Re: [time-nuts] Sparkfun

I was going to try to purchase a Prologix GPIB converter but I can't access their site. I sent an e mail informing them but have not gotten a reply. Is it just me? ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com

Re: [time-nuts] Sparkfun

No, it's not just you. Today is their $100 order giveaway starting at 8AM PST, and I'd guess their site has gone down under the anticipatory load :-( Too bad, I have a couple of GPS modules waiting in my shopping cart :-) Scott On Jan 7, 2010, at 6:27 AM, John Green wrote: > I was going to t

Re: [time-nuts] Sparkfun

They appear to be back up, but the site is taking forever to respond to anything. Scott On Jan 7, 2010, at 6:27 AM, John Green wrote: > I was going to try to purchase a Prologix GPIB converter but I can't access > their site. I sent an e mail informing them but have not gotten a reply. Is > it

Re: [time-nuts] Sparkfun

Nope, me too. Joe -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of John Green Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 8:28 AM To: time-nuts@febo.com Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Sparkfun I was going to try to purchase a Prologix GPIB converter bu

Re: [time-nuts] Sparkfun

Their site has been slow at least since Monday. I wonder if their migration to new servers isn't going as well as hoped? On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 8:48 AM, J. L. Trantham wrote: Nope, me too. Joe -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] O

Re: [time-nuts] Sparkfun

Now, I'm not sure what kind of testing they did, but it seems to me, they almost willy-nilly beefed up the servers and annouced Free Day around the same time. It doesn't seem they tested the servers to handle such a load, or simply the response they are receiving from the public is so massive, t

Re: [time-nuts] Fluke (Montronics) Model 207-5 WWVB Receiver/Comparator

Hi Bill,   The pot appears to be working properly and have adjusted according to alignment, the problem is the plug-in board revisions my is a high serial number and the components are different than the manual and do not know if they are right or wrong, I acquired the receiver used with many is

Re: [time-nuts] Fluke (Montronics) Model 207-5 WWVB Receiver/Comparator

Hi John,   I originally bought the 207-5 Used with many issues, I managed to repair some problems, the manual that I have does not cover any board revisions , the components are different then the manual making it difficult to find replacement solid state devices, the serial number is very high

Re: [time-nuts] Sparkfun

john.fo...@gmail.com wrote: Now, I'm not sure what kind of testing they did, but it seems to me, they almost willy-nilly beefed up the servers and annouced Free Day around the same time. It doesn't seem they tested the servers to handle such a load, or simply the response they are receiving fr

Re: [time-nuts] Sparkfun

In message <4b4603e5.4050...@rubidium.dyndns.org>, Magnus Danielson writes: >john.fo...@gmail.com wrote: >> Now, I'm not sure what kind of testing they did, [...] > >What better test of server performance as a ten-fold increase in load? And at only $100.000 - undoubtedly a lot extra sales, they g

Re: [time-nuts] Sparkfun

Good Advertisement for a company in Electronics... Happy New Year to everyone, Bernard -Message d'origine- De : time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] De la part de Magnus Danielson Envoyé : jeudi 7 janvier 2010 16:55 À : john.fo...@gmail.com; Discussion of prec

Re: [time-nuts] Fluke (Montronics) Model 207-5 WWVB Receiver/Comparator

Hi Sal, I can't help. I have a unit that I got maybe 20 years ago. I hooked it up and got the WWVB trace fine, but then got an Austron 2100F and a GPS/Rb. It's been sitting in a pile for years, unpowered. I never had any doc whatsoever. In fact, I tried to sell it some years ago, and there were

Re: [time-nuts] Sparkfun

Actually, they upgraded the servers right before the last free day and used that day as a shake down test for the new systems. (A month ago or so). I think they're just slammed with a lot more customers this time around. -Bob On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 8:38 AM, wrote: > Now, I'm not sure what ki

Re: [time-nuts] Sparkfun

There has to be a better way to get a prologix. An hour to get to the page to order it and now I cannot proceed to the check out section at all. Ridiculous! There is indeed no such thing as a free lunch or a cheap GPIB adapter :^) Dan ___ time-

Re: [time-nuts] Sparkfun

Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: In message <4b4603e5.4050...@rubidium.dyndns.org>, Magnus Danielson writes: john.fo...@gmail.com wrote: Now, I'm not sure what kind of testing they did, [...] What better test of server performance as a ten-fold increase in load? And at only $100.000 - undoubtedly a

