Re: The Cost of Relativity
From: Tom Potter (tdp_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 07/29/04
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Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 21:42:20 +0800
"AstronomyWanaB" <smtp@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> >> 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 and utility of the tek 511 have been replaced by slipshod knockoffs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.
"AstronomyWanaB" makes a good point, but unfortunately,
these "Morons and idiots" manage to convince some people
that they are privy to powerful, esoteric knowledge,
from which all good things emerge.
They are like the Aztec Priests who conned the people
into thinking that if they cut the hearts out of people,
they could keep the sun coming up in the morning.
The people who are close to technology,
understand that progress comes about through numerous,
tiny steps in the improvement of technology, and that models
follow progress in technology, and that some models are useful
and viable ways to use to advance technology further.
The charlatans, and the people who attach
racial, religious and national prestige to models,
try to deify the models that amplify their agenda,
and enhance their prestige.
If you want to see what models are viable,
and cost effective, all you have to do,
is interact with the folks who are advancing
the state of the art on many fronts.
For example, the advances in solid state devices
were made possible, not by some magical formula
predicted by someone's favorite model, but
by numerous people working to
improve clean rooms, optical systems, vacuum,
chemical reduction techniques, etc.
The best models, are extrapolated from experience,
not from some theory, and are generally computer algorithms,
with logical control loops and data statements,
rather than someone's favorite, open loop model.
-- Tom Potter http://home.earthlink.net/~tdp
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