[rollei_list] Re: OT - a problem for every solution.
- From: Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 10:03:35 -0800
Austin,
I see you are condescending to mud wrestle with a pig. Problem is he enjoys
it!
Jerry
Austin Franklin wrote:
> Ardeshir,
>
> > >>> They (the Chaparral 2J) were banned for a very good safety reason.
> > >>> They sucked up debris from the track and spit it out the rear of the
> > >>> car. <...snip...>
> > >>
> > >> Austin, my dear chap! That could have easily been solved by having
> > >> the air strained ... like through a strainer.
> > >
> > > Sigh. Your proposed "solution" has been thought of by thousands of
> > > people long before you. Anyone with even a simple understanding of the
> > > issue would understand that your proposal would not work.
> > >
> > >> (One needs, however, to be an un-engineer - like, say, a cook - to
> > >> figure out these easy solutions,
> > >
> > > Your (typical) claim of an "easy solution" that does not work, and the
> > > reason you don't understand why something doesn't work before even
> > > opening your mouth, is because of your lack of actual understanding of
> > > the material.
> >
> > It DOES work. I have strained soup many, MANY times, to get a TOTALLY
> > grit-free beverage.
>
> It works for straining soup. It does NOT work for a snowmobile engine with
> a large fan moving lots of air at high velocity. As usual, you think you
> understand the problem and you clearly don't.
>
> > AND I have used a vacuum-cleaner, which emits TOTALLY grit-free air.
> > (Note that my tiny "Shark" hand-held vacuum cleaner has enough suction
> > to pick up a bowling ball!)
>
> Ah, you have a snowmobile powered vacuum that is made to vacuum rocks,
> marbles, sticks etc.? Some thing "work" on a small scale, but are
> impractical on a large scale. Because you are not an engineer (and in fact
> have contempt for them, and I understand why), have no actual engineering
> experience, and clearly have no experience with ever making anything that
> actually works, I understand your ignorance.
>
> > PS: Uh ... I notice that you give no REASON above for your saying that
> > it won't work. Is there a reason why you hesitate to give a reason?
>
> I gave no reason because I know the reasons, and if you knew a wit about
> what you were talking about, you would be able to come up with them on your
> own. Instead, all we get is uninformed grandiose blathering.
>
> You are clearly not in touch with what it really takes to not only
> understand, but what it takes to actually DO.
>
> Austin
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