Alexandre, I get the message, and I'll keep it in mind in the future. Thanks, DD Alexandre wrote... >Hi, Dave > >> On many hardware questions, particularly those that involve analog >> circuit design, I can often dash off a quick circuit diagram and post it >> to the PICLIST with near-total certainty that it will work exactly as >> advertised. But I won't post even the tiniest snippet of PIC code, >> without having thoroughly tested it first. >> >> Know what you know; and, more importantly, know what you don't know. > > Sorry to disagree.... Some of us on the list do not have all the time we >would like to have to answer the questions and test the suggestions. It is a >common think for people that work on our area to have long 20 hours work >days and sometimes the piclist is a pleasure that is hard to keep. I have >used some of the "crazy" ideas that appear on the list on many ocasions, >both professionaly and in my hobby ( that happens to deal with the same >things I do for food :-) ). I do not have the time to really check all the >few answers I am able to give to the list but I think some of them have >helped people on the list. > > The kind of harsh words like you used in your message are, in my opnion, >one of the reasons why we have lost some very nice people that contributed a >lot to the list in the past. I am not saying in any way that you are wrong >technically but you could have expressed that in a nicer way. We are all >here to have fun with electronics and microprocessor not to figth with each >other for so little. > > Please do not take this as personal, it is not. You have been always a >very nice people ( to most of us ) but your message really sounded much >harsher than they needed to be. > > I hope I have not missed the point because of my poor english and wish >that all list members take the time to think how much we can hurt each other >fellings and "egos" when we write our messages. This is a community and in >my opnion a very nice one and we should be more "fraternal" with each other. > >best regards, >Alexandre Guimaraes -- 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