Nuts & Volts - February 2006

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READER FEEDBACK

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OFF TO A GOOD START

I wanted to drop you a quick note to tell you that I found the January ‘06 issue to be particularly good. As a long-time 'dabbler' in electronics, I found a number of articles in that issue that were very interesting. The “ Per-ceptron” circuit, the “Getting Started with PICs” article, and the article on analog synthesizers were all great, particularly because of their emphasis on the basics of these technologies. While I know you have a strong following of serious hobbyists and professionals in the area of electronics, please always remember that there is also an audience out here who like to learn and play from a more introductory or intermediate level.

Thanks again for a great issue.

Jim Edwards Round Rock, TX

FRUSTRATED WITH FORMAT

In reference to "Reader Feedback" "Format Folly" Dec. issue, I fully agree with Len Taddei. The new format is a mess!!! I don't like it!!! The little pictures and things take up half the space. There is no need for it!! You have to try and read around the photos. I don't know where you are going but it is in the wrong direction!! I don't really like your thick paper insert but it is the only one. If you start putting in those cards, then you can count me out as a customer. I have enjoyed NV over the years. And, for the record, it's the only magazine I get. Please go back to the old format, before November.

Gary Stutts Melbourne, FL

PUZZLED BY PERCEIVED PREJUDICE

As a long time subscriber to Nuts & Volts, I am puzzled and offended by the misogynist contents of the recent columns from Gerald Fonte.

I did not subscribe to a men's magazine, but to an electronic tinkerer magazine, where I thought prejudice would be kept out of the presentation of circuits and applications, not discussing whether women's supposedly better verbal ability to describe colors is due to an innate superficiality that makes them slaves to fashion and fads. I hope that similar comments about race, national origin, and religion will not also be printed in the future in your publication. They have no place in it either.

Our nation's economic and intellectual future depends on the motivation of both young women and men. Do not discourage women from buying your magazine by publishing comments clearly conveying the message that women are not motivated in this field because of some innate inferiority. It is untrue, prejudicial and hateful.