Re: [TCML]new law

[Sfxneon@xxxxxxx]

Waaaaay back in high school electronics class, we learned Murphy's  law of 
semiconductors, which went something like  "The $10 semiconductor's job is to 
limit the available current by  releasing smoke, thereby avoiding catastrophic 
failure of the 10 cent  fuse".
 
Tony Greer
 
> Subject: Re: [TCML]new law
> 
> 
> 
> Is this  a new law?
> 
> The likelyhood of damage to a component is inversely  proportional to the 
number
> you have available, and directly proportional  to its cost.
> 
> I only raise this 'cos once again I've just  destroyed a chip that cost 
more than the
> rest of the circuit put  together. How come I never blow a cheap resistor?
> 
> Another law  might be that: The likelyhood of destroying an electronic 
component is
>  proportional to the number of joints you need to unsolder.
 
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