On Wed, 26 May 2010 11:33:08 -0700 (PDT), lu6etj
wrote:

"Always has been a pleasure for me to read you. I have learning very
much from your enthusiastic discussions. You made me think of things
that I never thought without your help. Thank you."

Hi Miguel,

You are welcome.

My comments (beyond your quote above) were in regard to you observing
the amount of time Walt's topic has been under discussion. In fact,
the agony of source resistance has been painfully with us for as long
as newsgroups could support the noise bandwidth.

As dangerous as unasked-for advice is, prepare something at your bench
to measure all these contentious issues for yourself. Force the
issues that are only being discussed rather than measured. Discover
the roots of what used to be a "hands on" avocation. Learn the
practical reality in relation to the academic meaning. Discover the
first principles by making mistakes and having failures that you can
correct in front of you, instead of being assisted by an "expert."
Compare results with like-minded bench workers who can perform the
same examinations you are doing.

This is what Walt did - many times. His bench work eclipses ALL
discussion of theory. The irony that inhabits this is that his bench
work may even eclipse his own explanations. Absolutely no one else
has dared to slide up to the bench to demonstrate that, however. The
level of "critique" is much like ants scattering at the feet of a
giant.

There is a lot of math thrown against the wall to prove something. It
may or may not be the same thing. What it does prove is:
"Models are doomed to succeed."
This is demonstrated here at least once a week on average, and is even
held up as a hallmark of hazing, initiation, or anti-intellectual
snobbery. Math/Models/Simulations/Theories serve many religious wars.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC