Re: Anyone moved to LED Lighting?

["Robert L Bass" <Sales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Josepi" wrote:
>
> Point well made and exemplified by your post implicating
> Dave Houston. It can be clearly shown from history, here,
> that a hidden agenda may be lurking in your demonstration.

You mention history.  Allow me to set that record straight.

I've no agenda concerning Dave Houston.  I've seen him rail against anyone who
disagrees with his sometimes silly ideas though.  He and I got along fine at
first.  Then one day I disagreed with him on a minor technical issue, the
subject of which I've long since forgotten.  Houston started calling me childish
names and attacking me personally.  I'm no saint either.  I can be pretty
sarcastic and I've occasionally sniped back, but it's not personal to me.  I'll
kid around with someone and the next minute offer to buy them a beer.  With
Houston everything is personal.  People fall into two groups -- those who agree
with him and those he attacks.  I disagree with some of what you say but not all
of it.  That doesn't get you attacked.  Try disagreeing with Houston.  Then
watch what he has to say about you personally.  It gets ugly really fast.

On one occasion after years of nonsense, I noticed something Houston said about
his website and clicked the link.  He was working on some ideas he had (has?)
regarding home automation and the needs of physically disabled.  It was nothing
that sounded marketable from my perspective.  I sell security and home
automation systems to DIYers.

On the home page of his website he stated that his financial situation was
worsening due to his ongoing health problems.  Houston clearly stated that he
feared he might have to abandon the project he was working on because he could
not continue paying for the colo site, among other things.  I try to support
anything that helps disabled people when I can and what he seemed to need was
something I could easily afford.

I thought this might be an opportunity to turn things around between us.
There's an old saying my father liked: "The best way to get rid of an enemy is
to make him a friend."  I sent Dave a private email offering to host his
projects for free.  I own several servers that I use for my own websites and for
experimental work.  It was nothing major.  I have more hard drive space and more
bandwidth than I need.  I hoped that the simple gesture might break the ice
between us.

Mr. Houston did not reply to the email.  Instead, some time later he publicly
accused me in this newsgroup of trying to steal his work.  He stated that his
"proof" that my intentions were evil was that he can tell what other people are
thinking.  He has made similar claims to "prove" he's right in attacking other
helpful participants of CHA, such as M. Hult.  He also lied on the newsgroup,
claiming that he never said anything about his financial troubles on his
website.  He has repeatedly lied and misled regarding matters pertinent to this
forum.  He routinely and deliberately misconstrues published information about
various matters, such as CFLs. [Staying on topic]  When challenged over this
behavior he responds with personal attacks.

That, my friend, is the actual history between myself and Dave Houston.  It is
the reason I will never again offer to assist him in any way.  I don't wish him
any harm.  It's sad that his physical problems make life difficult for him.
It's sadder still that his psychological problems make *him* difficult for the
rest of the world.

Regards,
Robert