Well we have two religious wars going now, one about input protection
diodes, and the other about the definition of a "really obscure factoid".
This is great!

Not having wieghed in on the input diode fight, except to say "death to the
Infidels!"  I would like to weigh in on religious war #2 - the definition.

Having started this thread, I claim the right to define a "really obscure
factoid" .

DEFINITION:  Obscure Factoid: (N) a fact about PICS  which, undiscovered,
causes one to gnash one's teeth, emit gutteral growls, and bash 12C508's
against one's workbench with a hammer for hours or even days while
fruitlessly building useless circuits that won't work right.  Once
discovered,knowledge of  these facts will often cause the discoverer to emit
the word "D'Oh!" and whack his or her palm against his or her forehead.


There.  Does that clear it up any?

We're up to around 20 or 30 factoids, so far. I'll post them all when we
have run out.

-- Lawrence Lile

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