It feels like the Digikey data sheets are now often links off-site,
and those links are now often broken or plain wrong or otherwise
useless.

Plus, most of the parts are unavailable or insanely priced.

They show several relays over $50,000 each but they are fortunately
unavailable.

fredag den 19. januar 2024 kl. 21.11.38 UTC+1 skrev john larkin:
> It feels like the Digikey data sheets are now often links off-site,
> and those links are now often broken or plain wrong or otherwise
> useless.
>
> Plus, most of the parts are unavailable or insanely priced.
>
> They show several relays over $50,000 each but they are fortunately
> unavailable.

so they don't have any but if you really want one and are willing to pay 50k they will find one for you ...

On Fri, 19 Jan 2024 13:20:25 -0800 (PST), Fred Bloggs
<bloggs.fredbloggs.fred@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Friday, January 19, 2024 at 3:11:38?PM UTC-5, john larkin wrote:
>> It feels like the Digikey data sheets are now often links off-site,
>> and those links are now often broken or plain wrong or otherwise
>> useless.
>
>Why would DigiKey host a datasheet when the manufacturer hosts them?

And why would they bother to get them right?

>
>Businesses change hands and/or names so fast these days, it's understandable links go obsolete.
>
>They have a new unit of quantity, the bag:
>
>"Bag packaging indicates that a specified quantity of product is packaged by the manufacturer in a bag, sealed pouch, or similar container and sold as a unit without repackaging. It is also used to describe kits/assortments where components are packaged in separate bags according to part number or parametric value, rather than in a compartmentalized box or similar rigid container."
>
>>
>> Plus, most of the parts are unavailable or insanely priced.
>>
>> They show several relays over $50,000 each but they are fortunately
>> unavailable.
>
>That must be the super-bag size.
>

Probably it's some part that a helicopter or something needs and
someone has to have the exact part. I can envision some speculation
going on.

I've seen pretty dumb looking connectors for kilobucks too.

On Fri, 19 Jan 2024 13:45:01 -0800 (PST), Lasse Langwadt Christensen
<langwadt@fonz.dk> wrote:

>fredag den 19. januar 2024 kl. 21.11.38 UTC+1 skrev john larkin:
>> It feels like the Digikey data sheets are now often links off-site,
>> and those links are now often broken or plain wrong or otherwise
>> useless.
>>
>> Plus, most of the parts are unavailable or insanely priced.
>>
>> They show several relays over $50,000 each but they are fortunately
>> unavailable.
>
>so they don't have any but if you really want one and are willing to pay 50k they will find one for you ...

Yes. Digikey is almost a division of Ebay now.

Most electronic parts distributors don't stock parts any more. They
are sort of broker-reps.

Digikey is useful as a multi-vendor search engine. But be careful...
they make a lot of mistakes.

On Saturday, January 20, 2024 at 9:44:37 AM UTC+11, john larkin wrote:
> On Fri, 19 Jan 2024 13:45:01 -0800 (PST), Lasse Langwadt Christensen
> <lang...@fonz.dk> wrote:
>
> >fredag den 19. januar 2024 kl. 21.11.38 UTC+1 skrev john larkin:
> >> It feels like the Digikey data sheets are now often links off-site,
> >> and those links are now often broken or plain wrong or otherwise
> >> useless.
> >>
> >> Plus, most of the parts are unavailable or insanely priced.
> >>
> >> They show several relays over $50,000 each but they are fortunately
> >> unavailable.
> >
> >so they don't have any but if you really want one and are willing to pay 50k they will find one for you ...
> Yes. Digikey is almost a division of Ebay now.
>
> Most electronic parts distributors don't stock parts any more. They
> are sort of broker-reps.
>
> Digikey is useful as a multi-vendor search engine. But be careful...
> they make a lot of mistakes.

So does John Larkin. His ideas about climate change are the most obvious ones, but there are plenty of others.

