
            Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-08-04 17:24 +0000
      Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System wobbly <wobbly@dont-email.me> - 2015-07-28 22:01 +0000
    Re: Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2015-08-03 09:34 -0700

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#512863

Fromjimp@specsol.spam.sux.com
Date2015-08-11 22:27 +0000
Message-ID<re9q9c-hr2.ln1@mail.specsol.com>
In reply to#512843
In sci.physics Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dne 11/08/2015 v 17:38 Jackpol11@hotmail.com napsal(a):
> 
>> That reminds me of the time (1972?) I was hired by a company  to
>> digitize their analog aircraft something simulator. There was a very
>> large schematic with  op-amp integrators (they may have used homemade
>> op-amps). There were about a half-dozen resolvers and the guy
>> explained to me they didn't know what to do with them.
>> So I figured out the proper matrix equations for each resolver that
>> could then be used in the digital version.
>> But, notice, the thing was working before I wrote any equations. Just
>> put a resolver wherever there's an axle that turns and the job is
>> done. 
>> The originating resolver forms a magnetic vector V, from the inputs X
>> and Y (like you would do with a straight edge on paper) and that same
>> magnetic V is properly dissected by the secondary coils into the 2
>> true geometric components in the next coordinates set offset by that
>> angle. 
>> (redundancy noted)
>> John Polasek
>> 
> I was 7 years old than..
> 
> http://www.ibiblio.org/kuphaldt/electricCircuits/AC/02253.png
> 
> What I previously wanted to point out was,
> that resolver is an elementary segment
> of eventually more complex analog computer.

Maybe or maybe doing something else such as generating a radar PPI
display.

> It produces at stator coils
> voltage proportional to sinus, resp. cosinus of the angle,
> that can be processed by other analog modules.

If you have sinus issues, try an antihistamine; no idea what to do
for a cosinus issue.
 
> I think there could be previously misunderstanding
> that I was going to work with cosines in digital computer.
> 
> I remember early 80s when I was on technical high school
> and 2 of our enthusiastic professors
> presented to our class a working analog computer:
> 2 big boxes, full of connectors and cables,
> with few osciloscope or TV screens.
> 
> Wit op amps, some basic operations can be easily achieved.

I remember the mid 60's when I was introduced to the Nike-Hercules
fire control computer that solved the differential intercept equations
in real time.

It had 78 tube based op amps and used motor driven zero set switches,
AKA chopper stabilizers, to eliminate drift.


-- 
Jim Pennino

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#512902

FromJackpol11@hotmail.com
Date2015-08-11 22:12 -0400
Message-ID<fi9lsa595l8cs1gqfqf163ilppsjttg08b@4ax.com>
In reply to#512863
On Tue, 11 Aug 2015 22:27:07 -0000, jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:

