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Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 12th March 2024, 11:03 AM
Replies: 2,461
Views: 72,039
Posted By The Man
And so what, what's the point of such guessing?...

And so what, what's the point of such guessing? Looking for a reason for galaxies to just fling off stars like an open blender? Well, we don't observe that and we should because of the rotation rates...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 12th March 2024, 07:33 AM
Replies: 118
Views: 5,455
Posted By The Man
Was publish or perish... Now... 'X or...

Was publish or perish...

Now...

'X or Xterminated'?
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 12th March 2024, 07:29 AM
Replies: 118
Views: 5,455
Posted By The Man
Needs to be superconductively levitated out.

Needs to be superconductively levitated out.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 11th March 2024, 06:03 AM
Replies: 1,437
Views: 118,413
Posted By The Man
Excellent, so there is no need to wait for any...

Excellent, so there is no need to wait for any kind of eclipse to do your experimenting. Again, do please let us know how it turns out.



By the way, how's that rope experiment coming?
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 10th March 2024, 04:28 PM
Replies: 1,437
Views: 118,413
Posted By The Man
Do please let us know how these experiments work...

Do please let us know how these experiments work out for you.


By the way, how's that rope experiment coming?
Forum: USA Politics 28th February 2024, 03:27 PM
Replies: 2,020
Views: 99,179
Posted By The Man
Or a philologist! ...

Or a philologist!

https://youtu.be/RXWFyj7so3A?si=kArpBUp06uxE7Mtb&t=81

Though, hopefully one with less id than trump has ego.
Forum: USA Politics 27th February 2024, 04:08 PM
Replies: 2,020
Views: 99,179
Posted By The Man
That's likely the one.

That's likely the one.
Forum: USA Politics 25th February 2024, 10:39 AM
Replies: 34
Views: 1,063
Posted By The Man
Uprivers Felony Convict Flyers Twisted Perp

Uprivers
Felony Convict Flyers
Twisted Perp
Forum: USA Politics 25th February 2024, 09:11 AM
Replies: 2,020
Views: 99,179
Posted By The Man
I recall one early in this thread where he was...

I recall one early in this thread where he was talking at some plant that had shut down for the day because of his visit. As I recall workers could either take PTO if they had it, the day off with no...
Forum: USA Politics 12th February 2024, 08:10 AM
Replies: 2,020
Views: 99,179
Posted By The Man
Well, at least part of the Kansas City...

Well, at least part of the Kansas City Metropolitan area is in Kansas, but I doubt he even knew that much.

ETA: WHY IS THERE A KANSAS CITY IN BOTH KANSAS AND MISSOURI?...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 30th January 2024, 04:21 PM
Replies: 2,461
Views: 72,039
Posted By The Man
Well there's always been a whiff around like the...

Well there's always been a whiff around like the smell from some incense censer. Harping on belief and such some time ago and more recently again but percentages of belief seeming so important this...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 30th January 2024, 02:56 PM
Replies: 2,461
Views: 72,039
Posted By The Man
Seriously? You go on about how "not only has the...

Seriously? You go on about how "not only has the universe just recently become hospitable to life, it will soon become inhospitable to it." they posit the question "if it looks like it's made for...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 30th January 2024, 06:56 AM
Replies: 2,461
Views: 72,039
Posted By The Man
Yet, it has units of speed over distance, so...

Yet, it has units of speed over distance, so clearly it is the relation of speed (expansion) to distance (proper). Lie to yourself as much as you what, it won't change what you do, how you do it nor...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 30th January 2024, 06:40 AM
Replies: 2,461
Views: 72,039
Posted By The Man
Would it matter if you say 13.9 or 13.8? Just...

Would it matter if you say 13.9 or 13.8? Just look how you got there.

What does the Hubble's constant represent?

There is no 'suspicion' involved, it is demonstrably, by just your own...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 29th January 2024, 01:40 PM
Replies: 2,461
Views: 72,039
Posted By The Man
He's been doing that all along, though perhaps at...

He's been doing that all along, though perhaps at times not realizing it. The 13.8 billion years to his infinite dilatated time, to say that the universe need not be expanding. Well, that age is...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 29th January 2024, 06:57 AM
Replies: 2,461
Views: 72,039
Posted By The Man
Wait? What?!?! "to a point in time 13.8 billion...

Wait? What?!?! "to a point in time 13.8 billion years ago that is time dilated to infinity"?!?!. So you're stuck, infinity never completes and time basically never starts. That start is some point in...
Forum: Welcome! 3rd January 2024, 07:48 AM
Replies: 3,414
Views: 1,483,605
Posted By The Man
Likewise, welcome back Tanstaafl, can't recall...

Likewise, welcome back Tanstaafl, can't recall specific posts, conversations or interactions either myself but do recall you.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 2nd January 2024, 04:55 PM
Replies: 2,461
Views: 72,039
Posted By The Man
On any clock that meets the stated definition for...

