PuertoLibre: You seem to be confused on a great many details. I'd be happy to refute your incorrect points if you want, so which is it: Do you want me to leave this thread alone or continue to point out the ludicrous nature of both Tom's waffling and your incorrect assessment of details (that can be easily verified if you spent 10 seconds actually, you know, reading my posts)?
I'd prefer you leave this thread alone.--------------------------------
There is a big difference between a lie and an presumption.
Tom does know what your estimated power figures are. He simply does not believe they are an accurate depiction of your final product. He has stated he believes this is unlikely to be true. This is called a partially informed opinion with bias.
You (Inaba) call into question Toms not-yet-be-released power figures without knowing what they actually are presumed to be. You have formed an opinion based on various assumptions on the technology and design that might be used and with very limited knowledge over his device. This is a largely uninformed and heavily biased conclusion.
The difference (if any) is that Tom does not believe your stated power figures are an accurate depiction of your device. You choose to assume (based on your technical assumptions/assertions) that Toms device cannot be anywhere near his yet-to-be-released power figures.
This is called a difference of opinion on different points of fact about either persons device. Both known and unknown factors.
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Further, you have taken it further than simply an opinion and have gone forward to broadcast assertions (without direct knowledge) that Tom is fleecing/robbing his customers.
Tom admitted that he lied about BFL's power, good enough for me. It's a shame that he continues to lie to his customers, but that's not really any of my business if he continues to hide the important details about his product. He's fleecing people for their pre-orders, and that's sad, but there's not much I can do about that.
This steps beyond mere speculation and into the area of Defamation. Possible Libel and Slander.
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Starting in the next few days, I will write an automation script to collect your posts and post them in a thread called:
"Inabas/BFL_Josh Words of the Day".
Every 24 hours your publicly released posts will show up in sequential order for everyone to read. Any Vitrol you wish to commit will be collected there indiscriminately.
People will have a fine opportunity to skim your fine posts of the day in one place. What I hope to achieve is a fact of behavior trending. If the majority of your posts are kind and amiable with your
prospective users,
customers, and
people in general....people will see that. If they are unkind and extremely unproductive (and even financially destructive to your company) they will see that as well.
I suppose that with this, you will either be forced to consider the ramifications of every post you make and modify your behavior OR concrete it to the best of your ability.
If you are seen as helpful, it will show. If you are not, you have only yourself to blame.