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From: John Woodgate on 6 Aug 2006 13:29 In message <44D61C3B.487F22DF(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com>, dated Sun, 6 Aug 2006, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> writes > > >John Woodgate wrote: > >> In message <gg3cd21bs2725tmd1lfr9p38t2t2932jm6(a)4ax.com>, dated Sun, 6 >> Aug 2006, John Larkin <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> >> writes >> >And that consists of deciding things and doing things, not just sitting >> >on the sidelines and bitching. >> >> Unfortunately, the EU is an institution dedicated to not deciding and >> not acting, and entirely devoted to sitting on the sidelines and >> bitching. > >It seems to able to decide and act on some daft things though. > >You've missed much of the past fun we've had recently with RoHS and WEEE. > Who, me? I haven't missed any of it. Both are ridiculous fiascos; RoHS because the environmentalists had a free hand, due to industry apathy, the research behind the banning of lead in solder is refuted and in any case is irrelevant, also lead-free solder is causing a sharp drop in reliability of electronic equipment, and WEEE because it was set up without any serious investigation of what infrastructure was needed to implement it, and how much it would cost. -- OOO - Own Opinions Only. Try www.jmwa.demon.co.uk and www.isce.org.uk 2006 is YMMVI- Your mileage may vary immensely. John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex UK
From: Eeyore on 6 Aug 2006 13:38 Ken Smith wrote: > In article <692cd2d2kkjj8ker7nqnn8ui027bi4q56m(a)4ax.com>, > John Fields <jfields(a)austininstruments.com> wrote: > >On Sun, 06 Aug 2006 09:20:02 +0100, Eeyore > ><rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> wrote: > > > >>The money has to come from *somewhere* ! It doesn't grow on trees. > >--- > >Of course it does. > > > >Let's say that I build a house, that it costs me $100,000, and that > >I sell it for $200,000. > > > >Where do you think that $100,000 that I _made_ comes from? > > It comes from the pocket of the one buying the house. :) > > You have done something that has created wealth with the $100K it cost you > to build the house. The economy has just grown as a result. In the UK it simply means that house purchase has become beyond the means of many who would once have been able to afford to buy. Round here, house purchase is no longer possible on anything other than a very serious income. Graham
From: Phat Bytestard on 6 Aug 2006 13:40 On Sun, 06 Aug 2006 16:06:56 +0100, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> Gave us: >Overall it seems that the price under Saddam was less than the price under the >coalition. You come up with great retarded one liners all the time. Keep up the good work. We all now know just how little in touch with reality you truly are.
From: Dirk Bruere at NeoPax on 6 Aug 2006 13:45 John Fields wrote: > On Sat, 05 Aug 2006 21:30:30 +0100, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax > <dirk.bruere(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> John Fields wrote: >>> On Fri, 04 Aug 2006 23:44:59 +0100, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax >>> <dirk.bruere(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> So, you're soft on Islamic terrorism... >>> --- >>> I'm not soft on _any_ brand of terrorism, as you should be well >>> aware of by now, but it seems to me that that's not really what >>> matters to you, what you're interested in doping is needling me. >>> Why is that? >>> >> Because I smell hypocrisy in your vicinity. > > --- > A dog smells his own first... I'm not the one claiming that the best way to spread democracy is to support tyranny. Dirk
From: John Fields on 6 Aug 2006 13:45
On Sun, 6 Aug 2006 14:26:40 +0200, "Frank Bemelman" <f.bemelmanq(a)xs4all.invalid.nl> wrote: >"John Fields" <jfields(a)austininstruments.com> schreef in bericht >> --- >> There was no agreement there, I was merely commenting on your >> questionable arithmetic. > >That comment didn't set much straight then. --- OK -- John Fields Professional Circuit Designer |