I am new to this list. After these posts, I thought the forum is designed to serve the interests of successful consultants and I am at a wrong party. I was about to unsubscribe. But, subsequent posts tell me otherwise and it is OK to ask questions that are not "give me a basic education" type. Don't ask for IP also. Let us see if the Open Termination questions and follow-up questions I asked fit into these categories. Obviously, they are not asking for IP because nobody indicated as such. I don't think they are "give me a basic education" type either. How the fields behave at the open ended line interface with free space before and after reflection is not high school physics. I know this because I have a high school diploma. What I would like to see is how this field behavior (which is not addressed so far) can be explained using rubber bands and weights and conservation of momentum. I would really appreciate if you or others explain this and convince me that these questions deserve to be ignored by the SI elite. MikonCons@xxxxxxx wrote: Beautifully said, Ed. I have not particpated in the SI forum for some time (while biting my tongue to keep my opinions to myself) because of the plethora of "give me a basic education" type questions, as well as some comments I have not agreed with. Although my requests for consulting support has tripled over the last couple of months, I know of eight other competent consultants scratchin the gravel beds for work. Mike Michael L. Conn Owner/Principal Consultant Mikon Consulting *** Serving Your Needs with Technical Excellence *** ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List FAQ wiki page is located at: http://si-list.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Si-List_FAQ List technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.org List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List FAQ wiki page is located at: http://si-list.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Si-List_FAQ List technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.org List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu