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tttiger · 5 November 2009, 10:57 AM

My apologies.

My choice of words was not intended to be personal or harsh.

"Ignorant" does not mean "stupid." It means you don't know. I'm ignorant of many, many things. But if "I don't know" I look it up. Google is my friend.

Similarly, "worthless" means "of no value" since the comments of the thread starter were highly inaccurate due to the misuse of terminology. It doesn't mean the person himself is "worthless."

The accuracy of WWI aircraft machine guns was very low, especially at longer ranges beyond 100 yards.

The effectiveness of the bullets (which is a whole different matter) remains high at least to 1,000 yards.

I believe the original poster said exactly the opposite due to his unfortunate choice of terminology.

That doesn't make him a bad person.

Didn't mean to ruffle any feathers.

Sorry.

5 November 2009, 10:57 AM	#15 (permalink)
tttiger Observer Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Phoenix, AZ, USA Posts: 6	My apologies. My choice of words was not intended to be personal or harsh. "Ignorant" does not mean "stupid." It means you don't know. I'm ignorant of many, many things. But if "I don't know" I look it up. Google is my friend. Similarly, "worthless" means "of no value" since the comments of the thread starter were highly inaccurate due to the misuse of terminology. It doesn't mean the person himself is "worthless." The accuracy of WWI aircraft machine guns was very low, especially at longer ranges beyond 100 yards. The effectiveness of the bullets (which is a whole different matter) remains high at least to 1,000 yards. I believe the original poster said exactly the opposite due to his unfortunate choice of terminology. That doesn't make him a bad person. Didn't mean to ruffle any feathers. Sorry.