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GPS satellites compensate for time dilation effects

...in order to function accurately. I did not realize this ...
brindle hairraiser stage
  11/15/12
this is common sense brother. are u a polisci shithead brot...
ocher address pozpig
  11/15/12
No I'm not - I just hadn't thought about it. Time dilation ...
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crazy, isn't it? I read GPS would be around ~6miles off if ...
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  11/15/12
"aren't GPSes crazy?"
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  11/15/12
Indeed. And yet the vast majority of people don't realize j...
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time dilation sounds like some transitioning condition
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It's a 180 realization to experience, isn't it?
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Date: November 15th, 2012 1:49 AM
Author: brindle hairraiser stage

...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: ocher address pozpig

this is common sense brother.

are u a polisci shithead brother?

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Date: November 15th, 2012 1:59 AM
Author: brindle hairraiser stage

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: Startling Spectacular Casino Persian

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: kink-friendly roommate theater stage



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Date: November 15th, 2012 2:04 AM
Author: Exhilarant sandwich sweet tailpipe

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: puce trailer park giraffe

"aren't GPSes crazy?"

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Date: November 15th, 2012 2:13 AM
Author: brindle hairraiser stage

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: odious bonkers friendly grandma



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Date: October 15th, 2024 8:10 PM
Author: bronze locale degenerate

time dilation sounds like some transitioning condition

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Date: July 10th, 2025 5:06 PM
Author: Startling Spectacular Casino Persian

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

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