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GPS satellites compensate for time dilation effects

...in order to function accurately. I did not realize this ...
Spectacular pink multi-billionaire base
  11/15/12
this is common sense brother. are u a polisci shithead brot...
talented heaven
  11/15/12
No I'm not - I just hadn't thought about it. Time dilation ...
Spectacular pink multi-billionaire base
  11/15/12
A fantastic experiment would be to try selling time dilation...
nighttime love of her life
  07/10/25
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Vigorous magical site
  10/15/24
crazy, isn't it? I read GPS would be around ~6miles off if ...
Honey-headed excitant brunch fanboi
  11/15/12
"aren't GPSes crazy?"
Medicated Tanning Salon
  11/15/12
Indeed. And yet the vast majority of people don't realize j...
Spectacular pink multi-billionaire base
  11/15/12
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peach dashing state clown
  10/15/24
time dilation sounds like some transitioning condition
Balding Hell
  10/15/24
It's a 180 realization to experience, isn't it?
nighttime love of her life
  07/10/25


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Date: November 15th, 2012 1:49 AM
Author: Spectacular pink multi-billionaire base

...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.

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Date: November 15th, 2012 1:51 AM
Author: talented heaven

this is common sense brother.

are u a polisci shithead brother?

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Date: November 15th, 2012 1:59 AM
Author: Spectacular pink multi-billionaire base

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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2114552&forum_id=2Reputation#22048602)



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Date: July 10th, 2025 5:08 PM
Author: nighttime love of her life

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=2Reputation#49090789)



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Date: October 15th, 2024 8:07 PM
Author: Vigorous magical site



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Date: November 15th, 2012 2:04 AM
Author: Honey-headed excitant brunch fanboi

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=2Reputation#22048622)



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Date: November 15th, 2012 2:09 AM
Author: Medicated Tanning Salon

"aren't GPSes crazy?"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2114552&forum_id=2Reputation#22048640)



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Date: November 15th, 2012 2:13 AM
Author: Spectacular pink multi-billionaire base

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: peach dashing state clown



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Date: October 15th, 2024 8:10 PM
Author: Balding Hell

time dilation sounds like some transitioning condition

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2114552&forum_id=2Reputation#48201800)



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Date: July 10th, 2025 5:06 PM
Author: nighttime love of her life

It's a 180 realization to experience, isn't it?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2114552&forum_id=2Reputation#49090784)