🚀 go-pugleaf

Ron Hunsinger <hns...@sirius.com>:

>In article <50k5b8$3...@eve.speakeasy.org>, bri...@speakeasy.org (Brian
>Raiter) wrote:
>
>> One application of the scientific method, alone and in of itself, does
>> not generate proof.
>> 
>> They were mistaken, however, as you did prove something. Namely: a ringing
>> telephone will not erase a floppy disk 100% of the time. Now if you want to
>> prove that a ringing telephone will never erase a floppy disk, or will fail
>> to 90% of the time, I suggest you get to work.
>
>I didn't try the experiment only once. I repeated it with several magnets
>(fridge magnets, loudspeaker magnets, the magnetic latches on my
>cupboards, and the telephone). I repeated the same experiment many times -
>I left the floppy under the phone for a week, occasionally repositioning
>the phone over it to try other "hot spots".

My apologies. Your post gave the distinct impression that you had done
the experiment once.

b