>In sci.physics Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Dne 11/08/2015 v 17:38 Jackpol11@hotmail.com napsal(a):
>> 
>>> That reminds me of the time (1972?) I was hired by a company  to
>>> digitize their analog aircraft something simulator. There was a very
>>> large schematic with  op-amp integrators (they may have used homemade
>>> op-amps). There were about a half-dozen resolvers and the guy
>>> explained to me they didn't know what to do with them.
>>> So I figured out the proper matrix equations for each resolver that
>>> could then be used in the digital version.
>>> But, notice, the thing was working before I wrote any equations. Just
>>> put a resolver wherever there's an axle that turns and the job is
>>> done. 
>>> The originating resolver forms a magnetic vector V, from the inputs X
>>> and Y (like you would do with a straight edge on paper) and that same
>>> magnetic V is properly dissected by the secondary coils into the 2
>>> true geometric components in the next coordinates set offset by that
>>> angle. 
>>> (redundancy noted)
>>> John Polasek
>>> 
>> I was 7 years old than..
>> 
>> http://www.ibiblio.org/kuphaldt/electricCircuits/AC/02253.png
>> 
>> What I previously wanted to point out was,
>> that resolver is an elementary segment
>> of eventually more complex analog computer.
>
>Maybe or maybe doing something else such as generating a radar PPI
>display.
>
>> It produces at stator coils
>> voltage proportional to sinus, resp. cosinus of the angle,
>> that can be processed by other analog modules.
>
>If you have sinus issues, try an antihistamine; no idea what to do
>for a cosinus issue.
> 
>> I think there could be previously misunderstanding
>> that I was going to work with cosines in digital computer.
>> 
>> I remember early 80s when I was on technical high school
>> and 2 of our enthusiastic professors
>> presented to our class a working analog computer:
>> 2 big boxes, full of connectors and cables,
>> with few osciloscope or TV screens.
>> 
>> Wit op amps, some basic operations can be easily achieved.
>
>I remember the mid 60's when I was introduced to the Nike-Hercules
>fire control computer that solved the differential intercept equations
>in real time.
>
>It had 78 tube based op amps and used motor driven zero set switches,
>AKA chopper stabilizers, to eliminate drift.
These inertial guidance systems  I worked on,  all of the signals were
400 cycle AC which had to be rectified before integrating, then
possibly re-modulated for further use. The synchros and resolvers
required 400 cps. With this frequency less iron was required in the
transformers, but higher frequencies would be bothered by the
capacitance of the coils, approaching self resonance.
These inertial guidancesystems went into ICBMs that stood vertically
with the inertial platform on top. To align the platform into the
plane of the target, a theodolite beam was sent up to a Porro prism
and adjustments were made. This prism is sensitive only on one axis.

I was given the task ofcalculating the azimuth errors resulting from
tilts on the pitch and roll axes (which were supposedly neutralized
out). 
As a result I finally wrote a complicated paper in the Journal of the
Optical Society JOSA October 1967 "Matrix analysis of gimbaled mirror
and prism systems)". (For $45 you can get a copy.) 
That is certainly one of the drawbacks of the "peer-reviewed" system.
Essentially nobody gets to see it.
John Polasek

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#513183

FromTom Roberts <tjroberts137@sbcglobal.net>
Date2015-08-12 23:32 -0500
Message-ID<mJWdnTxGBs1MgFHInZ2dnUU7_8ydnZ2d@giganews.com>
In reply to#512902
[I just happened to see this.]

On 8/11/15 8/11/15   9:12 PM, Jackpol11@hotmail.com wrote:
> As a result I finally wrote a complicated paper in the Journal of the
> Optical Society JOSA October 1967 "Matrix analysis of gimbaled mirror
> and prism systems)". (For $45 you can get a copy.)
> That is certainly one of the drawbacks of the "peer-reviewed" system.
> Essentially nobody gets to see it.

That is OUTRAGEOUSLY wrong. Anybody who is interested can see it at an 
appropriate library or by paying the fee. For instance, I could obtain a copy by 
simply requesting one from the librarian (email request, PDF returned, usually 
same day), or by walking down to the library and finding it on the shelf (yes 
they scan old articles like this).

What you mean is that essentially no AMATEURS get to see it. Professionals will 
always find it, because we know that reading a technical article is VASTLY 
better than trying to re-construct the concepts, calculations, and measurements 
on our own.

Hmmm. That's not quite right, either. What you really mean is that essentially 
no STUPID amateurs get to see it. (Neither do uninterested people, but that 
doesn't matter.)


Tom Roberts

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#513190

FromPoutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com>
Date2015-08-13 07:32 +0200
Message-ID<mqha1t$8d7$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#513183
Dne 13/08/2015 v 06:32 Tom Roberts napsal(a):
> [I just happened to see this.]
> 
> On 8/11/15 8/11/15   9:12 PM, Jackpol11@hotmail.com wrote:
>> As a result I finally wrote a complicated paper in the Journal of the
>> Optical Society JOSA October 1967 "Matrix analysis of gimbaled mirror
>> and prism systems)". (For $45 you can get a copy.)
>> That is certainly one of the drawbacks of the "peer-reviewed" system.
>> Essentially nobody gets to see it.
> 
> That is OUTRAGEOUSLY wrong. Anybody who is interested can see it at an 
> appropriate library or by paying the fee. For instance, I could obtain a copy by 
> simply requesting one from the librarian (email request, PDF returned, usually 
> same day), or by walking down to the library and finding it on the shelf (yes 
> they scan old articles like this).
> 
> What you mean is that essentially no AMATEURS get to see it. Professionals will 
> always find it, because we know that reading a technical article is VASTLY 
> better than trying to re-construct the concepts, calculations, and measurements 
> on our own.
> 
> Hmmm. That's not quite right, either. What you really mean is that essentially 
> no STUPID amateurs get to see it. (Neither do uninterested people, but that 
> doesn't matter.)
> 
> 
Paying the fee is not optimal option for physics hobbyists,
if price per article is higher than for most books.

