On Sat, 09 Aug 2003 14:47:27 +0100, Kurt Hamster
wrote:

On Sat, 09 Aug 2003 09:46:56 GMT, Stewart Pinkerton used
to say...

On Sun, 03 Aug 2003 18:48:21 +0100, Kurt Hamster
wrote:

On Sun, 03 Aug 2003 07:06:32 GMT, Stewart Pinkerton used
to say...

Ah, but things are different from numbers, at least to most people.

Quite so, but Kurt didn't say 'the difference between one thing and
nothing', did he? He used numbers.

Doesn't matter whether it's a '1' and a '0' or a 'TT' and 'no TT'.

It's sad that someone like yourself is so bound by the 'rules' that they
can't see beyond them.

Sure I can - beyond the rules, things don't work properly............

How would one know if the rules were followed all the time?

They're not - that's how you determine which rules work, and which can
be pushed. Basically, that's how the rules get established in
practice. Of course, a lot of bridges fell down and cars crashed along
the way.....................

You are like a car on a scalextric track, only able to follow where the
contact groove (the 'rules') takes you.

That's right.

Hence your lack of imagination.

I can imagine plenty, without breaking any basic rules.

So far nothing you've said or done demonstrates your plea that you are
imaginitive. In fact the contrary is true.

An imaginative engineer still has to keep within the rules, or the
thing what he's engineeered won't work..................

No, anyone with imagination pushes, challenges and breaks the rules.

Sure, but only once he's discovered which rules matter, and which can
be broken, or bent a bit. Engineering is *always* a compromise among
conflicting parameters, and the rules help you to reach the best
compromise.

Simply breaking established rules does no more than waste time,
although you could argue that it builds experience, so as time goes
on, you do fewer dumb things. That's the theory, anyway............

Much like a lot of so-called 'high end' audio gear!

Your admitted herd-like following of the 'rules' is what denies you
membership of the imagination club.

Your failure to understand why the rules are there, debars you from
entry into any engineering post.

At least the above gear is
imaginitive to have tried.

Bull****. It was often cobbled together by some half-educated clown
who didn't have the least clue what he was doing. Peter Qvortrup and
Yves Bernard Andre are two examples.

Being imaginative isn't all about getting it
right. It's also all about looking at things from a different angle, you
consistently demonstrate that you are unable to do that.

You consistently demonstrate that you have no knowledge whatever of
effective engineering design principles.
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Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering