XPost: sci.electronics.design   
   From: bill.sloman@ieee.org   
      
   On 13/02/2026 2:38 am, john larkin wrote:   
   > 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 insults so eagerly in a discussion   
   > group.   
      
   Sadly, your ignorance about science is obvious, and you haven't learned   
   much since I first came across your posts here.   
   > 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.   
      
   They needed your practical skills and worked at making you feel at home.   
      
   >>>>> I've been to physics meetings that shocked me with their brutality.   
   >>>>> That mentality is terrible for brainstorming and inventing things.   
      
   Not that you are famous for 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.   
      
   You'd need better math skills that you seem to have to be able to do   
   that. There are probably few text books that could get you up to speed,   
   but you've never bothered over the past few decades.   
      
   >> The mathematics is a precise detailed description of how things work -   
   >> natural language is far too ambiguous to make meaningful progress.   
      
   --   
   Bill Sloman, Sydney   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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