Thomas Borchert wrote:
Dan,

Our insisting on evidence for a claim like that is not at all remarkable. I,
and I know Thomas, insist on empirical reasons for things we will believe.
Why does that seem strange?


Thanks. I was beginning to ask myself what my problem might be in communicating
about this. Turns out, as Jay revealed so nicely, he himself is the problem.
What saddens me is that this "community" does nothing about it if it's our
oh-so-esteemed Brother Jay, but screams bloody murder when someone like MX does
it. Usenet, indeed...


I don't think Jay has intentionally insulted anyone in the process of
stating his belief about engine operation. That is a huge difference.
I believe Jay is incorrect, unfortunately, I'm not aware of any real
data on the subject one way or the other so we all get to share our
opinions and that is the best we can do.

Matt