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Re: Hey Dave (Re: Lost in Space)
Posted By: Grishny, on host 207.90.78.110
Date: Wednesday, July 19, 2000, at 19:59:48
In Reply To: Re: Hey Dave (Re: Lost in Space) posted by Dave on Wednesday, July 19, 2000, at 17:16:27:

> You're thinking about time the wrong way. Time is
> the 4th dimension. We measure things in three
> physical dimensions (length, width, and height)
> and one temporal dimension (time).
>
> Things move through the three physical dimensions
> at different speeds all the time, but "most" of
> the time (as far as we're concerned, anyway)
> things move through the fourth dimension at the
> same rate.
>
> However, it is quite possible for things to move
> through the fourth dimension at a different rate
> of speed then we're used to. It happens that "the
> faster you go", "the slower time passes." I put
> that in quotes because that's all relative, of
> course. You have to define what it is you are
> moving "faster" than, and what it is your time is
> moving "slower" than.
>
> So look at it this way. Take a point in space,
> such as our sun. Measure, relative to that, your
> current position. In order to be completely
> accurate, you'd need to use an x-y-z-t coordinate
> system. You'd say I'm x miles away in the x
> direction, y miles away in the y direction, z
> miles away in the z direction, and t seconds away
> in the ti direction.
>
> Get it?
>
> -- Dave

Yeah! So it's perfectly logical and valid for me to say "I live 35 minutes away from where I work," as opposed to "I live 20 miles away from where I work." I am vindicated!

Gri"construction"shny