Asking for free, availability may vary for world regions.

Libraries may not be subscribers,
or librarians may not be willing to provide such a service.

Also, hobbyists a/o older people
may not be familiar with library systems.

Stupid is rather strong word here.


-- 
Poutnik ( the Czech word for a wanderer )

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#513229

FromOdd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com>
Date2015-08-13 07:30 -0500
Message-ID<mqi2lg$7m6$1@speranza.aioe.org>
In reply to#513190
On 8/13/2015 12:32 AM, Poutnik wrote:
> Paying the fee is not optimal option for physics hobbyists,
> if price per article is higher than for most books.
>
> Asking for free, availability may vary for world regions.
>
> Libraries may not be subscribers,
> or librarians may not be willing to provide such a service.
>
> Also, hobbyists a/o older people
> may not be familiar with library systems.
>
> Stupid is rather strong word here.
>

I wouldn't use "stupid". I would use a combination of "lazy" and 
"disinterested". Several of our chronic posters live very near a 
university with a well-equipped library, but they gag when it's 
suggested that they go look something up. Excuses abound. But what's 
interesting is that the excuses are not of the form, "It's too far away" 
or "I don't have transportation" or "I don't know how to look it up once 
I get there." The excuses are "Books are full of lies," or "Anything 
that is worth anything should be explainable in a couple of paragraphs 
and not require wading through hundreds of pages," or "Books are passe, 
the internet is in," or "I'm too old to spend time reading," or "There 
are no such books, and I'd waste my time going to the library to look 
for nonexistent books."

-- 
Odd Bodkin --- maker of fine toys, tools, tables

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#513231

FromMahipal <mahipal7638@gmail.com>
Date2015-08-13 05:50 -0700
Message-ID<8c91a1aa-dd74-4e8e-aaa9-6453a577de58@googlegroups.com>
In reply to#513229
On Thursday, August 13, 2015 at 8:30:45 AM UTC-4, Odd Bodkin wrote:
> On 8/13/2015 12:32 AM, Poutnik wrote:
> > Paying the fee is not optimal option for physics hobbyists,
> > if price per article is higher than for most books.
> >
> > Asking for free, availability may vary for world regions.
> >
> > Libraries may not be subscribers,
> > or librarians may not be willing to provide such a service.
> >
> > Also, hobbyists a/o older people
> > may not be familiar with library systems.
> >
> > Stupid is rather strong word here.
> >
> 
> I wouldn't use "stupid". I would use a combination of "lazy" and 
> "disinterested". Several of our chronic posters live very near a 
> university with a well-equipped library, but they gag when it's 
> suggested that they go look something up. Excuses abound. But what's 
> interesting is that the excuses are not of the form, "It's too far away" 
> or "I don't have transportation" or "I don't know how to look it up once 
> I get there." The excuses are "Books are full of lies," or "Anything 
> that is worth anything should be explainable in a couple of paragraphs 
> and not require wading through hundreds of pages," or "Books are passe, 
> the internet is in," or "I'm too old to spend time reading," or "There 
> are no such books, and I'd waste my time going to the library to look 
> for nonexistent books."
> 
> -- 
> Odd Bodkin --- maker of fine toys, tools, tables

To summarize, Potluck and Odd, really stupidly don't care for old peeps.

Paying for internet access -- Usenet or otherwise -- is not cheaping out.

