Leaking Electrolytics

You don't manage all that well. The vital tit-bit of information came from electrochemistry, which isn't covered in detail in hobby electronics, but was part of my undergraduate chemistry course - John Larkin's did at least first year chemistry too, but robablyu wasn't paying attention to that bit of the course.

The kind that involves you telling everybody that you know more about anthropogenic global warming than the academic experts on the subject, because you studied some dubious data published in the 1890's, and have ignored all the work that has been done since then?

That's more of a crapping contest - with all the crap coming from you.

Oh yes. No doubt a professional repair technician would find a way around it, but it's above my pay grade.

Would you please do us all the courtesy of ignoring him?

Jeroen Belleman

You mean there's a *syllabus* for hobby electronics?

I seem to have missed the freshman chemistry classes about electrolytic capacitors. I was robablyu out sailing or something.

I'll try. I'll really try.

In the sense that you do have to learn stuff to be able be good enough at it for it to be worth pursuing as a hobby. Cursitor Doom hasn't learned all that much, and he resents having his short-comings pointed out.

It wasn't explicitly about electrolytic capacitors - if there was practical reference it was to anodising aluminium, with a passing reference to why you didn't have to anodise chromium or stainless steel.

And he will fail.

I'm deeply honoured that you're making the exact same criticism of me as you make of John Larkin, Bill. That's a hell of a compliment for me as a mere hobbyist. Thanks!

No Bill, I shall not. You think you can drag me back into your endless and pointless to-and-fro exchanges by misrepresenting my research and attempting to undermine it. And I'm jolly well not falling for it.

Ignore him! You are rasslin with a pig and he enjoys it.

But an electronic hobbyist is not "mere". It's a cool thing to do.

I note that he's editing his absurd mis-spelling of "probably", even in my posts and his replies.

OK, *never* respond to him again. Never.

And, yet... you fell for it, like a moth to a flame.

Ignoring him means: "do not post a reply (any reply) to *anything* he says".

But you won't be able to stop either, because you suffer from the same mental damage that Darius pointed out that Bill also suffers from. Both of you feel you must have "the last word".

Yes, I spotted that. I had a good laugh when I saw what you did in the prevous post. :-D

No, Bill is the one who must always have the last word every time. I know that so just let him have it.

Yes sir, no problem. You'll see.

Well, he rags me for my occasional mis-spellings. I wish he'd learn the difference between its and it's.

I wish even more that he would be civil, or go away. Giant stupid flame wars drive good people away.

It's a great shame, because he *can* be very informative on those few occasions when he chooses to be.