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An immortal fumble by Androcles (3-Jan-2008)

Only a cross-eyed moron

"PD" <TheDraperFamily@gmail.com> wrote in message 
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On Jan 2, 5:21 pm, "Androcles" <Engin...@hogwarts.physics_c> wrote:
> "Randy Poe" <poespam-t...@yahoo.com> wrote in message

> :
> : That's correct. In any frame in which the meter rod
> : is at rest, the measurement will obtain the same
> : value. We call this value the "proper length".
>
> You proper trolls call it that, the rest of us call it "the length".

: And what do you call the measurement in any frame in which the meter
: rod is not at rest?

A fuck-up, of course. Only a cross-eyed moron would attempt to locate
both ends of a moving object simultaneously.
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