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An immortal fumble by Harold Ellis Ensle (22-Mar-2004)

What if the dog eats the dice?
"Dirk Van de moortel" <dirkvandemoortel@ThankS-NO-SperM.hotmail.com>
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> "Harold Ensle" <heensle@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
> > news:iU97c.31477$%06.19951@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net...
> >
> > "Eric Gisse" <fsegg@uaf.edu> wrote in message
> > news:fd0fc2fa.0403201853.7c2096ab@posting.google.com...
> > > "Dirk Van de moortel" <dirkvandemoortel@ThankS-NO-SperM.hotmail.com>
> > > wrote in message
> > > news:<nHU6c.42038$Mq7.2904178@phobos.telenet-ops.be>...
> > >
> > > <snip>
> > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I answered rather quickly and I notice (from another post)
> > > > > > that this was your first thought as well.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Of course, I corrected it when I thought about it again.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > You see, I am self-correcting. Unfortunately, some people
> > > > > > get so stuck with an idea (e.g. relativity) that they cannot
> > > > > > correct themselves...no matter how much evidence is provided.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > H.Ellis Ensle
> > > > >
> > > > > Such as?
> > > >
> > > > such as "the dog will eat the dice":
> > > >    https://home.deds.nl/~dvdm/dirk/Stuff/Monopoly.html
> > > >
> > > > Dirk Vdm
> > >
> > > Ive seen that. Its nice.
> >
> > Nice??????
> >
> > Do you realize that it is all made up?
>
> Of course it is made up - you asked me to put a disclaimer
> and I did.
>
> > Nobody...and I mean nobody (crackpot
> > or non-crackpot) ever posted any arguments
> > like this.
> >
> > It is simply nonsense that Dirk made up.
> > Perhaps one might find it humorous if
> > they like the word "fart", but it just doesn't
> > mean anything....and stylewise it looks like
> > something a 10 year old would write.
>
> It was entirely inspired by your childish 9 year old behaviour
> on that thread.
>
> A little example, picked at random:
>    | > This situation is about a twin who goes away *and*
>    | > comes back. There is no way such a twin can imagine
>    | > herself at rest during the whole trip.
> Ensle's reply:
>    | Actually there is. What if each of her atoms is accelerated
>    | equivalently. She would then have no indication that the
>    | acceleration had occurred.

So what? Is this statement true or false? If the statement
is true, then it disproves the above statement by example.

The fact that you cannot understand the argument means
nothing.

Well...I suppose that it could mean that you are incredibly
stupid....but I would hope this is not the case.

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H.Ellis Ensle
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