A frequent responder here asked me about my motives for coming on here and posting my remarks on a use net post. So, I thought I would answer that question.
A frequent responder here asked me about my motives for coming on here and posting my remarks on a use net post. So, I thought I would answer that question.
My motives are to truly offer advice to make other people safe and their equipment work to the best or optimum of its ability. As a child, my house
caught on fire due to an electrical short circuit without electrical ground. No one was hurt in the fire, thankfully. However, it took months to rebuild. Remembering this (for more than 40 years now) as I was one who went
through something like this, I talk to people about proper use of appliances to prevent fire, shock, injury, and/or other hazards (although these things are not always talked about in my responses to these post). I am a
qualified technician and I just bring things down to a level a lot of consumers or prosumers can use, without the use of big, unintelligible words in most situations, following the KISS principle.
The intent of these responses is to help others, enjoy these posts, and have the people have working, safe equipment. The intent is to do good and no intent to cause harm. I do this on my own time.
God Bless and have a great day.
sincerely,
Charles Lucas
A frequent responder here asked me about my motives for coming on here and posting my remarks on a use net post. So, I thought I would answer that question.
My motives are to truly offer advice to make other people safe and their equipment work to the best or optimum of its ability. As a child, my house
caught on fire due to an electrical short circuit without electrical ground. >No one was hurt in the fire, thankfully. However, it took months to rebuild. >Remembering this (for more than 40 years now) as I was one who went
through something like this, I talk to people about proper use of appliances >to prevent fire, shock, injury, and/or other hazards (although these things >are not always talked about in my responses to these post). I am a
qualified technician and I just bring things down to a level a lot of consumers or prosumers can use, without the use of big, unintelligible words in most situations, following the KISS principle.
The intent of these responses is to help others, enjoy these posts, and have the people have working, safe equipment. The intent is to do good and no intent to cause harm. I do this on my own time.
God Bless and have a great day.
sincerely,
Charles Lucas
A frequent responder here asked me about my motives for coming on here and posting my remarks on a use net post.(...)
The intent of these responses is to help others, enjoy these posts, and have the people have working, safe equipment. The intent is to do good and no intent to cause harm. I do this on my own time.
**There is no "God". Such a mythical creature violates several of the >fundamental laws that govern our universe.
On 22/07/2022 12:50 pm, Charles Lucas wrote:
A frequent responder here asked me about my motives for coming on here and posting my remarks on a use net post. So, I thought I would answer that question.
My motives are to truly offer advice to make other people safe and their equipment work to the best or optimum of its ability. As a child, my house
caught on fire due to an electrical short circuit without electrical ground.
No one was hurt in the fire, thankfully. However, it took months to rebuild.
Remembering this (for more than 40 years now) as I was one who went through something like this, I talk to people about proper use of appliances
to prevent fire, shock, injury, and/or other hazards (although these things
are not always talked about in my responses to these post). I am a qualified technician and I just bring things down to a level a lot of consumers or prosumers can use, without the use of big, unintelligible words in most situations, following the KISS principle.
The intent of these responses is to help others, enjoy these posts, and have the people have working, safe equipment. The intent is to do good and no intent to cause harm. I do this on my own time.
God Bless and have a great day.
sincerely,
Charles Lucas**There is no "God". Such a mythical creature violates several of the fundamental laws that govern our universe.
On Thu, 21 Jul 2022 19:50:26 -0700 (PDT), Charles Lucas <charles...@gmail.com> wrote:
A frequent responder here asked me about my motives for coming on here and posting my remarks on a use net post.(...)
The intent of these responses is to help others, enjoy these posts, and have the people have working, safe equipment. The intent is to do good and no intent to cause harm. I do this on my own time.I'm more selfish. I used to like reading mystery and detective
novels. It was fun trying to organize the clues and determine a
likely culprit. Same with troubleshooting electronics. Usually,
people who ask questions omit important information, like the model
number, paraphrase error messages, inject their own pet theories, and generally make it difficult to analyze. When that happens, I suggest
that they reorganize their question into a few simple questions:
1. What problem are you trying to solve? One sentence is sufficient.
2. What do you have to work with? (Maker, model, version number,
options, documentation, and general condition).
3. What have you done so far and what happened? (Error messages,
fire, smoke, explosion, etc).
4. What is your technical ability level and what test equipment is
available?
The difficult part is getting accurate information and error messages.
For reasons unknown, entering a model number from the back of a TV, or
errors from a display, into a computer keyboard without errors is
difficult. I frequently resort to interrogating people to get answers
to simple questions. Some people will waltz around the obvious
culprit, ignore the obvious and confuse descriptions by adding
irrelevant drivel. It sometimes seems like I'm trying to fix the
owner instead of the device. Prying information out of owners can be frustrating at times, but the results are usually worth the effort.
