From: xenolith@optusnet.com.au
On 17/5/2022 12:19 am, Lewis wrote:
> In message Xeno wrote:
>> I gave you the one I value most, my direct experience.
>
> No matter who you are, "my own experiences" is not a reference, much
> less a reliable one.
Indeed but Arlen says warped rotors don't exist, I say they do because I
have seen them, I have measured them, I have machined them. There are
video references showing *warped rotors* so they do exist.
>
> A reference is something published and accepted by others, preferably
> through an editorial process that includes exports in the field. It is
> not some guy saying "this is my experience" even though that might be
> useful in some cases.
>
> About the only exception to this is pure math where you can demonstrate
> a proof, and even there when you apply those numbers to real-world
> problems you may still be doing it wrong.
The maths involved is above my pay grade. ;-)
>
> Here's an example that might relate to you and help you understand.
>
> In the US, there was a problem with aluminum electrical wiring in homes,
> and the use of aluminum wiring in new construction is banned because it
> is too easy for it to cause house fires.
>
> Now, some people will decide that "ZOMG! This house has electrical
> wiring that is aluminum, I have to rewrite the house before it
> explodes!"
>
> An experienced electrician will tell you that, yes, you should probably
> rewire because it isn't safe.
>
> The same electrician will go home to his/her house with aluminum wiring
> and will not lose a second of sleep.
>
> Why? Because the electrician knows from experience that aluminum wiring
> is only an issue if incompetent nincompoops (like home owners) fuck with
> it and don't know what they are doing.
I have seen the same incompetent nincompoops dick with vehicle wiring
that they simply do not understand. Had a friend show me a heated and
*melted* headlight socket and said it was caused by a *short*. Didn't
understand enough about electricity to see that a resistance causes a
voltage drop which, in turn, generates heat. What he was looking at was
the after effects of a bad connection in a relatively high current
environment.
>
> But no electrician is going to cite their personal experience with
> aluminum wiring, or point out that there are plenty of ~70 year old
> houses with aluminum wiring still out there not catching on fire,
> because personal knowledge and experience is not a reference.
No experience with aluminium wiring because, as far as I am aware, it
isn't legal in this country. I can imagine scenarios where incompetent
nincompoops can right royally screw something like that. I have a name
for people like that - Crayfish - the meat is in the tail, the shit in
the head!
>
> If you want to argue about something, you need to be able to provide
> actual references.
>
> All of that said, in this case you are wallowing in mud with a
> shit-covered pig on his home turf, all that will happen here is that you
> are going to smell like a pig covered in shit and the pig you are arguing
> with is going to be very happy. VERY happy.
>
> Please, every time you're going to reply to him imagine that little
> chubby he gets and think again. Do you really want to be responsible for
> the only sexual stimulation that obese naked troglodyte gets in his
> life? Please, think of that image first.
>
It's a stark image you paint there! ;-)
--
Xeno
Nothing astonishes Noddy so much as common sense and plain dealing.
(with apologies to Ralph Waldo Emerson)
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