I also have his book and did find his humor a bit hard to take but then one has to know Earl. I have never had the pleasure of meeting Earl in person but have conversed with him via email a number of times. Interesting person and probably has forgotten more that I will ever know. Randy Bock Sr. Quality Manager Pitney Bowes AddressRight Printers (p) 203 720-3861 (f) 203 729-5397 (email) [log in to unmask] Newtown Building 2 203 270-4931 Ext 8-426-4931 Int [log in to unmask] Sent by: TechNet <[log in to unmask]> 09/01/2004 10:16 AM Please respond to TechNet E-Mail Forum <[log in to unmask]>; Please respond to [log in to unmask] To [log in to unmask] cc Subject [TN] Of Mice and Moonmen I was fortunate enough to have had the opportunity, some time back, to review the Moonman's Design for Manufacturability book/CD. It is, by far, the most concise and readable guide to DFM that I think I have ever seen. Earl has done an exceptional job and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend that this book be included in the technical library of anyone involved in design or assembly. I want to emphasize the "readability" of the document since technically, it is very comprehensive. I know from first-hand experience that there are those among us that feel that something can't be humorous and have strong technical content. Well, I think they are very wrong. Let's face it, the principles and practices in our field can be dry enough to "strike a match on" and anything that can be done to lighten matters up is always welcome. Earl has done that very well. If you don't like (or don't "get") his humor, you can skip right over it and still mine some great nuggets of technical knowledge based upon years of experience and solid expertise. Thanks Earl and congrats on a job well done. Phil Zarrow ITM Consulting Durham, NH USA _www.ITMconsulting.org_ (http://www.ITMconsulting.org) --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ----------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 -----------------------------------------------------