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Re: Newbie view: have to be 'politically correct' to assylum insiders or beat up

Posted by Steve Eddy on November 25, 2001 at 10:44:40

In Reply to: Re: Newbie view: have to be 'politically correct' to assylum insiders or beat up posted by john curl on November 25, 2001 at 01:29:41:

Steve, without even addressing your rebutal, I must say this:

Why would you not want to address my rebuttal? Oh, that's right. You're of the belief that one's claims stand or fall not on whether or not they are valid, but on the "credentials" of the person making the claims.

And right on cue, here come the "credentials."

I have been designing amps for 35 years, and they seem to work as I would expect them to. My first servo amp designed in '68 was current output, rather than voltage output and it worked successfully in Ampex tape machines for many years. I do know the difference between current output and voltage output. I also know know the difference between positive and negative feedback and was using both in a current output power amp as early as 1969 at Ampex Research in a 50V-50A power amp to drive motors.

Great. I'm sure everyone's amply impressed. But unfortunately it has nothing to do with your actual claim, nor its validity as you stated it.

Your criticisms are trivial, and only serve to confuse others.

I'm sorry, John, but you're the one confusing others. When someone uses words which mean the opposite of what they intend, it confuses people. If someone went around using "voltage" when what they meant was "current," it confuses people. Similarly, when you go around using terms like "counter voltage" and "opposing voltage" when what you may have intended to mean was "complimentary voltage" it confuses people.

I addressed your claim as you stated it . And as you repeatedly stated it even after it had been addressed several times. And as you repeatedly stated it, your claim was patently false. And addressing a patently false claim is not just a trivial criticism as you'd like to portray it here.

I'm sure you have had a long history designing amplifiers and whatnot and that you even have a good intuitive sense for how they work. But in this case it's quite clear that along the way you've failed to understand the commonly understood meanings of some commonly used terms in the engineering field.

You're the one always strutting around taking every opportunity to tell everyone you're an engineer and trotting out your "credentials" and sneering at others, demeaning them by calling them "techs" and "sophomores." So don't try and blame ME for assuming you actually understand the meanings of the words you use when discussing engineering topics and addressing what you actually say.

And don't try and detract from your failure to communicate at a level short even of that of a "tech" or "sophomore" by trying to claim that I am being trivial and confusing.

When you made your claim initially, you told me to go read a book. I suggest you go look (long and hard) in the mirror and say that same thing, John.

se

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