9 Sep
2010
9 Sep
'10
4:17 p.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-
bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Tony Duell
Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 11:18 AM
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: How to repair Tektronix 4696 inkjet and what to use for
the
Um, it was a joke. (Checking: yes, I did remember the smiley.)
I guess I'll THINK before I offer a humorous comment here again....
Or fire up the mass spectrometer you picked up on eBay (e.g.
290368922457).
... :-) =20
Err, yes... But not everybody is lucky enough to have one...
More seriosuly, there is a worrying tendency in all sorts of areas to
throw a complex solution at a problem rather than actually thinking
about
the problem. As a book I've been reading says 'There is no shortage of
information, but people don't know how to THINK anymore'. It worries
me...
And to be honest, even if I was going to tuse a mass-spec for this, I
would still try some simple tests (such aas those I suggested first),
so
I can see if the results from the complicated machine make sense