Interpolation and extrapolation of almost periodic data

dbd wrote:
> On Apr 16, 10:45 am, Richard Owlett <rowl...@atlascomm.net> wrote:
> 
> When you are in a room full of people with hammers, why are you
> surprised when they respond to your questions with nails?
> 
> Perhaps you have unrealistic expectations that have led you to an
> unproductive approach.
> 
> 
>>...
>>
>>If I pare it down to a bare bones math question I'm assaulted with
>>request for the application details.
> 
> 
> Yes, what's wrong with that? This is an engineering sort of forum and
> that is how the engineering mind proceeds when you say you have a
> problem. That's how we evaluate to arrive at solutions and how we know
> when we are done.
> 
> You began this discussion with a request for a 'better interpolation'.
> The 'better' can only be understood in some context, but you complain
> when someone asks for that context! That's either fuzzy or trollish.
> 
> 
>>If I give "details", either it generates "rabbit trail" subthreads ...
> 
> 
> Yes, what's wrong with that? This is an engineering sort of forum.
> 
> If the subthreads aren't doing what you want, post. Say so and say
> why. If you don't keep playing, why shouldn't we continue to discuss
> points that interest us? Of course, those subthreads will continue
> whatever you do, but if you don't keep giving feedback towards what
> you want to hear about, we can't respond with anything about the
> interests you have chosen to leave vague.
> 
> 
>>...
>>
>>So, i'm frustrated
>>And even if the group "dives me up a wall" I do appreciate the attempts
>>to answer the questions that many think I should be asking. Even if they
>>are not the questions I am asking.
>>...
> 
> 
> You are getting better than you are asking for. If you want something
> different, change what you ask for and how you ask for it or who you
> ask. If all you want is a warm fuzzy feeling, don't feed a bunch of
> technical people any suggestion of a "problem" and expect them to
> respond by trying to hold your hand.
> 
> Dale B. Dalrymple
> 

*LOL*

I ask for basic math
I get advanced engineering

OK so we are of different mindsets

b-b-b-b-b-b ut u got info i need/want ;/

Richard Owlett wrote:
(snip)

> So, i'm frustrated
> And even if the group "dives me up a wall" I do appreciate the attempts 
> to answer the questions that many think I should be asking. Even if they 
> are not the questions I am asking.

Sometimes people don't ask the right question, so the only possibility
is to answer the question that they seem to be asking.

This happens a lot in comp.lang.* newsgroups, where someone posts
about a program that doesn't work (possibly in the language of
the newsgroup) but shows no code from the program.  One can then
guess what might have caused the given problem.

Sometimes a post reminds one of a question that should have
been asked but wasn't actually asked.

-- glen