[sdiy] Discrete OTA

[cheater00 .]

On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 8:38 PM, David G Dixon <dixon at mail.ubc.ca> wrote:
>> Actually I
>> have few new ideas, but let me try them first, and most of
>> all, try to find out if it wasn't done so far.
>
> Who cares!  A rediscovered great idea is still a great idea, and if the
> original discovery is so obscure that nobody knows about it, then the
> rediscovery is like new.

Indeed, I had wanted to say the same thing once I got home.

Furthermore: by exploring this idea, even if it IS rediscovering
something that exists already, you gain an unique point of view on
that concept. This is very important, as it may lead to yet further
developments in that direction - the momentum of discovery, so to
speak.

For example, if you accept the light bulb as granted, you'll never
invent the vacuum tube... even if the light bulb exists already... Be
creative and unhindered by preconceptions, Roman, you'll certainly get
support from all of us the whole way!

D.