Questions, questions
Jul. 4th, 2022 06:59 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kengrGot a few questions... of course, now that I go to post, I can only remember a couple of them.
For the language geeks out there: any idea what the proto-IndoEuropean word for "trader" was? Or I can deal with an equally old word in any of the other major language families from the Old World.
This is for background for an *old* idea of mine
Next, for the electronics geeks: I've got one of those Binary clocks. It runs of 9VDC. The power is supplied by a wall wart. I'd like make (or buy) a circuit that'd let me put a battery backup between the wall wart and the clock.
I want something where the battery *isn't* being used until the power from the wall wart drops. This is because I've had too much experience with battery "backups" on clocks that *don't* do that, so when the power fails, the battery is dead (I'd like to have a few words with whoever designed *that* circuit, just me, him and a baseball bat.
Oh a bit of silliness. The clock I have that has a battery backup *works* has gotten a bit strange. Somehow, a year or so back, the backup got 6 minutes fast. That is, if the power goes out, when it comes back, the clock is 6 minutes fast... WTF?
ps. Also had a silly thought while re-reading something. A "forged" cuneiform tablet. Can't be considered an actual forgery because when translated, it's so very moderm text. My first thought is the lyrics of "House of the Rising Sun"
Any one have any other suggestions?
For the language geeks out there: any idea what the proto-IndoEuropean word for "trader" was? Or I can deal with an equally old word in any of the other major language families from the Old World.
This is for background for an *old* idea of mine
Next, for the electronics geeks: I've got one of those Binary clocks. It runs of 9VDC. The power is supplied by a wall wart. I'd like make (or buy) a circuit that'd let me put a battery backup between the wall wart and the clock.
I want something where the battery *isn't* being used until the power from the wall wart drops. This is because I've had too much experience with battery "backups" on clocks that *don't* do that, so when the power fails, the battery is dead (I'd like to have a few words with whoever designed *that* circuit, just me, him and a baseball bat.
Oh a bit of silliness. The clock I have that has a battery backup *works* has gotten a bit strange. Somehow, a year or so back, the backup got 6 minutes fast. That is, if the power goes out, when it comes back, the clock is 6 minutes fast... WTF?
ps. Also had a silly thought while re-reading something. A "forged" cuneiform tablet. Can't be considered an actual forgery because when translated, it's so very moderm text. My first thought is the lyrics of "House of the Rising Sun"
Any one have any other suggestions?
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Date: 2022-07-04 09:02 pm (UTC)There are 10 types of people in the world. Those who understand binary, and those who don't. Sorry, nothing helpful in response to your questions.
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Date: 2022-07-04 09:49 pm (UTC)This might be of use to you on that first one. If I understand how the language works, the word you are looking for is; derwi(e/a) depending on gender.
Regarding the clock. You need something like this
As for the 'forged' cuneiform tablet.. how about the lyrics to "I am the Walrus" by the Beatles. as that has actually been used in a fake linear A tablet before.
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Date: 2022-07-04 11:48 pm (UTC)See, *transliterating something into a foreign alphabet is one thing. But translating something into the language and then writing it in the proper alphabet is another.
The transliteration would be spotted almost immediately the translation would take a while to sink in.<eg>
And thanks for the pointer to the 9v ups. A bit of overkill for the job, but useful anyway!
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Date: 2022-07-05 02:06 pm (UTC)