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On 22/09/17 11:50 AM, Stevens wrote:
Anton - with the advent of surface mount and the Chinese penchant for playing the "I can do this with less than you" game, sometimes all you have to do is glare at a pc board and the solder connection will break. Their reluctance to use expensive (HAH!) solder isn't limited to boards, either. Sometimes cable failure analysis finds no solder at all. Manufacturers rarely use statistical sampling of output; nowdays they look at the returns percentages and sales numbers. Whatta world, whatta world.
Back in my pre-teens I could take apart old radios and recover components: resistors, potentiometers, capacitors -- static or variable, and vales, and build new stuff with them. Modularity means you can't do that; the "maker" culture that is growing up in places like China has to use complete boards or even complete 'things' - re-purposing whole cell phones or more. It is just a different kind of creativity. -- A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org