"Thom Stewart" wrote
| Can't Help It Paladin,
|
| If you're so Damn Smart, why are you rambling on about language and
| boiling under the heading of: "USELESS PROPELLER!" That's stupid!


Nail... Hammer...


Paladin wrote:
You and most others here demonstrate shallowness of thinking. What's stupid
is to expect to even attempt to discuss the utility or uselessness of propellers
if folks are speaking different languages. And, mark my word, unless folks
can agree on word definitions they are speaking different languages.

1) The discussion media here is the written word.
2) Written words have specific and agreed upon meanings.
3) Unless those meanings are understood clearly by all concerned discussion is
confusing and meaningless.
4) I'm "rambling on about language and boiling" because the entire thread went the
wrong direction because of confusion about the meaning of words.
5) The only way to get things back on track is to agree on commonly accepted
definitions of the word "boil" in this case.

Among some people, it is "commonly accepted" that the world
is flat. Does that make it so?

Your attempt to describe cavitation using a dictionary is
just plain dumb.

Here is a dictionary that defines "boil" perfectly, at least
with regard to you personally:
http://www.medterms.com/script/main/...rticlekey=2498



If you'll recall Gilligan's original reply it stated something to the effect
that cavitation happens because the prop boils the water.

"Something to the effect"??
This is the internet. Why not quote his post exactly, unless
you are either too stupid to figure out how, or have a
spurious agenda to conceal his actual statement.



... I say any prop
that boils water is useless as a prop

If that were all it did, then you'd be totally correct.
However, under the specific circumstances, any propellor
will boil water.

When people who live in the mountains make their tea and/or
coffee, do they boil their water or does the lower
atmospheric pressure mean that they are "vaporizing" it?

A stove is a device for transferring energy from an outside
source into the food. A propellor is a device for
transferring energy from the boat's engine into the water.
Two devices for transferring energy, surely they can both be
said to "boil" things.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King