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Dear JJ:
If you skip over my postings (since I "*NEVER* have anything to offer"--kinda like "the wind is *ALWAYS* from"), then why did you repond to my original question? ; ) Methinks you mistake many of my posting because of a prevalent defensive tone due to the fact that I'm not about to take any s%#t from anybody on this forum. But if you reread this and previous threads, I generally don't start out that way. Tit for tat. In this case, all I did was simply ask if anyone could verify *something* (I'll never make that egregious mistake again!). If my original question would have been answered in a civil manner, as opposed to "I suppose you also want to know why we drive on the right side of the road", then maybe I would have not retaliated in the only option available to me as a reply in kind. I stated that I "ASSUMED that Dr. Jack's directions were IAW METAR standard FROM", but that the day's actuality was winds 180 degrees out--so I was exploring all options (now much to my chagrin). Look what that quest for expanding my knowledge has produced. .................................................. .......................... Dear Dr. Jack: I truly appreciate your Blipmap info; however, I must have skipped over the disclaimer that states utilizing your data automatically subjects one to a teacher/student relationship requiring one to first "do [one's] homework". Can you see how one might consider that kinda, well, somewhat arrogant on your part? I understand why you don't respond to email (even though you have your address posted at the site?). What I really don't understand is why you would care one iota that I chose to ask such a question on R.A.S. Do you think it is an affront to your knowledge that I asked a question about one of your parameters? Also be advised that I did try to first locate the answer via your website without success. A small critisism is that there is entirely too much verbal noise which hides the forest from the trees (as may be witnessed by the lengthy pontification of your preceeding post. My excuse is that this is actually two letters). Jeez, after your recently expressed opinions, I doubt anyone would dare to ask a Blipmap question on this forum for a long time. Was that your intention? If soaring weather matters can't be openly discussed here--then where do you suggest such matter be better addressed? A motorcycle forum? Chess forum? The Society for Creative Anacronism? .................................................. ......................... You know what, guys, I'm just some Joe Schmo who has an interest in soaring (which I thought was something we all have in common). All I wanted was a better understanding of how to use some maps. Thanks for taking the time to enlighten me in such a fraternal manner. To wit, here's my humble apology: I'm so sorry to bother you, Jack, and JJ with such trivial matters. A thousand pardons indeed! I wish you both safe and sucessful soaring. I'll be the guy with the wind blowing me *FROM* the opposite direction. Regards, Ray |
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Jack Glendening wrote:
(Interestingly, I checked and found that the correspondent had not taken the time/trouble to become a registered user - yet he wanted me to take time/trouble on his behalf!) Sorry, Doc. Wasn't my intention to put you out... Does not registering make me a freeloader or something? I honestly don't realize if there is a fee involved in using your info. Is there? but he did receive an automated email response suggesting that any question could be posted to the DrJack Forum for someone to answer. He chose not to do that but instead to post to the entire RAS community, Yes, I admit that I did not following your instructions to the letter-- let's give the man a "F" and a thousand lashes with a wet noodle... the fact that I knew that the asker had not made any effort to find the answer himself, even though it was readly available. Not true, sir. I honestly tried but got lost in a maze of verbage and multiple links. Guess that makes me either lazy or stupid (or both). the "anyone who doesn't agree with me is an idiot" type of posting As opposed to, in this case, "anyone who asks a question is an idiot"? I did want to let you know why you shouldn't expect to see regular postings from me. T'ant pis pour nous! |
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Thank you, Ray, for giving BlipMap fans a chance to show their
gratitude and devotion to Dr. Jack by piling on. BlipMaps may be hanging on by a thread. I think that Dr. Jack, as a scientist, would prefer some systematic verification of BlipMaps to online thank you notes, but something is better than nothing. Sorry you got only a smart-ass answer from JJ. At least Andy Durbin understood. It is quite reasonable to suspect any computer output is 180° degrees off, by design or error. Even a few years of uncritical acceptance by users doesn't preclude the possibility of error in the case of a seldom used feature. If R.A.S. was all it could be, you would have been deluged with testimonials and quantitative validations of the accuracy of the winds BlipMap by users. Sorry that didn't happen. I think a 180° error would have been noticed, but who knows? For quite a while the F.S.L. web soundings had winds that were systematically off by up to 18°, but that is a lot harder to spot. You might have waited to undertake a scientific study, when you noticed something funny on a single flight. But I don't think it was a terrible thing to ask on RAS about the interpretation of the winds BlipMap. Neither was it wrong to ask about circling mode on an LNAV, instead of reading the manual from the CAI site. In fact, an intelligent answer from a person is usually faster and more to the point than on-line help or the manual. It's easy to see why Dr. Jack might not have the time to answer any or all questions, but RAS is a different story. Probably, no one gave a serious answer, because no one had seriously checked the winds BlipMap. However, 99% know that winds are "from", and are thus equipped to post useless, smart-ass replies. It is comforting to note that so few actually did! Dr. Jack has had a constructive reaction in the past to anyone who actually compares BlipMap outputs to the real world or to other weather data sources. See these quotes from his website below. Jonathan Gere From the Dr. Jack Forum: After more days of work than I had hoped I finally got things sorted out and am now running a corrected program with the BLIPMAP cloud predictions turned on. Bob Gibbons deserves kudos for having both the initiative to critically evaluate the "Cumulus Cloudbase" prediction and the knowledge to compare it to the simple surface-humidity LCL condensation formula. Thanks, Bob. The short story is that in the Sfc-umidity LCL calculation I found one logic error and one place where I had used virtual temperature instead of "actual" temperature (shame on me). While I am using an "exact" calculation of the "Surface-humidity LCL", that is because I am a persnickety scientist - it turns out the "approximate" Surface-humidity LCL formula should generally agree with the "exact" formula by within 5%, which is certainly adequate given the overall error associated with cloud predictions.... ----- I only look at the webpages and maps that I use personally or that I suspect might contain an error. If you notice a consistent problem with either, please let me know. ----- |
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CONGRATULATIONS!!!
YOU HAVE SCORED A PERFECT 10 ON MY JERK-O-METER!!! For complaining about an extraordinary service provided at no cost by the user. |
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