About Anything ? <):>O > On Sep 5, 2016, at 10:29 PM, John Gardner wrote: >=20 > ...let's save time and assume I'm right... >=20 > About what? ... :) >=20 > On 9/5/16, stephen.forrest@agilent.com wrot= e: >> A colleague has a (red) t-shirt that says: >>=20 >> I am an engineer - >> let's save time and >> assume I'm right >>=20 >> The thing is he usually is. (We usually are??) >>=20 >> I told a social group of this and a wife of another engineer nodded >> vigorously. >> http://dilbert.com/strip/2003-02-02 >>=20 >> ;o) >> Stephen >>=20 >>=20 >> -----Original Message----- >> From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf= Of >> James Cameron >> Sent: Tuesday, 6 September 2016 9:19 AM >> To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public. >> Subject: Re: [EE] TL499A not starting, needs transients? >>=20 >>=20 >>> Does that sound arrogant? >>> It certainly does to me !!! :-). >>> In this case I'm confident enough [tm] that it's right to risk the >>> unusual* just for fun. >>>=20 >>> ie the scope traces show the FB pin being driven at voltages which are >>> utterly improper in a correctly functioning circuit. The op-amp is >>> essentially passing its power supply rail through to its output. Once >>> it's working as an opamp the Vout will fall to about 1.25V regardless >>> of Vsupply. >>=20 >> Verified, thanks. >>=20 >>> Russell >>>=20 >>> * The risk is acting in a way which seems to me to sound arrogant. >>> I'm told by a surprising (to me) number of people that I come across >>> as / am arrogant in many cases. >>> I suspect that it may be more oblivious / differently perspectivised / >>> ... >>> in many such cases, but, what would I know? :-) >>=20 >> Yes, an engineers' social disease. I get it too. A formative experienc= e >> when 20 years old; being lectured by a manager on attitude, convinced me= to >> adjust my communication style toward social lying. >> "It's a nice day!" >>=20 >> Might be worth an [OT] tag discussion ... how is an engineer to cope? >>=20 >> -- >> James Cameron >> http://quozl.netrek.org/ >> -- >> http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/ch= ange >> your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/picli= st >>=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 > --=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 .