On Fri, 12 Mar 2004 09:41:43 -0600, Cecil Moore
wrote:

Tomorrow I plan to
be in Austin. That statement says nothing about how I plan to
get there.

This is the sort of consistently gratuitous discussion that renders
the entire topic without merit.

Here's a quote from Steve's article

Ah, the great satan having been invoked. How'd I peg that so square
on the head?

Does Steve know that you equate him to "the great satan"?

This time a gratuitous question.

I agree with that statement. But when I ask what happens to the energy
in those two cancelled waves, all I get is silence.

That's all it merits,

Why? It's an honest question.

You would have an entertaining time proving it everyone, but that
wouldn't mean they were convinced (or entertained, except in the sense
of morbid fascination). Again, it has no merit.

So Richard, what
happens to the energy in those two cancelled waves? Destroyed? Bleeds
off to a parallel universe? Routed through a black hole for constructive
interference in the opposite direction? The answer is more than obvious.

From those three alternatives drawn from a hat? Three card monte is a
more honest game.

Those are only three ridiculous possibilities.

And hence gratuitous, I pegged another one square on the head.

And here you told us that maxwell's equations were clueless, answers
that described nothing and no help at all

Maxwell's equations work to obtain the answer as does quantum
electrodynamics.

And yet you have never shown a lick of work in that regard, so we must
take it on faith? Like I said, all that is missing is your sagging
claims of truth, justice and the american way to bolster this supposed
knowledge. How many joules in a square cm of sunlight? Such a
question will only find specious qualifications and metaphysical
implications from you in response - but then, it is only
entertainment, cheaper than video on demand and not injurious to the
mental couch potato.

However, that entertainment value has been drained, we will pause for
your public service announcement: