<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jun 2, 2018, at 10:06 PM, Quincas Moreira <<a href="mailto:quincas@gmail.com" class="">quincas@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><div class="">I pointed to the modular and said: "That's an analog computer. The coding is done by patching cables to different destinations. If you don't let me join it´s because you're a bigot."</div></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div>Now THAT's funny. As Paul Schreiber would say, "My favorite programming tool is solder."</div><div><br class=""></div><div><br class=""></div><div>The most interesting thing about this thread is that despite the unusually low S/N ratio it has't deteriorated into a flame war—yet. That sort of thing has been very rare over the decades and says a lot about the community here.</div><div><br class=""></div><div>I think it's obvious at this point that the first chapter of any book on SDIY should be devoted to the passionate disagreements that any attempt at definition causes. Rob's fundamental question could just as easily be "what isn't SDIY?" as "what is?". I think the more fundamental question "what is do-it-yourself?" should be asked first before moving on to the "synth" part. Perhaps we could come closer to agreement on the latter question. Harry Bissell and I have both said on multiple occasions that the best source of DIY info has always been Model Railroader magazine. They've covered just about every kind of fabrication there is over the decades. If you ever see issues being throw away grab them. You'll be surprised.</div><div><br class=""></div><div><br class=""></div><div>Ultimately, I don't see the brain trust reaching an agreement on this. My apologies if I'm rehashing what has already been said. This thread has gotten so long I can't remember most of it.</div><div><br class=""></div><div><br class=""></div><div class="">
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Terry Bowman, KA4HJH<br class="">"The Mac Doctor"<br class=""><br class="">Q: Should car stereo speakers be pointed to the rear for more thrust or up for more traction?<br class=""><br class="">A. On long trips, the 20- to 30% improvement in gas mileage you might get with speakers pointing to the rear is certainly worthwhile. On the other hand, if you drive on snow or ice, the extra traction of speakers pointing upward gives you added control.</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Don Lancaster</div>
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