2014-05-27 23:46 GMT+02:00 John Ross <[email protected]>: > Thank you, whoever it was that wrote the long paragraph. It reminds me of > the only lawyer joke that I can remember. “Why do they bury Lawyers 8 feet > deep.” “Because down deep they are not too bad.” > > > > I did learn the Law of Sines and I re-learned it over the weekend. My new > knowledge has added support for my theory. One of my genius friends is > checking my math. I will post the results when I get them. > > > > You are right. I have been buggering along for 13 years and expect to > continue doing so until I find something basically wrong with my theory >
It already has been shown wrong several times... but you lack honesty and humility like all good crackpots... hence that will never happen (and *that's* a real honest and verifiable prediction). Quentin > that I can’t fix or until I receive the Nobel prize. > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *[email protected] > *Sent:* Sunday, May 25, 2014 9:46 AM > > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: TRONNIES > > > > > On Sunday, May 25, 2014 12:43:33 AM UTC+1, Liz R wrote: > > On 25 May 2014 02:44, John Clark <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > And you think rusty high school algebra is all you need to revolutionize > physics and win a Nobel Prize. Does anyone around here STILL think John > Ross is not a crackpot? > > > > Blessed are the cracked, for they let in the light. > > > > (Unless they are mugs, for they let out the coffee...) > > > > Sadly, having given Mr Ross lots of rope, I am coming to the conclusion > that he's fashioned a very serviceable noose for himself. > > > > You were *very* decent Lizzie...I had to read that post twice and felt it > rather moving, when you said his idea might be crazy enough to have > something...that it was elegant. I agree actually. And I think it's more > than possible, and there are more than plenty of precedents, for someone > being essentially wrong or ill-informed about a shed load of stuff, yet > right about something that in the fullness of time turns out to be more > significant than all of the stuff wrong and otherwise ill-informed when > should not reasonably have been. Not saying that'll be our John Ross mind > you...but I agreed or found agreeable something about the chap. Also, it's > good to feel sure - unlike poor Edgar - that John Ross will not be put off > at all by anything that has been said. He'll keep buggering on....for > better or worse 3p sense. Of course...it'll likely be for nothing...but > that is the price one pays for saying it's different. Of course he should > have learned the law of sines, and the other stuff...and of course John > Clarke gave a splendid and admirable showing and shall rightly be the star > of the thread. But on the other hand.....if Ross had known all that maybe > he'd never had had his insights. A double edged blade that one > certainly...but let's not forget it is a two edged thing., > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. (Roy Batty/Rutger Hauer) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
