The EE and TECH division are not clear, at least to me. I suggest a long list, 
based on the topic headings recently  written (generalized a little perhaps) 
over the last few months and post an example list. Since this topic division 
obsession tends to create near-online-violence at times, I fear posting unless 
there are concrete examples. My Venn diagram of tech and EE overlap quite a bit.

Specifically, what EE topics are TECH and what PC topics go where? Software? 
CAD software Q's? Backup software Q's? Engineering software suggestions? 
Writing software vs using software? USB design? USB software? USB usage? You 
get the idea...


Dan Smith wrote:
> I'd like to welcome Bob Blick and Russell to the admin team as list
> moderators :-)
> 
> We've set up another topic tag called [TECH] which Russell has agreed
> to police (along with [OT]).  Bob will be helping to police the [PIC]
> and [EE] tags.  This will allow us to refocus some of the other tags.
> 
> ** Please note that if you want to receive [TECH] posts and you don't
> receive the daily digest version of the Piclist, you will have to
> visit <http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist> and opt in. **
> 
> The new topic definitions effective immediately are:
> 
> [PIC]
> Should be at the start of the subject line for most postings to the
> PICList. This says that a PIC microcontroller (or clone) is directly
> involved, connected or the entire subject of the post. Any person who
> works with PICs would want to read it...
> 
> [SX]
> Items specific to the Scenix SX microcontrollers
> 
> [AVR]
> Items specific to the Atmel AVR microcontrollers
> 
> [ARM]
> Items specific to ARM microcontrollers
> 
> [EE]
> The doing of Electrical/Electronic Engineering that you can do
> yourself. Power stations go into TECH unless it's a power station that
> you can build. So too eg Magnetohydrodynamics etc. Windmill
> alternators and related systems and alternate energy at the doing
> level go into EE. Windfarms into TECH. etc
> 
> [TECH]
> About technology, Engineering other than EE, science hard stuff. NOT
> the philosophy of science in any depth. New discoveries in QM,
> cosmology etc are fine. Almost anything that gets a long thread that
> diverges can probably evolve into OT once people know it exists. Those
> who care can follow it. eg Global Warming is TECH at the latest
> discoveries level but not discussions of "An inconvenient truth" or
> "The great global warming swindle" etc. This may rate an occasional
> mention in TECH but long ramblings can go to OT.
> 
> [BUY]
> People looking for parts, equipment, or consultants will use this topic.
> 
> [AD]
> This is for advertisements of a commercial product or service. Don't
> spam, do post [AD]!
> 
> [OT]
> This label is for posts that are completely off the topic of
> engineering/technology. The only things we don't ever want to see are
> religious/metaphysical, sex, hate, or political messages.
> 
> Hopefully, these definitions are pretty clear, but if you have any
> questions please ask away and the admin team will do our best to
> answer :-)
> 
> Dan
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