XPost: sci.electronics.design   
   From: nospam@de-ster.demon.nl   
      
   hBill Sloman  wrote:   
      
   > On 13/02/2026 2:20 am, J. J. Lodder wrote:   
   > > 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 ?   
   > >   
   > > Of course not.   
   > >   
   > >> 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.   
   > >   
   > > Not a throwback, I never changed it.   
   > > It was valid, once, despite saying 'nospam'.   
   > > There is also a Reply-To: header for serious replies, if really needed.   
   > >   
   > >>> Linked to their enthusiasm to call people fools.   
   > >>   
   > >> When the cap fits...   
   > >> You are arguing out of ignorance and unwilling to learn.   
   > >   
   > > Eh, you are replying to several people at once.   
   > >   
   > >>>>> 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.   
   > >   
   > > Eh, I guess that 'john larkin' is an innocent bystander from   
   > >  who got a bit lost.   
   >   
   > John Larkin has been the most prolific poster on sci.electronics.design   
   > since I started posting here around 1996. He's not innocent - his main   
   > aim is to get flattered, and he's not good enough at electronics to earn   
   > the kind of praise that he seeks. He's not bad at it, just not as good   
   > as he likes to think.   
      
   On my first impression he is just another loudmouth   
   who is uncritically regurgitating third-hand 'knowledge'   
   about non-electronis subjects.   
      
   I may be mistaken of course,   
      
   Jan   
      
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