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   john larkin to '''newspam'''@nonad.co.uk   
   Re: energy and mass   
   12 Feb 26 07:38:46   
   
   XPost: sci.electronics.design   
   From: jl@glen--canyon.com   
      
   On Thu, 12 Feb 2026 09:39:55 +0000, Martin Brown   
   <'''newspam'''@nonad.co.uk> wrote:   
      
   >On 11/02/2026 22:39, john larkin wrote:   
   >> On Wed, 11 Feb 2026 23:09:43 +0100, nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J.   
   >> Lodder) wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> john larkin  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> Why are physics types so often insulting and obnoxious?   
   >>>   
   >>> Their big big problem is their inability to suffer fools gladly.   
   >   
   >Indeed - although it can look rather cruel to onlookers.   
   >   
   >I'm curious though is the Demon brand still existent in demon.nl ?   
   >Or is your handle a throwback to times past? Ping says domain not found.   
   >It was exorcised in the UK soon after Vodaphone got their hands on it.   
   >   
   >> Linked to their enthusiasm to call people fools.   
   >   
   >When the cap fits...   
   >You are arguing out of ignorance and unwilling to learn.   
      
   You must be a physicist to dispense insuts so eagerly in a discussion   
   group.   
      
   My opinions about the brutality of the physics world were acquired   
   first-hand.   
      
   I did find the scientists in a few places to be collegial and happy to   
   brainstorm. LANL and LLNL come to mind.   
      
      
      
   >   
   >>>> I've been to physics meetings that shocked me with their brutality.   
   >>>> That mentality is terrible for brainstorming and inventing things.   
   >>>   
   >>> They are professionals amongst themselves. They can take it.   
   >>> Brutality is what keeps the brainstorming in check,   
   >>   
   >> For sure.   
   >   
   >Physicists have heard all of the deranged objections to Einsteins theory   
   >of relativity and general relativity so many times before that they are   
   >not inclined to give any quarter to hand waving wannabes like you.   
      
   I'm just trying to visualize a time-varying spherically symmetric   
   gravitational or electric field.   
      
   >   
   >The mathematics is a precise detailed description of how things work -   
   >natural language is far too ambiguous to make meaningful progress.   
      
   John Larkin   
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