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GPS satellites compensate for time dilation effects
| Racy blathering half-breed | 11/15/12 |
| House-broken razzle weed whacker | 11/15/12 |
| Racy blathering half-breed | 11/15/12 |
| https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK | 07/10/25 |
| Mischievous business firm goal in life | 10/15/24 |
| painfully honest lavender space | 11/15/12 |
| Black wonderful party of the first part juggernaut | 11/15/12 |
| Racy blathering half-breed | 11/15/12 |
| White ticket booth | 10/15/24 |
| Ocher private investor | 10/15/24 |
| https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK | 07/10/25 |
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Date: November 15th, 2012 1:49 AM Author: Racy blathering half-breed ...in order to function accurately. I did not realize this until today, but it makes sense.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Error_analysis_for_the_Global_Positioning_System#Relativity
In other words: they have to compensate for (among other things) the fact that time moves more slowly for the satellites than it does on earth due to the rate of speed at which the satellites are moving.
Fma brothers, we live in crazy times. |
Date: November 15th, 2012 1:51 AM Author: House-broken razzle weed whacker this is common sense brother. are u a polisci shithead brother? |
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Date: November 15th, 2012 1:59 AM Author: Racy blathering half-breed No I'm not - I just hadn't thought about it. Time dilation is one of those things that is generally incompatible with our everyday understanding of our place in the universe and how we relate to the world. It's kind of wild that such a mundane aspect of everyday life requires us to rely on assumptions that most ordinary people would struggle to understand and/or reconcile with their existing world view.
EDIT: should add: 20% or more of the people using GPS satellite technologies in their everyday lives in this country still believe in young earth creationism. The discontinuity is remarkable. |
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Date: July 10th, 2025 5:08 PM Author: https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK A fantastic experiment would be to try selling time dilation to proles on the street, just as an experiment. Give it your best like a Jehovah's witness with pre-printed literature. See what percentage are ready to believe what you're telling them. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2114552&forum_id=2...id.#49090789) |
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Date: October 15th, 2024 8:07 PM Author: Mischievous business firm goal in life (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2114552&forum_id=2...id.#48201788) |
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Date: November 15th, 2012 2:04 AM Author: painfully honest lavender space crazy, isn't it? I read GPS would be around ~6miles off if they didn't compensate for those effects (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2114552&forum_id=2...id.#22048622) |
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Date: November 15th, 2012 2:09 AM Author: Black wonderful party of the first part juggernaut "aren't GPSes crazy?" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2114552&forum_id=2...id.#22048640) |
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Date: November 15th, 2012 2:13 AM Author: Racy blathering half-breed Indeed. And yet the vast majority of people don't realize just how crazy they are.
They are, in fact, crazier than magnets. |
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Date: October 15th, 2024 8:05 PM Author: White ticket booth (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2114552&forum_id=2...id.#48201784) |
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Date: October 15th, 2024 8:10 PM Author: Ocher private investor time dilation sounds like some transitioning condition (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2114552&forum_id=2...id.#48201800) |
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Date: July 10th, 2025 5:06 PM Author: https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK It's a 180 realization to experience, isn't it? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2114552&forum_id=2...id.#49090784) |