The flaw in the Hubble mirror was about 1/50th of a millimeter. Do you think an amateur (and not too many amateurs are polishing their own 30 inchers) could spot that? When you have to account for what shape the mirror will be in microgravity? When you have to account for launch stresses?
The Australian Democrats, who currently have the balance of power in the Senate, have said that they're not going to support this law. Also, the Labor Party has said that they don't want to support this law, because the Liberal Party thought of it. Therefore, we shouldn't really worry too much.
"Females who post to online communities are usually rather strange creatures, desperate for some sort of attention."
Sexist asshole! You have neglected the fact that males who post to online communities are ALSO "usually rather strange creatures, desperate for some sort of attention". Why do you like the E2 girls so much, eh? Eh? Give them all the fun? Up with strange males, I say! Vive la difference!
- Elaurian
>Oh, and I supposed it is just a coincedence that >this will allow people to track where everyone >drives in the UK?
How will a GPS receiver transmit its location, if it does not need a transmitter to modify the speed of the car it is attached to?
However, even if this system will NOT be used as a tracking device, it is a severe limitation on the right of the individual to use their own judgement on the immediate situation. Are we really so naive as to believe that one solution, imposed universally, will be more effective than millions of individually tailored solutions?
>It is true that the end of the pole could indeed >be moving at or above the speed of light, >however it would be impossible to transmit any >information this way. To transmit information, >something has to change, even in the simplest >binary case, the speed or direction has to >change. This entails an an acceleration, and >hence a force, and hence a finite amount of time >to propagate. If the end of the pole could move faster than light, does that mean relative to something next to the end of it, or relative to the strongman on the other end? If it is relative to someone next to the end, then that person could send a message faster than light. The pole could be set rotating beforehand, and when you wanted to send a message FTL to someone further around the circle, you could just stick a piece of very strong paper on the end of the pole as it comes past, and the person recieving the message could simply pluck it off. Ah, you say, but how could the person see the end of the pole coming? They don't need to. If it was rotating at a constant angular velocity, the time would be known beforehand.
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The flaw in the Hubble mirror was about 1/50th of a millimeter. Do you think an amateur (and not too many amateurs are polishing their own 30 inchers) could spot that? When you have to account for what shape the mirror will be in microgravity? When you have to account for launch stresses?
The Australian Democrats, who currently have the balance of power in the Senate, have said that they're not going to support this law. Also, the Labor Party has said that they don't want to support this law, because the Liberal Party thought of it. Therefore, we shouldn't really worry too much.
Sexist asshole! You have neglected the fact that males who post to online communities are ALSO "usually rather strange creatures, desperate for some sort of attention". Why do you like the E2 girls so much, eh? Eh? Give them all the fun? Up with strange males, I say! Vive la difference! - Elaurian
>Oh, and I supposed it is just a coincedence that >this will allow people to track where everyone >drives in the UK? How will a GPS receiver transmit its location, if it does not need a transmitter to modify the speed of the car it is attached to? However, even if this system will NOT be used as a tracking device, it is a severe limitation on the right of the individual to use their own judgement on the immediate situation. Are we really so naive as to believe that one solution, imposed universally, will be more effective than millions of individually tailored solutions?
It's like Ford patenting headlight, seat and bumper bar technology. http://www4.tpgi.com.au/users/e1aurian/
>It is true that the end of the pole could indeed >be moving at or above the speed of light, >however it would be impossible to transmit any >information this way. To transmit information, >something has to change, even in the simplest >binary case, the speed or direction has to >change. This entails an an acceleration, and >hence a force, and hence a finite amount of time >to propagate. If the end of the pole could move faster than light, does that mean relative to something next to the end of it, or relative to the strongman on the other end? If it is relative to someone next to the end, then that person could send a message faster than light. The pole could be set rotating beforehand, and when you wanted to send a message FTL to someone further around the circle, you could just stick a piece of very strong paper on the end of the pole as it comes past, and the person recieving the message could simply pluck it off. Ah, you say, but how could the person see the end of the pole coming? They don't need to. If it was rotating at a constant angular velocity, the time would be known beforehand.