Olin Lathrop wrote: > Tom=E1s =D3 h=C9ilidhe wrote: > = >> I understand diodes completely: >> = > > Yeah, right. With that kind of attitude you'll never learn anything new. > = Here we go again with your social difficulties. Figure out what you want = to say, then figure out a way to say it. Do you not think you sound caustic when you respond with "Yeah, right. = With that kind of attitude you'll never learn anything new."? This is = why I called you a dickhead. Are you really that arrogant/stupid/delusional that you think I'll = "never learn anything new"? I learn lots everyday. Just today I learned = about step-up regulators. Do you realise that you're the *only* person I've had difficulty with on = this mailing list? Notice I haven't had a run it with Jinx, or Dennis, = or Tamas, or BJ, or Mark, or Alan, or Bob, or Byron. These people have = been polite and helpful to me, and I've been polite in return. You, on = the other hand, have just a belligerent old man. I didn't invent the diode, granted, and I'm sure you could fill a = warehouse with what I don't know about them, but I know enough to use them. Can I politely ask that you just don't respond to me in future if you = have nothing good to say. Speaking honestly, if you'd spoken to me that = derogatorily in real life then I'd just punch you in the mouth and be = done with you. You're full of venom, and it's only to your own detriment. -- = http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist