I don't usually chime in on this stuff, but...

FWIW: I strongly think Olin's comment regarding reverse engineering was;
    A: Not intended to be insulting
    B: Should not be taken as such

-- Bob Ammerman
RAm Systems

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From: "Jesse Lackey" <jsl-ml@celestialaudio.com>
To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." <piclist@mit.edu>
Sent: Monday, July 26, 2010 7:30 PM
Subject: Re: [OT] IC labels


> Olin Lathrop wrote:
>> RussellMc wrote:
>>>>> How do you guys get on?
>>>
>>>> I do by designing new stuff, not by trying to reverse engineer
>>>> others' designs.
>>>
>>> Clearly 'all you were doing was stating what you do".
>>> But
>>> That really does sound like you are intending to imply that he is a
>>> thief or something akin to one.
>>> Was that your intention?
>>
>> Geesh Russell, I guess if you try really hard you can find a way to get
>> offended by just about anything.  Give it a rest.
>>
>> This wasn't a snide comment, or trying to teach him something, or holier
>> than though, or anything else of that nature.  I was just answering his
>> question.
>>
>
> I read this thread the same way Russel did, and I see no other way to
> take Olin's comment as anything but accusatory and insulting.  And as
> with nearly all of Olin's posts that start a minor flame war, it is
> apparently because we are too easily offended, "I wasn't trying to ...
> [fill in the blank with b.s. du jour]", and that we all need a thicker=20
> skin.
>
> Olin is definitely smart enough to understand the difference between
> posting:
>
> "I do by designing new stuff, not by trying to reverse engineer
> others' designs."
>
> vs.
>
> "Do you need to do this often?  Why?"
> and then working with the OP's answer for this, instead of assuming and
> insulting.
>
> So when will Olin be kicked off PIClist for good?  How many times has it
> been?  Why does having world-class EE design skills keep giving him a
> pass on this?
>
> Jesse
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