Post by thread:[OT] parasitic turbine cowhorn refocusing

"Parasitic turbine cowhorn refocusing" No, it doesn't mean anything. It was the subject of a spam email I got today. One of those where they are obviously just putting random words together. But... It's Monday. It's a CRAPPY Monday, and for some strange reason the phrase made me laugh, so I thought I would pass it on and see if anyone else got a chuckle out of it. I googled for it and actually got 4 results, but they are just word lists. I was sort of hoping it was a little known system for tuning jet engines. The spam message was attempting to convince me that I had previously placed an order (for something that rhymes with Niagara) and had not provided a correct CC number for the order. Apparently they are looking for senile old men who can't get it up and could be made to think they had actually ordered some and had just forgotten it. Not there yet! -- James

James, On Mon, 8 Oct 2007 15:00:45 -0700, James Newton wrote: > It's Monday. It's a CRAPPY Monday, It's now Tuesday here, and it's really crappy. Grey overcast, raining that all-day-drizzle that you get from nimbostratus clouds, and that just makes you want to go back to bed! >and for some strange reason the phrase > made me laugh, so I thought I would pass it on and see if anyone else got a > chuckle out of it. Yes - thanks! >... Apparently they are looking for senile old > men who can't get it up and could be made to think they had actually ordered > some and had just forgotten it. > > Not there yet! Oh, you mean you identify only with the first half of this? <gd&r> :-))) Cheers, Howard Winter St.Albans, England

>and that just makes you want to go back to bed! mm it was nice and warm all tucked up this morning ... Just been outside through the wet to the Tektronix Roadshow that is currently doing the rounds of the country. Nearly got soaked going the 100 feet across the carpark. Went over there to see what the story was about the Agilent comparison that Mike Harrison posted pointing to >And here's Agilent's take on it... > http://demos.tm.agilent.com/6000/agilent.html > >I'm sure Agilent chose their glitch test waveforms in such a >way as to make the Tek look worse, but the general argument >about acquire time vs. processing time is hard to refute.... It seems the Agilent is just as bad when you compare apples with apples ... Wish I had an immediate need for a new scope and could get them in to demonstrate.