[AMPS] Kaput 8877 #2

Bill Aycock baycock@HIWAAY.NET
Tue, 26 Sep 2000 13:35:48 -0500



Science? who said science?- the goal is revenge.

Cheers- I hope this helps

Bill

>
>You know, I thought the method of "Science" was to first form an hypothesis
>and then conduct experiments to prove or disprove that hypothesis.
>
>Regards, Mike N4NT@chartertn.net
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Lamb" <k7fm@teleport.com>
>To: "AMPS" <amps@contesting.com>
>Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 4:11 PM
>Subject: Re: [AMPS] Kaput 8877 #2
>
>
>|
>| Rich said:
>|
>| > I have located another kaput 8877 from an AL-1500 amplifier.  The kaput
>| > tube is currentl;y at a European contest station.  With luck, it should
>| > arrive in a few weeks.   I will test the tube and publish the results
>| > here.
>|
>| Rich, if the person conducting the autopsy already believes he knows the
>| cause of death, he will simply use the autopsy to prove or confirm his
>| belief.  I cannot give much credence to an autopsy performed by the very
>| person who is trying to prove his theory of death.
>|
>| A perfect example is the autopsy of JFK.  The autopsy "confirmed" that a
>| single bullet changed direction numerous times resulting in damage to
>| unrelated areas of the body.  For those who are convinced that more than
>one
>| bullet was involved, the autopsy is flawed and proves their theory.  The
>| only conclusion of that autopsy was that JFK died of unnatural causes.  At
>| least we do know that it was not from a parasitic oscillation - or do we?
>|
>| Even Shakespeare knew about the great parasitic debate when the messengers
>| Rosenkrantz and Gildenstern were sent to Hamlet to deliver a message.
>| Hamlet pointed at some clouds and said they looked like whales.  R & G
>| agreed.  Then Hamlet suggested they looked like some other animal, to
>which
>| R & G readily agreed.  Finally, Hamlet gave them a secret message to
>deliver
>| to another king - to cut off their heads.  And they merrily rode off into
>| the sunset to deliver their message and to receive their special reward.
>| (since I read this story about 40 years ago, the spellings may not be
>| correct, but the idea remains the same)
>|
>| 73,  Colin  K7FM
>
>
>
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