Calculus

[Paul Perry]

At 06:19 PM 27/10/99 -0400,  Michael E" <Caloroso wrote:

>Ha... *neither* college I went to (RIT or Broome Comm College) had *any*
courses that involved soldering.  Prototyping boards were the norm for lab
circuits.  If you have good hand coordination, you can learn to solder on
your own, why should I pay $2500 tuition for that?  Hardly the criteria I'd
used for choosing a university.
>
well..... speaking as someone who has employed a few fresh EE's in my time, 
I sure hope they aren't going to learn to solder in *MY* time..
But, I accept that a lot of EEs today are actually applied maths and/or
computer programmers cunningly disguised.

"Hey, this resistor has too many stripes!"

Ahh..that's a 1% resistor..<cries>

paul perry Melbourne Australia

Moral question:
Should someone who has never heard of the concept of crosstalk
(much less  how to minimise it) be sold as an EE?