Modern Electronics (was Re: List charter mods & headcount... ; -))

Me too. Who nowadays can knap a stone knife? hunt and kill game with no weapon but a spear? make a bow, and arrows to go with it? make a fire with a wood drill, or even flint and steel? Or if you want skills less thoroughly lost, who can harness a yoke of oxen for plowing? forge a plow? forge a sword? Or even less so, who can ride a horse? do arithmetic on an abacus? use the English subjunctive correctly? ...design vacuum-tube circuits? John W. Campbell put it well in _Forgetfulness_. Does it matter? It better not, because knowledge _will_ be lost. Perhaps ask instead "Which knowledge can we afford to lose?".... /~\ The ASCII der Mouse \ / Ribbon Campaign X Against HTML mouse(a)rodents.montreal.qc.ca / \ Email! 7D C8 61 52 5D E7 2D 39 4E F1 31 3E E8 B3 27 4B