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From: Nick Naym on 15 Jul 2010 22:39 In article i1o9ml$50l$1(a)news.eternal-september.org, Phillip Jones at pjones1(a)kimbanet.com wrote on 7/15/10 8:38 PM: > Jon Ribbens wrote: >> On 2010-07-15, Thomas R. Kettler<tkettler(a)blownfuse.net> wrote: >>> In article<C864C0AA.60F95%nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid>, >>> Nick Naym<nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid> wrote: >>>>> You're wrong. The 10 minute difference was due to relativistic effects >>>>> since everyone knows that moving clocks run slow. >>>> >>>> You _are_ kidding, aren't you? >>> >>> Of course. The relativistic effects do exist but are two small to be >>> observable for speeds humans have ever experience. Even for a speed of >>> 0.8 * speed of light, clocks would just run 40% slower. >> >> I'm sure I read about some physics professor who claimed in court >> that because he was travelling towards the traffic lights, the red >> light appeared green to him. >> >> Supposedly, the Judge decided to deny this defence when informed that >> in order for it to be true, the professor would have to have been >> travelling towards the traffic lights at over 100,000,000 mph. > > Did they consider color Blindness. My brother is color blind with green > looking Brown. Not sure it would result in enough blueshift to make a difference. -- iMac (27", 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB RAM, 1 TB HDD) � OS X (10.6.3)
From: Steven Fisher on 15 Jul 2010 22:41 In article <tph-F00F20.11511815072010(a)localhost>, Tom Harrington <tph(a)pcisys.no.spam.dammit.net> wrote: > In article <C864C0AA.60F95%nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid>, > Nick Naym <nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid> wrote: > > > In article tkettler-B1F0F7.13331115072010(a)news.eternal-september.org, Thomas > > R. Kettler at tkettler(a)blownfuse.net wrote on 7/15/10 1:33 PM: > > > > ... > > ... > > > > > > > > You're wrong. The 10 minute difference was due to relativistic effects > > > since everyone knows that moving clocks run slow. > > > > You _are_ kidding, aren't you? > > Man, once upon a time people would just assume such an over the top > comment on Usenet was a joke. But that was then, and this is apparently 10 minutes later. :) Steve
From: Nick Naym on 15 Jul 2010 22:43 In article jollyroger-1EF326.20520515072010(a)news.individual.net, Jolly Roger at jollyroger(a)pobox.com wrote on 7/15/10 9:52 PM: > In article <1jlopke.1ytj4lc1mzx0ckN%mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com>, > mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com (Mike Rosenberg) wrote: > >> Fred Moore <fmoore(a)gcfn.org> wrote: >> >>> Sounds like another one of those NASA units screw ups. The phone system >>> was using English seconds while the launch countdown was using metric >>> seconds. Now if you guys had just standardized on UTC seconds, there >>> wouldn't have been any problem. That's what you get for using the lowest >>> bidder. >> >> Are you sure it has nothing to do with using hex zeroes instead of >> binary zeroes? > > You mean ASCII zeros, Mike. Get it right, please. Are you sure, or are you ASCIIing? -- iMac (27", 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB RAM, 1 TB HDD) � OS X (10.6.3)
From: Nick Naym on 15 Jul 2010 22:53 In article sdfisher-99ED92.19412415072010(a)shawnews.vc.shawcable.net, Steven Fisher at sdfisher(a)spamcop.net wrote on 7/15/10 10:41 PM: > In article <tph-F00F20.11511815072010(a)localhost>, > Tom Harrington <tph(a)pcisys.no.spam.dammit.net> wrote: > >> In article <C864C0AA.60F95%nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid>, >> Nick Naym <nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid> wrote: >> >>> In article tkettler-B1F0F7.13331115072010(a)news.eternal-september.org, Thomas >>> R. Kettler at tkettler(a)blownfuse.net wrote on 7/15/10 1:33 PM: >>> >>> ... >>> ... >>> >>>> >>>> You're wrong. The 10 minute difference was due to relativistic effects >>>> since everyone knows that moving clocks run slow. >>> >>> You _are_ kidding, aren't you? >> >> Man, once upon a time people would just assume such an over the top >> comment on Usenet was a joke. > > But that was then, and this is apparently 10 minutes later. :) > Relatively speaking, of course. -- iMac (27", 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB RAM, 1 TB HDD) � OS X (10.6.3)
From: Wes Groleau on 15 Jul 2010 22:57
On 07-15-2010 22:53, Nick Naym wrote: >> > But that was then, and this is apparently 10 minutes later. :) >> > > Relatively speaking, of course. Everything is relative—in its own way. (Ray Stevens?) -- Wes Groleau Are Americans unique in their condemnatory attitudes? http://Ideas.Lang-Learn.us/barrett?itemid=1557 |