I've been to many a library, the worthwhile books are either checked
out or are out of print. Wonder why?

Every fucking book should be sold in electronic form! O wait... they
are?! How come nobody ever tells me anything before my mouth opens?!

Shakespeare is so old, audience chants: you know how old he is?, that
every word of his is freely available on Project Gutenberg. Sure, some
other great authors are there too. Blah blah BLAH...

Next, if something so important is worth the hauling our wheelchairs
to the library for, then why pray tell, is it not on any website?

-- Mahipal 'If it is true and so very important, it must be hidden...'

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#513238

FromFelipe Delgado <fd@spreadspectrum.org>
Date2015-08-13 13:11 +0000
Message-ID<mqi52f$d8e$1@speranza.aioe.org>
In reply to#513229
Odd Bodkin wrote:

> On 8/13/2015 12:32 AM, Poutnik wrote:
>> Paying the fee is not optimal option for physics hobbyists,
>> if price per article is higher than for most books.
>>
>> Asking for free, availability may vary for world regions.
>>
>> Libraries may not be subscribers,
>> or librarians may not be willing to provide such a service.
>>
>> Also, hobbyists a/o older people
>> may not be familiar with library systems.
>>
>> Stupid is rather strong word here.
>>
> 
> I wouldn't use "stupid". I would use a combination of "lazy" and
> "disinterested". Several of our chronic posters live very near a

No please, "stupid" is ok.

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#513246

FromOdd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com>
Date2015-08-13 08:23 -0500
Message-ID<mqi5o9$en5$1@speranza.aioe.org>
In reply to#513238
On 8/13/2015 8:11 AM, Felipe Delgado wrote:
> Odd Bodkin wrote:
>
>> On 8/13/2015 12:32 AM, Poutnik wrote:
>>> Paying the fee is not optimal option for physics hobbyists,
>>> if price per article is higher than for most books.
>>>
>>> Asking for free, availability may vary for world regions.
>>>
>>> Libraries may not be subscribers,
>>> or librarians may not be willing to provide such a service.
>>>
>>> Also, hobbyists a/o older people
>>> may not be familiar with library systems.
>>>
>>> Stupid is rather strong word here.
>>>
>>
>> I wouldn't use "stupid". I would use a combination of "lazy" and
>> "disinterested". Several of our chronic posters live very near a
>
> No please, "stupid" is ok.
>

In your case, it's absolutely ok.

-- 
Odd Bodkin --- maker of fine toys, tools, tables

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#513249

FromFelipe Delgado <fd@spreadspectrum.org>
Date2015-08-13 13:28 +0000
Message-ID<mqi61c$fem$1@speranza.aioe.org>
In reply to#513246
Odd Bodkin wrote:

> On 8/13/2015 8:11 AM, Felipe Delgado wrote:
>> Odd Bodkin wrote:
>>
>>> On 8/13/2015 12:32 AM, Poutnik wrote:
>>>> Paying the fee is not optimal option for physics hobbyists,
>>>> if price per article is higher than for most books.
>>>>
>>>> Asking for free, availability may vary for world regions.
>>>>
>>>> Libraries may not be subscribers,
>>>> or librarians may not be willing to provide such a service.
>>>>
>>>> Also, hobbyists a/o older people may not be familiar with library
>>>> systems.
>>>>
>>>> Stupid is rather strong word here.
>>>>
>>> I wouldn't use "stupid". I would use a combination of "lazy" and
>>> "disinterested". Several of our chronic posters live very near a
>>
>> No please, "stupid" is ok.
>>
> In your case, it's absolutely ok.

Since you are using the qualificative "absolutely" that would require some 
proves. Something you are not able to come up with, and never will.

However, since you insist, I can come up with a few proving brain dead 
stupid beyond a shadow of a doubt. I mean, it will be crystal clear for 
everybody.

