25 Sep
2011
25 Sep
'11
1:07 p.m.
On Sun, 25 Sep 2011, Tony Duell wrote:
Firstly, I am suprised you couldn't solder 4 wires
onto 4 pins of a DIN
plug. When I was a lad, audio equipment often came with a few unconnected
plugs in the box, an they expected you to solder up the right
interconnecitng cables. How times change...
Why wasn't soldering a required skill in school?
It greatly expands the available pranks.
C'mon! How many hijacked the school PA system?
Secondly, I know very little about medical matters.
But I am sure that an
operation to removen ingrowing toenail is a lot simpler than a kidney
transplant (say).
I doubt that they will perfect EITHER any time soon. My toe hurts, in
spite of having surgery twice.
And however little electronics yuo know, I am sure
you
can judge which of the following 2 procedures is more complicated :
1) Cut off an existing plug, strip the cable, . . .
2) Dismantle a keyboard, trace out how it's wired (so . . .
But which is more FUN?