Spider wrote in message <379F60EC.D750860A@bahnhof.se>...
>now, <flame guard> the world has already ended. </flame guard> <hides>
>religion exists... *sigh* the world is doomed </hides> ok, throw the
>first rock now.. someone? anyone? nah :)


Smash!  A large rock comes flying out of your monitor aimed at your head!
:-)

Mark

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Very true :)  hehe, I'd hate to try that one... talk about all the minor
determinants... epp!

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Marc Schimmler wrote in message <37A02A54.BE4963E2@ica.uni-stuttgart.de>...
>Lance Birch wrote:
>>
>> Freaky indeed :)
>>
>> As soon as it came out in Australia I rushed to see it, the name itself
made
>> me immediately interested!!!  :)  hehe
>>
>> Speaking of matrices, where A,B,C are conformable and A,C are known,
where
>> AB=C then B=A^-1C therefore B can be found if it is unknown... hehe, OK,
I'm
>> done now...
>>
>> --
>> Lance.
>>
>
>If C has 100000 rows and columns or more you might think that finding
>C^(-1) a difficult task even with a computer. :-)
>
>Marc
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They were naive... we have the power to think things through (hopefully
logically) but we still don't see the dangers.  Oh well, let the downfall of
the world come :P

(plus I've never seen a car pose a threat to international security, store
records about ME or crack an encryption code +ADs--)

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Steve wrote in message +ADw-37A0469C.6ABC1B89+AEA-ndirect.co.uk+AD4-...
+AD4-Lance
+AD4-
+AD4-They said something like that about the first engine driven road
+AD4-vehicles.  Thay thought that above say 29 mph that your lungs
+AD4-would cave in.

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Lance Birch wrote:
> 
> They were naive... we have the power to think things through (hopefully
> logically) but we still don't see the dangers.  Oh well, let the downfall of
> the world come :P

 We still believe faster than light travel is physically impossible but it
really has not been proven beyond a shadow of a doubt. Einstein's theory of
relativity is only just that a theory. We are still naive and have little
to show to the contrary. We are the new kids on the intellectual block and
have a considerable amount to learn yet. Advancements in computers will aid
in this process but they will not gaurantee it's success. Computers are
only as smart as the people that program them. Fear not the grim reaper.
Old rays never die they just fade away. Beware ye who enter here abandon
all hope for here there be tigers.

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On Thu, 29 Jul 1999 23:14:36 -0700, Ken wrote:
> We still believe faster than light travel is physically impossible but it
>really has not been proven beyond a shadow of a doubt. Einstein's theory of
>relativity is only just that a theory. 

The only difference between a theory and a law is the test of time.  It's
a common misconception that theories haven't been proven.  That is wrong.
Unproven statements are conjectures or hypotheses.  The theory of relativity
explains most of what we currently know, and it was able to predict things
we didn't yet know at the time, so it is sound within the constraints of
our current knowledge.  And, just as Newtonian physics didn't go away when
Einsteinian came along, nor will Einsteinian go away when the next big thing
comes along.  The next thing will just be a more general restatement of what
we already know.  We can only hope that somewhere in those new equations is
a loophole that lets us accelerate past lightspeed.  There is no reason to
believe that that will be so.

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Ron Parker wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 29 Jul 1999 23:14:36 -0700, Ken wrote:
> > We still believe faster than light travel is physically impossible but it
> >really has not been proven beyond a shadow of a doubt. Einstein's theory of
> >relativity is only just that a theory.
> 
> The only difference between a theory and a law is the test of time.  It's
> a common misconception that theories haven't been proven.  That is wrong.
> Unproven statements are conjectures or hypotheses.  The theory of relativity
> explains most of what we currently know, and it was able to predict things
> we didn't yet know at the time, so it is sound within the constraints of
> our current knowledge.  And, just as Newtonian physics didn't go away when
> Einsteinian came along, nor will Einsteinian go away when the next big thing
> comes along.  The next thing will just be a more general restatement of what
> we already know.  We can only hope that somewhere in those new equations is
> a loophole that lets us accelerate past lightspeed.  There is no reason to
> believe that that will be so.

Ok so I over generalized a little tiny bit :) I believe in the possibility
of that loophole you mention. How else could we explain UFO's and my
abduction by aliens ?

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On Fri, 30 Jul 1999 06:33:28 -0700, Ken wrote:
>Ok so I over generalized a little tiny bit :) I believe in the possibility
>of that loophole you mention. How else could we explain UFO's and my
>abduction by aliens ?

Indeed.  That explains a lot, now that you mention it.  Tell me, did 
they return you to Earth? :)

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Lance Birch wrote:
> 
> They were naive... we have the power to think things through (hopefully
> logically) but we still don't see the dangers.

That's exactly what a 19th century person would have said about 18th century
people. And what a 21th century person will say about us. It's all relative.

Margus

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> Ok so I over generalized a little tiny bit :) I believe in the possibility
> of that loophole you mention. How else could we explain UFO's and my
> abduction by aliens ?

Now Ken that's just attention seeking behaviour.



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Funny isn't it?

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Margus Ramst wrote in message <37A20A37.B626B9CC@peak.edu.ee>...
>Lance Birch wrote:
>>
>> They were naive... we have the power to think things through (hopefully
>> logically) but we still don't see the dangers.
>
>That's exactly what a 19th century person would have said about 18th
century
>people. And what a 21th century person will say about us. It's all
relative.
>
>Margus

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