Jinx, it looks as if someone is troling with nthis sybject.

Derward


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jinx" <joecolquitt@clear.net.nz>
To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." <piclist@mit.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 9:11 PM
Subject: Re: [EE] Why are individual resistors so damn big?!


>> Really? I thought it was brought in to ostracise colour-blind people
> 
> Based on what evidence ? That is just a ridiculous thing to say
> 
>> Ah yes I've known the colours off by heart for a few years now, I
>> instinctively look for a "red red brown" when I'm playing around
>> with LED's
> 
> So what's the beef if you know the colour code ?
> 
>> You say they can be read from any angle, but I bet you I can
>> read "220 ohms" backwards and upside down handier than I
>> can read a colour-band
> 
> They print values on diodes too, but you try reading those when
> they're installed. And just how small will the writing be on a 1/8W
> or 1/16W resistor ? Small enough to complain about that too ? It
> makes sense for the commonest component to be the easiest to
> read by the majority of people
> 
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