Re: The Cost of Relativity
From: AstronomyWanaB (smtp_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 07/27/04
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Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 18:59:00 GMT
>> My guess is no. Had he used relativity, the quality of the picture would
>> have as bad as modern televisions. Haven't you noticed that technology
>> peaked in the 1920's and 1930's and since that time televisions have
>> gotten worse, the space program went down hill, receivers can no longer
>> receive satellite signals, mri scanners lie in a state of disrepair,
>> computers have slowed down to a crawl, osciiloscopes with the precision
>> and utility of the tek 511 have been replaced by slipshod knockoffs like
>> the TDS3000B. It's just awful. Oh, what I wouldn't give for a real
>> television set with a steel case full of vacuum tubes, mechanical contact
>> tuners, 20 lb high voltage transformers and a floating chassis all sitting
>> behind a piece of glass spanning a good chunk of the forward 2 pi
>> solid angle.
>>
>> Come to think of, I'll bet your pappy never once mentioned a satellite
>> failure all the through the 1950's. After that, the decline in computing
>> power coupled with the declining qualty of electronics test equipment
>> made every satellite a crap shoot. Yes, I can see why you pine for
>> the good old days a revel in the past. Yes, it's remarkable just how
>> much technology has disintegrated.
>
The morons and idiots just keep piling up like horse manure at
churchill downs here.
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