Oscilloscope question

[Roger Merchberger]

Rumor has it that Joe R. may have mentioned these words:
>At 11:55 PM 4/14/05 +0100, Tony Duell wrote:

> >Howeve, I don't know anyone who learnt to use a 'scope at
> >college/university.

Yes you do...

> > All the hackers I know who can use one taught themselves...

I guess I'm not a hacker then. Should I be offended? ;-)

>That's exactly my point. I've never seen anyone that learned to use
>one in college. Everyone that I know that KNOWS how to use one either
>learned it in the military or is a self-taught hobbiest.

::Raises hand sheepishly::

Basic 'scope usage was taught to all computer / electrical / robotics 
engineering students at my college ('85-87). As my father was against 
owning anything more complex than a 4-function calculator or color TV 
electronically, I never had the ability to learn to use one before college.

Oh, and for the record: I *didn't* graduate. ;-/

Had a upper-level turnover at the school; the "new regime" decided to turn 
the college "liberal arts centric." They ditched most higher-level 
engineering courses, and I couldn't even finish my senior sequence of 
classes in CE or Robotics; so I dropped out and joined the workforce. This 
college was in the top 10 colleges in the *country* for robotics at the 
time, too! Dumbasses! ::Smacks Head::

Nowadays, I doubt you could find many students there that could *spell* 
oscilloscope, let alone tell you what one does... :-(

Laterz,
Roger "Merch" Merchberger

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