Comments on: Firepower's "results"! http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/02/12/firepowers-results/ the blog that is not dansdata.com Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:03:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: translation http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/02/12/firepowers-results/#comment-6475 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:57:04 +0000 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/02/12/firepowers-results/#comment-6475 Thanks, Daniel. I appreciate it. Thanks, Daniel. I appreciate it.

]]> by: Daniel Rutter http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/02/12/firepowers-results/#comment-6474 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:13:09 +0000 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/02/12/firepowers-results/#comment-6474 Sorry about that, Calliope! I thought they were saying the tests were done by you, because your translation was just scanned, <i>complete with letterhead</i>, and thrown into the document along with the rest. (And, frankly, having fuel-additive tests done by a professional <i>translator</i> would have been pretty much on par for Firepower's scientific rigour!) I've amended the post to make this clear. Sorry about that, Calliope! I thought they were saying the tests were done by you, because your translation was just scanned, complete with letterhead, and thrown into the document along with the rest. (And, frankly, having fuel-additive tests done by a professional translator would have been pretty much on par for Firepower's scientific rigour!)

I've amended the post to make this clear.

]]> by: translation http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/02/12/firepowers-results/#comment-6472 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:55:04 +0000 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/02/12/firepowers-results/#comment-6472 Quote: On page 22, someone who glories in the name Calliope Sofianopoulos (and is a translator, by trade) claims that Firepower products significantly improved the fuel consumption and exhaust gas composition of three taxis." Sorry to break the news but this particular translator by profession translated the specific documents into English. Since this story has appeared people Google my name and have it associated with the word "Psychopath". Not much fun! I am a professional who merely translates any document assigned to me. Do not have a clue what Firepower is nor do I make claims for or against it. However I do glory in my name. I would appreciate any rectification possible in that respect. Please delete any mention to my name or change the sentence to read that Calliope Sofianopoulos is the translator. Thanks in advance, Calliope Quote: On page 22, someone who glories in the name Calliope Sofianopoulos (and is a translator, by trade) claims that Firepower products significantly improved the fuel consumption and exhaust gas composition of three taxis."

Sorry to break the news but this particular translator by profession translated the specific documents into English.

Since this story has appeared people Google my name and have it associated with the word "Psychopath". Not much fun! I am a professional who merely translates any document assigned to me. Do not have a clue what Firepower is nor do I make claims for or against it. However I do glory in my name.

I would appreciate any rectification possible in that respect. Please delete any mention to my name or change the sentence to read that Calliope Sofianopoulos is the translator.

Thanks in advance,
Calliope

]]> by: phase3 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/02/12/firepowers-results/#comment-2136 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 10:38:35 +0000 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/02/12/firepowers-results/#comment-2136 another highly dubious thing - page 22 has WATA using Toyota Coronas - these cars were never sold in Australia except from a very small number of grey importers. With the sort of discounts car companies give to fleets, there's no way any company would be buying 2nd hand grey imports for their fleet... another highly dubious thing - page 22 has WATA using Toyota Coronas - these cars were never sold in Australia except from a very small number of grey importers. With the sort of discounts car companies give to fleets, there's no way any company would be buying 2nd hand grey imports for their fleet...

]]> by: nmr8 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/02/12/firepowers-results/#comment-2077 Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:20:05 +0000 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/02/12/firepowers-results/#comment-2077 you're my favorite you're my favorite

]]> by: captin_nod http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/02/12/firepowers-results/#comment-2076 Tue, 12 Feb 2008 10:47:29 +0000 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/02/12/firepowers-results/#comment-2076 That's a superb deconstruction of their 'results' - looks like this is leading to the kind of scathing press coverage that they weren't exactly looking for :) That's a superb deconstruction of their 'results' - looks like this is leading to the kind of scathing press coverage that they weren't exactly looking for :)

]]> by: sockatume http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/02/12/firepowers-results/#comment-2074 Tue, 12 Feb 2008 04:53:35 +0000 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/02/12/firepowers-results/#comment-2074 My favourite part is the first page (not counting the cover) where they repeat the same set of bullet points twice. I'm guessing that they're too busy counting their gigantic sacks of cash to hire a PR department, and just cook up these documents themselves when they get pissed off at people in the internets. Serious business. My favourite part is the first page (not counting the cover) where they repeat the same set of bullet points twice. I'm guessing that they're too busy counting their gigantic sacks of cash to hire a PR department, and just cook up these documents themselves when they get pissed off at people in the internets. Serious business.

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