Peter said:
SC is a business like any other. It is neither a charity nor a
peer-reviewed journal. For an experienced professionally qualified
engineer or scientist a reasonable hourly rate for contract or consulting
work
at the moment is at least $100. Most of us would charge minimum $1000 per
day. If you claim you can write an 8-page article on a novel topic, in
addition to prototype construction and testing, in less than 1 day, then
you are
delusional. Once again remember the old saying, pay peanuts, get
monkeys.
That's the typical response I expected, as you aren't the first.
So you were interested in getting something published in SC, but now you
refuse to because they don't pay enough?
Ever heard of doing something for the fun and satisfaction of it, and
helping others?
Seeing as that you have (had?) some interest in SC as a reader, what's wrong
with contributing?
You certainly cared enough about SC to complain...
I'm surpsied a person of your obvious high standing in the professional
engineering community even reads a hobby magazine like SC...
OK, now we are getting down to the personal stuff.
No, just asking you to put your talent where your anoynmous mouth is.
You slag off at SC for their poor content and then aren't willing to
contribute anything yourself even though you claim to be more than capable
to do so.
You've made precisely zero money writing to and reading this forum, how
about you turn some of that energy into a publication for us all to enjoy?
And Leo will even pay you a few bucks, ain't he nice?
You have no idea who I am, what my qualifications are or what experience
or publications I have.
So, tell us.
BTW, why would I care?, it has nothing to do with anything. Your words speak
for yourself. But given that you are criticising publications, I am
interested in what you have contributed, so show us.
Given that you consider your "Renew" contribution is a career highlight
LOL, hardly!
I did it for fun and the desire to contribute something, try it some time,
you might actually like it.
I don't think I have much to worry about if we were ever to compare
CV's.
*yawn*
No David, your solar air heater is not different or any better than
the scores of others that are detailed on the Web and other places. You
know as well as I do that designs similar, if not identical, have been
around
in local libraries for years before 2005. Here are a few:
Years? try decades.
I make no claims for my content being completely original, I just built my
own version and thought it would be nice to publish and share with other
people. And shock horror, many people found it very valuable. Shame you have
such a seemingly low opinion on freely sharing and contributing knowledge.
If I'm wrong, show us stuff you have contributed, or start contributing.
Lets get a few other things straight while we are at it. The topic I
postedwas about the editor of SC using his magazine for promoting
unscientificviews about climate change. You have chosen to ignore
this important point.
Correct, my choice. You get no say in it, sorry.
Given that you are attempting to get some income from SC
I don't do it for the money, that's laughable. The small amount of money I
get is nothing and does not even come close to paying for my time or support
effort involved in doing stuff like this. I do it because it's fun and I
like to contribute.
Ask any contributor and they will tell you the same thing.
Try it some time, you might like it.
and that globalwarming is the greatest problem ever faced by
humans
No actually, overpopulation and nuclear weapons are.
do you think yoursilence may indicate something about your ethics?
No I don't actually, my silence indicates precisely nothing. Anything
perceived from my silence is just your active imagination.
BTW, I've criticised SC more than my fair share of times.
If you knew anything about me, you'd know I do give more than a toss about
the environment. I would have thought my Solar Sponge article hinted at
that?
Is this the best you can come up with?"AGW? Solar? Whale
farts? or Phil's Tea Leaves?, take your pick or inventyour own. Still
sad to see though, I like glaciers." ?
It was a poor(?) attempt at humour, something some on this group actually
enjoy occasionally!
Finally, a few words of advice.
Advice from an anonymous usenet poster?, this should be a hoot...
If you want to be taken seriously as a professional then
spending vast amounts of time on a USENET group such asthis, which is
well known to be overpopulated by personality disorderedindividuals,
Oh the irony!
Once again, I contribute and have helped countless people through this and
other forums. And likewise they have helped me on occasion in return.
Show us what you have contributed.
and promoting internet dating services on your own pages, isnot going
to help you in the long term.
I actually wrote an Internet Dating book a long time ago, in case you missed
it. Yet another contribution of mine. Want a copy?, I'll send you one for
free. It's ok if it's an anonymous PO box to go along with your anonymous
usenet profile, really.
Regards
Dave.
