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Hey why the downmods? Knobs are a very important part of an oscilloscope...

• carbocation 17y ago
  (I did not downmod you, but...) The part about knobs on an oscilloscope being important is probably true. In contrast, many computer users find the mouse far less useful than the keyboard - so much so that they go to great lengths to discover all available keyboard shortcuts. This minimizes the distance your hand travels for each command, and can greatly increase the speed at which you perform a task. Therefore, a more agreeable analogy to those downmodding you might have been along these lines: having multiple simultaneously accessible knobs on an oscilloscope is like having multiple keys on a keyboard. You don't have to go into a menu to select which key you want to press. You just press the correct key. Likewise with an oscilloscope's knobs.
  • proee 17y ago
    Ahh... Makes sense, that was a pretty bad analogy. Just be glad I didn't try to make a joke ;-)