Well I for one enjoy reading his posts, I wouldn't mind building a rocket either for that matter but thats OT.
I think its great that he is willing to spend the time to type up what he knows about the subject at hand, and even add a bit more, You might not need to know everything he is explaining but the more you know the better you will be at designing/fixing things. Sometimes the little things don't matter, but when you design something you might have a bunch of things working against you, in that case (and how would you know?) its good to have a better understanding of what is really going on and that you can actually calculate things out to avoid problems.
You might not learn much from reading, and like peoples log splitters we are all different. However many people CAN benefit from reading posts like that, I read them and I write some that are just as long winded. My reason is that the more a person knows about a subject the better they can understand the problems at hand, and sometimes why it may be hard to give a direct answer due to the complexity. If a person is not interested in the topic or what the author has to say then they don't have to read it, they can scroll down to the next one. If they just don't understand, they should ASK or its their loss...
Of course the goal of all good technical writing is to be short, descriptive and to the point, (info packed) but the wider the audience's technical knowledge in a field is, the harder it is to cater to everybody in ways they can all understand,and be kept interested (or insulted), I respect his effort.
-Leo-
