"The Ghost In The Machine" <ewill@sirius.tg00suus7038.net> wrote in message news:1ts3i4-1se.ln1@sirius.tg00suus7038.net... : In sci.physics.relativity, Dirk Van de moortel : <dirkvandemoortel@ThankS-NO-SperM.hotmail.com> : wrote : on Thu, 17 May 2007 11:54:14 GMT : <GnX2i.182439$ln1.1250349@phobos.telenet-ops.be>: : > : > "Androcles" <Engineer@hogwarts.physics> wrote in message : > news:WWW2i.22810$Ug.12199@fe1.news.blueyonder.co.uk... : >> : >> "Rock Brentwood" <markwh04@yahoo.com> wrote in message : >> news:1179395985.572883.93250@k79g2000hse.googlegroups.com... : >> : On May 11, 7:27 pm, "Androcles" <Engin...@hogwarts.physics.co.uk> : >> : wrote: : >> : > The calculation of the advance of perihelion using Newtonian : >> : > Celestial Mechanics was : >> : > carried out by Urbain L Verrier (1811-1877), with 43 arc seconds : >> : > per century unaccounted for. : >> : > : >> : > The so-called "anomaly" ... : >> : : >> : Show : >> : >> I'm not challenging Le Verrier, he got within : >> : >> 43 : >> -------------------------------- x 100 = 0.00000799494273389855719 % : >> 537840000 : >> : > : > Not : > 0.00000799494273389855719 % : > but : > 0.00000799494273389855719 : > or : > 0.000799494273389855719 % : > : > Even *that* you can't get right, retired retard. : > "Electronic Engineer, Professionally"? : > : > Dirk Vdm : > : : And people wonder why we like scientific notation. ;-) : : For the record, : 43/537840000 = 7.9949 * 10^-8, approximately. : 7.9949 * 10^-8 0.79949 * 10^-7 0.079949 * 10^-6 0.0079949 * 10^-5 0.00079949 * 10^-4 0.000079949 * 10^-3 0.0000079949 * 10^-2 0.00000079949 * 10^-1 0.000000079949 * 10^-0 0.000000079949 * 10^0 0.000000079949 * 1 0.000000079949 0.000000079949 * 100 = 0.0000079949 % For the record: The local village dog tord is a retarded local village idiot. |
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