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WJC · Oct 26, 2020

I’ve prepared this post, that I might explain my most common motivation—shallow thinking. I have no belief that it will keep those with burning agendas at bay. That’s why I have produced a PDF that those who don’t like me, or who choose to misunderstand everything I say, may simply choose to read around it.

For the other 3% ... bless you. :cat:

Bill

Chosun Juan · Oct 26, 2020

A good read - thanks Bill :t:
Rather topical too considering where the country is at, and what it is facing.

Chosun :gh:

WJC · Oct 27, 2020

Chosun Juan said:
A good read - thanks Bill :t:
Rather topical too considering where the country is at, and what it is facing.

Chosun :gh:

Thanks, CJ,

It’s memos like yours that give me the impetus to keep staying my course. I think the 3% matter. And I never know which of them will be sick pups like I was at 8 and will raise the bar higher than I ever could or be dumb enough to try.

Your profile says you are a “former expert.” I am an expert, too. But looking a little deeper, like Bino Thoughts #5 promotes, we come to a better understanding:

Expert = Ex + Spurt

Ex = has been
Spurt = a drip under pressure 8-P :cat:

Bill

PYRTLE · Oct 27, 2020

:t:

Words; not how many you know but how you use them.

Thank you Sir.

WJC · Oct 27, 2020

PYRTLE said:
:t:

Words; not how many you know but how you use them.

Thank you Sir.

No; thank you, sir!

“Don't use a five-dollar word when a fifty-cent word will do.” — Mark Twain
“Poor Faulkner, does he really thing big emotions come from big words.” — Ernest Hemingway

I have been chastised for my verbosity. But if you are trying to reach a broad audience, sound-bite journalism seldom does the trick.

“The difference between the almost right word and the right word is like the difference between the lightning bug and lightning.” — Mark Twain :cat:

Bill

eronald · Oct 27, 2020

WJC said:
I’ve prepared this post, that I might explain my most common motivation—shallow thinking. I have no belief that it will keep those with burning agendas at bay. That’s why I have produced a PDF that those who don’t like me, or who choose to misunderstand everything I say, may simply choose to read around it.

For the other 3% ... bless you. :cat:

Bill

Could you post the SPIE paper or a non-paywalled link to same please?
In my world a request for an offprint is considered "research"

Edmund

WJC · Oct 27, 2020

eronald said:
Could you post the SPIE paper or a non-paywalled link to same please?
In my world a request for an offprint is considered "research"

Edmund

Hi, Edmund,

Here ya go:

https://spie.org/Publications/Proceedings/Paper/10.1117/12.931108?SSO=1

My first bino book gives 18 pages to Collimation vs. Conditional Alignment and the whole of the second book (68 pages) deals with the same subject.

I was under a time-crunch at the time, getting ready for the convention. Not only that, because of my audience, I had to write in opto-geekese. Either of the books will provide better information. :cat:

Cheers,

Bill

tenex · Oct 28, 2020

WJC said:
"We all have differences in our level of thinking relating to what we perceive to be important."

Truer words were never spoken.

eronald · Oct 28, 2020

WJC said:
Hi, Edmund,

Here ya go:

https://spie.org/Publications/Proceedings/Paper/10.1117/12.931108?SSO=1

My first bino book gives 18 pages to Collimation vs. Conditional Alignment and the whole of the second book (68 pages) deals with the same subject.

I was under a time-crunch at the time, getting ready for the convention. Not only that, because of my audience, I had to write in opto-geekese. Either of the books will provide better information. :cat:

Cheers,

Bill

Bill

Thank you, I meant a link to a free copy of the paper. Or the thing itself, my email is edmundronald at the well known Google email site.
I'll gladly take my chances with the geekese

Edmund

WJC · Oct 29, 2020

eronald said:
Bill

Thank you, I meant a link to a free copy of the paper. Or the thing itself, my email is edmundronald at the well known Google email site.
I'll gladly take my chances with the geekese

Edmund

201027

Hi, Edmund,

SPIE owns the copyright to the paper, and I don’t have access to it, anyway. A copy of my Understanding & Attaining 3-Axis Binocular Collimation, to which I hold the copyright, has been sent. It is more thorough.

But, please, I have no pension or retirement. So, when you have read it, destroy it. I’m trying to save up for a Hofner 500/1 CT. The older I get, the heavier this Jazz Bass gets. :cat:

Cheers,

Bill

PS It's not written in Geekese. :t:

eronald · Oct 29, 2020

WJC said:
201027

Hi, Edmund,

SPIE owns the copyright to the paper, and I don’t have access to it, anyway. A copy of my Understanding & Attaining 3-Axis Binocular Collimation, to which I hold the copyright, has been sent. It is more thorough.

But, please, I have no pension or retirement. So, when you have read it, destroy it. I’m trying to save up for a Hofner 500/1 CT. The older I get, the heavier this Jazz Bass gets. :cat:

Cheers,

Bill

PS It's not written in Geekese. :t:

Bill your book is not written in Geekese, and it is indeed interesting.

Edmund

WJC · Oct 30, 2020

tenex said:
Truer words were never spoken.

Thank you. I DO try. I'm sure some of our members will verify that I can be VERY trying. :cat:

Bill

WJC · Oct 31, 2020

And ... carelessly overlooked by me when I was coming up with popular examples of shallow thinking for #5 ... FRANKENSTEIN:

Frankenstein was the doctor whose firsts name was Victor.
“Frankenstein’s Monster” was Adam.

Bill

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