🚀 go-pugleaf

On Jan 30, 4:04 am, Soundhaspriority <nowh...@nowhere.com> wrote:
> A while back I was teasing Morein about getting some measurements wrong with
> respect to a telescope. Actually the Hubble telescope. He denied that he
> ever had done so or that he had ever had such a conversation on another
> newsgroup. It was part of one his bullshit rants where he was claiming that
> there is some meaning in the fact that sighted listening produces results
> that are at variance with blind listening. Naturally, he was ripped to
> shreds by the actual experts on rec.audio.pro.
>
> You may discover more of what a boob he is by going here--
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/rec.audio.tech/browse_thread/thread/a0...
> cb1c654/ce02f0bf81e971cd?lnk=st&q=robert+morein+(telescope
> )+group:rec.audio.tech&rnum=1&hl=en#ce02f0bf81e971cd
>
> Note that he tries to tell Dick Pierce that Mr. Pierce is wrong. BOB said:
> "Dick, I didn't realize you're a member of the bull**** club as well. The
> telescope mirror is 40 inches in diameter, and the Focault knife-edge test
> would have easily detected the abberration in the assembled system."
>
> Dick Said: "Kind readers, witness Mr. Morein describing ME as a member of
> the "bull**** club," when he a) quotes the mirror size quite incorrectly
> (it's a 2.4 meter Ritchey-Chretien all-mirror system, that's 94 inches) AND
> while he might be have passing familiarity with the term Focault test, he is
> clearly unfamiliar with the fact that Focault knife-edge testing was NOT
> used for figure verification"
>
> If Morein can think that 40" is the same as 2.4 meters, then why can't 4
> microns be the same as 50 microns? That's the GOOD science that Morein
> practices.
>
> Of course, Moreain can't even describe the simplest of physical optics
> correctly, for example:
>
> [a] 100 watt lightbulb in a tin can, with a pinhole creating an
> approximation of a parallel beam
>
> A pinhole CANNOT, under ANY circumstances, create ANY approximation of a
> parallel beam unless it is placed approximately an infinite distance away.
> This sort of completely fundamental error doesn't do a lot to lend any
> crdibility of his shrill cries about someone else's "bad" science.
>
> His "science" has 40 inches equaling 95 inches (2.4 meters), 4 microns
> equaling 50 microns, and pinhole light sources emitting parallel rays."
>
> http://robertmorein.blogspot.com/
>
> "I don't really have a replacement career, it's a very gnawing thing."
>
> Robert Morein
> Dresher, PA
> (310) 237-6511
> (215) 646-4894

grow up - boring asshole