[TheForge] RE trailer comments

[Bob Ehrenberger]

As a former software guy I feal I must respond.  A gender bender is a
hardware solution to a hardware problem. I wrote protocol interfaces for 25
years and at some point you have to say it can't be fixed in software.  Most
of the hardware guys that I've worked with would option for a hand full of
jumper wires.

You can tell him he is wrong, if he wants to pull something that he doesn't
own.  If he is content to live in his own little world he can do anything he
wants.  He could even wire in household outlets if nobody else needs to
connect up to it.

Robert Ehrenberger
Shelbyville, Mo.
eforge at centurytel.net


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Grover Richardson" <grover.richardson at gtri.gatech.edu>
To: "'Bob Ehrenberger'" <eforge at centurytel.net>; "'Sponsored by ABANA'"
<theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 10:26 AM
Subject: RE: [TheForge] RE trailer comments


> Yes, standards are only standards when people follow them<G>.  However,
when
> someone installs a plug on the vehicle which is incorrect, that problem
> should be corrected instead of a gender changer.  Only software fellas (I
> count as one on Mondays and Thursdays<G>) consider that a valid option.
> Sort of like throwing down a nail and selecting another because the head
is
> on the wrong end<G>.
>
> Then there's the politics of who gets to tell the fella that owns the
truck
> that the connector that he has successfully used for the last 10 years is
> patently WRONG<G>.  Ahh politics and getting along in a civilized world.
I
> like cats.  Gone are the days of Bowie knives.  When civilized behavior,
> actually was<G>.  In a world of teeth and claws, civilization takes on
it's
> own meaning, or the fur flies<G>.  Have a new kitten in the house, kitty
> posturing and land (read that as a particular place in the bed or upon the
> chest of the owner) ownership is fluid at this time.  It is good to see
the
> 27 pound Maine Coon move back and let the kitten of 3 pounds have first
> dibbs at food.  Respect and care of the children is good.
>
> All the best.
>
> By the way, Happy Holidays to all!!
>