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great entry!
Gert Started conversation Dec 3, 1999
All of the above is basically correct. Note 6: A Teravolt is 10 to the power 12 volts (it's a Gigavolt that's 10 to the power 9 volts). Far to much for any kind of practical application, anyway. Note 9: Piezo-electric: In this case, it's actually: supply current, squish crystal. The TINY movement of the crystal when current is supplied is what is needed to move the needle over the surface.
Oh, the surface to be viewed needs to be electrically conductive. If it isnĀ“t, I believe a thin coat of silver can be deposited.
If you really want to know how this is done in practice, you might want to look at: http://www.dfm.dtu.dk/spm/ which are the guys who are doing it here in Denmark.
great entry!
Jimi X Posted Dec 3, 1999
Hi R103369!
Odds are pretty good that The Cow doesn't know you've left a comment here. One of the flaws of the h2g2 system is that when someone leaves a comment on a user page, you won't know it until you check back and visually see it. If you'd like The Cow to respond, you may want to leave her a note on her home page that you left a comment on this entry. Hope that helps!
Thanks!
The Cow Posted Dec 8, 1999
Thanks for the info. Oh, and Jimi, you were absolutely right. I've been meaning to check these for the last month.
It's in.
The Cow Posted Dec 8, 1999
I've incorporated a lot of your information into the article. How do you go about crediting someone as a researcher?
That's easy
Jimi X Posted Dec 8, 1999
Just leave a note at the top or bottom of the entry that So-and-so contributed to the following (or above) entry, give them a link and the appropriate Sub-editor will see that and give you both credit for your entry.
- X
That's easy
The Cow Posted Dec 13, 1999
Either that or make it a GuideML tag. How about these?
<SMILEY/ FISH>
<SMILEY/ BOZO>
<SMILEY/ >
<SMILEY/ > etc,
(for this purpose)
and making the BIO display the current name in the right hand column, not just the bits between the
BTW. If they change forums back to allowing html, this is going to look real stupid.
That's easy
26199 Posted Feb 28, 2000
*grin*
Well, the sub-ed who's job it is to work out who to put as author has finally arrived... they've just introduced a new system for processing batches, though, so I'm not promising anything .
26199
That's easy
The Cow Posted Feb 29, 2000
ah, yes, I have heard about this. I wonder if they have the systems to stop people from editing their own..
That's easy
26199 Posted Feb 29, 2000
Yeah, there's a line in the sub-ed guidelines saying 'if you get an article which you wrote, send it back and we'll give it to someone else'... somewhat low-tech, but it seems to work .
That's easy
26199 Posted Mar 1, 2000
Good thing I asked about how to give credit to a particular researcher under the new system... as it turns out, the 'comments' box which I'd thought I should use isn't read if an article is accepted... I'm supposed to put it at the top of the e-mail.
Still, got that all sorted now .
26199
That's easy
The Cow Posted Mar 1, 2000
You seem busy, 26199. So what are you currently editing? I'd love to have a peep.
That's easy
26199 Posted Mar 2, 2000
Sure... my current batch comprises:
A210781: A Philosophical Question
A212383: The Idiot's Computer Dictionary
A214219: Werewolves
A214327: El Mariachi/Desperado on DVD
A215506: Worlds Chat
A218837: How to make yourself a scanning tunnelling microscope.
A218891: Time Travel
A218918: Christmas Crowds
A218963: What hamsters like
A219223: Human Being
The actual editing takes place inside a text document on my PC... my test page is only for making sure the GuideML works, or making minor changes.
I hope to finish this batch tomorrow... in fact, I'm planning on getting around one a week done from now on.
*Planning*
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