Flame-retardant synthetic resin articles and methods of making the same are provided whereby flame-retardant SAP particles are incorporated into synthetic resins, especially curable thermosettable resins. A second set of orifices is coupled to the first set of orifices. In this manner, the stylus can be used as a joystick for controlling functions of the palmtop information appliance. The display unit displays the detection result output by the determination unit. In the receiver unit is an integral first functionality unit, eg a position servomotor, and at least one further external functionality unit, eg a motor, can be coupled to the receiver unit and operated thereby. The offset sequence may appear as a pseudo-random distribution of offset sequence values, and may include at least one zero offset value.