ScoMo Soldering - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: May 11, 2022, 06:38:06 am
content: I'll have to take it as a grudging win for electronics.Are there any other pics of world leaders soldering?For those who don't know, ScoMo is Scott Morrison, our Australian Prime Minister

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: May 11, 2022, 06:41:55 am
content: His soldering skills are better than his welding skills.https://junkee.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/FL_HO-XVEAELKqU-11.jpg

author: SL4P
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 11, 2022, 10:28:32 pm
content: Well, at least he’s holding the right end of the iron…His competition wouldn’t touch the iron at all, because he isn’t a member of the union!

author: Muttley Snickers
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: May 11, 2022, 10:41:03 pm
content: It's not his job.

author: Kerlin
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: May 11, 2022, 10:41:38 pm
content: The media people who follow him around say he never talks to real people only does stunts like this.

author: SmallCog
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 11, 2022, 11:34:26 pm
content: Without going into politics, I had a giggle at them covering up this sign before he was photographed next to ithttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10753031/Australia-Election-2022-Extraordinary-moment-worker-covers-sign-Scott-Morrison.htmlFor those from other countries, in Australia it's generally considered rude to talk about who you will/should vote for and celebrity endorsements are almost unheard of, but politicians are well and truly fair game for being laughed at and the butt of jokes.

author: Circlotron
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 11, 2022, 11:58:05 pm
content: Our politicians are "the suppository of all wisdom".https://youtu.be/oep_DPDy6xw?t=26

author: Someone
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 12, 2022, 12:35:22 am
content: Source of the photo? PM's instagram? (dunno, requires login)The image of the PM has been heavily curated to the exclusion of independent press:https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/nov/25/daggy-dad-or-propaganda-the-medias-growing-use-of-official-scott-morrison-picturesQuote from: The Guardian

author: twospoons
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 12, 2022, 09:48:08 pm
content: No flux smoke - is the iron turned on?I've been the model for a tech photo like this.CAMERA GUY : " Whats that thing?"ME : " An oscilloscope"CAMERA GUY : "Can you make it do something?"ME : * connects probe to calibration terminal on scope *CAMERA GUY : "Cool!"

author: Kerlin
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: May 12, 2022, 10:58:36 pm
content: I like him, he shut down all Electronics R&D and manufacturing and continued the dumbing down of education.Leaving the country without Electronics specialists. Now there is only untrained capacitor changers available to employers.Makes it dead easy for me to continually move around between jobs of my current choice, at the pay I ask for.Really, really enjoying it. Thanks heaps matey.

author: Whales
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 12, 2022, 11:24:21 pm
content: Other than an article claiming a politician is asking to hold people's hands "using a soldering iron" the best I could find is this:https://mullard.org/blogs/news/donald-has-now-gone-bye-bye-but-how-about-a-presidential-soldering-iron-that-trumps-a-wellerEDIT: 240 watts?!?! That explains why it gets "red hot" and "lively". Awesome.

author: Halcyon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: May 12, 2022, 11:34:58 pm
content: Quote from: Shock on May 12, 2022, 06:11:38 pmIf it were built properly, we wouldn't have these issues. Fibre connections don't need solder joints.

author: vk6zgo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 13, 2022, 01:50:49 am
content: Quote from: Kerlin on May 12, 2022, 10:58:36 pmIn fairness to Scotty, the "dumbing down" thing was well under way before his time.Govts from both sides got suckered into the "ask Industry what they want"slogan.This might have worked when Industries were run by old scary buggers who knew what their company did, & had the solder burn scars to prove it, but in the modern era, the Boss is a non-technical MBA, with a deep suspicion of "technical types", who just reads the specification for a job, without any deeper understanding.The result is a lot of "monkey see, monkey do" minimally trained drones.

author: vk6zgo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 13, 2022, 01:53:51 am
content: Quote from: Whales on May 12, 2022, 11:24:21 pmIf some sharpie had found a pile of old stock irons of that brand, he could have made a killing.Don would probably sue, though!

author: AndyBeez
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 17, 2022, 03:05:01 pm
content: I too was pondering how the solder smoke was not trailing into his face? Is he so negatively charged that not even smoke particles can approach?Observing the thermal mass of that choke, it would have required more than a few seconds/minutes/days to heat the pad to melting point with such a weedy tip. Maybe the spin doctors wanted to avoid metaphors about holding a smoking hot iron? Even so, it's nice to see the political class learning shop skills 101. Just in case they need to work for a real slave wage.I must say, that photo-op is rather reminiscent of an article illustration from a vintage 70's electronics magazine. The one where 'dad' and 'son' assemble a model railroad speed controller, whilst mum looks on adoringly.

