Shawn,
If I could table my disposition to appreciation of sophmoric humour for just a moment, I would comment I absolutely agree with your assesment.
This article is a comprehensive disemination of valuable technical imformation, the likes of which, it's frequently required to wade through no end of crap and commercialism, to find online.
But obviously, (in my opinion), the man intended to slide in that bit of humor for us to find and appreciate.
So if you're commenting on the quality and value of the over all article, I agree with you completely and if you were more specifically commenting on the humorous content of that one paragraph (along the lines of my own particular appreciation of that paragraph), I agree with you completely! (-8
Dennis van Dam
PS To speak to Glenn Ashmore's specific inquiry, I have fairly extensive experience (although none as a function of formal training) with nyloc nuts and I've never experienced or heard of a fresh (installed one time only) nyloc backing off under any circumstance. I would qualify this statement as being in the context of extensive knowledge of hang gliding technology (no vibration environment) and to a lesser extent ultralight technology (VERY HIGH vibration environment....and one in which saftey wiring techniques are employed extensively, which are not employed in hang gliding technology (although it's not out of the question to find critical hang glider nylocs backed up by split rings or safety pins (tantamount to safety wiring)).
Speaking from a standpoint of total ignorance and in acknowledgement of a prior posters supposition, I would examine the possibilty that, for extensive periods, immersing the nyloc in water, and then additionally, that it's salt water may have some bearing on the condition.
(But I couldn't find anything online to support this supposition)