On any clock that meets the stated definition for a length of time referred to as the second and, for the most part, comoving.

What happens when the receiver is flying towards the ancient emitter...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 2nd January 2024, 04:47 PM
Replies: 2,461
Views: 72,039
Posted By The Man
Looks like a pretty standard 3-1 calculation of...

Looks like a pretty standard 3-1 calculation of space time separation (the "ds^2"), the space time separation being the invariant part in inertial frames. Nothing there asserts time as invariant.
...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 2nd January 2024, 04:35 PM
Replies: 2,461
Views: 72,039
Posted By The Man
No, we receive information at a rate slower than...

No, we receive information at a rate slower than it was emitted.



It is as we observe, not only bound systems moving apart we also observe the difference in the rate information is received for...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 2nd January 2024, 04:13 PM
Replies: 2,461
Views: 72,039
Posted By The Man
Where exactly does "The standard model says time...

Where exactly does "The standard model says time is invariant"? Coordinate values of both time and space for events are frame dependent. There is no claim of "time dilation is caused by expansion...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 18th December 2023, 07:00 AM
Replies: 1,437
Views: 118,413
Posted By The Man
More than enough to demonstrate the lack of any...

More than enough to demonstrate the lack of any basis in reality. So it is your assertion that "current atmosphere, seas and fresh water" are unsustainable without "more gas and water molecules...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 18th December 2023, 06:38 AM
Replies: 1,437
Views: 118,413
Posted By The Man
How likely and how quickly? How does that compare...

How likely and how quickly? How does that compare when there is no alignments?

Guess what else prevents alignments from having an effect on storms.





Again, an implied quantitative...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 12th December 2023, 05:44 PM
Replies: 1,437
Views: 118,413
Posted By The Man
How much "gas and water molecules" escaping "from...

How much "gas and water molecules" escaping "from the Earth" is currently "assumed"? How does one measure precisely how much "gas and water molecules" are escaping "from the Earth" at any given time?...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 12th December 2023, 05:35 PM
Replies: 1,437
Views: 118,413
Posted By The Man
Great, so storms are created with or without...

Great, so storms are created with or without "alignments" and can "intensify surprisingly quickly" with or without "alignments". Glad you don't find the irrelevance of "alignments" to storms "a...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 12th December 2023, 10:10 AM
Replies: 1,437
Views: 118,413
Posted By The Man
No you don't, you simply say there will be such...

No you don't, you simply say there will be such things during alignments, or more often that there were such things during some alignment.

Probabilities and comparative assertions like higher or...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 12th December 2023, 09:50 AM
Replies: 1,437
Views: 118,413
Posted By The Man
This... Is contradicted by this... ...

This...



Is contradicted by this...



First you say that "NOT so that the alignments would cause storms. But in such a way that the alignments intensify the storms quickly..." then you say...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 12th December 2023, 09:43 AM
Replies: 1,437
Views: 118,413
Posted By The Man
Did who have "any Tornadoes or or any Storms...

Did who have "any Tornadoes or or any Storms then?" and where? Thing is chances are there are going to be things like storms and tornadoes somewhere even without such 'lines' of alignment.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 11th December 2023, 09:44 AM
Replies: 1,437
Views: 118,413
Posted By The Man
I doubt many here have any interest concerning...

I doubt many here have any interest concerning the infighting within the the disaster porn astrology fetish.



Demonstrably, you don't either.



So, same as you. Should you be the only one...
Forum: Economics, Business and Finance 5th December 2023, 02:51 PM
Replies: 49
Views: 1,493
Posted By The Man
Exactly, cost competitiveness, are you still...

Exactly, cost competitiveness, are you still competitive in the market regardless of how you do things.

As a side agent tale, back in the subprime days I went to a place offering the interest only...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 5th December 2023, 12:54 PM
Replies: 256
Views: 7,797
Posted By The Man
Isn't that the 'Turning over in the grave test'....

Isn't that the 'Turning over in the grave test'. If the artificial stupidity can do something that makes someone exclaim "[Corpse] would be turning over in their grave!". Then the artificial...
Forum: Economics, Business and Finance 5th December 2023, 09:21 AM
Replies: 49
Views: 1,493
Posted By The Man
Back in the early days going digital wasn't...

Back in the early days going digital wasn't cheap. I used to do similar graphics stuff as gabeygoat but in production of technical and instructional documentation. Physical layup pasteup, photocopy...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 4th December 2023, 10:34 AM
Replies: 1,437
Views: 118,413
Posted By The Man
Only rained a few of times here in november and...

Only rained a few of times here in november and mostly light drizzle. So at least here it started to rain in November and most definitely stopped in November a number of times. At times the same day,...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 4th December 2023, 10:26 AM
Replies: 1,437
Views: 118,413
Posted By The Man
Less dense means less matter, also darker as...

