Re: Tip for GPS users

[hanson]
That is a good post from you, Eric. It is commensurate with
your age. Look up one of Androcles' post wherein he says
that at your age, in college, he was beating badly up one of
his student friends, because that guy was doubting Einstein.
What Potter and the older folks here are talking about is
that ungodly and disproportionate amount of moneys that
went and goes into the promotion of a theory (REL) that has
netted little for THEIR tax money. I will not argue with you, for
you to abandon your new found pearls and your hopes that
one day it will bring the rapture to common folks & reimburse
them many times over with down to earth pay-offs.
Eric, carry on and ***cherish your days of wonder***...
They will NEVER come back!...
Take care, Eric
hanson


"Eric Gisse" <jowr.pi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Tom Potter wrote:
"Eric Gisse" <jowr.pi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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tdp1...@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
[...]

As a guy who sold several kinds of accelerometers
back in the 1960's, and attended seminars on the subject,

So?

That makes you a salesman, not a physicist.

Thank you!

Nothing happens until somebody sells something.

That may be so, but my point is that just because you sold stuff and
attended a few talks about the stuff you sold, does not mean that you
actually have a complete understanding of the stuff.

However, you being a salesman does explain your curious dislike of
general relativity. Since there are a lot less down-to-earth
applications for GR as opposed to SR/QM/Newton, you percieve GR as
being useless.

Rejecting a certain theory just because it isn't directly influencing
your life right this second is incredibly short-sighted. Just because
you don't see a direct down to earth use for GR right this second does
not mean there will not be one down the road.



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