Re: Right, wrong, and switching oponions

[David Bowman <dbowman@tiger.gtc.georgetown.ky.us>]

Regarding the 10 Feb 1998 example that Dave Dockstader gave:

> As an example let me point out the exchange between Dave Bowman and myself
> a few weeks ago over sparks.  I had a rather naive view of what happened
> and another post on the effect of air pressure had demonstrated to me that
> my "model" didn't fit the data.  A couple lines from Dave was all it took to
> clear up my problem.  If Dave had not had my naive ideas to build on and had
> had to start from scratch it would have been a long and involved process.

Apparently I could have left out most of my post, since, as I recall, my post
was substantially longer than a few lines.  I thought I *did* start from
(nearly) scratch.  When did I ever explain *anything* in a few lines?  :-)

David Bowman
dbowman@gtc.georgetown.ky.us