But oscillations imply some kind of meta-time so that history itself can change. There would need to be some other, perpendicular time-dimension in which these changes to spacetime would take place. History "used to be" a certain way but "now" (measured in meta-time) history is different.
And then we can start arguing about whether or not it's possible to go back in meta-time, etc...
That's entirely possible, but that's not what the ObiWanKenblowme was talking about. He said there was no problem and compared it with Zeno's paradox.
So what exactly is your solution to the paradox? There are a few possibilities: alternate universes, total lack of free will preventing you from killing your grandfather, some sort of physical conspiracy of the universe always making something happen that thwarts your efforts (gun not firing), etc.) but none of them are as straightforward and obvious as you make it seem.
What, you don't have those in the States yet?
But what would be the focal length?
Yes, I meant rest mass, not relativistic mass. But if they are still traveling at light speed but in a roundabout way, like you say, that probably explains it.
If they stay at the slower speed, do they gain mass? I'm not really an expert, but seem to remember that sub-lightspeed particles have mass while particles traveling at the speed of light don't. Feel free to bring me up to... err... speed.
Even at 10 mph you can clearly hear the tires of an electric car. Especially blind people who usually have excellent hearing.
Now, of course, if you compare an electric car to a Ford Mustang, people are probably more likely to notice the sound of the latter. Compare it to a Rolls Royce, though, and you'll find a much smaller difference if any at all. They'll have us add noise to electric cars to actually let them noisier than some conventional cars, it's ridiculous.
Please, can we just have quieter roads? Does everything have to make noise all the time to warn the idiots who don't pay attention? I would just like to hear the birds sing.
You know what would be nice? If they could make the Mustang or F-150 sound like a Tesla. Now that would be something I would pay extra for.
I wonder what they're going to call these new objects, because they'll probably find a reason not to call them planets just like they did for Pluto.
They're too big to be dwarf planets... Maybe elf planets?
They would have added a note saying 'oh, and by the way, sorry about demoting your "planet" '.
Or 'Have fun touring your "planet", wink wink'.
Imagine what aliens would think if they found the probe. They put what in there? Seriously? Ashes from some dead guy? Instead of an extra instrument, or a bigger battery? What for?
Humans are weird creatures.
Also, some computers used to make sounds when reading or writing on the disk drive. I can still remember the sound of the entire boot sequence on my old Atari 130XE. bibidibidi bup, bibidibidip derrrr ti derrrrr ti, bibidi, berrrr ti berrrr ti,....
The big difference with rock/paper/scissors is that in poker, your opponent's actions are input to your own decision. In cases where you have the advantage, they may let your algorithm think it has a disadvantage by betting in a different, unexpected way. But if you don't take your opponent's actions into account, you're throwing information away AND you're giving them information based on your bets. Apparently this amount of information is small enough in limit poker.
The robot doesn't bet $100 every time it thinks it has a 73% chance of winning. Its algorithm will be something like "if I have a 73% of winning, I will pick a random number and make certain bets with certain predetermined probablilities. For some cards, it could bet 60% of the time and fold 40% of the time, determined by chance. Strategies that couple fixed actions to certain scenarios have no chance of beating a player or bot with an optimal randomized strategy.
It's called a Nash equilibrium. The only problem is that the other player's actions are part of your input, and they can therefore influence your decisions. This complicates things enormously.
To do nothing is to be nothing.
