Evolution

[Karl Larsen]

Peter N Spotts wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:53:51 -0600
> Karl Larsen <k5di at zianet.com> wrote:
>  
>   
>>     OK your such a lier and think telling lies make them right. So 
>> please do exactly what I do. Look at the results and give us all the 
>> results. Then try to make it look like your stuff.
>>
>> Karl
>>     
>
> Hi Karl,
>
> Fist, a confession: I've got no dog in this hunt. I've used Evolution,
> Thunderbird, Claws Mail, and for my purposes, I prefer Claws. But I'm
> comfortable with any of them. As a ham operator with a good deal of
> theory and experiment under your belt (and the only one with enough
> common sense to bring along shade to Trinity!) it's commendable you're
> trying to tackle this in a numeric way. However, as you undoubtedly
> know, the science of propagation, the physics behind the electronics we
> use, or any other well-tested physical theory supporting the technology
> behind our hobby achieved its success because the hypothesis survived
> not just one person's method, performed over and over. That's only the
> first step. They were successful because they were verified by
> different people pursuing (or trying to falsify) the original
> conclusion by using independent lines of experiment. 
>
> If someone else uses your approach and gets the same results, that just
> means they used your approach and got the same results. It doesn't mean
> the results resemble reality (although in principle they certainly
> could.) In this case, your statistical tools are your experimental
> apparatus. But as another poster has pointed out, the tools you used
> may not be appropriate for the task. Or they may work, sort of, but
> allow for too many alternate explanations to be conclusive. So, use
> another approach as well to test your thesis further. If a more
> statistically rigorous approach to selecting a sample leads to the same
> conclusion, you're on somewhat more-solid footing than if you use just
> one test. If different tests lead to results that don't agree among
> themselves, then the best one can say is that your (and the others')
> results are inconclusive -- until a preponderance of results from
> different statistically valid tests tilt the scale one way or the
> other. 
>
> This isn't a personal battle. It's an experiment. Have fun with it.
>
> With best regards,
>
> Pete
>
>   
    Hi Pete, I hope 20 meters is open from NM to NY at 7 PM today. I am 
a Fox Hunter (Hound) and both Fox stations are near NY. With just plain 
lousy conditions I should work both with CW on about 14.060 MHz QRP.

Karl


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