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Subject: Re: Q: Why is Arlen such a doofus? (was Re: Q: Why do Apple trolls
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Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 11:58:22 -0800
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On 2024-11-11 11:17, *Hemidactylus* wrote:
> <"RoadRacer (racer"@nunya.biz> wrote:
>> On 2024-11-11 10:08, Andrews wrote:
>>
>>> (BTW, a catenary is the best way possible to take a turn at speed, & yet,
>>> the so-called-racer, Alan G. Baker, has to ask what it means to racing!)
>>> <https://www.apexspeed.com/forums/showthread.php?96988-It-s-still-motor-racing-but-quot-catenary-quot>
>>
>> I asked only to confirm my own understanding, doofus.
>>
>> Did you notice that not one person in that discussion said that they'd
>> ever heard of "catenary" being used in the context of the racing line.
>> Many, many decades of racing experience in that group, and not ONE
>> person said they'd ever heard it used.
>>
>>
>>
>> 'I had never heard the term before your post. Having now looked it up I
>> know why, it's clearly not the optimal racing line through any curve I'm
>> aware of!'
>>
>>
>>
>> "Let the guy think whatever the H he wants, sounds like he will either
>> way — and perhaps *especially* when you prove him wrong."
>>
>>
>>
>> "38 years in this game and never have I heard that word used by anyone.
>>
>> I bet your "friend" reads a lot of books."
>>
>>
>>
>> "Been racing since 1988 and have never heard the term CATENARY used to
>> describe any aspect of a turn."
>>
>>
>>
>> "I know the word but never heard it as a line in a corner. I believe it
>> is the strongest shape for a suspension bridge."
>>
>>
>>
>> "So, IMO, catenary has little relationship to the "best" line in racing."
>>
>> That quote, BTW, is from a guy who has been racing for more than 50
>> years and only won the Sports Car Club of America's national championship...
>>
>> ...SEVEN TIMES.
>>
>> His record at driverDB.com:
>>
>> <https://www.driverdb.com/drivers/dave-weitzenhof>
>>
>>
>>
>> "To say that EVERY turn should be one shape is as absurd as saying your
>> cornering speed should always be constant."
>>
>>
>>
>> "Whenever a non-racer spews their "knowledge" at me, and implies I
>> should know what they know, I open myself to being educated."
>>
>>
>>
>> And my bonafides.
>>
>> My current racing license (home address redacted):
>>
>> <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TGOu7kBmLk6XwQgLz7h1PX0FTyMrtSDG/view?usp=share_link>
>>
>> And my current instructor's license (home address redacted):
>>
>> <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1K_iC3Vtkp5gP36T4lBZFc7rAkmzQ7x9u/view?usp=share_link>
>>
>> You can check out the QR codes on either of them.
>>
>> :-)
>>
> Aren’t you giving the inconsequential twit way too much consideration here?
> That’s where his power exists, in pushing your buttons. Now he’s getting
> the attention he craves to make himself feel like he’s not really the loser
> others know he is. A year from now we will still be hearing him crow about
> catenaries. Best to just let him rant at a wall instead.

That's your opinion, I guess.

Mine is that he's going to be here doing this regardless of what I do, 
so I might as well get some fun out of it.

:-)