Re: What keeps clouds up?

["Donald E. Simanek" <dsimanek@eagle.lhup.edu>]

On Sat, 22 Mar 1997, Leigh Palmer wrote:

> Well, David Bowman's answer reveals some of the complexity of this
> particular problem, but one has to recognize the superior simplicity
> and conceptual accessibility of Hewitt's answer to the question. Is
> it worth sacrificing those advantages just because that answer is
> fundamentally incorrect and devoid of insight into the true nature
> of the physics?
....
> Hewitt's conceptual grasp on this matter
> seems to me to be seriously flawed. At the very least he should be
> citing a source for such a controversial claim.
>
> Hewitt blew it.
>
> Leigh

Leigh, I love the subtle irony, humor and facetious tone of your
rhetorical question in the first paragraph. And I fully agree with your
conclusion. 

	-- Donald

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