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DaveC426913 replied to the thread Big Ben In N Dimensions.Yes. I'd say we assumed this was an idealized question of geometry, rather than a practical one of user experience. And we didn't know... -
DaveC426913 replied to the thread Big Ben In N Dimensions.Oh. OK. 30 degrees is an arbitrary practical viewing angle. But technically, anything greater than zero is viewable, right?
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DaveC426913 replied to the thread Big Ben In N Dimensions.In Flatland the book, a Flatlander was lifted out of his plane and shown the wonders of the 3D world. I took issue with that. The...
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DaveC426913 replied to the thread Molds in Front Loading Washing Machine.+1
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DaveC426913 replied to the thread Insights Thinking Outside The Box Versus Knowing What’s In The Box.6000+ exoplanets detected (1988+) Discovery of the Higgs Boson (2012) Accelerating Expansion of the Universe (1998/2011) Quantum...
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DaveC426913 reacted to Dale's post in the thread Insights Thinking Outside The Box Versus Knowing What’s In The Box with
Agree.
That is a ridiculous assertion, so I have plenty of doubt about it. What standard are you using to determine a “major” new... -
Today I learned that in the old days collisions of obsolete trains were arranged. Such attracted huge crowds, in one case so many that...
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DaveC426913 replied to the thread Today I Learned.TIL this is not a typo. You Brits really spell it like this. Weirdos... Byyeeeeee!
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I think it could have gone both ways. Interference (destructive interference in this case) is a big thing in physics (interferometry...
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DaveC426913 replied to the thread Collection of Lame Jokes.This probably would have landed better in the lame math jokes thread. :wink:
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I have no idea what that is or means. I did look at the spoiler message.
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DaveC426913 replied to the thread Whatever happened to Evo?.Say hi to her the next time you hear from her?
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DaveC426913 replied to the thread Why Are You Still Here? A Curious Question.That, and its clear mission statement. Many fora don't have effective guardrails.
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DaveC426913 replied to the thread Undergrad Another Time Dilation Question.OK. I've stepped in a pile of it and mucked up the thread for readers. :sorry: Deferring to bigger brains.
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DaveC426913 reacted to PeterDonis's post in the thread Undergrad Another Time Dilation Question with
Informative.
Please read post #24 again. It explicitly uses the term "length contraction", and claims that this explains the shorter travel time by...
