Re: Pooh-Pooh Allegations [TANKS]

["Peter Arundel" <pureteenlard-at-hotmail.com>]

Bloody hell! That video has nothing to do with the pooh-pooh.

I was pooh-poohed before that although it may have been before I joined the 
mailing list. Mind you I do not feel inclined to look into this.

>From: Frank Pittelli <frank-at-rctankcombat.com>
>Reply-To: tanks-at-rctankcombat.com
>To: tanks-at-rctankcombat.com
>Subject: Re: Pooh-Pooh Allegations [TANKS]
>Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 12:37:24 -0500
>
>Peter Arundel wrote:
>>Is the gun stabilised in elevation too?
>>When I first found RCtankcombat.com, I mused upon the subject of gyro 
>>stabilisation and was pooh-poohed by the powers that be! As General 
>>Melchett said, "Never ignore a pooh-pooh!" and I'm just glad that someone 
>>out there is doing all this good stuff that I, alas, only think about . . 
>>.
>
>Dear Mr. Arundel,
>
>It is clear by your use of harsh words like "pooh-poohed" that you have 
>strong feelings about the use of stabilization and perhaps feel that you 
>have been wronged by one of your fellow hobby members.  Naturally, we take 
>all such complaints seriously and have convened a team of experts to 
>ascertain the facts behind the allegations and determine if you are indeed 
>eligible for compensation.
>
>Our expert team has broken the case down to the following critical 
>questions:
>
>Q1) Did you in fact "muse" about the subject of "gyro stabilisation"?
>
>Q2) Did a member of the "powers that be" respond to those musings?
>
>Q3) Did said member "pooh-pooh" you?
>
>According to the advanced Google-powered search capabilities available for 
>this mailing list archive, the team of experts found the following message 
>authored by you on Oct 15, 2006:
>
>     I know that there have been some attempts at using a
>     video camera to steer (and aim) a tank but this video
>     proves what can be dome with a bit of ingenuity.
>
>     http://video.google.fr/videoplay?docid=-2237947353453839215&hl=fr
>
>     Of course the camera would need gyro stabilisation on
>     a tank but it is still very, very impressive!
>
>Based on this evidence, the experts have determined that you did indeed 
>"muse" about the subject of gyro stabilization and that (Q1) above is true. 
>  Continuing with their analysis, the experts uncovered the following 
>response to that message generated by one Joe Sommer (aka Dr. Sommer) also 
>on Oct 15, 2006:
>
>       Your camera, transmitter and receiver are obviously
>       much better than our early attempts.  We can easily
>       drive our tanks and visually acquire targets with video.
>       However we had trouble aiming the gun and seeing
>       hits at ranges beyond 30 meters (typical engagement
>       distance).
>
>       Do you have a paint ball gun or can you borrow one
>       from a friend?  If yes, it would be very interesting to
>       test if your camera can see paint balls as they are
>       fired and fly down-range to hit a target.
>
>       What camera, transmitter and receiver do you use
>       and what do they cost?
>
>Analysis of this message revealed that (a) Dr. Sommer truly doesn't read 
>messages before responding, (b) Dr. Sommer was impressed by the technology, 
>and (c) Dr. Sommer wanted to know more.  In many circles, Dr. Sommer would 
>be considered a member of the "powers that be", so the experts have 
>concluded that this is the message that you are referring to and that (Q2) 
>above is true.  However, the experts were hard pressed to find any 
>"pooh-poohing" in this message.  In fact, Dr. Sommer supported your 
>conjecture and encouraged a deeper discussion of the subject.  Based on a 
>lack of "pooh-pooh" evidence from this message, the experts pushed deeper 
>into the thread.  The next message, from you, read as follows:
>
>       Woa, hold on! The video isn't mine - wish it was - I just
>       saw it and was impressed. Very impressed. Especially the
>       slaving of the camera to the head movements of the operator. :-)
>
>Clearly, you also determined that Dr. Sommer was slightly confused and the 
>confusion was resolved in short order.  You continued to "muse" about the 
>subject, but interestingly, you broke off the discussion with Dr. Sommer, 
>failing to answer his questions.  Some experts felt this indicated some 
>feelings of you being "pooh-poohed", but others pointed out that the 
>trailing happy face contradicted such a conclusion. The experts proceeded 
>to the end of the thread to find this message from "Phil" at Endurance R/C:
>
>       I asked this a few weeks back. Seemed like no one was
>       interested at that time. Take a look at my project.
>       Its currently completed but mounted on a normal r/c car
>       and not a tank.
>
>       http://www.youtube.com/endurancerc
>
>       Take a look at the head tracking video.
>
>Here again, the experts consider this supportive of your musings, although 
>it does indicate a certain level of "pooh-pooh" feelings on Phil's behalf.  
>Based on this possibility, some of the experts believe that you may be 
>suffering from "transitive pooh-poohing", in which one party 
>sympathetically participates in the pooh-pooh feelings of others because of 
>a close tie.  However, in such cases, the transitive pooh-pooh-ee usually 
>responds with an email to publicly demonstrate those feelings.  In this 
>case, no such email was written in Oct 2006. Those same experts believe 
>that your recent email indicates that you may be suffering from a case of 
>"delayed transitive pooh-poohing", a rare but well-documented Internet 
>condition.  However, these experts represent a minority of the team and 
>given that they offer courses in the Treatment of Pooh-Pooh Disorders, it 
>was felt that they had a conflict of interest in such a determination.
>
>Therefore, based on the evidence found, the expert team has concluded that 
>(a) you were indeed musing about the subject and (b) a "power that be" 
>responded to those musings.  However, the team could find no conclusive 
>evidence that you were in fact "pooh-poohed" by that "power that be".  
>Nonetheless, the expert team has agreed to keep this case open for the time 
>being.  If any new evidence is uncovered that supports your pooh-pooh 
>claims, they will consider it thoroughly.
>
>Thank you for your participation.
>
>       Dr. Frank Pittelli
>       Director, Tri-Pact Clinical Analysis Team
>       Tri-Pact Institute of Health and Welfare
>       Tri-Pact World Health Organization
>
>PS. A technical team of experts working on a top-secret research project 
>completely unrelated to your allegation have determined that gyro 
>stabilization is a completely insane idea :-)

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