Is this a forum for civilised technical discussion?

Why don't YOU go and play on the motorway. ...(_!_)...

Newsgroup......1 Bean.......0

I have been under the impression that this is a newsgroup!

Alan

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This can be such a forum. You just need to learn to ignore the rantings and personal attacks and focus on the issues.

Sincerely,

Donald L. Phillips, Jr., P.E. Worthington Engineering, Inc.

145 Greenglade Avenue Worthington, OH 43085-2264

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Perhaps so.

Sounds like a childish and silly outburst to me.....

Surely not...we all know just how adult & serious he is ;-)

Regards, Tony

Snip

For some reason, not when you are involved...

Don Phillips wrote in a posting to Bean:

But Bean meantiond in a posting earlier this year that it is his practice to ignore the content of a 'tantrum' or 'outburst' and focus on the 'childishness' of the posting.

i pointed out at the time that I thought this was the wrong tactic, and that it would be better to ignore the 'slurs' - whether real or imagined - and deal with the issue at stake. Clearly Bean does not want to do this, and I believe he will be stuck in an unproductive loop of dealing with 'attacks' and 'criticism' rather than moving on and tackling the issues.

I believe hypocrite is the phrase you were looking for.......

Clearly Bean does not

No, it's becoming a forum akin to alt.flame. I respectfully suggest that those who wish it to be so remove their discussions to the same post haste.

I wish I could say I pay that close of attention to Bean. Once a thread goes to name calling, I tend to mark it all as read.

Sincerely,

Donald L. Phillips, Jr., P.E. Worthington Engineering, Inc.

145 Greenglade Avenue Worthington, OH 43085-2264

snipped-for-privacy@worthingtonNSengineering.com (remove NS to use the address)

614.937.0463 voice 208.975.1011 fax

Nope...

Correct, and as such what happens here is is no better or worse than what is typically encountered during a classical street corner discussion or disagreement. Harry C.

Its just a shame that the children that use what was a good NG cant take thier disagreements out of the classroom and into the playground so that the rest of us can learn something usefull.

Martin P

You've not missed anything.

AAAAHAHAHAHA man I must have REALLY hit a nerve when I pointed out the fallacy of your comments about negatives. You just can't stand to be shown as wrong can you? Amazingly enough, it was my ONLY post regarding you and yet, its really struck home eh? I guess the truth hurt more than was intended. I intended only to show where you had erred, but if you want to consider that a sneer at you, then I suggest you seek professional help because you're obviousley paranoid. Nobody else took it as a rant, only you. You must have "seen the light" in my explanations and just couldn't bear it....my God, to be shown up in a public forum for being wrong. Truth hurts I guess. By the way, all REAL engineers know that in this industry, there is NO ROOM FOR EGO. When I've been corrected in the past, my replies were generally along the lines of THANK YOU for clearing things up. For you to have chosen my very first post to you as an attack that places me in your hall of shame, shows you for incompetent, unprofessional wannabee engineer you are.

In response to your query about technical discussions, generally this is a great place to exchange info, talk to pro's in particular disciplines of electronics, learn, etc........but in your case, we'll all make an exception.

Sorry, Ohms Law, Fourier Transforms, and any other mathematics, electronics, etc....are irrefutable. You're either right or wrong, there's no middle ground and personal opinions, viewpoints, etc have no bearing. 2+2 will always equal 4 no matter how you look at it. Although, if you'd really like to burst a vein, I can prove mathematically 3 different ways that 7 x 13 = 28, but that doesn't make it true.

Do you mind? I sat there and stared at that for the longest time until I realised what you were talking about. You are a very nasty man! ;o)

It could also be 21, BTW.

Perhaps he ought to be on alt.engineering.mechanical !! ;-)