Re: [PEDA] terminology: ratsnest

2002-02-13 Thread Jon Elson
Jörg Guttmann wrote: > Why is the set of unrouted connections called "ratsnets"? > > I didn't find the word in the Langenscheidts english - german dictionnary. > This seems to be one of the english words that everybody is > using and nobody knows the real meaning. Ratsnets is a misspelling. Th

Re: [PEDA] terminology: ratsnest

2002-02-10 Thread Bob Wolfe
t has never been uttered. Sometimes though they are not dreams but nightmares! Robert M. Wolfe, C.I.D. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: "Abd ul-Rahman Lomax" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 1

Re: [PEDA] terminology: ratsnest

2002-02-10 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 04:16 PM 2/8/2002 -0500, Darryl Newberry wrote: >I see this thread won't die so I have to jump back in for a sec > >I'm getting old but I swear that once upon a time saw a PCB guy with a >vellum sheet with straight colored pencil lines drawn on it, being used as >an overlay to show the from

Re: [PEDA] terminology: ratsnest

2002-02-08 Thread Andrew Jenkins

Re: [PEDA] terminology: ratsnest

2002-02-08 Thread Darryl Newberry
KNOW it's time for a vacation when ;-0 > -Original Message- > From: Bob Wolfe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 16:03 > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: Re: [PEDA] terminology: ratsnest > > > > Mr. Newberry is correct about

Re: [PEDA] terminology: ratsnest

2002-02-08 Thread Bob Wolfe
Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 12:42 PM Subject: Re: [PEDA] terminology: ratsnest > At 05:47 AM 2/8/2002 -0500, Darryl Newberry wrote: > >The common rat (e.g. Rattus norvegicus) builds its nest out of any handy > >material such as twigs, g

Re: [PEDA] terminology: ratsnest

2002-02-08 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 05:47 AM 2/8/2002 -0500, Darryl Newberry wrote: >The common rat (e.g. Rattus norvegicus) builds its nest out of any handy >material such as twigs, grass, or leaves. The result has a chaotic, jumbled >appearance. It is just another quirky Anglicism to say that something looks >like a "rat's nest

Re: [PEDA] terminology: ratsnest

2002-02-08 Thread Darryl Newberry
--- > From: Jörg Guttmann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 05:07 > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: [PEDA] terminology: ratsnest > > > Why is the set of unrouted connections called "ratsnets"? > > I didn't find the word in th

[PEDA] terminology: ratsnest

2002-02-08 Thread Jörg Guttmann
Why is the set of unrouted connections called "ratsnets"? I didn't find the word in the Langenscheidts english - german dictionnary. This seems to be one of the english words that everybody is using and nobody knows the real meaning. Dipl. Ing. J rg Guttmann eMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ==