them to Don't. They're here to make the college money, not to get ahead in the real world. This is already starting to bite back, and will get worse. results in me. But, why? Most of them will be getting a job in which they either follow flowcharts, or in which they figure out the prettiest way to put U1-49 on a PCB and attach a 6-pin connector to pins 1-6 of each U. If the world is unlucky enough to have one at a real circuit without a manual, the few comptetent engineers will find a way to make this guy's function unnecessary. At the end, of course, this raises unemployment and decreases skill. It's clear a crisis will occur <100y 'computer' The thing that annoys me terribly is that people think they can do 'interesting' things on a computer, like web pages, and graphics, and so forth. IMHO, an artist should play with Photoshop and POVRay, while a person interested in computers should learn assembly. It's not mutually exclusive, of course, but I think there are too many people who could contribute a lot to technical stuff, while they sit lazily clicking away at the canvas. learnt Here's something I read in a ham radio book: "There are two ways to prepare for any test. One way is to study to learn the material, and the other is to pass the test. I suggest you study to pass the test" He was, of course, talking about the Amateur Radio certification test. Clearly, this book was made not for people interested in radio, but those who want to send messages about their private life all over the universe. to fix way made official disk. principles necessary. breaks, your With a car, it's not that bad. You could order replacement chips sometimes, or you could try bypassing the messed-up function. electronics at The thing is, the documents often don't exist. My father once worked for a HV PSU manufacturing firm, where the blueprints were just barely enough to manufacture the device. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com