Re: [time-nuts] Sparkfun

Dan Rae wrote: There has to be a better way to get a prologix. An hour to get to the page to order it and now I cannot proceed to the check out section at all. Ridiculous! You could order it from them on a regular day. :) There is indeed no such thing as a free lunch or a cheap GPIB adap

Re: [time-nuts] Sparkfun

I've worked in IT for a long time, and I gurantee you, the guys in Sparkfun's IT staff are all freaking out right now!! Haha, gotta love that good ol' disaster stress in IT! John Foege Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T -Original Message- From: Magnus Danielson Date: Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:28:46

Re: [time-nuts] Sparkfun

F1ETB wrote: Good Advertisement for a company in Electronics... Happy New Year to everyone, Bernard I don't know Bernard. Having just wasted an hour plus of my life on it I don't think I will return there again. Dan ___ time-nuts mailing li

Re: [time-nuts] Sparkfun

And that's how I believe *many* people are feeling. So, I think this is actually a real big disaster for them. Sadly! --Original Message-- From: Dan Rae Sender: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement ReplyTo: dan...@verizon.net ReplyTo: Discussi

Re: [time-nuts] Sparkfun

Remember that ad a couple years ago (superbowl, perhaps), with the small company starting their online presence, and the big "number of orders" counter. It starts clicking slowly, and everyone is jubilant: Yeah, we're going to make it; and then it starts counting faster and faster, and they get

Re: [time-nuts] Sparkfun

On 1/7/10 8:32 AM, "Dan Rae" wrote: > F1ETB wrote: >> Good Advertisement for a company in Electronics... >> >> Happy New Year to everyone, >> Bernard >> >> > I don't know Bernard. Having just wasted an hour plus of my life on it > I don't think I will return there again. > > Dan > Hmm

[time-nuts] SparkFun Status

At 10:00 AM Mountain Standard Time, SparkFun is showing only 7106.39 of the 100K given away. Of interest to Time Nuts is that their clock is about 15 minutes slow; it shows that the giveaway has been active for 45 minutes, not a full hour. ___ time-

Re: [time-nuts] Sparkfun

They are on eBay as well Sent from my Banana Jr. mobile device On Jan 7, 2010, at 8:17 AM, Dan Rae wrote: There has to be a better way to get a prologix. An hour to get to the page to order it and now I cannot proceed to the check out section at all. Ridiculous! There is indeed no su

Re: [time-nuts] Sparkfun

I fully agree, Dan !!! Regards, Bernard -Message d'origine- De : time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] De la part de Dan Rae Envoyé : jeudi 7 janvier 2010 17:32 À : Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Objet : Re: [time-nuts] Sparkfun F1ETB wrote

Re: [time-nuts] Sparkfun

It's over. ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.

Re: [time-nuts] Sparkfun

After an hour and a half of trying, I gave up. I couldn't even get the site to let me log in. A big disappointment... On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 11:47 AM, John Allen wrote: It's over. ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe

Re: [time-nuts] Sparkfun

A couple of thoughts -- - Refusing to let people into the site at all is probably the best approach, if you find yourself completely swamped with traffic. A customer who sees 10-second ping times is likely to be even more annoyed than one who gets a 404. What they should have done, though, is

Re: [time-nuts] Sparkfun

On 1/7/10 10:14 AM, "John Miles" wrote: > A couple of thoughts -- > > - Refusing to let people into the site at all is probably the best approach, > if you find yourself completely swamped with traffic. A customer who sees > 10-second ping times is likely to be even more annoyed than one w

Re: [time-nuts] Sparkfun

Delete this supplier from your own database may be an answer... But they probably don't care ! Bernard -Message d'origine- De : time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] De la part de Steve Krull Envoyé : jeudi 7 janvier 2010 19:08 À : Discussion of precise time and fr

Re: [time-nuts] Sparkfun

Lux, Jim (337C) wrote: It's if it happens over and over at the same place, I get cranky, but this probably isn't in that category. Regardless, I think they learn some lessons right now, regardless of the level of preparation. There is only one way to learn, try it out and fail. Friends of m

Re: [time-nuts] Sparkfun

I am at work so I couldn't commit the time to trying to get in. I did manage to get something in my cart but could never check out. They didn't answer my e mail yesterday complaining about their site but I am going to send them another reminding them that wasting the time of people who are potentia

[time-nuts] First news on 2010 bug

Hi! The news reports on 30 milion credit cards in Germany which no longer works when using their security chip, since they do not handle the year 2010. Those with magnetic only cards still works. It would be interesting to follow this news to see how this "feature" was not handled and mitiga

