[plug] 8% reality tax

[Leon Brooks]

Bret Busby wrote:
> Leon Brooks wrote:
>> Bret Busby wrote:
>>> What, only 92%? What happened to the other 8%? Is this some GST thing?

>> It's reality creeping in around the edges. Entropy Tax. If you think
>> electronics are perfectly efficient, then I highly recommend setting up
>> a SPICE model as a critical piece of your future education.

> Do you mean closely examining Ginger SPICE, as part of my education?

No. The Spice Boys were better singers:

    "Last time I tried to talk to you /
     I couldn't get past the electrified fence. /
     Just 'cos you took out a restraining order /
     doesn't mean we can't still be friends...

    "I should've realised that something was wrong /
     when you made me wear those tight leather pants /
     and when, you said why can't you be more like /
     Michael Flatley 'Lord of the Dance'?

    "You said, what've you ever given me? /
     and this is what I said... /

    "_I've_ given you everything /
     I gave you Greg van Hugh's original hair /
     _I_ brought you the sawn-off head /
     of a Wilderness Society bear

    "_I_ gave you the Paxtons' couch /
     the one they sat on on A Current Affair /
     _I_ took you out for a spin /
     in Stephen Hawkings' wheelchair

    "I just dunno why you hate me, /
     when I've given you so much...

    (SORRY ABOUT THIS BULLSH*T RAP BIT, /
     WE'LL CUT IT OUT BEFORE IT GOES TO AIR)

    "_I_ gave you a photograph /
     of Ian Hewittson in his underwear /
     _I_ gave you a safe packet /
     of Tim Tams during that recent scare

    "_I_ gave you a coat made entirely /
     from Bill Laurie's nostril hair /
     _I_ gave you a gerbil, I'm told /
     that used to work for Richard Gere

    "_I_ gave you those jeans that got ripped off /
     from Daniel Johns from Silver Chair /
     _I_ gave you a piano stool /
     the one on which that David Helfgott went spare

    "_I_ gave you some graphic film /
     of Laurie Oaks eating a chocolate eclair /
     _I_ gave you the full results /
     of a recent Peta Andre pap smear" ...

...sorry, just felt a sudden urge to transcribe it. (-:

I'm talking about SPICE the open source electronic circuit simulator
here. It's been in continuous commercial use for at least thirty years.
There's not many packages that could equal that, or even come close.

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