I'd rather learn than argue. Care to help?

[Pug]

Some of you may be aware that here and elsewhere, I've gone against the grain somewhat with my approach to conventionally accepted watercooling.
I may even have been offensive in my attitude in some cases. It began to be a habit I'd rather not pick up, so I'd like to defuse it now with a public apology to at least four people.
I came here to do it, because as far as I know, they mostly come here too.

In no particular order, as none of them really deserved it any more than the others,

BillA - you may not read this, but I can appreciate that you are as involved in your chosen work as any of us and I know first hand how easy it is to let stress show in your attitude. I probably resented that too much and I guess I was a little goading.
I shouldn't have let it get to me.

Phaestus - you've done a lot of good work in the field, I may not have insulted you directly but my spreading the idea that lots of angled connectors could still allow a system to work efficiently, although not that bad in itself, didn't give any credit to your findings, true as they are.
I did feel that the system I was using wasn't quite as hampered as a flow-reliant system was by 90° barbed connectors but I didn't make that point as clear as I should have.
In fact, I probably took it for granted that everyone knew this.

Redleader - well, I think we've settled our differences but again, I'd like to smooth this out with a definite apology. I guess you meant well in trying to tell people that not all systems would work efficiently as mine without the same kind of component design approach.

8-Ball - likewise, I hope we're ok but I was definitely out of order on BiT for a while.


I figured that making you guys think a little differently with fresh ideas could maybe provoke a new turn in cooling research but it just makes me look like a prat, at times.
Being controversial doesn't always feel that good.


I guess I justified it to myself in the way I felt at times that the conventional approach was being forced on me and I wanted to fight against it.
It's the reason I mod stuff - to show people that they can dare to be different.
The last thing I'd ever want to be is an asshole. Hopefully I've stopped that now.

Sorry all.

[[-Stash-]]

I'm new here and this is very reassuring. I wish more people could admit they were wrong and unconditionally apologise for it.

[bigben2k]

I don't mind an occasional "devil's advocate", or "unusual thinker", but prepare to take some flak. I also throw out ideas once in a while strictly to get a conversation going

[redleader]

Redleader - well, I think we've settled our differences but again, I'd like to smooth this out with a definite apology. I guess you meant well in trying to tell people that not all systems would work efficiently as mine without the same kind of component design approach.

No need for that. I'm argumentive even when I agree with people.

Good to see you back again.

[Sproket]

Well here is a good talk about Direct Die cooling


http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...threadid=14169

[Pug]

Thanks guys.

I'll be around.