Subject: Some Feedback
   First of all: Thank you for this great magazine. I am waiting each month for the next issue impatiently. You offer a good mixture of different really interesting articles which can be applied to a lot of different projects. Please continue in this way. I am tired of other magazines when they present the 20th version of a 300B amp without explaining why this one is now really different from the other 19.
  In the last issue I was quite surprised that you took so much time/space to answer flame-e-mails. You did it constructively which I appreciate. Nevertheless I must say that I am tired of those guys who love to have flame-wars on RAT and anywhere else. It is not really a pleasure to read their letters which show clearly their lack of education and communication skills.
Frank

  Thank you for the encouragement. Many have voiced the same sentiment that the how's and why's of a circuit are more important than the fact the circuit was built and worked.  On the other hand, we have received a few complaints that the lack of a parts list and schematics for all the support circuitry make this journal's articles worthless to home builder of a 300B amplifier.
   Yes, I too dislike flame wars. I have been invited to partake in many an e-holy war and I always refuse. Far too much of the internet is testosterone driven. I remember reading a posting in a newsgroup devoted to good driving that stated that all "old" people should have their driving license pulled when they reach retirement age (55, here in the USA), as they were unfit to drive as quickly as a young driver could. Aside from the echo of Mick Jagger once promising to commit suicide before reaching the age or 30, I was struck by the meanness of the posting and wrote the

writer directly. I asked him if civilization, ultimately, meant not big buildings and armies, but having the old, the weak, and the young, not fearing to live in society. His reply would have made Spencer happy: if someone cannot cut it, he should be cut, not just from driving, but from life. My guess is that this man was not truly a road warrior figure, but, in fact, closer to pitiful than imposing in real life, frail and shallow chested. In the virtual world of the internet, all men are 6'5" and something terrible to behold.
   Now, if the calm topic of driving well can inspire such ugly thoughts, imagine what a hot topic as false advertising, or at the least, poor math skills, can do to otherwise normal, good natured people. I have received a group of e-mails that my dark side would love to see posted here just as they were written, as they make the writers seem like complete fools, but there would be no constructive benefit for you or other readers.
  In other words, your feedback is greatly appreciated. And I will try to keep this journal cool headed.


                          Editor

Next month we will cover some hybrid circuits.

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