From: hermit 
To: mdholm{at}telerama.com
CC: atm{at}shore.net
Reply-To: hermit 


mdholm{at}telerama.com wrote:
>
> OK,  I am going to risk getting flamed here.

Damned right. ;-)

>
> I have noticed a lot of atm's on this list using programs other than Sixtests
to
> analyze Foucault data.  (I am refering to manually obtained data, not any
> robotic methods.)
>
> In my not so humble opinion, this is a mistake.

Sixtest's doesn't run on Linux and I'm not booting to windoze to run it.  I
have made a couple of fine mirrors using TEX.  I also drop the numbers in a
spread sheet and watch the 'change'.


> Jim Burrows knows his math and
> did a lot of clear thinking on Sixtests.  The result shows it.  Sixtests is
the
> best.  At this time using any other of the free programs available to ATM's
> isn't a smart idea.

You want to front everyone the money to by a copy of Windows?

> I've got my Nomex suit on and a big foam extinguisher in hand, so flame away!

The number reduction is the LEAST part of figuring a mirror.  When
possible, you should drop that part and do final figuring using the star
test any how.

One BEST and ONLY.  Not going to happen and I'm glad of it.

Ken

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