Nothing better to do, so my 2 cents.
The problem with "New Ideas", as I see it, is usually 1 of 3 choices.
- It isn't new, and is a huge step toward bad. Meaning an old idea with problems that were fixed.
- It is proposed as "Super-Great, Revolutionary, Ground-Breaking, Advancement", even though it has serious issues easily seen by people with more knowledge.
- It is known to have issues by the poster, who asks for comments or methods to improve the idea.
The comments and suggested improvements lead directly to current thinking and designs.
Which often leads to personal attacks, email harassment, or accusations of "not being able to think outside the box". Newbies tend to go there more often.
One guy that comes to mind claimed he could get a 300% output improvement in a design getting 80% of Betz. His credentials were impeccable. "Proof is in the pudding" he said. Some fancy software proved it he said. He'd be back with results he said. Wonder where he and his results went? Best guess is he went to some OU forum.
Anyway, most forum members (even Ron!) don't have a problem with a 'new idea' that is semi-researched.
Some new ideas seem to be a copy/paste of something 10 posts below.
Some posters only want to hear "Wow! Great! No one ever thought of that!"
I had 100 'new ideas'. 99 were old ideas, or they simply didn't work for reasons I now know (people told me why).
And I didn't look long for stuff related to the 100th new idea. I am not sure how 'New' it is.
I knew it would work, I built it, it worked, I posted it.
There are never new ideas. Officials for the US Government stated this fact.
"Everything that can be invented has been invented."
-Charles H. Duell, Commissioner, U.S. Office of Patents, 1899.
People should not be PO'd if their new idea was patented 100 years ago.
That's all I'm saying.
Ron ain't so bad... If you scratch his belly, he will love you till the day you die.
[Eddie- referring to Snots the Dog- "Christmas Vacation"- I'm forced to watch it over and over this time of year]
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PS- Sorry Ron. I think it is funny. Real funny. Probably change my mind about the time I click 'post'.
Back to polishing my new Kimber Custom SS-II in 45ACP. Santa came early. He was good to me this year.