Path: ...!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-1.nntp.ord.giganews.com!nntp.supernews.com!news.supernews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2024 14:04:24 +0000 From: John Larkin Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: OT: central limit theorem Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2024 07:02:32 -0700 Organization: Highland Tech Reply-To: xx@yy.com Message-ID: <931q2jp1e2kaohfq8grais07gea1gdicqt@4ax.com> References: <662bf69c$0$8484$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <662bffdf$0$8488$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 3.1/32.783 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Lines: 53 X-Trace: sv3-GrJxodXaobPe4bwO3I0CPAFCwr2oh7/tOvAGfqKfQqZL/a7QxF5enPIdPeHYv/zQHNab58l2izfJZw1!W4AKW488akcsnTHlVdG52WHu37xZmzT967HF61KDIyKFW/5wn8TkGWEyth1UqStV0+QGZrE4SR2r!Z6nlHw== X-Complaints-To: www.supernews.com/docs/abuse.html X-DMCA-Complaints-To: www.supernews.com/docs/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 3525 On Sat, 27 Apr 2024 12:15:54 +0200, albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl wrote: >In article <662bffdf$0$8488$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com>, >bitrex wrote: >>On 4/26/2024 3:10 PM, Don Y wrote: >>> On 4/26/2024 11:46 AM, bitrex wrote: >>>> I have one of these inexpensive Ikea bookshelves for storing some of my >>>> electronics books: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> I noticed the center shelf was starting to sag a few degrees. :( The >>>> assembly manual specifies a weight limit of 33 lbs evenly distributed >>>> which seemed like an oddly specific number. So I weighed the books on >>>> the shelves, which aren't particularly well organized other than to >>>> fully fill the available space widthwise on each shelf. >>>> >>>> A random assortment of hardbacks and paperbacks, some are tall and >>>> skinny, some are short and fat. And each shelf was clocking in at 33 >>>> lbs +/- 2 lbs. >>>> >>>> So I guess a heuristic for filling these shelves is just fill 'em up >>>> then remove the heaviest book, and de-rate the center shelf by maybe >>>> 5- 10 lbs because it's unsupported by a backing. >>> >>> Smarter move is to buy all of your texts in electronic form, before you >>> end up with a shitload of dead trees! >>> >>> When I moved here (~30 yrs), I had some 80 "Xerox Paper" cartons full >>> of paperbacks -- not counting "text books".  (I read ~500pp/wk)  Take >>> a moment to think of that volume (let alone MASS!). >>> >>> I eventually scanned everything with a Perfect Binding and now fit those >>> same books on a single microSD card (in a Nook; PDFs on a 12" tablet). >> >>PDFs are a dreadful format! Maybe there's a high-end e-ink that >>processes them effectively but they look like shit on the cheaper ones >>like most of the Kindles with e-ink displays. > >PDF's are fearful. It is under control of one company, Adobe. >It is changed without notice. I regret the change away from PostScript >that at least was defined. > >Groetjes Albert I don't run any Adobe software. I run several programs that export PDFs, and a viewer/virtual printer program handles the rest. Firefox will view PDFs too. PDFs look good and are a good way to deliver manuals and such.