[ARC5] Fwd: [Milsurplus] Big/Heavy - Clarification

[AKLDGUY]

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From: *AKLDGUY* <neilb0627 at gmail.com>
Date: Tuesday, September 18, 2018
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Big/Heavy - Clarification
To: milsurplus <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>


"No feedback" about an error doesn't necessarily mean that nobody tried
building it.

Neil ZL1ANM


On Tuesday, September 18, 2018, David Stinson <arc5 at ix.netcom.com> wrote:

> Need to clarify something:
> "Introduced an "error" as an "easter egg,"  "error" was not the right
> word.  Never intentionally introduced a technical mistake that would make
> someone waste time or mess-up a repair.  A better word would be an
> "absurdity."  Have made many circuit mistakes and had to correct them, but
> never introduced a technical or circuit error on-purpose.
>
> Got the idea of the "easter eggs" from one such mistake.  Wrote-up a small
> project.  A couple of dozen people said it would be useful they would
> certainly build and try it.  Posted a diagram and moved on.  About two
> years later, I was cleaning-up the hosting space and looked at the
> diagram.  There was a glaring error; this thing could not work.  No one
> ever said a single word- not in two years.  That told me that many people
> said they were going to build it, but not one of them actually did.  Posted
> a correction, but remembered the lesson of that experience.   Subsequent
> "experiments" followed the same pattern: Lots of people say they are going
> to do something- few or none actually do it.
>
> And no; won't tell what or where ;-)
>
> 73 DE Dave AB5S
>
>
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