On Sun, 15 Apr 2007 13:51:44 -0700, Roy Lewallen wrote:

I've mentioned before that readers, like a group of triaged medical
patients, fall into three general categories:

1. Those who have made up their minds and won't have them changed no
matter what you say or what evidence you present;
2. Those who already agree with what you're saying;
3. Those who are willing to read what you say and can be convinced.

Posting for the benefit of groups 1 and 2 is a waste of time, because
there's no difference in anyone's belief or knowledge from the beginning
to the end of the discussion. The third group, however, is worth while.
Unfortunately, the active posters often are composed of the first two
groups, and I see in this discussion that's been entirely the case. So
we're left to hope that the lurkers are taking something away from this.
To the lurkers out the I hope you've read the postings, looked at the
evidence, and reached some conclusions. Better yet, I hope some of you
have been spurred to learn more about the topic, do some investigation
of your own from reputable sources, and gain a deeper understanding of
the fundamentals involved.

I see that my statements that waves don't interact with or reflect from
each other in a linear medium is already being morphed into claims that
I've denied that superposition happens, even though I've been careful to
distinguish the two. So one final request to the lurkers: Read what I
wrote, not interpretations of what I wrote.

I've tried to explain my point in about every way I know how, and
further postings would just become more repetitive. So I'll bow out at
this point, disappointed because I've been totally ineffectual at
communicating my point to the active posters, but with hope that some of
the lurkers have understood. And Walt, I'm especially disappointed that
I've been unable to explain to you what I mean, because I fear that the
interpretive error will detract from and reduce the credibility of your
otherwise exceptional and wonderful works.

Roy Lewallen, W7EL

Hi Roy,

I thank you for the time and effort you've put in in expressing your position, but for all the attempts I've
made to appreciate your position, I'm now more confused than before the thread began. I don't know what else
to say other than it puts me squarely in the first of the three categories, doesn't it?

Walt