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Confusion, funny how you said weeks ago that "relativity cannot possibly be relevant in explaining the time difference" - http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30
by mrb 15y ago
Confusion, funny how you said weeks ago that "relativity cannot possibly be relevant in explaining the time difference" - http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3030735 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3030735 - and you downvoted me who was suggesting a relativist effect could explain the 60ns difference (although I was wrong about which particular effect)... coughitoldyousocough ;)
- jrockway 15y agoHis name is Confusion...
- drzaiusapelord 15y agoMaybe the dude read a few articles or had time to think. Using one's posting history as a "gotcha" because we humans aren't allowed to change our minds for some reason, seems like a really, really odd thing to do.
- mrb 15y agoYes. But it doesn't justify his insulting replies ("I will not explain why: please actually read..."). Next time he will hopefully be more polite.
- Confusion 15y agoWhat I meant, but I agree I didn't clearly say as much, was that completely forgetting about relativity could not possibly be the answer. At the time I was slightly annoyed at the large number of lay people who implied as much (which implies the team was being a bunch of idiots, which to seems typical of the less than respectful average attitude people have towards scientists). Those people certainly didn't have subtle effects like these in mind. So I shouldn't post when I'm annoyed, because then I tend to bark at things that are not what they appear to be.