View attachment 96705 skepticism is beginning to build up

Your dental hygienist can scrape that off for you.

 

Yes. I too, in the past, had freely donated my brain towards others' financial betterment. I quit that 17 years ago.

I'm assuming you're doing lots better now... seriously, how good a salesman do you consider yourself?

 

So Donald, How is Marla now days??

 

I'm assuming you're doing lots better now... seriously, how good a salesman do you consider yourself?

Ha! Sales is the one of the few things I am not good at. Big handicap, I must say.

I have to make my products better so that they sell themselves.

 

I have to make my products better so that they sell themselves.

No such thing... unless you've built yourself a reputation and your former employer or customer keeps calling you

 

No such thing...

Wow. Aren't you "Mr. Authority" all of a sudden! At least I know now where to get my facts checked.

 

My first rule of new technology - No matter how good she looks, don't let her handcuff you to the bed on the first date. Translation: No matter how promising a new technology looks, let someone else take the first risks.

 

My first rule of new technology - No matter how good she looks, don't let her handcuff you to the bed on the first date. Translation: No matter how promising a new technology looks, let someone else take the first risks.

Ummm...that means you are always 'sloppy seconds'.

 

Better than waking up in an ice bath missing a kidney.

 

Wow. Aren't you "Mr. Authority" all of a sudden! At least I know now where to get my facts checked.

Not "all of a sudden"... I'm just stating a fact. No product sells itself without some sort of promotion. In this case, you yourself might be the promotion... let's see...
This is what happened (as Adrian Monk would've said): you came up with a brilliant idea (I'm not being sarcastic, seriously), built a working prototype, and then you called someone that already knows you and who can promote it and sell it for you.

 

I think four. Maybe three.

Depends on the definition of 'useful'.

A standalone PIC is not useful. I figure what's necessary for power, input and output?

 

Better than waking up in an ice bath missing a kidney.

Gosh... I would've been worried about my wallet first... but you've taken this discussion to a whole new level!

 

Better than waking up in an ice bath missing a kidney.

Your life experiences appear far more 'colorful' than mine. I swear, this has never happened to me.

 

........... I swear, this has never happened to me.

Getting handcuffed to a bed or missing a kidney?

 

Getting handcuffed to a bed or missing a kidney?

I'm pretty sure he's got both kidneys in him, otherwise he wouldn't be having a Guiness... so...

 

A standalone PIC is not useful. I figure what's necessary for power, input and output?

I don't think input is necessary. Think in terms of, say a timer that starts as soon as power is applied.

So, 1 wire vdd, 1 wire vss. 1 wire output.

The output could simply blink an LED. Personally, I don't consider that all that useful, but according to many posts right here on AAC, it seems to be a substantial achievement for some.

Or, it could pulse a solenoid to drive some mechanical device (say a mechanical clock). That's 1 more wire to ground (or, if you are clever, solder the solenoid directly to the chip, and have only 2 wires in the whole system.

 

You haven't answered my post #30

 

You haven't answered my post #30

I don't think he's going to answer it. That question is about 29 posts after the beer arrived.

 

I don't think he's going to answer it. That question is about 29 posts after the beer arrived.

mmmhhh.... let's do some numbers... a beer per post... oh, oh!

 

You haven't answered my post #30

I didn't realize I was obliged.

There are other ways.