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#513241

FromPoutnik <Poutnik4NNTP@gmail.com>
Date2015-08-13 15:20 +0200
Message-ID<mqi5f6$3iq$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#513229
On 08/13/2015 02:30 PM, Odd Bodkin wrote:
> On 8/13/2015 12:32 AM, Poutnik wrote:
>> Paying the fee is not optimal option for physics hobbyists,
>> if price per article is higher than for most books.
>>
>> Asking for free, availability may vary for world regions.
>>
>> Libraries may not be subscribers,
>> or librarians may not be willing to provide such a service.
>>
>> Also, hobbyists a/o older people
>> may not be familiar with library systems.
>>
>> Stupid is rather strong word here.
>>
> 
> I wouldn't use "stupid". I would use a combination of "lazy" and 
> "disinterested". 

I agree it is valid for many, but not all.

Things may not always be as easy, especially for those
who do not raise such funny excuses as mentioned.


-- 
Poutnik ( the Czech word for a wanderer )

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#513245

FromFelipe Delgado <fd@spreadspectrum.org>
Date2015-08-13 13:22 +0000
Message-ID<mqi5mb$emk$1@speranza.aioe.org>
In reply to#513241
Poutnik wrote:

>>> Stupid is rather strong word here.
>>>
>> I wouldn't use "stupid". I would use a combination of "lazy" and
>> "disinterested".
> 
> I agree it is valid for many, but not all.

Ohh, not you.

> Things may not always be as easy, especially for those who do not raise
> such funny excuses as mentioned.

Wow, not you, at all!!

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#513228

FromOdd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com>
Date2015-08-13 07:24 -0500
Message-ID<mqi2a9$6os$1@speranza.aioe.org>
In reply to#513183
On 8/12/2015 11:32 PM, Tom Roberts wrote:
> [I just happened to see this.]
>
> On 8/11/15 8/11/15   9:12 PM, Jackpol11@hotmail.com wrote:
>> As a result I finally wrote a complicated paper in the Journal of the
>> Optical Society JOSA October 1967 "Matrix analysis of gimbaled mirror
>> and prism systems)". (For $45 you can get a copy.)
>> That is certainly one of the drawbacks of the "peer-reviewed" system.
>> Essentially nobody gets to see it.
>
> That is OUTRAGEOUSLY wrong. Anybody who is interested can see it at an
> appropriate library or by paying the fee. For instance, I could obtain a
> copy by simply requesting one from the librarian (email request, PDF
> returned, usually same day), or by walking down to the library and
> finding it on the shelf (yes they scan old articles like this).
>
> What you mean is that essentially no AMATEURS get to see it.
> Professionals will always find it, because we know that reading a
> technical article is VASTLY better than trying to re-construct the
> concepts, calculations, and measurements on our own.
>
> Hmmm. That's not quite right, either. What you really mean is that
> essentially no STUPID amateurs get to see it. (Neither do uninterested
> people, but that doesn't matter.)
>
>
> Tom Roberts

I personally have never had a problem finding resources. I don't live in 
a university town, but I live near one, and because I'm interested, I'm 
willing to make a short drive over for the afternoon and look something 
up, make a photocopy, and then take it home for a deeper look.

I think there are a lot of people on this newsgroup, however, who have 
limited interest at best, and it's not enough to overcome overwhelming 
laziness. If they can't google it and access it for free -- and moreover 
if it doesn't appear in the first five links that come up as search 
results -- then it isn't worth any more effort, as far as they are 
concerned.

-- 
Odd Bodkin --- maker of fine toys, tools, tables

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#513237

FromPoutnik <Poutnik4NNTP@gmail.com>
Date2015-08-13 15:10 +0200
Message-ID<mqi4t8$1dj$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#513228
On 08/13/2015 02:24 PM, Odd Bodkin wrote:
> 
> I personally have never had a problem finding resources. I don't live in 
> a university town, but I live near one, and because I'm interested, I'm 
> willing to make a short drive over for the afternoon and look something 
> up, make a photocopy, and then take it home for a deeper look.
> 

Not to be forgotten to balance interest
and resources to get resources.

If one gets an article, it does not necessarily mean
he has bigger interest than one who does not.

It may be just much easier for him,
for whatever reasons.


