[sdiy] simple TTL programmable counter question (74LS163)

[Peter Grenader]

huh?

Listen, our current administration is bizarre, I admit...but if it's this
bad I'm on the first boat over the puddle, for good.


R. D. Davis wrote:

> A word of caution for anyone in the U.S. building harmless and simple
> TTL counters: don't let them be seen in public places with the digits,
> wires, etc. showing (and don't let strangers, like repair people,
> coming into your home catch a glimpse either).  Some time ago, a man
> had such a circuit on a breadboard in a hotel room, the hotel maid saw
> it, and he ended up in big trouble with the Barney Fife patrol (I
> don't recall if they were federal or local), even though he wasn't
> planning on doing anything harmful with it.  Big Brother has no sense
> of humor.