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Apropo your sig.
It predates Adams.  I remember being told in my first job in 1969 that
designs must be more than foolproof.  They must be bloody fool proof.
And that it wasn't good enough for a design to be merely good enough/.
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*Sent from my etch-a-sketch*


On Thu, 24 Dec 2020 at 13:24, Josh Koffman <joshybear@gmail.com> wrote:

> Merry Christmas Russell - According to my Geochron Santa was recently
> over your house!
>
> https://imgur.com/vummWZd
>
> Josh
> --
> A common mistake that people make when trying to design something
> completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete
> fools.
>         -Douglas Adams
>
> On Thu, Dec 24, 2020 at 8:07 AM RussellMc <apptechnz@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Wishing you all a blessed Christmas from the edge of the empire and the
> > beginning of each new day*.
> >
> > It will be Christmas day somewhere on earth for the next 48 hours (49
> > total, 1 already past) - make the most of it.
> >
> >
> > Russell McMahon
> >
> > * That's New Zealand in case it's not apparent :-).
> > _______________________________
> > A prior Stack Exchange post of mine - even Olin tolerated it: Here
> > https://electronics.stackexchange.com/q/473120/3288
> >
> > &
> >
> > Here https://electronics.stackexchange.com/q/207750/3288
> > Asked 1 year ago
> > Active today
> > <
> https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/473120/whats-this-noise?l=
astactivity
> >
> > Viewed 458 times
> > 7
> > <https://electronics.stackexchange.com/posts/473120/timeline>1
> > <https://electronics.stackexchange.com/admin/posts/473120/show-flags>
> >
> > As in other years at precisely this time I'm experiencing an effect
> > somewhat like GSM frame-rate audio breakthrough in my auditory systems =
-
> > completely different frequencies but equally wideband. I've noticed it
> > occasionally in the past - always at this precise time of year.
> >
> > Sounds hard to describe but perhaps something like a tinkling of small
> > bells, a scraping of hooves (perhaps akin to those of Rangifer tarandus=
 )
> > And perhaps a distant, deep and resonant 'Ho ho ho'?
> >
> > If anyone has any comments then adding them to this possibly similar
> > question <https://electronics.stackexchange.com/q/207750/3288> may be
> > appropriate -
> >
> > Regardless - merry Christmas - online on earth for the next 49 hours
> > starting in New Zealand in 3 minutes time.
> >
> > Updated: 2020 - same time of year. It's back again!
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