Rod Bender True Stories - How it Broke and Why - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

gsxr · #1 11-16-2010, 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by babymog

You Layback, Mr. Smith, WHunter, and GSXR have encountered our favorite troll apparently in a very bored state. His comments and arguments will continue to morph so that his mysterious sources, calls, and credentials confirm and prove everything while pulling in many obscure references to other engines and manufacturers over the last 1/3 century. ... He'll be back, with lots of time on his hands, that much can be proven in this thread.

I agree. My initial reaction was "troll" but I usually wait for more posts to verify before taking action. Fortunately, there is a simple fix. Add the troll to your "ignore" list. You will no longer see any of his posts in a thread, although you may see other people's replies to his posts. To do this:

1) Click the troll's user name and select "View Public Profile"
2) Just below the name on the profile page (top/left), click the "User Lists" menu
3) Choose "Add to Ignore List", then click "Yes" when asked to confirm
4) Relax at the sound of silence.

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Originally Posted by babymog

Some seem to enjoy arguing somewhat as a hobby.

That reminds me of a quote I heard years ago:

"When wrestling a pig in the mud, you both get filthy dirty. But the pig enjoys it."

Kevin Johnson · #2 11-16-2010, 11:23 AM

Ah, finally, some respite.

About five or six years ago I designed a windage control setup for the SRT4. Ed Peters (ex Chrysler failure analysis engineer) got one for dyno testing and insisted on paying for it. He carefully tested it at an oem level in his dyno cell. His comment:

"this setup is the most significant bolt-on change for oil and windage control that [I have] witnessed since 1986"

There is hope for a philosophy major after all.

Edit: future readers of the thread, please do not let yourselves be browbeaten by some of the members here ...

That they choose not to look should be of little import.

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Originally Posted by Wikipedia

In common usage, "chaos" means "a state of disorder", but the adjective "chaotic" is defined more precisely in chaos theory. Although there is no universally accepted mathematical definition of chaos, a commonly used definition says that, for a dynamical system to be classified as chaotic, it must have the following properties:

1) it must be sensitive to initial conditions;
2) it must be topologically mixing; and
3) its periodic orbits must be dense.

The requirement for sensitive dependence on initial conditions implies that there is a set of initial conditions of positive measure which do not converge to a cycle of any length.

Apply some contemplation and the hypothesis I forwarded meets all the properties.

An inverse problem exists and many other theories can apply. There is great value in taking the time and effort to follow these alternate chains of reasoning. One never knows when circumstances will let you once again see an old friend.

Good luck.