Re: [time-nuts] Sparkfun is really not that evil

Try to go easy on Sparkfun. They really are a decent group of people who've always provided me with good parts at pretty decent prices. Timely shipping too. I think they just tried something that sounded good on the drawing board but kind of blew up when implemented. Now who hasn't done tha

[time-nuts] [fourteenth-cg-d...@cgls.uscg.mil: SPECIAL NOTICE TERMINATION OF ALL U.S. LORAN-C SIGNALS]

Looks like they got their certification. See below. --msa - Forwarded message from Fourteenth Coast Guard District LNM Notification - Subject: SPECIAL NOTICE TERMINATION OF ALL U.S. LORAN-C SIGNALS Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 11:43:30 -0500 To: fourteenth-cg-d...@cgls.uscg.

Re: [time-nuts] [fourteenth-cg-d...@cgls.uscg.mil: SPECIAL NOTICE TERMINATION OF ALL U.S. LORAN-C SIGNALS]

Interesting. Thank you. Maybe it'd be worth contacting the Canadian government about keeping it running, at least in part. -John = > > Looks like they got their certification. See below. > > --msa > > - Forwarded message from Fourteenth Coast Guard District

[time-nuts] Sparkfun

It is possible to survive "slashdotting" with a small server... it helps to be directly connected to the internet backbone at 100+ gigabits/sec, but is not essential: http://www.geology.smu.edu/~dpa-www/attention_span/ ___

Re: [time-nuts] Sparkfun

When I bought mine I did a search on eBay and found a vendor selling them new. You might try doing the same. Marvin Collins In a message dated 1/7/2010 6:28:38 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, wpxs...@gmail.com writes: I was going to try to purchase a Prologix GPIB converter but I can't acc

Re: [time-nuts] Sparkfun

It's always possible to underestimate the demand for something. And "free" seems to be a powerful motivator to people. A while ago, someone who used to be one of the Unix sysadmins at a local university (UBC) left to work at the group within Google that runs their computer systems. A while later

Re: [time-nuts] Sparkfun

Lux, Jim (337C) wrote: Now, standing in line for 7 hours at some government office where there is a cellphone ban, only to be told that you have been standing in the wrong line: *That* is a waste of time, unless the value of the service is pretty darn high (e.g. Keeping you out of prison or some

Re: [time-nuts] Sparkfun

At 13:09 -0800 07-01-2010, David Martindale wrote: [snip war story] Lots of people started using it, and within a very short time the Goggle Earth server traffic was *ten times larger than the largest estimate* of what the load would be. What, like MS Terraserver a decade earlier?

[time-nuts] Sparkfun

All I can say is fill out Central Services/Ministry of Public Works Form 27B/6... _ Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390710/direct/01/ __

Re: [time-nuts] Sparkfun

Same thing here. It sounded as if from their message they were going to test a new server configuration today. Maybe they should have at least attempted to decouple the two... It is disappointing, I would have preferred to see a page saying they exceeded their $100,000 in the first ten minutes, an

Re: [time-nuts] Sparkfun

Those of us who didn't get anywhere didn't lose anything - we just didn't get something for free. But I agree it is disappointing when you can't get past the front page - if that far. I tried about an hour before it was to start and got nowhere. Being pretty ignorant of internet workings, I

[time-nuts] NMEA reader?

I'm totally new to this semi-DIY gps stuff. Can anyone recommend any NMEA packet reader software that will work on my old Windows 98 laptop (using data through the RS-232 serial)?. Searching online I find a lot of rather expensive software that does much more than I want to do. Any sharewar

Re: [time-nuts] NMEA reader?

NEMA is ASCII, comma delimited. Basic stuff can be read with terminal emulator. Jim Mandaville wrote: I'm totally new to this semi-DIY gps stuff. Can anyone recommend any NMEA packet reader software that will work on my old Windows 98 laptop (using data through the RS-232 serial)?. Search

Re: [time-nuts] NMEA reader?

Hyper-term is free and gives a window with lat, long, time and the usual other stuff. VisualGPS (http://www.visualgps.net/) is free and provides a nice gui wrapper around above info. Jamie --- On Thu, 1/7/10, Jim Mandaville wrote: > From: Jim Mandaville > Subject: [time-nuts] NMEA reader?

Re: [time-nuts] Sparkfun

As a Tertiary Technician (if any), I resemble that remark. Bill Hawkins -Original Message- From: Mark Sims Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 4:28 PM All I can say is fill out Central Services/Ministry of Public Works Form 27B/6... _