On 17/5/2022 12:19 am, Lewis wrote:
In message <[email protected]> Xeno <[email protected]> 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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