Great to hear from you again, I thought you had left the list to.

Admin is a thankless task
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>You've done a good job of driving away the most active contributors
I remember James also being accused of this=20

PLEASE nobody forget that Bob's propeller clock has inspired millions of
people to use PIC's and still inspires people today
My wct 5.asm and related files were downloaded 150,000 times a month, when
16f84's were the flavour of the month.=20
Bob's clock must have been double that, I physically  helped at least 8
people build one, and am currently  helping an employee of mine to build on=
e
It's still a worthy project for a first venture into the world of
microcontrollers

> Rm  a moderator

Bob, all my heartfelt sympathy goes out to you=20


PC

-----Original Message-----
From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of
Bob Blick
Sent: 11 November 2013 16:28
To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
Subject: Re: [OT] 3D printed stainless steel gun

> Rm  a moderator is this some kind of sick joke ?
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> Peter Cousens

Hi Peter,

In a way, yes. Several years ago the Piclist was very noisy(non-PIC,
non-engineering) and I was making quite a stink about is. Russell was also
making a stink, mostly on the other side. We fought a lot. James got upset
and tired of dealing with it. His method of "solving" the problem was to
make Russell and I take his place.

So you are at least half right, I am the other part of the sick joke that i=
s
the active part of Piclist admin.

My job as admin involves fixing the day-to-day technical problems and
dealing with bounced emails and spam. And when I post to the list it's
usually to say something on the order of "shut up or you're out of here"
which sometimes works, sometimes adds fuel to the fire.

Also listed are several other admins, but they are smart and ignore the
Piclist for the most part.

There's more to it, of course, but I loved your comment so I wanted to find
an excuse to quote it back :)

It's great to see you back, Peter. It is a different Piclist now, the
elephant in the room being the Microchip forum.

Freindly regards, Bob

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