Gerhard Fiedler wrote:
> If you mean "soviet" as in "citizen of the (ex) USSR"... this is a
> politic/geographic classification, not an ideological one.

I meant it as "soviet ideology".


> Of course not (choosing the resistor value based on faith :). But
> developing a product is much more than choosing the value of a resistor.
> The choice of which kind of product with which features to develop can IMO
> very well be influenced by beliefs and ideologies.

An engineer has no "choice of which kind of product with which
features to develop", and if he had, he would rather be called sort of
"market" guy, not an engineer. That's different profession.


> The many choices of how to exercise the profession
> usually is -- no matter whether you're an engineer or an MD.

What is "MD"?


> > That's why I'm talking that virtual professional EE world is
> > ideology-free, that is, it's different to real-life world.
>
> If it were, we wouldn't need James to make sure we don't stray from the
> permitted path :)

It is, that's why we need James to make sure we don't stray from the
permitted path when we are in [EE, PIC] world.

[OT] world of PICList is declared as politics free too for the flame
safety reasons, I believe. We can see some political discussions from
time to time here; and they always happened to flow smoothly without
flame wars.
I wouldn't say I'm happy with wasting time on politics; I'm just very
much surprised we can talk it without flame. Still, can't get it, how
James manages to maintain the intercontinental list this way. Thanks,
James.

MS.
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