On 6/8/2011 12:50 PM, V G wrote: > On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 5:22 AM, Tamas Rudnai wro= te: > >> Just let him try all the side roads until he finds out himself why >> everyone >> else is using the motorway ;-) >> >> > Everyone else using the "motorway" thinks they're so damn smart, but litt= le > do they know there's a traffic jam up ahead. Taking the "side roads" yiel= ds > a much more comfortable route :) I have found the general issue to be a matter of allocating my personal=20 resources. While I would like to have the knowledge, skills and funds to master the=20 top of the line tools, it is a better decision for me to find a compromise to achieve the=20 immediate goal of getting some quick, useful results. I have a few shop tools that never came off of the prototype plug boards=20 and never will. They will remain in service until a better solution=20 comes along. A common mindset will not serve commercial, academic and hobby=20 endeavors. I frequently put small projects in a pasteboard box and put=20 them in service. I have a small audio amplifier that I bought from Olson's (1960=20 something?) that I installed in the box it came in. It has been a very=20 useful tool on the bench ever since. Through the years I have made printed circuit boards with nail polish=20 and sticky labels that are still in service. I would like the=20 environment where I could do a project in ExpressPC's software and wait=20 a couple of days for my PCB to arrive, but it is not to be! I consider myself a perpetual student. Some of us are committed to the road less traveled. --=20 John Ferrell W8CCW */"Don't worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older, it will=20 avoid you." Winston Churchill /* ** --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .