Andrew Testa
Second Unit
- Joined
- Mar 22, 2002
- Messages
- 263
So Ray, is that you beating your head against the wall over on the Tivo forum about this? Thanks to that news piece, the same type of arguments are flaring up over there. The saddest part is that the loudest defender of the elevator isn't doing so out of any first hand knowledge, but because the article told him that there are PhDs and stuff working on it, and that NASA helped pay for it, so it HAS to be right.
People who guard their ignorance more viligantly than their wallets are indeed morons, and Ray has every right to express his exasperation in having to deal with them.
Eric,
Nothing I wrote was intended to insult or denigrate any new idea. I simply applied my knowledge to the claims and found problems that I think should be addressed. If those are properly addressed I'll revise my position. Until then I'll maintain that the concept won't work. I do so not to stifle new ideas, but to ensure that new ideas have merit and can stand up to scrutiny.
Andy
People who guard their ignorance more viligantly than their wallets are indeed morons, and Ray has every right to express his exasperation in having to deal with them.
Eric,
Nothing I wrote was intended to insult or denigrate any new idea. I simply applied my knowledge to the claims and found problems that I think should be addressed. If those are properly addressed I'll revise my position. Until then I'll maintain that the concept won't work. I do so not to stifle new ideas, but to ensure that new ideas have merit and can stand up to scrutiny.
Andy