Hint: If you know HOW things work, you can fix anything.
--
Jeff Liebermann je...@cruzio.com
PO Box 272 http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
Ben Lomond CA 95005-0272
Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558
On 22/07/2022 03:50, Charles Lucas wrote:
A frequent responder here asked me about my motives for coming on here and posting my remarks on a use net post. So, I thought I would answer that question.
Charles,
You are new to this.
Can you find a proper Usenet client and service? Some are free, respond
back if you need pointers.
Necroposting is a waste of peoples time, and is likely to get you
killfiled, flammed or ignored. Many block google-groups for that display
of inaneness you've shown answering dead posts. It's bad netiquette.
If you must use google groups (and it is a poor display of tech ability
if you can't even work that out) then please check the posting date of
what you are (probably wasting our) time replying to.
--
Adrian C
On Friday, July 22, 2022 at 3:56:19 PM UTC-4, Trevor Wilson wrote:
On 22/07/2022 12:50 pm, Charles Lucas wrote:
A frequent responder here asked me about my motives for coming on here and posting my remarks on a use net post. So, I thought I would answer that question.**There is no "God". Such a mythical creature violates several of the
My motives are to truly offer advice to make other people safe and their equipment work to the best or optimum of its ability. As a child, my house
caught on fire due to an electrical short circuit without electrical ground.
No one was hurt in the fire, thankfully. However, it took months to rebuild.
Remembering this (for more than 40 years now) as I was one who went
through something like this, I talk to people about proper use of appliances
to prevent fire, shock, injury, and/or other hazards (although these things >>> are not always talked about in my responses to these post). I am a
qualified technician and I just bring things down to a level a lot of consumers or prosumers can use, without the use of big, unintelligible words in most situations, following the KISS principle.
The intent of these responses is to help others, enjoy these posts, and have the people have working, safe equipment. The intent is to do good and no intent to cause harm. I do this on my own time.
God Bless and have a great day.
sincerely,
Charles Lucas
fundamental laws that govern our universe.
Agnostic here..
In other words, debating this one way or the other or making declarative statements one way or the other is done with no evidence whatsoever, only opinion which is worthless.
On Sat, 23 Jul 2022 05:56:13 +1000, Trevor Wilson
<trevor@rageaudio.com.au> wrote:
**There is no "God". Such a mythical creature violates several of the
fundamental laws that govern our universe.
Who made the universe?
I think we have a problem with dimensions. We only exist in four
dimensions so we need a "God" to explain creation which is beyond our limitations.
a simulation.
On Friday, July 22, 2022 at 7:35:24 PM UTC-5, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
On Thu, 21 Jul 2022 19:50:26 -0700 (PDT), Charles Lucas
<charles...@gmail.com> wrote:
A frequent responder here asked me about my motives for coming on here and posting my remarks on a use net post.(...)
The intent of these responses is to help others, enjoy these posts, and have the people have working, safe equipment. The intent is to do good and no intent to cause harm. I do this on my own time.I'm more selfish. I used to like reading mystery and detective
novels. It was fun trying to organize the clues and determine a
likely culprit. Same with troubleshooting electronics. Usually,
people who ask questions omit important information, like the model
number, paraphrase error messages, inject their own pet theories, and
generally make it difficult to analyze. When that happens, I suggest
that they reorganize their question into a few simple questions:
1. What problem are you trying to solve? One sentence is sufficient.
2. What do you have to work with? (Maker, model, version number,
options, documentation, and general condition).
3. What have you done so far and what happened? (Error messages,
fire, smoke, explosion, etc).
4. What is your technical ability level and what test equipment is
available?
The difficult part is getting accurate information and error messages.
For reasons unknown, entering a model number from the back of a TV, or
errors from a display, into a computer keyboard without errors is
difficult. I frequently resort to interrogating people to get answers
to simple questions. Some people will waltz around the obvious
culprit, ignore the obvious and confuse descriptions by adding
irrelevant drivel. It sometimes seems like I'm trying to fix the
owner instead of the device. Prying information out of owners can be
frustrating at times, but the results are usually worth the effort.
You heat the nail on the head right there, in regards to "fixing" the owner.
Many customers come to me with an it does not work symptom. When I document these repairs (as I have over many years), the original symptom was "does not work",
whether it be a TV, Stereo, computer, etc... So I had to have the owner be more descriptive
about what it does and more specific about the problem. I also had to let the owner know
from a tech. point of view so we have a basis in which to begin diagnosing a problem to
arrive on a conclusion for a repair process to take place that we can feel relatively confident
in. I like that approach to problem solving too.
