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GPS satellites compensate for time dilation effects

...in order to function accurately. I did not realize this ...
Snowy Center Black Woman
  11/15/12
this is common sense brother. are u a polisci shithead brot...
bat-shit-crazy partner shrine
  11/15/12
No I'm not - I just hadn't thought about it. Time dilation ...
Snowy Center Black Woman
  11/15/12
A fantastic experiment would be to try selling time dilation...
Electric gay location trump supporter
  07/10/25
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hilarious marvelous sanctuary
  10/15/24
crazy, isn't it? I read GPS would be around ~6miles off if ...
green irradiated resort
  11/15/12
"aren't GPSes crazy?"
Coiffed bawdyhouse
  11/15/12
Indeed. And yet the vast majority of people don't realize j...
Snowy Center Black Woman
  11/15/12
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Aphrodisiac Maroon Heaven Digit Ratio
  10/15/24
time dilation sounds like some transitioning condition
Light Hunting Ground
  10/15/24
It's a 180 realization to experience, isn't it?
Electric gay location trump supporter
  07/10/25


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Date: November 15th, 2012 1:49 AM
Author: Snowy Center Black Woman

...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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2114552&forum_id=2Reputation#22048546)



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Date: November 15th, 2012 1:51 AM
Author: bat-shit-crazy partner shrine

this is common sense brother.

are u a polisci shithead brother?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2114552&forum_id=2Reputation#22048556)



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Date: November 15th, 2012 1:59 AM
Author: Snowy Center Black Woman

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: Electric gay location trump supporter

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: hilarious marvelous sanctuary



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Date: November 15th, 2012 2:04 AM
Author: green irradiated resort

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: Coiffed bawdyhouse

"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: Snowy Center Black Woman

Indeed. And yet the vast majority of people don't realize just how crazy they are.

They are, in fact, crazier than magnets.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2114552&forum_id=2Reputation#22048656)



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Date: October 15th, 2024 8:05 PM
Author: Aphrodisiac Maroon Heaven Digit Ratio



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Date: October 15th, 2024 8:10 PM
Author: Light Hunting Ground

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: Electric gay location trump supporter

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

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