From: Jim Thompson on
On Thu, 08 Apr 2010 13:33:02 -0400, Phil Hobbs
<pcdhSpamMeSenseless(a)electrooptical.net> wrote:

>oparr(a)hotmail.com wrote:
>>> He's cagey enough about
>>> it that either (a) he thinks it's a genuine crown jewel or (b) he
>>> doesn't want to get his tailfeathers singed by bragging about a kluge.
>>
>> I haven't the faintest idea as to what my "circuit" is being likened
>> to. This thread is a followup (sort of) to an earlier thread "High
>> side current monitor with latch" in which Joerg gives me some advice
>> (albeit old school) regarding MOSFET protection.
>>
[snip]
>
>Most of the time, when somebody posts a cute circuit, people are
>properly appreciative. Apart from a few private urination contests,
>such as Jim's & John's,

John will never get over my correcting him for a really ba-a-a-ad
circuit, so he pretends that I don't exist... but this "old git" will
likely outlive him :-)

>most of us are pretty interested in circuits,
>and like it very much when somebody helps improve the SNR of the group.
> (Jim and John like circuits too, just not each other's so much.)
>
>So go ahead and post it.

This perp never will post. He's a blow-hard.

>
>The pseud will say that back where he used to work, they did it with
>germanium point-contact diodes and that that was way better. Then Jan
>will tell you that he could do it with a PIC in 30 seconds, and that
>you're nothing but a neural net, but what can you do?
>
>As the cop said to Jack Nicholson at the end of 'Chinatown', "Forget it,
>Jake--it's Usenet.'
>
>Cheers
>
>Phil Hobbs

My all-time favorite movie... though "Two Jake's" is a fairly decent
follow-on.

...Jim Thompson
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From: John Fields on
On Thu, 8 Apr 2010 08:35:46 -0700 (PDT), "oparr(a)hotmail.com"
<oparr(a)hotmail.com> wrote:

>>That's certainly true, but keeping those secrets safe usually involves
>>maintaining a low profile and not blabbing about them in public.
>
>So this is your crusade to keep a tight lid on this one?
>
>>"Loose lips sink ships", you know, so, again, what was the purpose of
>>the original post?
>
>Maybe I'm a life jacket salesman.

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More likely snake oil.

And, BTW, why are you messing with headers?

The following should be at the top, immediately preceding my post:

>On Apr 6, 10:28�pm, John Fields <jfie...(a)austininstruments.com> wrote:

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JF
From: oparr on
>I very much doubt that you have anything to worry about.

What! Me worry? We're just playing mind games with each other. I have
something some want and another set hoping and praying that I keep my
mouth shut.

>So go ahead and post it.

All out of silver platters.....Sorry!

On Apr 8, 1:33 pm, Phil Hobbs <pcdhSpamMeSensel...(a)electrooptical.net>
wrote:
>
From: oparr on
>The following should be at the top, immediately preceding my post:

Well it ain't. End of story.

On Apr 8, 4:44 pm, John Fields <jfie...(a)austininstruments.com> wrote:
>
From: Winfield Hill on
oparr(a)hotmail.com wrote...
>
> What! Me worry? We're just playing mind games with each other. I have
> something some want and another set hoping and praying that I keep my
> mouth shut.
>
>> So go ahead and post it.
>
> All out of silver platters.....Sorry!

Old car-battery lead platters, more like.


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