--
Bill Sloman, Sydney

On Fri, 19 Jan 2024 12:11:26 -0800, john larkin <jl@650pot.com> wrote:

>It feels like the Digikey data sheets are now often links off-site,
>and those links are now often broken or plain wrong or otherwise
>useless.
>
>Plus, most of the parts are unavailable or insanely priced.
>
>They show several relays over $50,000 each but they are fortunately
>unavailable.

They've always been off-site.

It's just that the links are getting older and unattended.

RL

On Friday, January 19, 2024 at 11:26:11 PM UTC-6, Anthony William Sloman wrote:
> On Saturday, January 20, 2024 at 9:44:37 AM UTC+11, john larkin wrote:
> > On Fri, 19 Jan 2024 13:45:01 -0800 (PST), Lasse Langwadt Christensen
> > <lang...@fonz.dk> wrote:
> >
> > >fredag den 19. januar 2024 kl. 21.11.38 UTC+1 skrev john larkin:
> > >> It feels like the Digikey data sheets are now often links off-site,
> > >> and those links are now often broken or plain wrong or otherwise
> > >> useless.
> > >>
> > >> Plus, most of the parts are unavailable or insanely priced.
> > >>
> > >> They show several relays over $50,000 each but they are fortunately
> > >> unavailable.
> > >
> > >so they don't have any but if you really want one and are willing to pay 50k they will find one for you ...
> > Yes. Digikey is almost a division of Ebay now.
> >
> > Most electronic parts distributors don't stock parts any more. They
> > are sort of broker-reps.
> >
> > Digikey is useful as a multi-vendor search engine. But be careful...
> > they make a lot of mistakes.
> So does John Larkin. His ideas about climate change are the most obvious ones, but there are plenty of others.
>
> --
> Bill Sloman, Sydney

Ya know, Tony Bill Sloman, you are a true arsehole. You take every opportunity to make hateful, derogatory replies to
everyone you dislike. You have a personality problem. Seek help.

On Sat, 20 Jan 2024 11:15:26 -0500, legg <legg@nospam.magma.ca> wrote:

>On Fri, 19 Jan 2024 12:11:26 -0800, john larkin <jl@650pot.com> wrote:
>
>>It feels like the Digikey data sheets are now often links off-site,
>>and those links are now often broken or plain wrong or otherwise
>>useless.
>>
>>Plus, most of the parts are unavailable or insanely priced.
>>
>>They show several relays over $50,000 each but they are fortunately
>>unavailable.
>
>They've always been off-site.
>
>It's just that the links are getting older and unattended.
>
>RL

Some don't even go to the right company or part type.

On Sunday, January 21, 2024 at 3:15:13 AM UTC+11, John Smiht wrote:
> On Friday, January 19, 2024 at 11:26:11 PM UTC-6, Anthony William Sloman wrote:
> > On Saturday, January 20, 2024 at 9:44:37 AM UTC+11, john larkin wrote:
> > > On Fri, 19 Jan 2024 13:45:01 -0800 (PST), Lasse Langwadt Christensen
> > > <lang...@fonz.dk> wrote:
> > >
> > > >fredag den 19. januar 2024 kl. 21.11.38 UTC+1 skrev john larkin:
> > > >> It feels like the Digikey data sheets are now often links off-site,
> > > >> and those links are now often broken or plain wrong or otherwise
> > > >> useless.
> > > >>
> > > >> Plus, most of the parts are unavailable or insanely priced.
> > > >>
> > > >> They show several relays over $50,000 each but they are fortunately
> > > >> unavailable.
> > > >
> > > >so they don't have any but if you really want one and are willing to pay 50k they will find one for you ...
> > > Yes. Digikey is almost a division of Ebay now.
> > >
> > > Most electronic parts distributors don't stock parts any more. They
> > > are sort of broker-reps.
> > >
> > > Digikey is useful as a multi-vendor search engine. But be careful...
> > > they make a lot of mistakes.
> >
> > So does John Larkin. His ideas about climate change are the most obvious ones, but there are plenty of others.
>
> Ya know, Bill Sloman, you are a true arsehole.

Actually, John Larkin is. I merely remind people of his numerous faults.

