source= http://www.piclist.com/postbot.asp?id=piclist\2002\03\14\025434a "We'll all be gone in 100 years, so will PICs. Eventually everything will and there'll be no one to remember anything in a universe that doesn't exist" This is exactly the point of my web sites: http://techref.massmind.org/techref/idea/websites.htm Writing code and being published on the web or in a computer is the closest thing to immortality that I can find right now. It beats pushing your kids to be more than you were... ...getting code (or PCB layouts) published WILL last for years and years. The wisdom of the ages is making its way on the internet in many places http://www.gutenberg.net/ http://www.bartleby.com/ http://www.ipl.org/ I still read my old 1970s and 80s Byte Magazines and I've learned a LOT from them. If you think PICs will not be around in 100 years, you should look at this: http://antiqueradio.org/lit.htm http://djvu.research.att.com/links/ Electronics and algorithms will still apply. Are the electrons going to reverse direction someday? Will we do away with the need to divide numbers using a small amount of computing power? You will die, and your designs will still be useful, if only as inspiration to others, many years later IF YOU PUBLISH. Money? what is money? Money is for olimex to contribute to help you make your design a reality without costing you. Money is so I can feed my family. I have enough of that (almost ). Now, I want to make a difference. --- James Newton: PICList.com webmaster, former Admin #3 mailto:jamesnewton@piclist.com 1-619-652-0593 phone http://www.piclist.com/member/JMN-EFP-786 PIC/PICList FAQ: http://www.piclist.com -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics