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pinball1970 reacted to PeterDonis's post in the thread High School Einstein equations don't work at large scale? with
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More precisely, if we just use the matter we can actually see as the source in the Einstein Field Equation, the model does not match the... -
pinball1970 reacted to Ibix's post in the thread High School Einstein equations don't work at large scale? with Like.
Back in 1780, it was discovered that Newtonian gravity did not correctly predict the positions of the outer planets. Herschel proposed a...
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pinball1970 reacted to Dale's post in the thread High School Einstein equations don't work at large scale? with Like.
This source does not meet the PF standards. So we can certainly discuss your questions, but we will not be relying on or discussing the...
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The last ten of them.
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pinball1970 reacted to haruspex's post in the thread Jokes and a language: how does it work? with
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That's rather Zen, and is more pertinent to the question than jokes that depend on language, like puns and idioms. I recall this one... -
pinball1970 replied to the thread Jokes and a language: how does it work?.He said it according to the independent...
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pinball1970 replied to the thread Jokes and a language: how does it work?.The UK version is understated by comparison. When I first saw it I thought it was an actual documentary and turned it off, I was so...
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pinball1970 reacted to mjc123's post in the thread Jokes and a language: how does it work? with Like.
In the 1980s the British left-wing miners' union leader Arthur Scargill visited the Soviet Union and made a speech in which he referred...
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pinball1970 reacted to sbrothy's post in the thread Jokes and a language: how does it work? with Haha.
Nah, it got through here! :smile: It sure cracked *me* up
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Sometimes it's local language variation. A colleague broke his wrist. As we wandered into the office we all said some variant on "are...
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pinball1970 reacted to sbrothy's post in the thread Jokes and a language: how does it work? with Haha.
And in those days they *did* drink (and smoke), and men probably wielded a belt or women a hairbrush.
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pinball1970 replied to the thread Jokes and a language: how does it work?.So there are words that do not translate, rhymes that don't rhyme once translated and ways of describing a scenario that are just not...
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pinball1970 replied to the thread Jokes and a language: how does it work?.That is a good example, I have no idea what a billicard table is, it is lost in translation. If you would have said snooker table that...
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pinball1970 reacted to sbrothy's post in the thread Jokes and a language: how does it work? with Like.
Q: What's brown and green and will it kill you if it falls on you from a tree? A: A billiard table.
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pinball1970 replied to the thread Cover songs versus the original track, which ones are better?.You may like post #37 and beyond in this thread. Shatner legend in space, as a Columbo villain and alternative "vocalist."