Thank you for your unique insights Michel, I assume that excerpt had been inserted here for my own benefit. If by perchance you are the actual author I'd say you have a damned good career ahead of you as a SF writer, along with all of your current talents. I am impressed, honestly.
Rest assured, I have been given assignments far more challenging than this on occasion. Regards, Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com > To Steven Vincent Johnson, > > Share and enjoy (mask the bottom halves of the letters, and read > them in the local language of Eadrax) > > Michel > > "Share and Enjoy" is the company motto of the hugely successful > Sirius Cybernetics Corporation Complaints division, which now > covers the major land masses of three medium sized planets and is > the only part of the Corporation to have shown a consistent > profit in recent years. > > The motto stands --- or rather stood --- in three mile high > illuminated letters near the Complaints Department spaceport on > Eadrax. Unfortunately its weight was such that shortly after it > was erected, the ground beneath the letters caved in and they > dropped for nearly half their length through the offices of many > talented young complaints executives --- now deceased. > > The protruding upper halves of the letters now appear, in the > local language, to read ``Go stick your head in a pig'', and are > no longer illuminated, except at times of special celebration. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steven Vincent Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 9:11 PM > Subject: [Vo]: > > > > SUBJECT: Jullian Opinions > > > > To Michel Jullian, > > > > I noticed you recently stated: > > > >> It follows that saying "palladium was electrolyzed in > >> D2O+LiOD" is like saying "a blood tester was analyzed > >> in blood", sounds absurd doesn't it? If it's too late > >> to correct your book for such absurdities, could you > >> correct at least the paper so it doesn't disgrace the > >> lenr.org library? > > > > I scanned through past posts pertaining to the subject thread: > " Ed Storm's confusion (was Re: [Vo]: Cold Fusion skeptic Dr. > Michael Shermer)". > > > > I see you have made additional posts since then. > > > > I gather from your repeated attempts to draw Ed Storms into a > dialogue with you that you have extensive knowledge in the field > of electrochemistry, that you wish to put your accumulated > experience to good use. > > > > I'm definitely not speaking from a humble perspective when I > strongly suggest that it is not in anyone's best interest to > attempt to educate others in a potentially manipulative manner. > To inform an individual that they have in your opinion made an > error in their work (such as in the title), but then deliberately > not tell them specifically what the so-called error might be, as > you initially did, is equivalent to a form of manipulative drama > on the high seas. Such dialogue, ironically, focus more of the > attention on you and the importance of your opinions rather than > on the alleged mistake that needs to be corrected. It seems to me > that if your objective had been to achieve resolution of the > "mistake," you would have revealed the specifics of said > "mistake" up front. What I found interesting was the fact that > initially you chose not to do so - repeatedly. Repeatedly, you > left it as a big mystery - an unfolding drama. That suggests a > very different agenda other than having Ed ! > > Storm's best interests in mind. > > > > Performing drama of this nature in a public form should only be > conducted by an experienced teacher. Indeed, teachers > occasionally DO resort to this tactic if they are sure the > students participating in the public dialogue will actually learn > something valuable. The best teachers, the most honorable ones, > have their student's best interests in mind. Others, on the other > hand, who self-appoint themselves in the role of a "teacher" who > then use this tactic on the targeted "student" are not so much > interested in the welfare of their "student" or even in the > learning process for that matter. They are more interested in > propagating their personal opinions, attaching importance to them. > > > > Maybe you ARE a teacher, professionally speaking. I really > don't know. Maybe you are even a GOOD teacher. Perhaps certain > teachers really DO need the equivalent of an opinionated > attention getting EGO in order to teach the good lessons. > Nevertheless, a question you might want to ask yourself is: Did > Ed Storm ever ask you to assume the role of a teacher for his > educational benefit? And whose benefit was the initial exchange > really meant for? > > > > Now that the incorrect use of terminology, the dirty laundry > you attribute to Storm's title is finally out in the open, the > ramifications for all to ponder deeply including your suggested > corrections, I noticed you are now stating that his book contains > "absurdities", that if published as-is, could "...disgrace the > lenr.org library." > > > > You are entitled to your opinions. > > > > With not so many Regards, > > Steven Vincent Johnson > > www.OrionWorks.com > > > > > > >
