From: Phil Bouchard on 16 Dec 2009 11:54 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 16 Dec 2009 12:08 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 16 Dec 2009 12:10 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 16 Dec 2009 12:11 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 16 Dec 2009 12:13
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. |