----- Original Message ----- From: "sergio masci" To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 11:55 AM Subject: Re: [PIC]: 10F200 General Purpose Register Addressing > > Yes there are lazy people but I have come to belive that many people that > would like to use a cheap MCU like the PIC are simply overwhelmed by how > much there is to learn. > [scrape, scrape, scrape - sounds of soapbox being moved into position] First, I changed my reply tag to OT because this thread hasn't had much to do, directly, with PICs for a long time. I am pretty much overwhelmed by how much there is to learn about... brain surgery, the legal system, that elusive MSEE, ... However, I never think to post questions to a ... group trying to get a qualified ... to tell me how to ... without doing a little research first. Is that a character flaw? I also realize there are many fields which, while they may have held interest for me at one time or another, are beyond my present educational level and, possibly, my abilities. This is why, at 60, I'm back in school and, yes, it is a lot of work and takes a lot of time. I still have a full time job, home, and family; none of which I am willing to give up. Another character flaw? I believe that part of the problem is that so few people seem to be willing to accept the concept of delayed gratification. By golly, we want it NOW, we want it to be FREE, and we don't want to put forth much effort to get it! Instant answers; instant gratification through the magic of pharmaceuticals; instant success. Oh, and failure is never your fault; it is, instead, the result of someone else's actions. The fact is, not everyone is cut out to do everything they would like to do in the time they have. In our feel-good society, we aren't supposed to tell Johnny and Sally they can't be a (name it). Heck, we might hurt their feelings. Instead, we promote them through school by lowering the standards, or turning a blind eye to cheating, until they have a piece of paper that says they are, in fact, a (...). Hey, why not? The only ones who suffer are the occasional unlucky patient, client, consumer, etc. Right? By the way, one thing that scares me is that I have had students in university electronics labs who have asked why they have to design, build, and test circuits? Also, why do they have to write lab reports and take exams? After all, in the 'real world', they only have to look this stuff up on the internet to find circuits to use and they will have techs available to put it all together and to do the testing. Hmm, I suppose I never realized it was that easy. Looks like I need an attitude adjustment. Learning this stuff is far too much like work. Richard [off soapbox now; let someone else put it away. Oops. Sorry you tripped over that, but it isn't my fault it didn't get moved. I was busy emailing Olin for the well commented code and schematic for a PIC16F84A LED flasher circuit to use for my senior project. Why hasn't he responded yet? Hurry up, this is due tomorrow, darn it!] -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist