I have a Newton, as well as hardware only powerful enough that it runs CP/M-80.
But it's my soldering iron, and the fact that I own more than three wire strippers that makes me self-identify as a nerd. Also that I know what TTL stands for.
i like that. geeks here need to rank according to the types of wire strippers they have.
30 gauge strippers, you're a digital geek, and you only care about having enough voltage for a logic 1. 12 gauge strippers, you're a power person, and you worry about power supply current handling. coax stripper, you're a ham radio geek, and you know what RF is.
if you don't have wire strippers, well then you're just a code geek, which i wouldn't trust with a hot iron on any day of the week.
don't know what a wire stripper is...... get off this site.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 26 2014, @11:21PM
by Anonymous Coward
on Wednesday February 26 2014, @11:21PM (#7738)
Of course I know what a wire stripper is! We had many of them in the 00s. They beat top-less strippers for us old fogs. Sadly, our company can't afford them anymore. Now, get off my lawn.
10-18 GA for electrical work. 16-22 GA for electronics. 18-24 GA specialty blades for Teflon/etc. 26, 28, and 30 GA for wire wrap (and the Gardner-Denver wire wrap gun, of course.) Several cheap strippers in various tool bags and toolboxes, just so I have one handy.
And I write code, too. So what does that make me? No, wait, don't answer that.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 25 2014, @08:19PM
I have an iPhone and an iPad. I'm, like, such a nerd!
(Score: 1) by Acabatag on Wednesday February 26 2014, @12:25AM
I have a Newton, as well as hardware only powerful enough that it runs CP/M-80.
But it's my soldering iron, and the fact that I own more than three wire strippers that makes me self-identify as a nerd. Also that I know what TTL stands for.
(Score: 5, Funny) by bigjimslade on Wednesday February 26 2014, @02:32AM
i like that. geeks here need to rank according to the types of wire strippers they have.
30 gauge strippers, you're a digital geek, and you only care about having enough voltage for a logic 1.
12 gauge strippers, you're a power person, and you worry about power supply current handling.
coax stripper, you're a ham radio geek, and you know what RF is.
if you don't have wire strippers, well then you're just a code geek, which i wouldn't trust with a hot iron on any day of the week.
don't know what a wire stripper is...... get off this site.
Remember, Tuesday is Soylent Green Day
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 26 2014, @11:21PM
Of course I know what a wire stripper is!
We had many of them in the 00s. They beat top-less strippers for us old fogs.
Sadly, our company can't afford them anymore.
Now, get off my lawn.
(Score: 1) by Ellis D. Tripp on Thursday February 27 2014, @12:29AM
What if you have all 3 of those, plus a thermal tweezer stripper for working with Teflon or Kapton insulated wire?
"Society is like stew. If you don't keep it stirred up, you end up with a lot of scum on the top!"--Edward Abbey
(Score: 1) by dargaud on Thursday February 27 2014, @10:57AM
I have a Swiss Army Knife, I can strip anything !
(Score: 1) by Kymation on Thursday February 27 2014, @08:05PM
10-18 GA for electrical work.
16-22 GA for electronics.
18-24 GA specialty blades for Teflon/etc.
26, 28, and 30 GA for wire wrap (and the Gardner-Denver wire wrap gun, of course.)
Several cheap strippers in various tool bags and toolboxes, just so I have one handy.
And I write code, too. So what does that make me? No, wait, don't answer that.