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Re: The Time Now is ...Now.

From whodat <whodaat@void.nowgre.com>
Newsgroups sci.physics.relativity, sci.physics
Subject Re: The Time Now is ...Now.
Date 2022-08-14 00:18 -0500
Message-ID <jlret4FeibbU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
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On 8/13/2022 2:44 PM, Jim Pennino wrote:
> In sci.physics whodat <whodaat@void.nowgre.com> wrote:
>> On 8/12/2022 11:11 PM, Jim Pennino wrote:
>>> In sci.physics The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>>>> Jim Pennino wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> In sci.physics The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Jim Pennino wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> In sci.physics The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> Jim Pennino wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> In sci.physics The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> If my watch reads 3 O'clock
>>>>>>>>>> then in order for everyone
>>>>>>>>>> else to have the correct time
>>>>>>>>>> yous need to set your watch Now
>>>>>>>>>> to 3 O'clock, no matter where
>>>>>>>>>> in the world yous are located.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> And if I call you in
>>>>>>>>>> 2 minutes, dats 2 minutes after 3,
>>>>>>>>>> then no matter where you are on
>>>>>>>>>> earth your phone will ring at
>>>>>>>>>> 2 minutes after three.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Everyone's watch on earth
>>>>>>>>>> should read the same time,
>>>>>>>>>> 2 minutes after three.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I don't know who messed up our time.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The Sun has something to do with it...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The Sun has nothing to do with...Now.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The Sun has everything to do with how time is defined.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If my watch reads 3 O'clock..
>>>>>> I didn't write am or pm.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If you on the otherside of the earth it's still Now, 3 O'clock.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> sun or no sun.
>>>>>
>>>>> The time was what the sundial said it was for millennia with Noon as the
>>>>> reference point.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sundial????
>>>
>>> I see you know nothing of the history of horology and likely don't know
>>> what the word means.
>>>
>>>
>>>> It is not the future or the past on the otherside of the earth, ...it is
>>>> Now.
>>>
>>> Childish twaddle.
>>>
>>>> There is no 4 hour difference, or 12 hour difference...it is the same
>>>> time everywhere, ...Now!
>>>
>>> Again, childish twaddle.
>>>
>>>
>>>> There is no reason to ask what time it is if everybody has the same
>>>> time, ...3:00,  Now.
>>>
>>> More childish twaddle.
>>
>> He's whimsical, an attribute that has no place in a physics newsgroup.
>>
>> Probably more to the point, an unwelcome misfit.
> 
> There have been lots of whimsical scientists. This guy is just puerile.

Whimsical as "a" characteristic is just fine in any profession, but
whimsical as "THE" primary characteristic is not a desirable trait
in any scientist, and yes, puerile is just as defining. Starmaker's
"contributions" to physics newsgroups is, as experienced, IMO,
undesirable and unwanted.

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The Time Now is ...Now. The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2022-08-13 02:33 -0700
  Re: The Time Now is ...Now. Jim Pennino <jimp@gonzo.specsol.net> - 2022-08-12 15:03 -0700
    Re: The Time Now is ...Now. The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2022-08-13 03:30 -0700
      Re: The Time Now is ...Now. Jim Pennino <jimp@gonzo.specsol.net> - 2022-08-12 17:30 -0700
        Re: The Time Now is ...Now. The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2022-08-13 06:00 -0700
          Re: The Time Now is ...Now. Jim Pennino <jimp@gonzo.specsol.net> - 2022-08-12 20:13 -0700
            Re: The Time Now is ...Now. The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2022-08-13 08:53 -0700
              Re: The Time Now is ...Now. Jim Pennino <jimp@gonzo.specsol.net> - 2022-08-12 21:11 -0700
                Re: The Time Now is ...Now. The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2022-08-13 09:26 -0700
                Re: The Time Now is ...Now. Jim Pennino <jimp@gonzo.specsol.net> - 2022-08-13 07:50 -0700
                Re: The Time Now is ...Now. The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2022-08-13 23:34 -0700
                Re: The Time Now is ...Now. Jim Pennino <jimp@gonzo.specsol.net> - 2022-08-13 12:40 -0700
                Re: The Time Now is ...Now. Clutterfreak <clutterfreakincarnate@gmail.com> - 2022-08-13 10:30 -0500
                Re: The Time Now is ...Now. The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2022-08-13 23:37 -0700
                Re: The Time Now is ...Now. Clutterfreak <clutterfreakincarnate@gmail.com> - 2022-08-13 14:26 -0500
                Re: The Time Now is ...Now. Jim Pennino <jimp@gonzo.specsol.net> - 2022-08-13 12:42 -0700
                Re: The Time Now is ...Now. "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2022-08-13 12:56 -0700
                Re: The Time Now is ...Now. The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2022-08-14 02:31 -0700
                Re: The Time Now is ...Now. Jim Pennino <jimp@gonzo.specsol.net> - 2022-08-13 14:41 -0700
                Re: The Time Now is ...Now. "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2022-08-13 15:12 -0700
                Re: The Time Now is ...Now. "mitchr...@gmail.com" <mitchrae3323@gmail.com> - 2022-08-14 12:22 -0700
                Re: The Time Now is ...Now. "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2022-08-14 14:56 -0700
                Re: The Time Now is ...Now. The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2022-08-15 07:14 -0700
                Re: The Time Now is ...Now. whodat <whodaat@void.nowgre.com> - 2022-08-13 13:41 -0500
                Re: The Time Now is ...Now. Jim Pennino <jimp@gonzo.specsol.net> - 2022-08-13 12:44 -0700
                Re: The Time Now is ...Now. whodat <whodaat@void.nowgre.com> - 2022-08-14 00:18 -0500
  Re: The Time Now is ...Now. "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2022-08-12 20:33 -0700

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