>You take every opportunity to make hateful, derogatory replies to
> everyone you dislike.

Have I ever been unkind to you? You are just as obnoxious as John Larkin, but haven't been infesting this group anything like as long, and haven't had the chance to do as much damage.

> You have a personality problem. Seek help.

Not a plausible claim. I hang out with academic pychologists, and don't seem to worry them.

John Larkin does seem to have a personalty problem - a persistent hunger for flattery complicated by nasty withdrawal symptoms when he doesn't get it.

--
Bill Sloman, Sydney

On Fri, 19 Jan 2024 14:38:04 -0800, john larkin <jl@650pot.com> wrote:

>On Fri, 19 Jan 2024 13:20:25 -0800 (PST), Fred Bloggs
><bloggs.fredbloggs.fred@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>On Friday, January 19, 2024 at 3:11:38?PM UTC-5, john larkin wrote:
>>> It feels like the Digikey data sheets are now often links off-site,
>>> and those links are now often broken or plain wrong or otherwise
>>> useless.
>>
>>Why would DigiKey host a datasheet when the manufacturer hosts them?
>
>And why would they bother to get them right?
>
>>
>>Businesses change hands and/or names so fast these days, it's understandable links go obsolete.
>>
>>They have a new unit of quantity, the bag:
>>
>>"Bag packaging indicates that a specified quantity of product is packaged by the manufacturer in a bag, sealed pouch, or similar container and sold as a unit without repackaging. It is also used to describe kits/assortments where components are packaged in separate bags according to part number or parametric value, rather than in a compartmentalized box or similar rigid container."
>>
>>>
>>> Plus, most of the parts are unavailable or insanely priced.
>>>
>>> They show several relays over $50,000 each but they are fortunately
>>> unavailable.
>>
>>That must be the super-bag size.
>>
>
>Probably it's some part that a helicopter or something needs and
>someone has to have the exact part. I can envision some speculation
>going on.
>
>I've seen pretty dumb looking connectors for kilobucks too.

I've just come up with a great business idea: let's manufacture
dumb-looking connectors for kilobucks! :-D

On Sat, 20 Jan 2024 18:20:09 -0800 (PST), Anthony William Sloman
<bill.sloman@ieee.org> wrote:

>On Sunday, January 21, 2024 at 3:15:13?AM UTC+11, John Smiht wrote:
>> On Friday, January 19, 2024 at 11:26:11?PM UTC-6, Anthony William Sloman wrote:
>> > On Saturday, January 20, 2024 at 9:44:37?AM UTC+11, john larkin wrote:
>> > > On Fri, 19 Jan 2024 13:45:01 -0800 (PST), Lasse Langwadt Christensen
>> > > <lang...@fonz.dk> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > >fredag den 19. januar 2024 kl. 21.11.38 UTC+1 skrev john larkin:
>> > > >> It feels like the Digikey data sheets are now often links off-site,
>> > > >> and those links are now often broken or plain wrong or otherwise
>> > > >> useless.
>> > > >>
>> > > >> Plus, most of the parts are unavailable or insanely priced.
>> > > >>
>> > > >> They show several relays over $50,000 each but they are fortunately
>> > > >> unavailable.
>> > > >
>> > > >so they don't have any but if you really want one and are willing to pay 50k they will find one for you ...
>> > > Yes. Digikey is almost a division of Ebay now.
>> > >
>> > > Most electronic parts distributors don't stock parts any more. They
>> > > are sort of broker-reps.
>> > >
>> > > Digikey is useful as a multi-vendor search engine. But be careful...
>> > > they make a lot of mistakes.
>> >
>> > So does John Larkin. His ideas about climate change are the most obvious ones, but there are plenty of others.
>>
>> Ya know, Bill Sloman, you are a true arsehole.
>
>Actually, John Larkin is. I merely remind people of his numerous faults.
>
>>You take every opportunity to make hateful, derogatory replies to
>> everyone you dislike.
>
>Have I ever been unkind to you? You are just as obnoxious as John Larkin, but haven't been infesting this group anything like as long, and haven't had the chance to do as much damage.
>
>> You have a personality problem. Seek help.
>
>Not a plausible claim. I hang out with academic pychologists, and don't seem to worry them.

