Modern Electronics (was Re: List charter mods & headcount... ;-))

From: Joe R. <rigdonj_at_cfl.rr.com>
Date: Sat Jun 19 21:37:13 2004

At 04:37 PM 6/19/04 -0700, you wrote:
>
>> It seems to me self-evident that *someone* does
>> understand how any one of those chips works -
>> they just didn't tell the rest of us.

  It's worse than that. Most people in electronics today don't even have a
good understanding of basic components such as diodes, transistors,
capacitors etc. A good example was the guy on this list that claimed
voltage didn't matter in a power supply, only current. VERY few of the
people that I know that have Electrical Engineering degrees can even read a
color code or can identify simple parts such as a resistor from a diode. I
think it won't be long before there are a few smart people working for big
companies that will design everything and then lots and lots of parts
changers that don't know anything except how to repalce parts. I guess the
current PC market place is a perfect example of that.

   Joe
Received on Sat Jun 19 2004 - 21:37:13 BST