Re: did this group die?

From	John Hill <yclept@outlook.com>
Newsgroups	misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.sys.mac.system, comp.mobile.ipad
Subject	Re: did this group die?
Date	2024-11-04 09:33 +0000
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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Andrews <andrews@spam.net> wrote:
> John Hill wrote on Fri, 1 Nov 2024 07:56:58 -0000 (UTC) :
> 
>>> Who cares about the truth?
>> 
>> "The Earth is flat".
>> "No, it not for the following reasons”K".
>> "It's obviously flat, because”K".
> 
> Uneducated people readily & strongly believe that gravity is a force.
> Right?
> 
> But wait... Einstein hypothesized that it's not a force.
> And even Newton thought that the action at a distance was preposterous.
> 
>> Doesn't make any difference to its sphericity.
> 
> I live in mountainous boonies above the Silicon Valley & Monterey Bay
> where, since I'm an octogenarian, I seem to fall down a lot lately.
> 
> So I studied why gravity is so immensely powerful given Einstein said it
> wasn't a force at all but the earth expanding outward at 9.8m/s/s and
> curving spacetime rushing inward at 11km/s - perfectly balancing out such
> that the earth *becomes* a sphere (almost symmetric in sphericity).
> 

As a research physicist by training, profession and inclination I needed to
read no further. I now know that I can safely disregard anything you write.
But I’m in awe of your inventive abilities.

But as a nonagenarian I do understand about falling down! So far I have
been lucky and bounced. Walk carefully and avoid turning round on the spot.

Old John.

-- 
The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,
Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.

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Re: did this group die? Andrews <andrews@spam.net> - 2024-11-01 16:26 +0000
  Re: did this group die? Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2024-11-01 10:20 -0700
  Re: did this group die? John Hill <yclept@outlook.com> - 2024-11-04 09:33 +0000
    Re: did this group die? Andrews <andrews@spam.net> - 2024-11-04 16:41 +0000
      Re: did this group die? Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2024-11-04 10:53 -0800
      Re: did this group die? Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2024-11-04 12:20 -0800
      Re: did this group die? John Hill <yclept@outlook.com> - 2024-11-05 19:56 +0000
        Re: did this group die? sticks <wolverine01@charter.net> - 2024-11-05 14:35 -0600
          Re: did this group die? Andrews <andrews@spam.net> - 2024-11-07 15:25 +0000
            Re: did this group die? sticks <wolverine01@charter.net> - 2024-11-07 10:12 -0600
              Re: did this group die? Andrews <andrews@spam.net> - 2024-11-07 17:43 +0000
                Re: did this group die? sticks <wolverine01@charter.net> - 2024-11-07 12:07 -0600
                Re: did this group die? Andrews <andrews@spam.net> - 2024-11-07 18:16 +0000
                Re: did this group die? sticks <wolverine01@charter.net> - 2024-11-07 12:22 -0600
                Re: did this group die? Andrews <andrews@spam.net> - 2024-11-08 18:44 +0000
                Re: did this group die? sticks <wolverine01@charter.net> - 2024-11-08 13:14 -0600
                Re: did this group die? Andrews <andrews@spam.net> - 2024-11-08 19:39 +0000
                Re: did this group die? sticks <wolverine01@charter.net> - 2024-11-08 13:57 -0600
                Re: did this group die? Andrews <andrews@spam.net> - 2024-11-09 05:16 +0000
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                Re: did this group die? Andrews <andrews@spam.net> - 2024-11-09 05:18 +0000
        Re: did this group die? Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2024-11-05 12:52 -0800
          Re: did this group die? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2024-11-05 22:12 +0000
            Re: did this group die? Andrews <andrews@spam.net> - 2024-11-07 15:31 +0000
              Re: did this group die? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2024-11-07 17:01 +0000
        Re: did this group die? Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2024-11-05 12:55 -0800
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        Re: did this group die? Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2024-11-06 18:08 +0000
          Re: did this group die? John Hill <yclept@outlook.com> - 2024-11-06 20:00 +0000
            Re: did this group die? Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2024-11-07 07:28 +0000
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                Re: did this group die? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2024-11-08 20:06 +0000
                Re: did this group die? Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2024-11-08 12:26 -0800
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                Re: did this group die? Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2024-11-08 15:50 -0800
                Re: did this group die? Andrews <andrews@spam.net> - 2024-11-09 00:55 +0000
                Re: did this group die? Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2024-11-08 17:00 -0800
                Re: did this group die? *Hemidactylus* <ecphoric@allspamis.invalid> - 2024-11-09 01:43 +0000
                Re: did this group die? Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2024-11-08 17:58 -0800
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                Re: did this group die? Andrews <andrews@spam.net> - 2024-11-09 05:13 +0000
                Re: did this group die? RoadRacer <racer@nunya.biz> - 2024-11-08 22:32 -0800
                Re: did this group die? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2024-11-09 18:17 +1300
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                Re: did this group die? RoadRacer <racer@nunya.biz> - 2024-11-08 22:39 -0800
                Re: did this group die? Andrews <andrews@spam.net> - 2024-11-09 14:22 +0000
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                Re: did this group die? Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2024-11-16 16:44 -0800
                Re: did this group die? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2024-11-09 23:05 +0000
                Re: did this group die? Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2024-11-09 15:20 -0800
                Re: did this group die? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2024-11-12 01:29 +0000
                Re: did this group die? Andrews <andrews@spam.net> - 2024-11-12 02:39 +0000
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        Re: did this group die? Andrews <andrews@spam.net> - 2024-11-07 15:17 +0000
          Re: did this group die? John Hill <yclept@outlook.com> - 2024-11-09 12:51 +0000
            Re: did this group die? Andrews <andrews@spam.net> - 2024-11-09 14:37 +0000
              Re: did this group die? sticks <wolverine01@charter.net> - 2024-11-09 08:51 -0600
                Re: did this group die? Andrews <andrews@spam.net> - 2024-11-09 17:23 +0000
                Re: did this group die? sticks <wolverine01@charter.net> - 2024-11-09 12:15 -0600
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