On Tue, 07 Jun 2005 21:43:55 -0400 Ernest Christley
<echristley@nc.rr.com> writes:
>  It is simply not true that we run around spouting theory without
building
> and testing the same.  

You describe testing that has been done. That's great Ernest. Valuable. I
would be discouraged if you were saying:"We do that just fine...on to
other things". I can't emphasize enough the importance of finding ways to
convert theory to fact.
 
>
> I don't know.  Replace stuff before it breaks?  Replace all the soft
>
> parts every 5yrs? (You'll find me recommending this at some time in
> the
> not to distant past.)

No, I was referring to the analysis method that was used. Keith had a
theory to explain what he found. Totally logical. But he tested the
theory and found the nature of the failure disproved the theory.


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