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From: SioL on 26 Sep 2006 16:08 "Joerg" <notthisjoergsch(a)removethispacbell.net> wrote in message news:7deSg.11822$Ij.9798(a)newssvr14.news.prodigy.com... > Hello Graham, > >>> >>>>>Broken web site? Try NXP. Had that "pleasure" this morning. IMHO that is >>>>>one perfect example of how not to design web sites. Will they ever learn? How do you like 'em zipped pdf files with that damn popup? Most annoying, too. SioL
From: Michael A. Terrell on 26 Sep 2006 16:19 Jim Thompson wrote: > > On Tue, 26 Sep 2006 09:20:52 -0700, "Joel Kolstad" > <JKolstad71HatesSpam(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > >"Jim Thompson" <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)My-Web-Site.com> wrote in > >message news:gq1hh2pg77gogtocmro33oi8nk6egcast6(a)4ax.com... > >> On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 21:30:28 -0400, Boris Mohar > >> Pretty much like going to Radio Shack or Ace Hardware and having some > >> punk kid tell you that whatever you want was never made ;-) > > > >I've noticed that the current generation of 20-somethings and younger seem to > >have been raised in an environment where admitting you don't know something > >isn't OK, yet just flatly claiming that something doesn't exist or can't be > >done -- without actually knowing as much -- is considered perfectly OK. > > > >It's most annoying. > > > > > > Most annoying: A cretin at Radio Shack who was trying to tell me I > needed a gold-anodized antenna to receive color TV ;-) Did you tell him that the "Gold" is simply a dye used when it was anodized? -- Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to prove it. Member of DAV #85. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida
From: Joerg on 26 Sep 2006 16:23 SioL wrote: > "Joerg" <notthisjoergsch(a)removethispacbell.net> wrote in message news:7deSg.11822$Ij.9798(a)newssvr14.news.prodigy.com... > >>Hello Graham, >> >> >>>>>>Broken web site? Try NXP. Had that "pleasure" this morning. IMHO that is >>>>>>one perfect example of how not to design web sites. Will they ever learn? > > > How do you like 'em zipped pdf files with that damn popup? Most annoying, too. > Haven't come across those. BTW, I didn't believe it was possible but web sites can be worse: Try to find a zener on Microsemi's site. Oh man... -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com
From: Haude Daniel on 26 Sep 2006 16:44 In article <b%fSg.13047$Ij.9171(a)newssvr14.news.prodigy.com>, Joerg wrote: > BTW, I didn't believe it was possible but web sites can be worse: Try to > find a zener on Microsemi's site. Oh man... Oooh yes. Try to find a dual NPN transistor on their side. It's right under "NPR Darlington transistors" -- only it takes you to the Darlingtons as well. And if you get a transistor datasheet it only has the electrical characteristics but no pin-out. For that you're referred to "Appendix A", which in itself were amazing enough if it could even be found, which it can't. It's utterly stunning. --Daniel
From: Spehro Pefhany on 26 Sep 2006 16:59
On Tue, 26 Sep 2006 20:19:28 GMT, the renowned "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote: >Jim Thompson wrote: >> >> On Tue, 26 Sep 2006 09:20:52 -0700, "Joel Kolstad" >> <JKolstad71HatesSpam(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >> >> >"Jim Thompson" <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)My-Web-Site.com> wrote in >> >message news:gq1hh2pg77gogtocmro33oi8nk6egcast6(a)4ax.com... >> >> On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 21:30:28 -0400, Boris Mohar >> >> Pretty much like going to Radio Shack or Ace Hardware and having some >> >> punk kid tell you that whatever you want was never made ;-) >> > >> >I've noticed that the current generation of 20-somethings and younger seem to >> >have been raised in an environment where admitting you don't know something >> >isn't OK, yet just flatly claiming that something doesn't exist or can't be >> >done -- without actually knowing as much -- is considered perfectly OK. >> > >> >It's most annoying. >> > >> > >> >> Most annoying: A cretin at Radio Shack who was trying to tell me I >> needed a gold-anodized antenna to receive color TV ;-) > > > Did you tell him that the "Gold" is simply a dye used when it was >anodized? Right after anodizing, usually. Then they seal with a sealer bath. Best regards, Spehro Pefhany -- "it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward" speff(a)interlog.com Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: http://www.speff.com |