What is gravity really.
S D Rodrian
old...@webtv.net (Bill Sheppard) wrote:
> SDR wrote,
>
> >You blind?
>
> Yep. Blind in one eye, and
> can't see out of the other.
[Why, O why do they ALWAYS give the evil guy
in the movies some handicap?!?!] Exactly what
is it you see inside your "other" eye, Bill?
> Waal, the whole point is, if you
> seriously believe the whole "shrinking
> in place" and "we live in an imploding
> universe" business, and
Sorry, Bill: Belief does not come into it.
I have proposed an explanation to the riddles
of cosmology. It's not at all necessary
that I believe my explanation is correct:
The ONLY requirement is that the theory itself
stand up to whatever objections to it may arise.
(And, in fact, no author is ever an objective
arbitor/judge of his own theory... so it's
useless for me to claim I have yet to find any
objections to it myself. Albeit I still claim it
anyway... you know me.) In any case, my role
as its creator is finished. If I now so much as
attempt to place my theory in the best possible
light... I may never know whether others are
being blinded by its brilliance or by the
spotlight I'm shining in their eyes. (By the way,
I made no provisions for the blind... outside
a bit of humor, perhaps. Sorry, Bill.)
> apparently you do, it'd be preferable
> to heed ol' J.C.'s admonition to
> not cast your pearls before the
> unappreciative - but rather cast them
> where they're appreciated.
That was easy for JC to say because, as
I heard tell of Him, He never was in the
pearl-mongering business. More cold-blooded
businessmen will tell you that it's harder
by far to find people who appreciate the pearls
(of the mind, especially) than it is to find
the pearls (themselves). [Translation: Every
customer is worth his weight in gold... even if
some customers ARE more lightweight than others.]
> That's not being a "yes man".
If there are two sides to the story, Bill,
and but one man holding to one side (while
everybody else holds for the other side)...
I will always add my voice to that one man's
whenever I agree with him. But I cannot
imagine EVER joining a chorus that doesn't
really need my voice. It's just... not me.
You expect me to join in ONLY when I agree
with what everybody agrees with. And it's
a vain expectation. [sic]
> The astronomy folks may be doing
> "sand castles" or whatever,
> but hey - they're just doing what they do.
> Can't fault them for it. In
> your own words, "cats shed".
> You don't kick your cat for shedding. (Or
> maybe you do.)
Of course I do NOT! I just torch him
every couple of months (soon as his fur
grows back). Bill, I wouldn't have the heart
to kick him afterwards (and he doesn't let
anybody touch him for at least a week either).
> Apparently you're just so ticked off
> at the astrophysics
That I see stars?
> community in general that your whole agenda
> is to twang their nose at
Yuck! All of'em have
only one nose?!
> every opportunity, even at the price
> of looking like a complete, utter,
> and unabashed dork.
All right! Please vote for me at:
That's me, all right! Bill: You should've been
a psychiatrist. Instead of a patient--AND I hope
you're not going to claim now that you're NOT
patient (for I know of no one who ever wasted any
time claiming to not be patient).
Take a pill, Bill. *
S D Rodrian
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S D Rodrian
"Tony Cook" <tony...@ihug.co.nz> wrote:
>
> S D Rodrian <Rod...@mad.scientist.com> wrote in message:
> This and that.
You must always use quotation marks, Tony!
> Hi Roddy - Before I forget - have a merry xmas
> and a great new year.
You too. May your politics never become
as Gored as ours has become of late.
> By the way - I forgot to mention - there is
> another aspect in our universe
> which is often forgotten - it's called evolution
Not by me: I have a strong sense of
human history.
>- and evolution depends entirely
> on a timed sequence of events (not just repetitive,
> or ad hoc motion) - in other
Eating a one-course hotdog depends on
a timed sequence of events (most of'em
chewy; some involving a paper towel).
But evolution is simply the tale of life's
adaptation to its environment. It is not
progressive but adaptive (it can produce Man
for an instant, and when the environment
no longer favors apes & other brutes of that ilk
it will stick with cockroaches and bacteria).
> words it is a progression that has a start
> and we know not whether it has an end.
Our much beloved & lovely little yellow dwarf
will become a red giant in 4.+ billion years:
I'd say that's about as conclusive an end
to evolution hereabouts as any ending can get.
> Each point/phase of evolution is
> indicative of a specific, different, and
> quite
> unique time factor.
Does this include our friend the cockroach?
Seems as if that beastie's been around
for ages! (And everybody swears they'll
be here to see that red giant swallow Earth:
While I don't know if we can even survive
another century!)
> Just thought I'd throw that in for a bit of fun.
Love fun. Hate getting hit on the head
with things people throw, though.
> Look after yourself.
I always walk backwards in here.
That way I can't run INTO a wall.
> All the world loves a thinker.
Shouldn't that be: Everybody in the world
thinks he/she's a lover...?
Sleep tight, and remember this basic
Law of Reality: "Thermodynamics rules!
There can NEVER be a pause to the motion
of the universe BECAUSE it could then
NEVER get going again." [The ONLY "pauses"
in the universe are those that obey
Sir Isaac Newton. Translation: ALL timing "units"
only have a mental existence; and the universe
is but One Single Motion away from & then back to
the universe of energy... all broken up into
the momentary chaos of numberless sub-motions.]
S D Rodrian
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