AW: Snapping on-line

[Haible Juergen]

	>I may continue to react badly to "DOES THIS REALLY WORK?". Like I
went to all
	>the trouble to design this huge elaborate hoax to trick a few
people into
	>spending $20 building something that does not work. Putting it up
implies it
	>works.

Hmm, I think I know what you mean.

But anyway, I'm sure that critical questions about the circuits we present
to the list are a good thing. I can't think of any of my own circuits that 
could not be improoved at one end or the other, and so I am thankful for
any critical voice. "Does this really work" is either a chance to expand my
knowledge (looking at the limits of my circuit), or to boast with a good
explanation *why* it actually works, even if it's not obvious at first
glance.

Well, this refers to the posts I have seen on the list. I don't know what
private
mails you have received, and about their politeness. And after you left,
and speculations started - seems that people are the same all over the
world,
talking about you when you have (aparently) left the room. Not exactly nice,
but quite human. And more embarrassing for whom who speaks than whom 
who listens, IMO.

Keep up the good work, and get used to our critical comments, if you can.
Receiving a critical comment is a compliment of sort; really stupid things
are likely to rather be *ignored*.

Just my thoughts frankly spoken - no intention to hurt anybody.

JH.