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Re: Primary Qs (fwd)
Tesla List wrote:
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Sat, 05 Oct 1996 12:36:00 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Benson_Barry%PAX5-at-mr.nawcad.navy.mil
> To: tesla-at-poodle.pupman-dot-com
> Subject: Re: Primary Qs
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> Is "dork" a euphemism for amateur?
>
> big, big snipola
> |With Tesla coil builders, we have a bunch of dorks dinkin' around with
> |gaps with no controls and virtually no knowledge.
> |Richard Hull, TCBOR
The term "dork" is a relatively loose term, thank goodness, (which is why
I used it) and means whatever the reader reads into it. I consider the
word amateur a bit above the dork class. A "dork" or a "Yahoo" to me is
a bit of a dabbler or diletante. Often, they are "Just passin' through".
About 90% of all coilers are just passin' through. In a year or at most
two, they are gone. It is really hard to get a complete handle on
coiling in that short a period of time. (can be done though)
Lotsa' these diletantes feel that because they have a CPU, they are in
with the in crowd and can bypass the horrors of fires, explosions and the
rest of the on-line, hands-on, activities. They believe that with just
the right program they can build a super system right outta' th' chute!
Richard Hull, TCBOR
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