author: vk6zgo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 18, 2022, 12:18:23 am
content: Maybe they got a bit scared after Scomo drew an arc with the "stick welder", while not wearing protective gear."What did you do at work today Dad?""Nothing much ---blinded the Prime Minister....."Now they make certain to turn off the power before he touches anything.That said, someone must have coached him on how to hold the iron.

author: BradC
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 18, 2022, 12:57:50 pm
content: Quote from: vk6zgo on May 18, 2022, 12:18:23 amBetter that than a hose I suppose. I can't wait for Sunday when this 4 yearly farce is over.Still, the only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.

author: VK3DRB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 18, 2022, 01:21:32 pm
content: Tony Abbott not long ago boasted he didn't know how to use a laptop computer. Helen Coonan (once the Minister for Telecommunications) clearly did not know what bandwidth was. This bloke Morrison wouldn't know one end of a screw driver to the other, let alone a soldering iron.They are best left to what they are skilled at... spin and.

author: AndyBeez
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 18, 2022, 08:12:43 pm
content: Quote from: EEVblog on May 11, 2022, 06:38:06 amAlmost.At least Bojo the British PM looks like he could do soldering - if he wasn't so allergic to self discipline.[ btw he's at a school learning how to draw - another edukation photo op]

author: Circlotron
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 18, 2022, 10:17:14 pm
content: On the way to work the other day I saw this likely candidate amongst the rabble.

author: vk6zgo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 19, 2022, 12:44:15 am
content: Quote from: VK3DRB on May 18, 2022, 01:21:32 pmMost "computer" people don't know what bandwidth means either----they have stolen a perfectly good technical term & used it to mean something completely different.Bandwidth means, & always will, occupied frequency spectra of a signal, channel or device.See--when they steal the term "bandwidth", it makes a simple definition into a linguistic monstrosity!!un-

author: vk6zgo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 19, 2022, 12:46:06 am
content: Quote from: BradC on May 18, 2022, 12:57:50 pmBrad, Federal Elections are every 3 years----it just feels longer!

author: BradC
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 19, 2022, 01:52:19 am
content: Quote from: vk6zgo on May 19, 2022, 12:46:06 amSee! That’s how much attention I pay. And, yes it really does.

author: VK3DRB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 19, 2022, 01:50:12 pm
content: Quote from: vk6zgo on May 19, 2022, 12:44:15 amThe word "gay" was stolen by a minority and made mainstream. So was the word "hacker" hijacked - by the non-technical media. I am a hacker. Been one for over 45 years. Still doing hacking. Cops should be here any minute now. As the brilliant David Astle will say, the English language is fluid.But I see your point on bandwidth. More precise terms are data rate, baud rate or throughput. Coonan said on two separate occasions on the ABC TV, something very much like "City people get 10 megabits and country people get one megabit."The average 12 year old knows more about technology than she did. Proof that she was technically clueless. Too many lawyers and no engineers in parliament.

author: Kerlin
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: May 20, 2022, 10:46:38 pm
content: I saw that workshop on youtube.Its also the one where a Kim Jung-un impersonator attended the media event.To me it clearly shows how the Australian electronics industry is. I think this is all he could find that looked high tech, but isn't.Not even any fake CRO pictures any more only soldering tools.All the work benches shown where assembly stations only, no test gear no technology. That's all that is waiting for the current generation of electronics people.This is the real state of electronics in Australia, as shown on that tube, assemblers and non academically trained "capacitor changers", as I call them.He was also in the media for having accidentally crash tackled a ten year old kid at an underage football match, another photo opportunity with non voters.After having been very effectively blasted by a pensioner in front of the media, now these stunts are his way only of hiding from the public.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: May 24, 2022, 11:45:37 pm
content: Actual video of him soldering!https://www.news.com.au/national/politics/pm-scott-morrison-works-on-a-motherboard/video/ab409f904e2381b19329eded6b7539d7

author: vk6zgo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 25, 2022, 01:33:29 am
content: Quote from: EEVblog on May 24, 2022, 11:45:37 pmMaybe Scomo can get a job in Electronic assembly at one of those places----I hear he is out of a job!

author: Someone
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 25, 2022, 03:24:48 am
content: Quote from: vk6zgo on May 25, 2022, 01:33:29 am^^^ this person votes!Scott Morrison contested his seat at the election and won it, himself choosing to return to the monkey house/circus that is the lower house of federal parliament. Very much still in the job.

author: vk6zgo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 25, 2022, 09:12:49 am
content: Quote from: Someone on May 25, 2022, 03:24:48 amYes, you are right, but it is fairly common in recent times for ex-PMs to "pull the plug" after a "decent interval".I assumed he would do the same, but as you point out, if his electorate is happy with him, so why not stay?