From: bill.sloman@ieee.org   
      
   On 24/12/2025 3:39 am, john larkin wrote:   
   > On Tue, 23 Dec 2025 15:23:59 GMT, Jan Panteltje    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >>> Bill Sloman wrote:   
   >>>> On 23/12/2025 4:18 pm, Jan Panteltje wrote:   
   >>>>> john larkin wrote:   
      
      
      
   > Bill doesn't need an oscillosope. Whatever I say, he just takes the   
   > opposite position. Beats thinking or soldering or dangerous things   
   > like that.   
      
   John Larkin does like to think that world revolves around him.   
   He doesn't do much thinking, because he isn't good at it. I've spent   
   most of my life soldering and looking at oscilloscopes and thinking   
   about the results, and I'd take it up again if anybody was willing to   
   pay me to do it.   
      
   >>>> And their 'design' is not suitable for high voltage outputs.   
   >>>   
   >>> Obviously. It isn't claimed to be.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> And FYI repairing stuff, from many manufacturer, gives you a lot more   
   experience than   
   >> reading papers.   
      
   What counts is knowledge rather than undigested experience.   
      
   > Breadboarding with new parts, and measuring things, is educational   
   > too. Data sheets seem to keep getting worse.   
      
   Or John Lakin's capacity to extract information from data sheets - never   
   great - is declining as senile dementia kicks in.   
      
   --   
   Bill Sloman, Sydney   
      
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