From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: <gentoo-user+bounces-166613-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@lists.gentoo.org> Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 454BD139894 for <garchives@archives.gentoo.org>; Mon, 24 Aug 2015 15:57:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 606DF14225; Mon, 24 Aug 2015 15:57:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 49F4814088 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Mon, 24 Aug 2015 15:57:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from <lnx-gentoo-user@m.gmane.org>) id 1ZTu7V-0001JR-HY for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 24 Aug 2015 17:57:13 +0200 Received: from 67-130-15-94.dia.static.qwest.net ([67.130.15.94]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Mon, 24 Aug 2015 17:57:13 +0200 Received: from grant.b.edwards by 67-130-15-94.dia.static.qwest.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Mon, 24 Aug 2015 17:57:13 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@gmail.com> Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Filthy oscilloscope picture! =P Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2015 15:57:08 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <mrfesk$ftm$1@ger.gmane.org> References: <55D8CB56.7060002@verizon.net> <BLU436-SMTP142AE17A3E952A28A2AE85F8D630@phx.gbl> <201508231215.07078.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <BLU437-SMTP87134E82822C57A110A7818D630@phx.gbl> <55DA2E4C.6010202@gmail.com> X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 67-130-15-94.dia.static.qwest.net User-Agent: slrn/1.0.2 (Linux) Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-user+help@lists.gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+unsubscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+subscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-user.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Archives-Salt: e557d44c-fb90-4e2b-a4a1-980f6fde604f X-Archives-Hash: 26ff36018dd1d9ecd852f733301afc2b On 2015-08-23, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> wrote: > That's quite normal - electrolytic caps are the only electronic > components that can be considered to "wear out". Apart from batteries > of course :-) And various forms of non-volatile memory (EEPROM, NAND flash, etc.) that can withstand a limited number erase/program cycles. -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! I'm pretending that at we're all watching PHIL gmail.com SILVERS instead of RICARDO MONTALBAN!