This is why I say that being a tech involves being part mechanic, part detective, and part
psychologist.
As far as the obvious, that gets overlooked a lot. I had come up with a checklist of the obvious
to check for during the process of diagnosing to avoid missing something. Of course, it is easier
to catch when we are well rested and first come into work. By the end of a 14 or 16 hour day, that
tiredness can affect one's performance- and admittedly we can miss something as we get towards
the end of the work day. So, we not only have to stay healthy physically, but stay alert, and keep our
minds sharp, as these are in our "tool kit" too.
Hint: If you know HOW things work, you can fix anything.
If there is a Creator in the "Big Three" religion model:
He/She/It is a pretty whimsical, cruel and nasty presence.
He/She/It appears to be focused on how to create the worst possible conditions for the bulk of its creatures, while favoring a few with no discernable reason for either.
He/She/It is clearly bored and looking for the next thing to amuse its august presence.
And, if there is not - that does not preclude any 'creator'. Just one that is purported to care about its creations.
William of Occam favors the latter. There is no discernable, verifiable evidence that there is a 'greater caring entity' out there. As proving the negative is a fallacy, it remains that the simplest explanation is that there is none.
Peter Wieck
Melrose Park, PA
...snip...
.... Scientists are quite certain about how the universe began,
down to within a few microseconds after the big bang occurred.
On 2022-07-23, Trevor Wilson <trevor@rageaudio.com.au> wrote:
...snip...
.... Scientists are quite certain about how the universe began,
down to within a few microseconds after the big bang occurred.
That is a bit strong. There is a current set of theories that when
applied to the cosmos and extrapolated backwards gives a pretty
convincing story of how the universe began with a big bang and evolved
from there. A lot of it is very good current science theory - quantum
theory, particle physics, general relativity - and some good
interpretation of collected cosmic data. I suspect given the immensity
of the cosmos (time and space) that even small changes in gathered data
and theory could make a big difference to any origin stories.
Or even if there is an origin story :-)
On 24/07/2022 4:11 am, ohg...@gmail.com wrote:
Agnostic here..**A fence-sitter. Have the courage of your convictions.
One thing I've learned reading just about everything well known
theoretical physicists say is that they don't have a *clue* how the
universe started or, more importantly, *why* there is even a universe at all. Further, many of those scientists remain as believing in
intelligent design despite years of study.
**Bullshit. 'Intelligent Design' is just 'Creationsim' re-invented.
Scientists are quite certain about how the universe began,
down to within a few microseconds after the big bang occurred.
On Saturday, July 23, 2022 at 4:46:53 PM UTC-4, Trevor Wilson wrote:
On 24/07/2022 4:11 am, ohg...@gmail.com wrote:
Agnostic here..**A fence-sitter. Have the courage of your convictions.
I'm not a fence sitter. I'm just honest enough to say
that I don't know - but I am honest with myself.
Yikes!!
a) What is known of the Universe may be extrapolated backwards in time. All a telescope does, whatever type of radiation it observes, is look backward in time.
b) It is a pretty linear extrapolation based on the data observed to follow distributed energy back to a (probably) single point.
c) And, this really is basic, established science based on direct observation of specific evidence that also is repeatable.
d) CERN has told us a great deal on how matter is formed, how it holds together, how it behaves and more.
e) It turns out that even this is predictable and repeatable. Making it also basic science.
f) However, we still do not know what we do not know.
g) Clarke's Third Law: Science, sufficiently advanced, is indistinguishable from magic.
William of Occam suggests that one should not needlessly multiply entities.
See this as a multiple choice problem:
1. There is a "GOD" in the Christian/Muslim/Jewish model, complete/replete with all the various trappings assigned thereto.
2. There is a Prime Mover that is self-aware.
3. There is/are forces that is/are responsible/resulted in the 'big bang'. Said force/forces need not be self-aware, intelligent, self-directed, nor anything else other than (a) Force/Forces.
Which is the simplest explanation?
There are those who believe that fetal recapitulation is proof of God/Intelligent Design.
There are those that believe just the opposite.
Point being that evidence-in-a-vacuum leads to a potential for misinterpretation. As, both cannot be correct in the above example.
Writing for myself, I am much happier believing that I am more-or-less responsible for my state in this world - and not living at the whim of some probably malicious, certainly capricious, demonstrably not benign 'creator'.
Peter Wieck
Melrose Park, PA
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