-- 
Poutnik ( the Czech word for a wanderer )

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#513240

FromFelipe Delgado <fd@spreadspectrum.org>
Date2015-08-13 13:15 +0000
Message-ID<mqi59c$dni$1@speranza.aioe.org>
In reply to#513237
Poutnik wrote:

> On 08/13/2015 02:24 PM, Odd Bodkin wrote:
>> 
>> I personally have never had a problem finding resources. I don't live in
>> a university town, but I live near one, and because I'm interested, I'm
>> willing to make a short drive over for the afternoon and look something
>> up, make a photocopy, and then take it home for a deeper look.
>> 
> Not to be forgotten to balance interest and resources to get resources.
> If one gets an article, it does not necessarily mean he has bigger
> interest than one who does not.It may be just much easier for him,
> for whatever reasons.

Why on Earth should one like you have interest in a scientific article of 
any kind? Which also might be even wrong, btw, and you never knowing it. 
What's the point? There is no sensible point, in you reading acientific 
articles. Face it.

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#513244

FromPoutnik <Poutnik4NNTP@gmail.com>
Date2015-08-13 15:21 +0200
Message-ID<mqi5i8$3iq$2@dont-email.me>
In reply to#513240
On 08/13/2015 03:15 PM, Felipe Delgado wrote:
> Poutnik wrote:
> 
>> On 08/13/2015 02:24 PM, Odd Bodkin wrote:
>>>
>>> I personally have never had a problem finding resources. I don't live in
>>> a university town, but I live near one, and because I'm interested, I'm
>>> willing to make a short drive over for the afternoon and look something
>>> up, make a photocopy, and then take it home for a deeper look.
>>>
>> Not to be forgotten to balance interest and resources to get resources.
>> If one gets an article, it does not necessarily mean he has bigger
>> interest than one who does not.It may be just much easier for him,
>> for whatever reasons.
> 
> Why on Earth should one like you have interest in a scientific article of 
> any kind? Which also might be even wrong, btw, and you never knowing it. 
> What's the point? There is no sensible point, in you reading acientific 
> articles. Face it.
> 

Yes, stupid for you is ok,
as you have suggested in the other post.

-- 
Poutnik ( the Czech word for a wanderer )

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#513348

FromJackpol11@hotmail.com
Date2015-08-13 16:26 -0400
Message-ID<i9vpsalcqmg0r7pvhdut20rdjv7oet24tm@4ax.com>
In reply to#513183
On Wed, 12 Aug 2015 23:32:16 -0500, Tom Roberts
<tjroberts137@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

>[I just happened to see this.]
>
>On 8/11/15 8/11/15   9:12 PM, Jackpol11@hotmail.com wrote:
>> As a result I finally wrote a complicated paper in the Journal of the
>> Optical Society JOSA October 1967 "Matrix analysis of gimbaled mirror
>> and prism systems)". (For $45 you can get a copy.)
>> That is certainly one of the drawbacks of the "peer-reviewed" system.
>> Essentially nobody gets to see it.
>
>That is OUTRAGEOUSLY wrong. Anybody who is interested can see it at an 
>appropriate library or by paying the fee. For instance, I could obtain a copy by 
>simply requesting one from the librarian (email request, PDF returned, usually 
>same day), or by walking down to the library and finding it on the shelf (yes 
>they scan old articles like this).
>
>What you mean is that essentially no AMATEURS get to see it. Professionals will 
>always find it, because we know that reading a technical article is VASTLY 
>better than trying to re-construct the concepts, calculations, and measurements 
>on our own.
>
>Hmmm. That's not quite right, either. What you really mean is that essentially 
>no STUPID amateurs get to see it. (Neither do uninterested people, but that 
>doesn't matter.)
>
>
>Tom Roberts
Your rancor is showing. 
$35 is an outrage also, $15 if you're a member of OSA. 
 The price is a barrier when the reader has no idea whether the
article will be useful to him or not. Of course, today, we're really
spoiled by the ability with a few keystrokes to access the
information, and very few will feel inspired to search out a library*.
Really, the best idea is to publish an article on arxiv. which
obviously wasn't in existence in 1967. The archive has become less
useful since now it requires an "endorser",who, by definition knows
more about the topic than you do. So much for new ideas.
>Anybody who is interested can see it at an 
>appropriate library or by paying the fee. For instance, I could obtain a copy by 
>simply requesting one from the librarian (email request, PDF returned, usually 
>same day), or by walking down to the library and finding it on the shelf (yes 
>they scan old articles like this).
*The nearest university is University of Central Florida (60,000
students) and, as an example, on one visit I found the only relativity
book they had was by Ohanian. I doubt if they have JOSA. 

