From: Phil Bouchard on
eric gisse wrote:

[...]

> Have you yet figured out how to match GR's predictions? Or do you need
> another 20 fudge factors to still be off by a country mile?

The scaling factor is a simplification and there are at most 4 of them
(solar system, cluster, supercluster, universe).

The cosmological constant is a real fudge factor and cannot be
simplified, so you're stuck with it.

> Leave, then.

Before I do, what's the real name of Doug?
From: Phil Bouchard on
PD wrote:
>
> But your world only uses spherical coordinates, Phil. You said so. So
> using polar coordinates must be irrational and not right.

All that is relevant is rho.
From: Phil Bouchard on
PD wrote:

[...]

> But I don't know it, Phil. What you say isn't construed as knowledge.
> It's construed as bullshit. It's as though you were saying, "Just live
> knowing that Julius Caesar was French."

I'm not going to change you; I'm going to change the world around you.
From: Bill Snyder on
On Wed, 16 Dec 2009 08:51:01 -0800, Phil Bouchard
<phil(a)fornux.com> wrote:

>PD wrote:
>>
>> Is the length of a diagonal being an irrational number an unacceptable
>> result, Phil?
>> Note that you even used a square root, and you got an irrational
>> number for the result.
>
>The diagonal is an approximation, this is why it'll never be a law.

Where are you institutionalized, and who would I contact to
suggest that letting you use the computer isn't good for you?

--
Bill Snyder [This space unintentionally left blank]
From: Phil Bouchard on
Greg Neill wrote:

[...]

> I'm sure you were rather I were occupied elsewhere, rather
> than pointing out your tragic flaws.

It's too late now I got the bending of light, you missed the show.