From: bill.sloman@ieee.org   
      
   On 20/02/2026 1:00 am, Liz Tuddenham wrote:   
   > Bill Sloman  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 19/02/2026 6:10 am, john larkin wrote:   
   >>> On Wed, 18 Feb 2026 12:58:08 -0500, Joe Gwinn    
   >>> wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> On Wed, 18 Feb 2026 18:35:18 +0100, Gerhard Hoffmann    
   >>>> wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> Am 18.02.26 um 16:35 schrieb john larkin:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> No, I only _intentionally_ post to s.e.d.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> What do you do?   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> John Larkin   
   >>>>>> Highland Tech Glen Canyon Design Center   
   >>>>>> Lunatic Fringe Electronics   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> No. You _still_ crosspost.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Gentlemen, I would hazard that the key word above is "intentionally".   
   >>>   
   >>> Right. I have no desire to post to a physics group. Many physicists   
   >>> (or pretend physicists) are Not Nice People.   
   >>   
   >> They do tend to be unkind to pretentious nitwits.   
   >>   
   >>> And I'm just an engineer.   
   >>   
   >> And some of us are dubious about that claim.   
   >   
   > I've often thought you were dubious - but perhaps you were just   
   > doubtful.   :-)   
      
   There's an ambiguity there. Calling somebody "dubious" implies that you   
   have doubts about them. I have doubts about a lot of the claims made   
   here, and spell them out explicitly from time to time - I'm dubious   
   about them. That doesn't make me a dubious character, but rather one who   
   questions what he he is told - which is to say skeptical.   
      
   Keep at it. You may eventually qualify as level 5 literate.   
      
   --   
   Bill Sloman, Sydney   
      
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