Recent content by Tom the Engine

Yes, and George Bennett probably isn't qualified to report in detail about Roglics numbers in different races anyway. But that's not even the main point here. My takeaway is that this is likely a genuine description of the common feeling at TJV after the first disappointment and shock has...

George Bennett emphatically disagreeing with the narrative that Roglic had some sort of an off day in the ITT. Emphasizing that this result is all about TPs strength, not PRs weakness: "Actually people talking about Primoz had a bad time trial. He did the best time trial he's ever done...

Re: Yes, and I didn't categorically dismiss your hypothesis. That's why I clicked on your links expecting to read something interesting that is at least marginally related to your suspicion. Only to find that it has absolutely nothing to do with it whatsoever except a mention of gum or gummy...

Re: Please tell me you didn't post a link to a blog from a self-identified "pothead with a laptop" (where he claims that drinking a total of 5 litres of water with gelatin in the 4 hours before a drug test helps you pass a urine test for marijuana) as supporting evidence that gummy bears are...

Re: I really wasn't calling you an idiot or any other personal attack. Respecting people and respecting their arguments is very different and should not be mixed up. I made a post to demonstrate that thermal imaging might suffer from problems that laymen don't anticipate. And I explicitly...

This question was not directed at you at all. It was meant for every reader. I like this careful attitude. But maybe you could apply it a bit more balanced.. We actually see the guy filming on tape. Of course I can't exclude that it was just fake as the negative can never be proven. But I can't...

That's exactly what it does not explain. It's an extremly oversimplified toy-model for metals that gets a couple of good results on a few properties of basic metals but nothing else. In particular it fails to explain why there is anything else than metals let alone describe those different...

Re: The video camera is not specifically emphasizing on the journalist holding the thermal camera. It follows the riders and in doing so also happens to show the journalist standing nearby who is filming the same scene with the thermal camera. I'm not even sure what your argument is. That they...

Re: Re: John, I'm not entirely sure what you try to achieve by namedropping keywords from sophomore classes ("free electron model", "black body radiation curves"). It has served me well in the past to consider this a red flag, but I give you the benefit of doubt and assume it was meant to be...

Re: Re: Be careful when comparing rubber vs metal on a thermal image that isn't guaranteed to be of good quality. They might not be comparable at all. Because emissivity. As discussed above.

Re: I try to abstain from going after particular forum members. Everybody tries to contribute to the best of his/her capabilities. But I have to say that this kind of arguing often is somewhere between frustrating and insulting. Whenever someone presents a detailed reasoning that you cannot...

Re: Re: So what's your point exactly? You took three (static!) shots from three different angles to eliminate reflections and identify the leak. Yes that's the right way to do it. Can you spot the tiny differences to what they've done in this documentary? In fact they're really not so tiny but...

Follow up to my last post: I felt that I should add something with a bit of substance and not just rant. So here is a small example to show that thermal imaging is quite intricate although it kinda just looks like filming with a normal video camera. I try to keep it as simple (and therefore...

Re: Re: No I didn't judge the expert. I'm sure he's fine, he works at FLIR. I only pointed out that this expert does not make any concise or bold statements at all. (And I added that the whole scene looked awfully similar to what I know from personal experience with journalists. They love to...

Yes we can even see it in the documentary how they show their footage to an expert. We're going in circles now. My reply on it is in this post, points 5) and 6).