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Nugatory replied to the thread Author of 4DEU Cosmological Theory.We are happy to have you here, but please take a moment to review the forum rules about personal theories. -
One way of understanding Newton's first law is as a statement that inertial frames exist. That there is such a thing as a frame of...
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Nugatory reacted to kuruman's post in the thread B Why is the 3 body problem unsolvable? And what will happen if someone solves it? with
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I think that the first manned Moon landing in 1969 was a spectacular solution to the 3-body problem. I scrimped and saved for three... -
Nugatory replied to the thread B Why is the 3 body problem unsolvable? And what will happen if someone solves it?.One particular animal, the spherical cow. Unfortunately it’s mythical.
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Nugatory replied to the thread B Newton's first law?.People routinely use the phrases "no force", "zero force", "no net force", "zero net force" interchangeably so those are, within the...
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Nugatory reacted to Averagesupernova's post in the thread I need a concave mirror with a focal length length of 150 feet? with Like.
It's balance was a little better than I thought it would be. The problem with a wedge in the back is there was no room to swing a hammer...
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Nugatory reacted to Averagesupernova's post in the thread I need a concave mirror with a focal length length of 150 feet? with Like.
I have never heard of this. A tree that is evenly loaded branch-wise generally will fall in the direction of the rope/cable if the...
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Nugatory reacted to DaveE's post in the thread I need a concave mirror with a focal length length of 150 feet? with Like.
Just hire a tree guy, dude. Your concave mirror isn't an antigravity device, pieces will still fall, but in a much less controlled...
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Nugatory replied to the thread How can I find the cleanout for my building drain?.That very strongly suggests that that pipe is the overflow for the water heater pressure relief valve.
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Nugatory replied to the thread Very long-term temperature trend.Charitably, it’s the name of the publication. Uncharitably, it’s misplaced sarcasm.
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Nugatory replied to the thread I Does action at a distance violate any conservation principles?.Indeed we might - our mental model of reality, trained by a lifetime of experience with classical phenomena, demands exactly that. But...
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Nugatory reacted to PeroK's post in the thread B Why is the 3 body problem unsolvable? And what will happen if someone solves it? with Like.
Nature laughs at the difficulties of integration!
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Nugatory replied to the thread Announcement Please welcome berkeman as PF Admin.Most of what Berkeman does is only visible to the other mentors - so he’s been doing way more than meets the eye.
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Nugatory replied to the thread B Debating the Validity of a Conversion Factor for Mass-Energy Equivalence.It is nonsense. The thread can remain closed.
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Nugatory replied to the thread Very long-term temperature trend.The rate of change is also important.