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To: Lonesome in Massachussets; SunkenCiv

30 posted on 09/24/2011 9:07:25 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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I say the ring laser gyro is the spookiest, and cleverest, use of General Relativity. GPS would work with or without General Relativity. Actually, General Relativitistic effects are a nuisance to the designers of GPS, while it is the very basis of the ring laser gyro.


34 posted on 09/24/2011 10:20:25 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Ceterum autem censeo, Obama delenda est.)
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