I have no business being here, as some may have noticed.
My background is chemistry, not mechanical engineering.
Yet, I have drifted, due to boredom, or interest in mechanical engineering stuff.
I dig building stuff. I gave up on building molecules about the time when some of the molecules became really interesting, and illegal.
hence, i seek a synopsis of the overall argument here:
Forgive me for not following every post in this debate.
To reduce it to humber vs spork:
Is the main bitch about the definition of "directly" in the ddwfttw?
Or is it more than that?
As in, spork and JB bribed judges?
The videos were fake?
Does humber allow that the cart did achieve speeds faster than the wind?
But they cheated, because the wind changed direction? hence, not 'directly'?
Or is it more than that?
Color me confused about this.
Did spork and "company" simply lie, and create bogus footage?
Or is humber's objection mostly about the variation of the wind in the test runs?
As far as I can tell, the only reason that this thread goes on and on is because of humber's objections.
And now, there are implications that the new kid in town is a sock-puppet of ancient objection humanoids.
I have brought up several obscure metaphors to explain some of the subtle (non-intuitive) aspects of this understanding.
I remain confused. Not about the results. Not about the energy to be tapped between these frames of reference.
My confusion lies elsewhere.
But as mentioned, I'm no mechanical engineer.
Even if I have built some seriously strange mechanical devices myself, even when I should have been cleaning the kitchen.
Please help me, friends.
