Olin is from Massachusetts, not Vermont. ~ Bob Ammerman RAm Systems > -----Original Message----- > From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf > Of Dwayne Reid > Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2014 2:58 PM > To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public. > Subject: Re: [OT]:: The reason for the (putative) PICList decline. >=20 > At 03:46 AM 12/9/2014, RussellMc wrote: > >" ... Russell is actually more responsible than any other single person > >for the decline of the PIClist. Look at the volume over time, particularly > >noting when Russell became a admin. ... Olin Lathrop". Elsewhere. >=20 > Olin is simply being . . . Olin. He's actually a nice person when speaking with > him in person. >=20 > I used to wonder if Olin simply suffered from what we used to call "CB Radio > Syndrome", whereupon normally mild, considerate people turned into raging > tyrants when talking on CB Radio. Now I think that Olin is very much lik= e > many of the people are around him in his state of Vermont: crusty old > codgers who are all universally extremely competent and who can't stand > young whippersnappers who can't be bothered to work things out for > themselves. >=20 > Olin takes the time to be extremely helpful when asked in the (for > him) right way. Show that you've done your homework but can't figure > something out. I used to see him bend over backwards to explain some > things. >=20 > I still have archived Olin's explanation of how Switch Mode regulators work. > He condensed an entire textbook into a few messages in such a manner that > one of the youngsters we had working here could understand it upon first > reading. >=20 > That said: Olin wasn't willing to play nice all the time. Playing nice was stated > as one of the requirements for participating on this list. He finally left, much > to my sorrow. C'est la vie. >=20 > dwayne >=20 > -- > Dwayne Reid > Trinity Electronics Systems Ltd Edmonton, AB, CANADA > (780) 489-3199 voice (780) 487-6397 fax > www.trinity-electronics.com > Custom Electronics Design and Manufacturing >=20 > -- > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .