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[OT] Re: Hyper-spacial ray-tracer

From Peter Pearson <ppearson@nowhere.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Subject [OT] Re: Hyper-spacial ray-tracer
Date 2013-10-05 15:26 +0000
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On Fri, 04 Oct 2013 20:17:52 -0400, Rouslan Korneychuk <rouslank@msn.com> wrote:
[snip]
> I was also wondering about general relativity. I'm not going to go into 
> too much detail, but basically: if an object with synchronized clocks on 
> either end of it, passes by a static observer while traveling near the 
> speed of light, to the outside observer, the object will appear shorter 
[snip]

That's special relativity, not general relativity.  Python is
very sensitive to that distinction.

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Hyper-spacial ray-tracer Rouslan Korneychuk <rouslank@msn.com> - 2013-10-02 17:05 -0400
  Re: Hyper-spacial ray-tracer Tony the Tiger <tony@tiger.invalid> - 2013-10-04 15:23 -0500
    Re: Hyper-spacial ray-tracer Rouslan Korneychuk <rouslank@msn.com> - 2013-10-04 20:17 -0400
      Re: Hyper-spacial ray-tracer Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-10-05 11:41 +1000
        Re: Hyper-spacial ray-tracer Rouslan Korneychuk <rouslank@msn.com> - 2013-10-04 23:00 -0400
      Re: Hyper-spacial ray-tracer 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@gmail.com> - 2013-10-04 23:13 -0700
      [OT] Re: Hyper-spacial ray-tracer Peter Pearson <ppearson@nowhere.invalid> - 2013-10-05 15:26 +0000
        Re: [OT] Re: Hyper-spacial ray-tracer Rouslan Korneychuk <rouslank@msn.com> - 2013-10-05 14:14 -0400

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