Re: Relativity and delusion

Spaceman <spaceman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Dirk Van de moortel wrote:
No, I don't think so either - there will always be a steady fresh
supply of retiring engineers and highshool dropouts who learned
to handle a square root.
But don't loose too much sleep over it - if you can't stop it, try
to enjoy it :-)

Dirk,
What is the square root of -1?
How about -4?
Negative numbers can't have square roots huh?
:)

2002:
http://users.telenet.be/vdmoortel/dirk/Physics/Fumbles/Dingbat.html

Dirk Vdm
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