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From: Knobdoodle on 18 Feb 2007 05:38 "GB" <gb0506(a)kickindanuts.threefiddy.com> wrote in message news:12tg18n76o8eb7d(a)corp.supernews.com... > "Nev.." <idiot(a)mindless.com> wrote in news:45d7a2ec$0$13740$5a62ac22(a)per- > qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au: >> Ahh a prime example right there, because GB introduced all this >> Chewbacca gear to distract everyone else, and I never said lights don't >> use energy. :) (Though some lights may be magic if they are fairies) > > Bollocks Nev. Utter bollocks. When I said "Look at the silly monkey" > I meant "You've introduced meaningless and unrelated stuff into the > argument". > > Blind Freddie could have worked that out. > I wish I had. Now that I've been told what the Chewbacca/Monkey reference was about I realise that it was the PERFECT simile to highlight what was happening in the thread [doffs hat]. -- Shameddoodle (Grumble grumble even better than "Hammoflage" mumble....)
From: Theo Bekkers on 18 Feb 2007 18:22 Yeebok wrote: > Yes definitely - its feet make indentations in the 'surface' formed by > surface tension. This goes back to the headlights and fuel question > tho .. is it measurable or too small to worry about ? It's not measurable with the instrumentation supplied on modern vehicles (even if the dash indicates fuel consumption to 4 or 5 digits) and too small to worry about. That does not mean it does not increase the load on the engine and increase the fuel consumption. Theo
From: Theo Bekkers on 18 Feb 2007 18:27 Knobdoodle wrote: > "Iain Chalmers" <bigiain(a)mightymedia.com.au> wrote:> >> (and no, "current mood" is not an alternator efficiency joke ;-) > Heh heh; so the alternator COULD run the headlights without dropping > revs but it's just being intentionally difficult? Depends on the time of the month and the phase of the moon. theo
From: Theo Bekkers on 18 Feb 2007 20:45 Moike wrote: > I think I am beginning to > realise why you are no longer involved in scientific research, (if > that is what you did in the lab.) Annoyed rats? Now you (and others). Theo
From: Theo Bekkers on 18 Feb 2007 20:50
GB wrote: > "The term Chewbacca defense is used to refer to any legal strategy > or propaganda strategy that seeks to overwhelm its audience or > jury with nonsensical arguments, as a way of confusing the > audience and drowning out legitimate opposing arguments."[1] I thought that was called Hammobfuscation. Theo |