Anyway, to restate the original argument, I think it's plain that
articles get locked up in journals, guarded by a handsome pay gate.
Academicians have a free subscription. Investigators who are not
members of the "guild" need not apply.
John Polasek

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#513378

FromOdd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com>
Date2015-08-13 16:35 -0500
Message-ID<mqj2ja$s3u$1@speranza.aioe.org>
In reply to#513348
On 8/13/2015 3:26 PM, Jackpol11@hotmail.com wrote:
> *The nearest university is University of Central Florida (60,000
> students) and, as an example, on one visit I found the only relativity
> book they had was by Ohanian. I doubt if they have JOSA.

Oh, I think not. I just did a search on Misner, for example, here:
http://library.ucf.edu/find/books/
and found both Geometrodynamics (1962, with Wheeler)
and Gravitation (1973, with Wheeler and Thorne),
both on the main library general collection - 4th floor.

Searching on Title contains "relativity" returns 638 matching items, 
with 267 of them available online, and 1950 items listed that can be 
requested through interlibrary loan.

Check it out.



-- 
Odd Bodkin --- maker of fine toys, tools, tables

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#513435

FromJackpol11@hotmail.com
Date2015-08-13 21:52 -0400
Message-ID<mcgqsahogg6i09uuij4i9rs2e1fo6oeke0@4ax.com>
In reply to#513378
On Thu, 13 Aug 2015 16:35:41 -0500, Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com>
wrote:

>On 8/13/2015 3:26 PM, Jackpol11@hotmail.com wrote:
>> *The nearest university is University of Central Florida (60,000
>> students) and, as an example, on one visit I found the only relativity
>> book they had was by Ohanian. I doubt if they have JOSA.
>
>Oh, I think not. I just did a search on Misner, for example, here:
>http://library.ucf.edu/find/books/
>and found both Geometrodynamics (1962, with Wheeler)
>and Gravitation (1973, with Wheeler and Thorne),
>both on the main library general collection - 4th floor.
>
>Searching on Title contains "relativity" returns 638 matching items, 
>with 267 of them available online, and 1950 items listed that can be 
>requested through interlibrary loan.
>
>Check it out.
I appreciate it. I was not sure how to do this. I tried out going to
the UCF site and search for  \articles. I was able to get a glimpse of
the top margin of the paper, but to read it I had to have an NID
password and some kind of PeopleSoft affiliation. (it's easy to get
steered away from UCF by competing search engines)
It sounds like I have to be a student there. This certainly is not as
easy as seeing it in an arxiv. 
I see now that the title I used was not very amenable to search under
mirrors and prisms. "Mirrors and prisms as tensors" would've been a
better  title for search purposes.
John Polasek

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#513511

FromOdd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com>
Date2015-08-14 07:42 -0500
Message-ID<mqknni$8pg$1@speranza.aioe.org>
In reply to#513435
On 8/13/2015 8:52 PM, Jackpol11@hotmail.com wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Aug 2015 16:35:41 -0500, Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On 8/13/2015 3:26 PM, Jackpol11@hotmail.com wrote:
>>> *The nearest university is University of Central Florida (60,000
>>> students) and, as an example, on one visit I found the only relativity
>>> book they had was by Ohanian. I doubt if they have JOSA.
>>
>> Oh, I think not. I just did a search on Misner, for example, here:
>> http://library.ucf.edu/find/books/
>> and found both Geometrodynamics (1962, with Wheeler)
>> and Gravitation (1973, with Wheeler and Thorne),
>> both on the main library general collection - 4th floor.
>>
>> Searching on Title contains "relativity" returns 638 matching items,
>> with 267 of them available online, and 1950 items listed that can be
>> requested through interlibrary loan.
>>
>> Check it out.
> I appreciate it. I was not sure how to do this. I tried out going to
> the UCF site and search for  \articles. I was able to get a glimpse of
> the top margin of the paper, but to read it I had to have an NID
> password and some kind of PeopleSoft affiliation. (it's easy to get
> steered away from UCF by competing search engines)
> It sounds like I have to be a student there. This certainly is not as
> easy as seeing it in an arxiv.
> I see now that the title I used was not very amenable to search under
> mirrors and prisms. "Mirrors and prisms as tensors" would've been
> better  title for search purposes.
> John Polasek
>

I'm pretty sure that you do not need a student ID to walk into the 
physical building at UCF. That's the case at the university nearest to 
me. Once inside you have full access to the stacks. Whether you have 
access to the ebook files depends on library to library. At my nearest 
university, they have a number of desktops that are permanently logged 
in for in-house reading. But at some schools, you have to log in with a 
student account to access digital archives. Interestingly, at one place 
I visited (staying with a friend in another state), I was able to walk 
up to the counter, explain that I was visiting, and they gave me a 
generic student login that I could use for the day.



-- 
Odd Bodkin --- maker of fine toys, tools, tables

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#513630

FromJackpol11@hotmail.com
Date2015-08-14 14:04 -0400
Message-ID<h83ssal2n4matlemgj76d1n63gkmivksqi@4ax.com>
In reply to#513511
On Fri, 14 Aug 2015 07:42:28 -0500, Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com>
wrote:

>On 8/13/2015 8:52 PM, Jackpol11@hotmail.com wrote:
>> On Thu, 13 Aug 2015 16:35:41 -0500, Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 8/13/2015 3:26 PM, Jackpol11@hotmail.com wrote:
>>>> *The nearest university is University of Central Florida (60,000
>>>> students) and, as an example, on one visit I found the only relativity
>>>> book they had was by Ohanian. I doubt if they have JOSA.
>>>
>>> Oh, I think not. I just did a search on Misner, for example, here:
>>> http://library.ucf.edu/find/books/
>>> and found both Geometrodynamics (1962, with Wheeler)
>>> and Gravitation (1973, with Wheeler and Thorne),
>>> both on the main library general collection - 4th floor.
>>>
>>> Searching on Title contains "relativity" returns 638 matching items,
>>> with 267 of them available online, and 1950 items listed that can be
>>> requested through interlibrary loan.
>>>
>>> Check it out.
>> I appreciate it. I was not sure how to do this. I tried out going to
>> the UCF site and search for  \articles. I was able to get a glimpse of
>> the top margin of the paper, but to read it I had to have an NID
>> password and some kind of PeopleSoft affiliation. (it's easy to get
>> steered away from UCF by competing search engines)
>> It sounds like I have to be a student there. This certainly is not as
>> easy as seeing it in an arxiv.
>> I see now that the title I used was not very amenable to search under
>> mirrors and prisms. "Mirrors and prisms as tensors" would've been
>> better  title for search purposes.
>> John Polasek
>>
>
>I'm pretty sure that you do not need a student ID to walk into the 
>physical building at UCF. That's the case at the university nearest to 
>me. Once inside you have full access to the stacks. Whether you have 
>access to the ebook files depends on library to library. At my nearest 
>university, they have a number of desktops that are permanently logged 
>in for in-house reading. But at some schools, you have to log in with a 
>student account to access digital archives. Interestingly, at one place 
>I visited (staying with a friend in another state), I was able to walk 
>up to the counter, explain that I was visiting, and they gave me a 
>generic student login that I could use for the day.
Thank you very much for taking the time. Fortunately, for my purposes
I can find about everything I need on the web. Dark energy for example
is available on archive and journals online, don't think any of those
articles have a pay gate. 
John Polasek

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