Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: jim whitby Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: grrrrrr Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2024 19:17:09 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 45 Message-ID: References: <5io5vi93r96fk7qf4tn7mhbvm5j3jdbvno@4ax.com> <3246vittognt7olmn3skt2c1opsrrvj8vs@4ax.com> <65f34444$0$2350502$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2024 19:17:09 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="05a0f4002b5e08e550c3ad7927d53863"; logging-data="1902569"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18HOg2yzr5iHGfYl26sO3zXeZa5kPTw7i8=" User-Agent: Pan/0.149 (Bellevue; 4c157ba git@gitlab.gnome.org:GNOME/pan.git) Cancel-Lock: sha1:BC6gHQtKt3c3OUxqln6hPXhWa5E= X-Face: 'd|=lF%bYC^5t0@gyc[dBY6e`*9=7%4L:`xOBZam#J*j/9GZh=l&xcbJyuGun(*s =?UTF-8?Q?\4oF-ng=0A?= Sylo&)70,bE_K]WwpPH'v/&uI6xq.c'l(DORW{gm,W:@N!?uVwKI?"'yY|>Jxa =?UTF-8?Q?2q=287fNM8Kd|2+2zF=0A?= m&GrR,3#7rFZ3,VhH{,=E`8N*t|raH,8{"h+g#hDE,>@PWE}xa4Mz =?UTF-8?Q?HEv&eOT#B=5Df=2C#\=28=29-=3Dw=28x=40xl=40=0A?= s%wWrtkCSH]c&ev:?m-7)(g|s#\+#h Bytes: 2841 > On 3/14/2024 11:07 AM, John Larkin wrote: >> On Thu, 14 Mar 2024 07:54:19 -0400, legg wrote: >> >>> On Wed, 13 Mar 2024 15:35:54 -0700, john larkin wrote: >>> >>>> Why do people have online data sheet files called media.pdf or >>>> mfr.pdf ? >>>> >>>> Why does TI have app notes and eval board manuals like sluubo1.pdf? >>>> >>>> Why do I have to fill out a form to see a data sheet or an online >>>> magazine? It's easier to not. >>>> >>>> Why are a lot of Digikey's datasheet links broken or useless? >>>> >>>> Why do some data sheets not even name the manufacturer? >>>> >>>> >>>> "The easiest thing in the world is not to sell'" >>>> - Melvin Goldstein >>>> >>>> >>> A lot of mfrs don't want anyone distributing their data sheets for >>> them, hence the links or altered forms. Copyright or rev/doc control >>> issues? >> >> Easy not to sell. Another grrrr is data sheets with no rev or date ID. > > They also seem to like to host them on the slowest servers imaginable > and still use FTP like it's the 90s. gopher would work better. -- Jim Whitby Well, I'm a classic ANAL RETENTIVE!! And I'm looking for a way to VICARIOUSLY experience some reason to LIVE!! ---------------------- Mageia release 9 (Official) for x86_64 6.6.18-server-1.mga9 unknown ----------------------