> > >After all this talk to date on extending bulb life, etc., one simply
has
> to
> > >ask:
> > >
> > >        "How many PIC'engineers does it take to change a light bulb?"
> >
> > I get 74:
> >
> > 4 to argue that the light doesn't need to be changed
> > 17 to investigate alternative LED and CF technologies
> > 2 to complain about existing CF lamps
> > 4 to go buy diodes and resistors to put in series
> > 7 to make provocative political statements
> > 3 to write PIC assembler code to ramp the light up
> > 1 to write another version in C
> > 2 to design the hardware and actually change the lamp
> > 34 to try to reduce the assembler code by one instruction as a
'challenge'
> >
> > Oh, and additional 3 P.E.s to argue that many of the other people are
> > not really engineers at all and one more to complain that the count is
> off.
>
> Don't forget the 6 who try to unsubscribble.
>
> Ask Dmitry, he'll say 12.
>
And because it's that time of the year an individual who calls himself X
with an Email Address of 8-)@NotAnISP.net who demands a full and detailed
write-up of the whole project.

Chris Carr

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