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GPS satellites compensate for time dilation effects

...in order to function accurately. I did not realize this ...
swashbuckling ultramarine kitchen legal warrant
  11/15/12
this is common sense brother. are u a polisci shithead brot...
lilac blathering candlestick maker
  11/15/12
No I'm not - I just hadn't thought about it. Time dilation ...
swashbuckling ultramarine kitchen legal warrant
  11/15/12
A fantastic experiment would be to try selling time dilation...
Insecure Shrine
  07/10/25
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odious puce business firm dopamine
  10/15/24
crazy, isn't it? I read GPS would be around ~6miles off if ...
Up-to-no-good Goyim
  11/15/12
"aren't GPSes crazy?"
Vibrant Indian Lodge Kitty
  11/15/12
Indeed. And yet the vast majority of people don't realize j...
swashbuckling ultramarine kitchen legal warrant
  11/15/12
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orchid stage
  10/15/24
time dilation sounds like some transitioning condition
Twinkling slippery step-uncle's house corn cake
  10/15/24
It's a 180 realization to experience, isn't it?
Insecure Shrine
  07/10/25


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Date: November 15th, 2012 1:49 AM
Author: swashbuckling ultramarine kitchen legal warrant

...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: lilac blathering candlestick maker

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: swashbuckling ultramarine kitchen legal warrant

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: Insecure Shrine

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: odious puce business firm dopamine



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Date: November 15th, 2012 2:04 AM
Author: Up-to-no-good Goyim

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: Vibrant Indian Lodge Kitty

"aren't GPSes crazy?"

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Date: November 15th, 2012 2:13 AM
Author: swashbuckling ultramarine kitchen legal warrant

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: orchid stage



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Date: October 15th, 2024 8:10 PM
Author: Twinkling slippery step-uncle's house corn cake

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: Insecure Shrine

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

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