Technical altitude, was Re: Python list vs google group

[Peter Otten]

Gene Heskett wrote:

> On Monday 18 June 2018 09:16:10 Peter Otten wrote:
> 
>> Gene Heskett wrote:
>> > This biggest single thing wrong with any of those old scsi
>> > interfaces is the bus's 5 volt isolation diode, the designer speced
>> > a shotkey(sp) diode, and some damned bean counter saw the price diff
>> > and changed it to
>>
>> Is this a case of <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk_etymology> ?
>>
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_H._Schottky
> 
> So its spelled with two t's.
> 
> Concentrating on my spelling mistake, you probably missed my point
> entirely. But then you are not a CET either so the rest of my
> explanation may not have been in reach as it passed by at a pretty good
> technical altitude.  Sigh...
> 

I'm doomed. Right?

:)

Other than that I find it hard to believe that a "bean counter" can change a 
technical spec. He may put pressure on the designer, but when the designer 
gives in he's still responsible for the resulting technical problems.