LOL!!!! Oh my God, that is the funniest thing I've read all month!!! Only Ivan could come up with that!!! Bravo!!!!!
> -----Original Message----- > From: Bagotronix Tech Support [mailto:techsupport@;bagotronix.com] > Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 11:25 AM > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: Re: [PEDA] OT: Troubleshooting. > > > > An intelligent civilized human would try and understand why > criminals > > are criminals and fix that problem. > > Alfonso: > > You can see my cranium on display at the Smithsonian Museum > of Anthropology in the Neanderthal section. In spite of my > primitive lineage, I walk upright, know how to make fire (by > pushing the "light" button on my gas grill), make tools, > speak a primitive language known as "geek" (80% of the words > are acronyms), and am even capable of designing electronic > circuits that actually work! ;-) > > Your analogy about the fuse is faulty. People are not > electronic components. If people were electronic components, > here is how crime would > transpire: > > 1) A component shorts out (i.e. a transistor). The > transistor is now a criminal. If he is a small-time > criminal, he is in a SOT-23 case. If he is a big-time > criminal, he is in a TO-220 or TO-3 case. > > 2) The criminal transistor moves around to other components > on the board, killing them and stealing their color bands, > enamel, or epoxy encapsulation. That's like stealing the > shirt off a person's back. > > 3) The criminal transistor is chased around the PCB by red > and blue flashing LEDs and piezo buzzers. If the transistor > comes to the end of a PCB trace, he jumps over to an adjacent > one and the pursuit continues. Occasionaly, the transistor > jumps to another PCB, which is analogous to escaping the country. > > 4) Once the criminal transistor is caught, he is put into > protective custody (anti-static foam) until a trial begins. > > 5) The trial is presided over by a microprocessor as judge. > The jury consists of various components of all types, but > most are low-quality rejects, because the defense bins the > jurors and tosses out the high-quality ones. > > 6) The prosection is a dual comparator configured as window > comparator, to show how the accused actions are outside the > range of what is legally acceptable. > > 7) The defense is random noise generator followed by a high > gain stage, which attempts to drive the jurors into > saturation with random noise. > > 8) The jury suffers latch-up, and cannot arrive at a guilty > verdict. Sometimes, the microprocessor judge may obtain some > operating current through the input protection diodes on his > I/O pin that interfaces with the defense. This is known as a > bribe. Unfortunately, the watchdog does not reset the judge, > because the watchdog was not enabled. > > 9) Unable to be convicted, the criminal transistor is freed. > Some time later, he strikes again and the cycle repeats. > > Best regards, > Ivan Baggett > Bagotronix Inc. > website: www.bagotronix.com > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alfonso Baz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 11:51 AM > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Top Notch Talent for Troubleshooting. > > > > I didn't join this forum to hear some dumb ass yank rave on about > > guns!! > > > > The wild west is well and truly over cowboy... > > > > Jeez any wonder bush is turning the world upside down, with > citizens > > and attitudes like this we'll never have a peaceful worldwide > > community. An intelligent civilized human would try and > understand why > > criminals are criminals and fix that problem. > > > > If a 2A fuse blows you don't stick a 10A fuse in to fix the > problem, > > you find what's causing the excess load and fix that!! > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Bagotronix Tech Support" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Saturday, October 19, 2002 12:09 AM > > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Top Notch Talent for Troubleshooting. > > > > > > > > >Baseball bats are also sometimes used as weapons, if you don't > > > > >have a > > gun > > > > handy (yes, in the U.S. you can still > > > > >own guns, thank God!). > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ivan, I am sure the people especially in the Washington > area are > > > > very pleased about this fact at the moment. > > > > > > I don't know if it's still the case, but not long ago it > was illegal > > > to > > own > > > a gun in the Washington DC area. This is in spite of the > fact that > > > the > > Bill > > > of Rights enumerates the right to keep and bear arms. And during > > > that > > time, > > > the Washington DC murder and crime rate was among the > worst in the > > > U.S. > > If > > > gun ownership is still illegal in the Washington area, > that didn't > > > stop > > the > > > sniper, did it? > > > > > > Criminals will always have guns. Criminals don't worry about > > > whether or > > not > > > they are breaking a particular gun control law, or any > law for that > > matter. > > > That's why they are called criminals. ;-) > > > > > > Private ownership of guns has a certain deterrence factor. If a > criminal > > > thinks you might have a gun, he will be less likely to > commit an act > > > of violence against you. If you have a gun, and the criminal is > > > crazy > enough > > > to attack you anyway, you can shoot him. Then he will be dead, > > > commit > no > > > more acts of violence, and justice will have been better > served than > > > by > > any > > > court system and prison sentence. > > > > > > That said, before you start a Protel session, put away > your guns... > > > > > > Best regards, > > > Ivan Baggett > > > Bagotronix Inc. > > > website: www.bagotronix.com > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 3:37 AM > > > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Top Notch Talent for Troubleshooting. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Baseball bats are also sometimes used as weapons, if you don't > > > > >have a > > gun > > > > handy (yes, in the U.S. you can still > > > > >own guns, thank God!). > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ivan, I am sure the people especially in the Washington > area are > > > > very pleased about this fact at the moment. > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > Gisbert > > > > > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:proteledaforum@;techservinc.com * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:ForumAdministrator@;TechServInc.com * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/proteledaforum@;techservinc.com * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
