MOTM

You're dead-nuts-on though. I've left similar responses to people asking
how to 'bend' their circuits especially when they ask in the same breath
if it will 'hurt anything'

I didn't see the original post, but I agree with you 100% Tom.

Tony


> -----Original Message-----
> From: mbedtom [mailto:mbedtom@...] 
> Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 10:20 PM
> To: motm@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [motm] MOTM Front Panel Power Switches
> 
> 
> This comment will be:
> 1) not popular, maybe
> 2) not politically correct, likely
> 3) truthful all the way
> 
> Posing the question "... can I remote the power switch..." is, in 
> itself, proof that it should not be done (at least by YOU).  Those 
> people, who have the knowledge to make such a change, and do so with 
> complete safety, are scared by the question.  One who has the 
> requisite knowledge knows how easy it is to do.  But they also 
> understand what safety issues there are and what must be done to 
> ensure continued safety for the life of the product.  Every MOTM 
> synth is different from all the others because we each have our own 
> ideas on what it should be and how to make it the "best".  Since each 
> MOTM synth is vastly different than all the others, YOUR situation 
> might be different enough that nobody on the planet could foresee a 
> potential safety problem that might exist in only your machine.  That 
> is why everyone who is qualified to answer the question with specific 
> how-to information, is very hesitant to do so.
> 
> Please understand that there is no "secret" information that people 
> are unwilling to share.  It is simply that we feel some kinship to 
> everyone on this list and really do not want anyone to get hurt or 
> killed.  (That was the tactful answer.)
> 
> Another fear (okay, the naked truth) comes from living in a 
> lawsuit- happy society where many people do not accept 
> responsibility for 
> their own actions.  "He told me this would work and the next thing I 
> know, my brother was dead."  Sorry.  This is one of those cases where 
> I will not be on the receiving end of a subpoena arising from a 
> wrongful death lawsuit.  If you KNOW how to do it, you wouldn't have 
> to ask.  If you have to ask how to do it, YOU ARE NOT QUALIFIED TO DO 
> IT.  DON'T EVEN TRY IT!!!  DON'T RISK MAKING YOURSELF, YOUR SPOUSE, 
> OR YOUR KIDS... DEAD!
> 
> The opinions expressed herein are solely those of the author and do 
> not necessarily reflect the opinions of anyone else.
> 
> (I call 'em like I see 'em.)
> Tom Farrand
> 
> 
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