Presumably because they're aware that psychopathy isn't treatable. ;-)

On Sunday, January 21, 2024 at 9:34:46 PM UTC+11, Cursitor Doom wrote:
> On Sat, 20 Jan 2024 18:20:09 -0800 (PST), Anthony William Sloman <bill.....@ieee.org> wrote:
> >On Sunday, January 21, 2024 at 3:15:13?AM UTC+11, John Smiht wrote:
> >> On Friday, January 19, 2024 at 11:26:11?PM UTC-6, Anthony William Sloman wrote:
> >> > On Saturday, January 20, 2024 at 9:44:37?AM UTC+11, john larkin wrote:
> >> > > On Fri, 19 Jan 2024 13:45:01 -0800 (PST), Lasse Langwadt Christensen <lang...@fonz.dk> wrote:
> >> > > >fredag den 19. januar 2024 kl. 21.11.38 UTC+1 skrev john larkin:

<snip>
> >> You have a personality problem. Seek help.
> >
> >Not a plausible claim. I hang out with academic pychologists, and don't seem to worry them.
>
> Presumably because they're aware that psychopathy isn't treatable. ;-)

Psychopathy may not be treatable, but you don't hang out with people who are prone to that particular disorder. It's not safe.

My long held suspicion is that you emigrated away from the UK for tax avoidance reasons, but the personality you exhibit here isn't one that would make you a popular neighbour. Lord Lucan seems to have left the UK after killing his nanny because he though that she was his wife - I doubt that you are that blue-blooded, but you do seems to be at least as English.

--
Bill Sloman, Sydney

On Sun, 21 Jan 2024 03:00:10 -0800 (PST), Anthony William Sloman
<bill.sloman@ieee.org> wrote:

>On Sunday, January 21, 2024 at 9:34:46?PM UTC+11, Cursitor Doom wrote:
>> On Sat, 20 Jan 2024 18:20:09 -0800 (PST), Anthony William Sloman <bill....@ieee.org> wrote:
>> >On Sunday, January 21, 2024 at 3:15:13?AM UTC+11, John Smiht wrote:
>> >> On Friday, January 19, 2024 at 11:26:11?PM UTC-6, Anthony William Sloman wrote:
>> >> > On Saturday, January 20, 2024 at 9:44:37?AM UTC+11, john larkin wrote:
>> >> > > On Fri, 19 Jan 2024 13:45:01 -0800 (PST), Lasse Langwadt Christensen <lang...@fonz.dk> wrote:
>> >> > > >fredag den 19. januar 2024 kl. 21.11.38 UTC+1 skrev john larkin:
>
><snip>
>
>> >> You have a personality problem. Seek help.
>> >
>> >Not a plausible claim. I hang out with academic pychologists, and don't seem to worry them.
>>
>> Presumably because they're aware that psychopathy isn't treatable. ;-)
>
>Psychopathy may not be treatable, but you don't hang out with people who are prone to that particular disorder. It's not safe.

A popular misconception. In fact, the vast majority of psychopaths
aren't dangerous, notwithstanding well worth avoiding anyway.

>My long held suspicion is that you emigrated away from the UK for tax avoidance reasons, but the personality you exhibit here isn't one that would make you a popular neighbour. Lord Lucan seems to have left the UK after killing his nanny because he though that she was his wife - I doubt that you are that blue-blooded, but you do seems to be at least as English.

You've clearly read some of that nonsense about me on uk.diy. I was
actually living in Germany when I fled it for tax reasons. And there
was nothing unlawful about that. As for Lord Lucan, I've no idea what
you brought him up for.

