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Re: The Necessity Alternate Theories

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Natalina Nazvarova wrote:

> Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
>> BTW, “metric” is not a term that I coined or introduced, and it is
>> sensible one: it means “measurement” (of the distance between two points
>> in a space); from Ancient Greek μέτρον ‎(métron) “measure”).
> 
> You cant.

You _can’t_ spell.

> To do that you need another metric, which you dont have yet.

Utter nonsense.  A manifold has one metric only.

> Generally, you CANNOT measure a distance without having a metric already
> in your hand.

I have “a metric already in my hand”.  Minkowski "gave it to me".

You are not reverting to troll mode, are you?  That would be a shame.


PointedEars
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The Necessity Alternate Theories kefischer <emoneyjoe@iglou.com> - 2015-10-08 13:01 -0400
  Re: The Necessity Alternate Theories Natalina Nazvarova <natana42@hotmail.com> - 2015-10-08 17:09 +0000
  Re: The Necessity Alternate Theories Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2015-10-08 13:30 -0500
    Re: The Necessity Alternate Theories Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-10-08 22:45 +0200
      Re: The Necessity Alternate Theories Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-10-08 22:58 +0200
        Re: The Necessity Alternate Theories Natalina Nazvarova <natana42@hotmail.com> - 2015-10-08 21:56 +0000
          Re: The Necessity Alternate Theories Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-10-09 06:39 +0200
            Re: The Necessity Alternate Theories Natalina Nazvarova <natana42@hotmail.com> - 2015-10-09 10:59 +0000
              Re: The Necessity Alternate Theories Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-10-09 20:29 +0200
                Re: The Necessity Alternate Theories Natalina Nazvarova <natana42@hotmail.com> - 2015-10-09 18:44 +0000
                Re: The Necessity Alternate Theories Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-10-10 09:40 +0200
                Re: The Necessity Alternate Theories Natalina Nazvarova <natana42@hotmail.com> - 2015-10-10 12:08 +0000
                Re: The Necessity Alternate Theories paparios <paparios@gmail.com> - 2015-10-10 05:25 -0700
                Re: The Necessity Alternate Theories Natalina Nazvarova <natana42@hotmail.com> - 2015-10-10 12:37 +0000
                Re: The Necessity Alternate Theories Maciej Woźniak <mlwozniak@wp.pl> - 2015-10-10 14:54 +0200
                Re: The Necessity Alternate Theories paparios <paparios@gmail.com> - 2015-10-10 06:02 -0700
                Re: The Necessity Alternate Theories Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-10-10 17:49 +0200
                Re: The Necessity Alternate Theories Natalina Nazvarova <natana42@hotmail.com> - 2015-10-10 16:08 +0000
                Re: The Necessity Alternate Theories Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-10-10 18:13 +0200
                Re: The Necessity Alternate Theories Natalina Nazvarova <natana42@hotmail.com> - 2015-10-10 16:16 +0000
                Re: The Necessity Alternate Theories Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-10-10 19:08 +0200
                Re: The Necessity Alternate Theories Natalina Nazvarova <natana42@hotmail.com> - 2015-10-10 18:02 +0000
                Re: The Necessity Alternate Theories Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-10-10 20:17 +0200
                Re: The Necessity Alternate Theories Natalina Nazvarova <natana42@hotmail.com> - 2015-10-10 18:37 +0000
                Re: The Necessity Alternate Theories Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-10-10 20:54 +0200
                Re: The Necessity Alternate Theories Natalina Nazvarova <natana42@hotmail.com> - 2015-10-10 19:00 +0000
                Re: The Necessity Alternate Theories benj <nobody@gmail.com> - 2015-10-10 16:40 -0400
                Re: The Necessity Alternate Theories underante <underante@yahoo.com> - 2015-10-09 15:31 -0700
  Re: The Necessity Alternate Theories kefischer <emoneyjoe@iglou.com> - 2015-10-09 02:42 -0400
    Re: The Necessity Alternate Theories Natalina Nazvarova <natana42@hotmail.com> - 2015-10-09 11:44 +0000
      Re: The Necessity Alternate Theories kefischer <emoneyjoe@iglou.com> - 2015-10-09 08:00 -0400

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