When he retired to the mountains in full knowledge I feel he had found his way.That was his statement on life. In India we have an old tradition of doing the same thing that he did. All it needs is a clear conscience, happiness in life to give it all up. Kudos to Earl the Moonman Anil -----Original Message----- From: Inge [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2010 14:23 Subject: Re: Earl Moon... If I remember right, Earl was ruined, could hardly get money for his daily needs. He couldn't afford a doctor for his illness. Can't understand how a renowned person like him could end like that. (The way we live and treat each other rises the question if we aren't all still troglodytes.) Inge -------------------------------------------------- From: "Brian Ellis" <[log in to unmask]> Sent: den 8 May 2010 09:49 To: <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: [TN] Earl Moon... > I remember him most by his website. It was full of useful info, but a > monster! I could not get broadbad at the time and I remember it often took > 10 minutes or more to download on DUN! > > He was an adept at concurrent engineering and we were in strong agreement > over the subject, which is still, to this day, largely ignored in many > corporations. I reminded him of the Olympic system used in shipbuilding > and especially submarines. My father-in-law used to work for shipbuilders > on the Tyne and he told me that the plans never showed the detailed > routing of services (water, air, steam, electricity etc. but only the end > points A and B. The fitters used to stand outside the gates, which were > opened when the whistle blew at 7.00 am. They each sprinted to where they > were working to be first, giving them the right to lay his pipe or > whatever in a straight line. It didn't matter whether it was the > electrician who was the fastest runner; he laid his ½" conduit in a > straight line and the ventilation guy had to fit his 12" pipe round the > electrical conduit. It never occurred to the naval architects or their > draughtsmen to specify the order of pipe-laying to prevent spatial > conflict. So it is in our industry, as this net list largely testifies. > The design engineer, the PCB layout guy, the purchaser, the assembler, the > solderer, the materials specifier etc. often are not inter-consulted to > optimise the design for the best layout to suit all our departments, even > if it sometimes means compromise. How many times have I seen a component > costing 1 c less used (and the purchasing manager was like a Cheshire cat > thinking how much he saved the company), where it cost $1 more in the > finished assembly for other reasons? Legion. Earl was vehemently opposed > to such wasteful practices (as I have been for donkey's years). > > I don't know how true it is, but I heard a rumour that his final years > were spent, living like a troglodyte. He was certainly a character. > > Brian > > Steve Gregory wrote: >> I know some of you that have been on the TechNet for a while, know of >> Earl Moon. >> >> I knew him to be outspoken, and a rebel, but he knew his stuff. Tonight I >> thought I would try and track him down to see how he was doing since we >> had stayed in touch with each other for some years, but we had lost >> touch, and I hadn't spoken with him for about 4-5 years. >> >> I learned tonight that Earl passed away about 2-years ago. He left >> Michigan and went west to somewhere in Idaho to be in the mountains when >> his health started failing. I was told that he knew that he didn't have >> much time left, and wanted to be in the mountains that he loved when his >> time came. And as I was told; Earl did what he wanted to do. >> >> Rest in peace Earl. >> >> ______________________________________________________________________ >> This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. >> For more information please contact helpdesk at x2960 or [log in to unmask] >> ______________________________________________________________________ >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 >> 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 847-615-7100 >> ext.2815 >> ----------------------------------------------------- >> > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. > For more information please contact helpdesk at x2960 or [log in to unmask] > ______________________________________________________________________ > > --------------------------------------------------- > Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 > 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 > 847-615-7100 ext.2815 > ----------------------------------------------------- ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. 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