Tell that to Albert Einstein!
If he were alive, and I would tell him, he would have to agree with me. Special relativity is simply a necessary mathematical consequence of experiments like the
Michelson–Morley experiment and others similar that occurred well before he set out on his endeavor. Even he himself had
great doubts about his general relativity equations and their consequences for years, and wanted experiments to show he was right. The theory was only accepted once these experiments could occur (planetary eclipses, pictures of gravitational lensing and even more recently the measurement of gravitational waves witch were still in doubt). That is how science works, and Einstein would have know and accepted that. That is until his later years when he became arrogant just like you. In these years he published a bunch of papers trying to debunk quantum mechanics, thinking his word was enough to become truth. Well, it's a good thing science doesn't work that way, because
these later theories and opinions have all since been proven wrong by clever experimentation.
Before you bring up an argument, at least try to know what you are talking about. This is how you end up making a fool of yourself and loosing credibility.
I used your measurements. You said your digital camera measured three times the light output (and I would say the photos you posted are consistent with that). Assuming the arc of the HID was a perfect match for the quartz halogen filament, this implies there is three times as much stray light. Simple physics. It could be more than that because of differences in the shape/position of the source (arc vs. filament). But it would not be less.
Simple physics (not really physics at all actually, I'm sure you have no clue what the Mazda optics tolerances are), but flawed reasoning on your part. Who is to say that the OEM halogens stray light is not say 5 times below DOT acceptable levels, so that even a three-fold increase would keep the system well within tolerance. You? How? If you want to be able to use that as a basis to insult people you need to
A) Get a professional grade light meter.
B) Get and install the Morimoto Kit according to the instructions.
C) Take stray light output measurements at the locations, distances and in conditions mandated by DOT compliance.
D) Compare your results with the US and Canadian regulations (because you've insulted Canadians here with absolutely no prior knowledge of our regulations).
E) Write up a detailed methodology of you experiment so that others can reproduce it (instruments used, setup, etc.).
Once you have done that, you can insult us all you want. You will have gained my respect. Heck, I may even take out my kit. But you won't do that. Basing insult on substance requires hard work and research. It's a whole lot easier to throw insults based on unfounded opinion.
As I recall, you yourself sermonized Unobtanium for weeks for talking about winter driving with no hands-on experience, and you were right in doing so. Yet, here you are doing the exact same thing. Is it that you are so full of yourself that you think your baseless opinion is actually more worthy than any one else's?
