Originally Posted by bill dedman
Ed,
You just can't stay focused on the subject, can you? Your character assination/KILL THE MESSENGER M.O. is so much easier than formulating an intelligent response, that you simply cannot resist...
I started online bulletin boarding on Prodigy (was the drag racing BB modulator) before the internet existed; that was in the early '90s, so I've had a long time to develop a thick skin against desultory comments from people like you, who think it makes them seem more knowledgeable than they really are.
The fact is, this first red light rule came into being ONLY as a result of the NHRA's being unable to fix it, like they did the breakout rule, 48 years ago, and kind of got shuffled into the "tha't's the way it's always been" category, so everybody, INCLUDING ME, eventually acccepted it as "the norm."
The, when it became possible (new software) to FIX it, people like you, who had been subject to its vagaries, for so many years, reacted with, "FIX WHAT???" They were so entrenched in the status quo, they couldn't understand the value in re-programing it so it would operate like the breakout software (worse infraction loses.)
So, now we have a majority of people thinking that it's just one more change to deal with.
And, they don't want another change. They can't or won't do the work of understanding what benefit it has for them...
Well, NHRA won't ever spend a plugged nickle for the software to fix it, because it won't make them ANY money... and, you know how that goes.
So, we're stuck with a 48-year-old rule that screws the first car to leave, EVERY time 2 cars go down the drag strip in a handicapped race.
Was it Warren Johnson, or somebody else who said, "You can't fix stupid"???
But keep on killing the messenger, if it makes you feel better... I've come to expect nothing of a rational, analytical, response from you... that would take some thought.
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