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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Bill Sloman Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: OT: sound speed depends on frequency on mars Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2024 15:48:32 +1000 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 46 Message-ID: References: <2uu3djptvil2j5vberhsj4otm3nbd6l557@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2024 07:48:36 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="1a1c13715380c2bd1e1fd50f17f502b0"; logging-data="3401531"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX183sWhX00P/3Is4K8EIAfBm3D3a3F/+gtI=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:f59B6UuIMLhqoaiQ71YGzIjk2DM= In-Reply-To: X-Antivirus: Norton (VPS 240902-8, 2/9/2024), Outbound message Content-Language: en-US X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Bytes: 3198 On 3/09/2024 2:02 am, john larkin wrote: > On Mon, 2 Sep 2024 18:23:26 +1000, Bill Sloman > wrote: > >> On 2/09/2024 2:32 am, john larkin wrote: >>> On Mon, 2 Sep 2024 01:24:18 +1000, Bill Sloman >>> wrote: >>> >>>> On 2/09/2024 12:27 am, john larkin wrote: >>>>> On Sun, 1 Sep 2024 15:34:13 +1000, Bill Sloman >>>>> wrote: >>>> Inventing stuff is fun, but nobody sane does it when they don't have to. >>> >>> I never claimed to be sane. Sane is boring. I do claim to design and >>> sell a lot of electronics. >> >> When in fact you evolve and sell a certain amount of electronics for >> niche markets. Your forays into higher volume markets don't seem to have >> done well. You are insane enough to think this gives you some kind of >> authority. > > I mostly like to design electronics because it's fun and keeps me > amused. Better than having a real job. People buying it is a nice side > effect and pays for test equipment and snacks. > > Don't you think designing electronics is amusing? I guess not. It's certainly fascinating. Having to toss out lots of solutions and start over isn't remotely amusing, but that's what it takes to get to a good design. It has a lot in common with playing colossal cave https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossal_Cave_Adventure though with a computer game you can be confident that there is a solution, while in real life you may find that you need to move the goal-posts, or adjust the client's ambitions. -- Bill Sloman, Sydney