[meteorite-list] Carrying idiots to Newcastle (and back)

[Michael L Blood]

Would you two please write each other OFF LIST.
        I would be grateful. Anyone else be grateful?
        Best wishes, Michael

on 12/26/07 2:19 AM, Jason Utas at meteoritekid at gmail.com wrote:

> E.P.,
> 
> I said I wouldn't argue the point anymore, but this is just insulting
> - after I say I'm to leave, you repeatedly bash me?  You're going into
> overkill here - one might almost think you're compensating for your
> own beliefs with this little romp-around.
> 
> Sterling himself just told you that the neutron release from an impact
> would be negligible compared to the levels about which you've been
> talking.
> He's the one disagreeing with you at this point; I've already told you
> that I've had enough of this idiotic discussion; as Darren (not
> 'Darryl,' as you incorrectly noted) put it, it's nothing but a waste
> of time to try to explain to you what the concept of 'proof' means, so
> there's no point in perpetuating your idiocy for all to read.  I had
> enough of this BS - if you want more of my end, by all means, try to
> draw me out, but, to be perfectly frank, I feel much less inclined to
> keep this argument even remotely civil given what you've just said.
> 
> At this point, it's clear; the only person here who knows less than
> impacts (out of the three of us) than me, is you, and I'm sure that if
> anyone else saw any insanity in my so-called ravings, etc, etc, I'm
> sure they'd tell me - they've certainly known me for long enough.
> Whereas I admitted that my knowledge was limited, and based on my
> understanding of Physics B (no calculus involved, though I'm learning
> that in another class), you failed to provide any mathematical or
> otherwise relevant credentials on your part when confronted with the
> question, ignoring it completely, as I'm sure you will again should
> you reply to this message (though now that I've said this, you might
> actually deal with it - who knows?).
> 
> Though I'm glad you saw the need to apologize...even if you did it for
> the wrong person.
> 
> I'll round this off with two quotes I think you should actually read,
> whether or not you decide to read whatever else I've written over the
> past week in the near future.
> 
> It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a
> fool than to open it and remove all doubt.
> Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
> 
> Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.
> Euripides (484 BC - 406 BC)
> 
> I'd say this is it for me, but if you continue with your...I have no
> other way of describing it other than 'immature' - messages (there's a
> reason no one is standing up and agreeing with you on any point you've
> so far put forth, in case you might not have noticed this *fact*), I
> probably will reply, seeing as we've left the arena of scientific
> discussion and you've now successfully, as I'm sure you wanted,
> brought it to blows.
> 
> Jason
> 
> On Dec 25, 2007 10:26 PM, E.P. Grondine <epgrondine at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Hi all -
>> 
>> For those trying to work out the pathology of Jason's
>> mental defect, consider his claim here:
>> 
>>> And you call me biased....maybe to the 'theory' that
>> KE = 1/2mv^2, I suppose.
>>> I've only been arguing based on impact dynamics and
>>> known facts.
>> 
>> You know and I know and (nearly) everyone else here
>> knows that Jason's understanding of impact dynamics is
>> nil, zero, zip, nada. Sterling has been through them
>> with him again and again and again and again and
>> again, and they still don't sink in - as for some
>> strange reason Jason thinks that he already knows
>> them.
>> 
>> As Jason's obliviousness extends to the hard data, I
>> give up. Not another minute of my time.
>> 
>> As Jason's ravings are not only interfering with the
>> Arctic Iron search, but have also taken away important
>> space for commercial notices, my apologies not only to
>> the hunters but to the dealers here as well.
>> 
>> good hunting, and a prosperous new year to all,
>> E.P. Grondine
>> Man and Impact in the Americas
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>      
>> _____________________________________________________________________________
>> _______
>> Never miss a thing.  Make Yahoo your home page.
>> http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
>> ______________________________________________
>> http://www.meteoritecentral.com
>> Meteorite-list mailing list
>> Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
>> 
> ______________________________________________
> http://www.meteoritecentral.com
> Meteorite-list mailing list
> Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list