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To: PatrickHenry
Geek check is affirmative.

Well, that's OK, you've pointed out another error on my part: when I went to calculate the simultaneity, I gave gamma as 0.6, not 1.66 (must've fumbled the "1/x" button on my calculator; serves me right for shooting from the hip). So the signal will arrive even earlier than I said.

Ah, well. Being a physicist means, among other things, that I make (and have made) more physics mistakes than most people.

465 posted on 07/24/2002 1:37:12 PM PDT by Physicist
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To: Physicist
So what caused the big bang?
466 posted on 07/24/2002 1:39:45 PM PDT by biblewonk
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To: Physicist
So is it a "mistake" to be a physicist? (kidding)
470 posted on 07/24/2002 1:56:17 PM PDT by bribriagain
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