Re: The HP Way

In message <uo6bg25jvp4ds1me0gfj5c604lvgpfvifk@xxxxxxx>, dated Mon, 11 Sep 2006, John Larkin <jjlarkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
More generally - and this applies to electronic design - when someone declares, with little or no justification, that something is impossible, it's because they want it to be impossible. So, for them, it becomes impossible. I don't hire people who think this way.

I haven't seen any such denials. You, however, keep postulating entities which are unnecessary unless you justify them, which you consistently fail to do.

Regarding impossibility, challenging a conservation law is a very bold move, but it is progressively done over the years, WHEN convincing evidence is presented. Lower-grade versions of 'impossibility' are indeed suspect. But people do say 'impossible' when they mean 'impracticable' (e.g. a 96-bit ADC) or 'uneconomic' (e.g. a 96-bit ADC).
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