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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Measuring light on the backside of a blackhole |
| gwynfryn |
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Posted: 03 Aug 2021, 8:09 am
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| Or a man out of his mind? He was famously sloppy, making simple mistakes. I bought his book Relativity (English translation) and got as far as chapter 3 (I think) where he describes his train journey during a thunder storm. There he attributed an observational change to the speed of the train, when ... |
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Forum: Health, Fitness, and Sports Topic: Alcohol and aging? |
| gwynfryn |
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Posted: 31 Jul 2021, 4:34 am
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QuietThoughts wrote: Acetaldehyde is toxic to the human body, cells, organs, etc. That is what becomes of ethanol. By drinking alcohol you chose to shorten your lifespan.
Quantity matters; ethanol production is part of the carbohydrate processing cycle, so evidently, some can be tolerated. |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: NASA is a Studying Better Mars Helicopter |
| gwynfryn |
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Posted: 30 Jul 2021, 9:15 am
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naturalplastic wrote: He was probably thinking more along the lines of the family cars in the Jetson's.
Funny! |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: RelativityCobblers |
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Posted: 30 Jul 2021, 9:12 am
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Replies: 59
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QuantumChemist wrote: Good luck on your research. Time will tell who is correct on their approach. I welcome the challenge either way.
It could be a long wait: still no replies... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: NASA is a Studying Better Mars Helicopter |
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Posted: 28 Jul 2021, 10:47 am
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cyberdad wrote: Surely by 2021 NASA can come up with more efficient propulsion system for a Mars probe than a rotary blade?
You are hoping for ornithopters, maybe? Frank Herbert was a great writer, but not much of an engineer, I’m afraid. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Are you good at problem solving? |
| gwynfryn |
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Posted: 28 Jul 2021, 10:37 am
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| What are some examples? Strangely, while I’m good at most problems, I have some blind spots; I’ve never been able to do a Rubik’s cube, for instance. Here are a couple of examples of real life “off the wall” I was able to answer: In my first job, where I was responsible for some mechanical aspects ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: RelativityCobblers |
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Posted: 27 Jul 2021, 8:53 am
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| It is important to know as it unlocks some key information on how String Theory is put together. If I'm right, then String Theory is also dead in the water as it is essentially a way of making Quantum Mechanics and GRT conform. I suggest you spend your efforts on something more productive. Any idea... |
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Forum: Health, Fitness, and Sports Topic: Did the pandemic affect you differently than a neurotypical? |
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Posted: 23 Jul 2021, 10:47 am
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| The only effect it’s had on me was via the seemingly pointless restrictions that were mandated. Why order supermarkets to close their toilets and then open them again? Why did this library withdraw this connectivity service (which played havoc with my lifestyle) and then open again, when nothing has... |
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Forum: Health, Fitness, and Sports Topic: Alcohol and aging? |
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Posted: 23 Jul 2021, 10:39 am
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| Does drinking a lot of alcohol make you look old? Well, people usually underestimate my age, even now with my hair completely white, so I can’t say I’ve noticed. I toyed with the thought that I’ve not drunk much hard liquor, preferring beer in the UK, and wine now I’m in France. Most hard liquor dr... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: RelativityCobblers |
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Posted: 23 Jul 2021, 10:29 am
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| Interesting question, cannot answer :( Have worked with many scientists, each is as different as people are different. Tough to lump into one universal bag. But, trying to sort it out is a courageous endeavor :D It shouldn't require courage, but in practice, here or IRL, if you dare to step off the... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: RelativityCobblers |
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Posted: 23 Jul 2021, 10:21 am
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| If any cyclotron directors are unwilling to fit this simple experiment into their schedules, then they really should be made to answer why! I can answer the why and I am not a cyclotron director. (I have worked with particle beams back in my graduate school days.) One reason that they will turn it ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Are you good with animals? |
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Posted: 23 Jul 2021, 10:06 am
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| Even better with them than with people? Ha! With over six decades of practice, I’ve learned to get on well with pretty much everybody, but always could with most animals. I’ve been nipped twice, once as a toddler when I stepped on the poor dog’s tail, so no complaints there. The other time was just... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Stick deodorant or spray deodorant? |
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Posted: 20 Jul 2021, 10:42 am
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| Surely, the relevant issue here is ingredients? Most use alumin(i)um, which is one of those rare elements the human body has no use for, and so best avoided. Good luck in finding either spray or roller that has none! Happily, having once had a serious problem with smelly feet, I seem to have outgrow... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: RelativityCobblers |
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Posted: 20 Jul 2021, 10:27 am
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Replies: 59
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| I’d like to propose an experiment (I may be repeating myself, but I can’t find the previous post, and I’ve got a new twist to add) which should sort out this dispute once and for all : It’s to do with relativistic mass, so the first question is if relativistic mass is disproven, does that also dispr... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Another dream revelation... |
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Posted: 20 Jul 2021, 10:12 am
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RetroGamer87 wrote: gwynfryn wrote: You did WHAT? You declined an obvious invitation from one of the most beautiful women who ever lived?
How could you sir! How could you!
Obvious to whom? I'm pretty sure I've explained why it wasn't obvious to me. |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Windows 11 |
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Posted: 16 Jul 2021, 9:39 am
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Replies: 15
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| I don't know how anyone could still choose to use a legacy Windows version. There's at least one use; when setting up a new PC I got completely swamped by identity borrowers, making that OS useless (why don’t they come with an inbuilt fire wall?). Installing my old Win 98 SE and setting up partitio... |
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