Less dense means less matter, also darker as there is, well, less "observable matter" and energy there as compared to elsewhere. "Logically beautifully simple" and counter indicative of everything...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 3rd December 2023, 04:48 PM
Replies: 401
Views: 36,197
Posted By The Man
I too have been on vacation and not participating...

I too have been on vacation and not participating in the forum the past two weeks. Despite the beatings the dead horse hasn't moved and has only become flatter and even more rank.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 3rd December 2023, 04:37 PM
Replies: 1,437
Views: 118,413
Posted By The Man
Heck, looks like a coronal hole high speed stream...

Heck, looks like a coronal hole high speed stream for minor to moderate geomagnetic storming next couple of days. For your own edification a coronal hole is a cooler less dense and less active region...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 3rd December 2023, 04:13 PM
Replies: 1,437
Views: 118,413
Posted By The Man
I'm sure the irrelevance of astrology was quite...

I'm sure the irrelevance of astrology was quite clear to those making the weather predictions.




So what, how long would it usually take? Eventually there will be a day when you can't see it...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 17th November 2023, 02:58 AM
Replies: 2,461
Views: 72,039
Posted By The Man
Mine wasn't a joke or belligerence. It was an...

Mine wasn't a joke or belligerence. It was an effort to inform that evidently failed. Opposing you is not belligerence.





Perhaps not in your equation, but dz’ is the distance at the time of...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 17th November 2023, 12:10 AM
Replies: 2,461
Views: 72,039
Posted By The Man
What I do, Excel is your freind.

What I do, Excel is your freind.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 15th November 2023, 02:12 AM
Replies: 2,461
Views: 72,039
Posted By The Man
The Many Worlds Interpretation of quatum...

The Many Worlds Interpretation of quatum mechanics is just one of, well, many. I cited another.



Ok, just making up conversations to simpley express your inclinations doesn't make them, you...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 14th November 2023, 12:41 PM
Replies: 2,461
Views: 72,039
Posted By The Man
What the heck are you talking about? Of course...

What the heck are you talking about? Of course models of the universe and reality are made up. Are you deliberately confusing the models themselves for what they model and then simply trying to...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 14th November 2023, 12:34 PM
Replies: 2,461
Views: 72,039
Posted By The Man
So what, "Not all lines of inquiry describe" the...

So what, "Not all lines of inquiry describe" the universe. Not all perceptions of reality describe the universe or reality.


Let me clue you into something, if there were in fact a multiverse it...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 14th November 2023, 12:22 PM
Replies: 2,461
Views: 72,039
Posted By The Man
Why does either have to be more important than...

Why does either have to be more important than the other? Both originate in the late 15th century and both have roots going back to old French and before that, Latin.

What does "reality" bring to...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 14th November 2023, 09:20 AM
Replies: 1,437
Views: 118,413
Posted By The Man
Not even a tropical depression yet and only a 60%...

Not even a tropical depression yet and only a 60% chance of that developing over the next 7 days.

[/QUOTE]


Formation potential just dropped to 0% over the next 48 hrs and only 30% over the...
Forum: Economics, Business and Finance 14th November 2023, 07:01 AM
Replies: 49
Views: 1,493
Posted By The Man
That's what I do, service the robots for...

That's what I do, service the robots for Automated Material Systems in a manufacturing environment. Like much of the examples given by theprestige this entire factory was designed and constructed (20...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 13th November 2023, 01:21 PM
Replies: 2,461
Views: 72,039
Posted By The Man
Again we can only observe the past but the future...

Again we can only observe the past but the future becomes the past. You seem to go out of your way to deliberately misrepresent things.




Funny, that looks almost like the actual equation.
...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 13th November 2023, 12:24 PM
Replies: 2,461
Views: 72,039
Posted By The Man
The question you are talking about and refer to...

The question you are talking about and refer to below...



Then why does it seem to have such religious import for you? You seem to be the only one here trying to cast it in religious terms.

...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 13th November 2023, 09:59 AM
Replies: 1,437
Views: 118,413
Posted By The Man
Not even a tropical depression yet and only a 60%...

Not even a tropical depression yet and only a 60% chance of that developing over the next 7 days.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 13th November 2023, 09:31 AM
Replies: 2,461
Views: 72,039
Posted By The Man
Oh sure, but what have you done for me today...

Oh sure, but what have you done for me today universe?!?!?. (I mean besides just existing so there is a today).
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 13th November 2023, 08:20 AM
Replies: 2,461
Views: 72,039
Posted By The Man
I don't understand the question.[/quote] So...

I don't understand the question.[/quote]

So is that why this question seems to have such religious import for you, because you don't understand it?




So a steady state universe would be...
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