RS regulators instruction writers need instructions

[petemoore]

  Bookmarked:
  http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Bill_Bowden/page12.htm
  It's possible to 'cool-fry' a Radio Shack regulator ?
  No heat involved...?
  "This Time' I said, 'I'll get the close in light and magnifying glass, and keep the package close by until I get it wired up'.
  That was my second mistake.
  My third [or third and fourth] mistake is causing me to read...
.6v output, 14vdc+ input.
  Yes the wiring is correct, ..now.. and didn't cause noticable heat ..then..[with misconnects / PS for short duration of 3 seconds]
  Again I blew an RS regulator, I guess, don't really know how to test one. and can't blame it on RS.
  It's my fault for carefully reading the 'stirred' instructions [same thing but different with their other regulators], and it worked ! I have to go back and buy another LM317, very effective RS !
  I should have thought to re-write the double-folded pinout instructions.   
  Every time I play with stupid I have to re-wire the LM317 board and buy more LM317's.
  Same thing for 7812's, so cheep on the ink and writing instructions that catch stupid thinking, regulator sales have soared from my needs alone !!
  AGGGKKKK ! ! !
  Where was it I saw a 'sane mans' version of LM317 instructions, something where say...there are no double-backwards numbers to screw around for confusion purposes only, the pins are simply labeled with text once? Where was that.
  I didn't think I could be that dumb again, I know for certain RS's 2x#'d texts are double-backward-screwey.