"For Sweden" (rallybeetle)
02/24/2015 at 14:34 • Filed to: None
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"For Sweden" (rallybeetle)
02/24/2015 at 14:34 • Filed to: None | 3
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Please participate, it's an interesting subject; just don't expect to learn anything.
I posted a question about this excerpt from his NY Magazine article:
This new math involved another aspect of the handshakes called the burst frequency offset, or BFO, a measure of changes in the signal's wavelength, which is partly determined by the relative motion of the airplane and the satellite. That the whole southern arc lay over the Indian Ocean meant that all the passengers and crew would certainly be dead by now. This was the first time in history that the families of missing passengers had been asked to accept that their loved ones were dead because a secret math equation said so.
This "secret math equation" is the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , which you should have learned about in secondary school. The question itself is quoted below.
In your NY Magazine article, you describe the Doppler Effect as a "secret math equation." Why? Did you skip that day of secondary school?
Snarky yes, but !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , remember? Anyway, the question won't be answered as Gawker dismissed the question.
ttyymmnn
> For Sweden
02/24/2015 at 14:44 |
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It's a good question, and might have been answered had it not been for the snark. Too bad.
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> ttyymmnn
02/24/2015 at 14:44 |
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Just trying to fit in over there.
SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
> For Sweden
02/24/2015 at 14:45 |
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Gawker Media is gross and way more into clicks than facts. Or research. Or basic logic. If it weren't for Jalopnik, I would avoid anything coming out of it. EDIT - I also asked with slightly less snark. We'll see what happens.
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ttyymmnn
> For Sweden
02/24/2015 at 14:46 |
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I would see it more as sinking to their level. I prefer trying to keep on the high road.
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> ttyymmnn
02/24/2015 at 14:48 |
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I also work in air safety, so I have to deal with conspiracy theorists like this guy and the guy who thinks the US shot down TWA800 all day every day.
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ttyymmnn
> For Sweden
02/24/2015 at 14:52 |
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I'm not familiar with this guy's specific theory, but I've read similar ones. I think he's read too many Tom Clancy novels.
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> ttyymmnn
02/24/2015 at 14:53 |
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And not enough physics books