DJ Cravens <[email protected]> wrote:
> I personally think that we need the public on our side and that means > taking demos and information to a new audience. But I guess it depends on > your desired outcome. If you just think of money then you may take a > different tactic than if you are just after public awareness. > Nonsense. That is a false dichotomy. At this stage the only members of the public who will understand a demonstration are scientists and engineers. A academic presentation to them is practically indistinguishable to a technical sales presentation you would make to get funding from any agency or investor. 98% of what you need to say or demonstrate at the NI conference is what you would say or do when meeting with venture capitalists, because the capitalists would bring a group of scientists and engineers to evaluate your claim. If you cannot do a demonstration that impresses people at the NI conference you will NEVER impress the general public and you will never impress a funding agency. From what I have seen of your work, the reason you fail is not because the test itself is unconvincing, but because you make no effort to present it properly. You don't even bother spell English words correctly, for crying out loud. When I and others offer to help you blow us away! Many professors write badly. They are always late. The papers are often disorganized. The spelling is awful and the use of Microsoft Word formatting is a nightmare. Here's the thing though: a department secretary or someone else ghost writes for professors. I have ghost written many papers for many professors. You, Dennis, sometimes submit papers and put on a presentations not fit for a middle school science fair. You don't bother to make a video or even do a spell check. Okay some of your papers have been masterpieces, as Fleischmann said -- and as I plan to say at ICCF18. But your efforts are uneven. First impressions are important! People judge things by presentation and spelling. This is something you should have learned in high school. When people ignore you, you blame them. Grow up! - Jed
