[CAUT] balancier/wippens report

[David Skolnik]

RicB -
I'm not sure why, given your disagreement with Wim's conclusions, you 
are pressing him to write an article.  I myself am happy that he was 
able to resolve this problem before the end of the year so he can get 
smashed without a lingering sense of self doubt 
and...foreboding?  However, I don't think the solution necessarily 
captures the subtleties of the issue and I think that any article put 
into the Journal should, at this point, be as definitive as 
possible.  Why don't we all write it?  I don't think we've tried that 
before.  See if Ron can set up a temporary sub-list of sorts, with 
the specific objective of producing a definitive and accurate 
description of checking function and parameters.  Two alternate 
possibilities are a) someone with the tools and expertise is already 
working on it, and/or b) such documentation already exists, in which 
case, we should locate it and republish it, with due credit, of course.

Happy Holidays

David Skolnik

At 04:51 AM 12/20/2006, you wrote:
>Hey Wim
>
>Might not be <<A way>> of solving the problem...but there certainly 
>has been a lot of good discussion thrown back and forth.  When I 
>wrote my string seating article I simply took a few indisputable 
>facts to shed some light on the subject and then used some of the 
>speculative stuff as a way of provoking some thought on the 
>subject.  You have lots to go on if you use some kind of a similar 
>approach to an article.  I'd say you have a GOOD article in the 
>making with all you've pulled in on the thread.
>
>Merry Christmas Wim
>
>RicB
>
>
>
>    Quoting "rwest1 at unl.edu" <rwest1 at unl.edu>:
>
>     > Wim, have you been keeping track of the list of suggested remedies
>     > for getting good checking?  It would be helpful to have that list and
>     >
>     > it would make a good Journal article.
>     >
>     > Richard West
>     >
>
>
>    I don't know Richard. At first I was thinking the same thing, but with
>    all the rebuttals, I am not sure if there is a "right" way to do this.
>    But then, maybe that's where the story line is.
>
>    Wim