On Sunday, January 21, 2024 at 10:51:59 PM UTC+11, Cursitor Doom wrote:
> On Sun, 21 Jan 2024 03:00:10 -0800 (PST), Anthony William Sloman
> <bill....@ieee.org> wrote:
> >On Sunday, January 21, 2024 at 9:34:46?PM UTC+11, Cursitor Doom wrote:
> >> On Sat, 20 Jan 2024 18:20:09 -0800 (PST), Anthony William Sloman <bill.....@ieee.org> wrote:
> >> >On Sunday, January 21, 2024 at 3:15:13?AM UTC+11, John Smiht wrote:
> >> >> On Friday, January 19, 2024 at 11:26:11?PM UTC-6, Anthony William Sloman wrote:
> >> >> > On Saturday, January 20, 2024 at 9:44:37?AM UTC+11, john larkin wrote:
> >> >> > > On Fri, 19 Jan 2024 13:45:01 -0800 (PST), Lasse Langwadt Christensen <lang...@fonz.dk> wrote:
> >> >> > > >fredag den 19. januar 2024 kl. 21.11.38 UTC+1 skrev john larkin:
> >
> ><snip>
> >
> >> >> You have a personality problem. Seek help.
> >> >
> >> >Not a plausible claim. I hang out with academic pychologists, and don't seem to worry them.
> >>
> >> Presumably because they're aware that psychopathy isn't treatable. ;-)
> >
> >Psychopathy may not be treatable, but you don't hang out with people who are prone to that particular disorder. It's not safe.
>
> A popular misconception. In fact, the vast majority of psychopaths
> aren't dangerous, notwithstanding well worth avoiding anyway.

Not a subject I've studied in detail. You may have reason to be more interested.

> >My long held suspicion is that you emigrated away from the UK for tax avoidance reasons, but the personality you exhibit here isn't one that would make you a popular neighbour. Lord Lucan seems to have left the UK after killing his nanny because he though that she was his wife - I doubt that you are that blue-blooded, but you do seems to be at least as English.

> You've clearly read some of that nonsense about me on uk.diy.

I certainly haven't. Commander Kinsey seems to hang out there, but that's all I know about it. If you do too, all the more reason to avoid it.

> I was actually living in Germany when I fled it for tax reasons. And there was nothing unlawful about that.
..
Tax avoidance is legal. Tax evasion isn't. The main difference is the amount you spend on getting legal advice.

> As for Lord Lucan, I've no idea what you brought him up for.

Any anonymous English expatriate is candidate for that role.

--
Bill Sloman, Sydney

On Sun, 21 Jan 2024 10:30:35 +0000, Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com>
wrote:

>On Fri, 19 Jan 2024 14:38:04 -0800, john larkin <jl@650pot.com> wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 19 Jan 2024 13:20:25 -0800 (PST), Fred Bloggs
>><bloggs.fredbloggs.fred@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>On Friday, January 19, 2024 at 3:11:38?PM UTC-5, john larkin wrote:
>>>> It feels like the Digikey data sheets are now often links off-site,
>>>> and those links are now often broken or plain wrong or otherwise
>>>> useless.
>>>
>>>Why would DigiKey host a datasheet when the manufacturer hosts them?
>>
>>And why would they bother to get them right?
>>
>>>
>>>Businesses change hands and/or names so fast these days, it's understandable links go obsolete.
>>>
>>>They have a new unit of quantity, the bag:
>>>
>>>"Bag packaging indicates that a specified quantity of product is packaged by the manufacturer in a bag, sealed pouch, or similar container and sold as a unit without repackaging. It is also used to describe kits/assortments where components are packaged in separate bags according to part number or parametric value, rather than in a compartmentalized box or similar rigid container."
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Plus, most of the parts are unavailable or insanely priced.
>>>>
>>>> They show several relays over $50,000 each but they are fortunately
>>>> unavailable.
>>>
>>>That must be the super-bag size.
>>>
>>
>>Probably it's some part that a helicopter or something needs and
>>someone has to have the exact part. I can envision some speculation
>>going on.
>>
>>I've seen pretty dumb looking connectors for kilobucks too.
>
>I've just come up with a great business idea: let's manufacture
>dumb-looking connectors for kilobucks! :-D

And fake the certifications!

I think that someone may have already had that idea.