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The adjective which Mr. Virtuani found potentially offensive has been redacted. Clearly, based on recent postings concerning my own behaviour, I have -- or am expected to have -- considerably thicker skin... Unless I am over-ruled by Mr. Rico, it is our policy that ALL participants are welcome (and ...

Longer-term readers of this forum will recall that we tried a similar sort of 'micro' approach to solving the Denmark Strait problem a few months ago, trying to decide upon the lengths and bearings of various 'legs' of the track chart, employing fairly standard techniques that surveyors might use to...

In most cases, excluding the possibility of "indeterminate" and insisting on a binary "yes' or "no" response simply renders the entire exercise futile. If any 'avoidance' is going on, one must consider the possibility that it's not so much that the people who are indeterminate are trying to avoid su...

I will make only a few brief observations and comments. 1) The format of requiring a "yes or no" response can be productive if properly done, but is very difficult to control. In the courtroom, a series of questions along these lines is often disallowed by a judge as 'leading the witness', i.e. repr...

Judging by what we do know with reasonable certainty regarding the timing and geometry of the action, I would say that it appears likely that the still photo precedes most or all of the film sequences. Provided that the photo can be relied upon, i.e. excluding retouching. For example, it would be ea...

The image is of very poor quality, probably originates from a screened original, and has certainly been adapted again for screen presentation on the internet, and for various and sundry reasons quite possibly retouched as well, rendering its utility as an analytical source -- at least in the absence...

O.K. If we assume that the objects in question ARE actually shell casings, it would seem reasonable to assume that Prinz Eugen had opened fire before the photo was taken.

Bill Jurens.

insofar as I don't actually see any shell casings, my first answer would probably be 'no'.

Bill Jurens

Insofar as I believe all participants have now had an ample opportunity to provide 'closing statements', I am now declaring this thread formally closed and requesting that further commentary be either addressed on a new thread, or that additional commentary on this thread be restricted to the discus...

Taken as it is, and out of context, the documentary evidence would suggest the 0555 figure might be said to represent a reasonable approximation, so I would be willing to say 'yes'.

Bill Jurens

My thanks to those who have offered suggestions, etc. Often (one might say, usually) the best way to lead is to listen. I would agree that there is essentially zero probability of the opposing viewpoints, one -- at least by my reading -- being that a fairly definitive history has already been create...

I was away from the computer on a brief vacation over the past few days, so have let daily commentary and moderation slip. This happens from time to time. Having skimmed the previous few day's submissions, although I would say that many comments approached the line of acceptability, none of the infr...

This sort of situation -- i.e. confirmation bias -- is exacerbated when some sort of cover-up conspiracy is postulated. All evidence which fits the desired theory can then be taken as reliable and indicative, whereas any contradictory evidence can be easily dismissed as constituting part of the atte...

I would say that Dunmurno's suggested algorithms are essentially correct, at least in principle. If one halves the target area and halves the number of projectiles fired, one might reasonably expect the number of hits to be reduced by the product of these figures, i.e. 0.5 * 0.5 = 0.25. In terms of ...

Mr. Virtuani wrote: "Hello everybody, I see no critic is accepted by this "moderator" who consider them "inappropriate"... I just respectfully suggest him to read back again what others have posted before redacting only my posts... Bye, Alberto" This is fair commentary. The complete deletion of adja...