M. Adam Davis wrote:
> It's good to have newcomers in a field which has so many "that's just
> how it's always been" methods and means.
>
> New blood helps us look at ourselves critically.

Yes that's fine, but the newcomer shouldn't come barrelling in declaring the
current system stupid before understanding why it is the way it is.
Sometimes the old way is no longer reasonable because the world changed
around it, but most of the time, especially in a competetive industry there
is good reason things are the way they are.  If you think something is
stupid, your first assumption should be that it only appears stupid because
you don't understand all the tradeoffs.  The right approach is to ask why it
is the way it is, not arrogantly complaining it is stupid before getting all
the facts.

Whether thru hole resistors should be labled with color rings or some other
method doesn't matter anyway.  Since thru hole resistors are obsolete, I
doubt there are new machines being designed to make them.  This means these
resistors will be made on the existing machines which use the existing color
code method, whether that is the best method for today or not.


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