Re: Tip for GPS users

"Androcles" <Headmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"hanson" <hanson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| "Tom Potter" <tdp1001@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| > "Eric Gisse" <jowr.pi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| >>> > That makes you a salesman, not a physicist.
| >>>
| [Tom]
| >>> Thank you!
| >>> Nothing happens until somebody sells something.
| >>
| [Eric]
| >> That may be so, but my point is that [t] does not mean that you
| >> actually have a complete understanding of the stuff.
| >> 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
| >> doesnot mean there will not be one down the road.
| >
| [Tom]
| > "Eric Gisse" makes a good point.
| > I do not "actually have a complete understanding of "
| > General Relativity and Astrology.
| > I do know that All models are limited in their applications.
| > For example, have you ever seen GTR used to model
| > DNA, ionization potentials, electronegativity, to build a bridge,
| > to design an electrical or electronic system, a semiconductor,
| > or an information compressor (JPG, ZIP, etc.), etc.?
| > Physics works on a small subset of the properties perceived by humans.
| > Value should be placed on utility and correlations,
| > rather than models and theories, or on credentials & individuals.
| > The value of a model, theory, person, group, nation, etc.
| > to mankind can best be quantized in terms of "discounted rate of
| > return" on the resources invested in them, and in terms of this
| > measure, *** General Relativity is an enormous loser***,
| > as it has waste enormous amounts of time, money and minds,
| > on such pursuits as hero worship, space warps, gravitons, [Jewish]
| > race/religion promotion, time travel, gravitons,
| > rubber clocks and rulers, etc.
| > A dollar is a terrible thing to waste.
| > --
| > Tom Potter
| >
| [hanson]
| ... ahahahaha... AHAHAHA... Tom... ahahaha... Eric is NOT
| ready for that yet. Like I said in a post addressed to him that
| he should "cherish his days of wonder... for they will never
| return"... Eric will experience the same evolution that you, me
| and all the other professionals went thru. Exceptions are most
| of the educator/teacher types who get stuck in their "space-time"
| according to the regulations that order them what to preach.
|
| Eric too will see that he was a victim of such instruction, just like
| I was, after doctoring for years in slave labor for academia, when
| I got my first job in R&D in a defense industry establishment, where
| the group toiled away in great detail at their work. After a few
| days I suggested that the team could save itself a lot of time
| and grief by simply applying relativity, upon which the boss-man
| hollered at me with very beady eyes: "*** you and your theories,
| punk. Here, we measure !!! Lives and Millions are at stake in this" ....
|
| I did get the message........ahahaha.......ahahahanson
| PS: I didn't laugh at that time, back then.
|
[Andro]
Oh man... been there, done that, got the T-shirt.
Now I understand why I instantly took a liking to you. I laugh
too, but less.... apparently?

[hanson]
See my comment on your story below in:
Re: Soft Porn Physics = Fun with Majorettes
http://groups.google.com/group/sci.physics/msg/e38a665ec9e5d8ed

[Andro]
I was on the Thames embankment (I'm quite familiar with London)
and feeling rather tired I lay on the parapet alongside the river to rest.
Well... I fell asleep.. before long I started to dream, when I
was suddenly woken by someone shaking my arm. I hate being
woken like that, so I grunted and tried to go back to sleep.
My arm was shaken again, so I opened my peepers and a
gorgeous young woman was looking at me with big beautiful
eyes and said "Are you ok?"
"Yeah", says I, "leave me alone".
"I can't do that", she said, "if you are that tired come with
me and I'll find somewhere for you to sleep for the night".
I thought about it, and realised other do-gooders wouldn't
leave me alone if I stayed where I was so I said "Ok".
She took to me to a flat in Chelsea, gave me a supper and
after I'd eaten she pointed to the bedroom. Well... there
was only one bed, and as she started to undress I realised
she meant for me to sleep there. So I undressed, but said
"I'm a gentleman. I'll face the wall and keep on this side."
She made no reply, so we both got in bed and I did what
I said I'd do.
I was about to fall asleep again when she said "Aren't
you going to roll over and give me a kiss?"
I rolled over and fell in the Thames.

[Andro]
As Tom Potty quotes, " A terrible mind should not be wasted".
Now, who can we terrorise next?
Androcles

[hanson]
..... wow...wow.. WOW!..old friend... Take that "terrorise"..
back and keep your high British standards alive. The
appropriate phrase is: " who can we administer to next?"
AHAHAHA... ahahahanson



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